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A narrative discussion defines and explores the global economy in its historical and contemporary context in this introduction for undergraduate students. Aspects of the global economy such as international trade and multinational corporations are discussed, and recent primary documents are presented for critical thinking assignments and research papers. There is also a glossary and an annotated guide to books, films, videos, and Web sites. O'Connor...
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The Weightless World is the first book to map an economic world that has been turned upside down by digital technology and global business. How will our careers, businesses, and governments change in a world where bytes are the only currency and where the goods that shape our lives - global financial transactions, computer code, and cyberspace commerce - literally have no weight? Addressing such problems as economic inequity and unemployment, Diane...
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In The Power of Money, Armand Van Dormael navigates a path to understanding for the neophyte and enlightened economist alike. Focusing on the Euromarket, Van Dormael introduces us to the players, the abuses, and the behind-the-scenes machinations for control of the global economy.
The journey begins in the sixteenth century when Jacob Fugger makes a transaction which results in the first major victory of credit over cash. With the firm hand of an...
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"In 1900 the global average life expectancy at birth was thirty-one years. By 2000 it was sixty-six. Yet, alongside unprecedented improvements in longevity and material well-being, the twentieth century also saw the rise of fascism and communism and a second world war followed by a cold war. This book tells the story of the battles between economic systems that defined the last century and created today's world"--Jacket.
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"In a series of lesson plans and a "program of study" about our beleaguered planet, Upside Down, takes us on a wild trip through the global looking glass. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car," with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless Vices" and a declaration of "The Right to Rave," Galeano surveys a world unevenly divided between abundance and deprivation, carnival and torture, power and its lack....
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Ever wonder why today's corporate leaders can't seem to plan for the long term? Why government can't control inflation? Why the stock market is more volatile than ever? Why interest rates rise and fall like the tides? Why economic forecasts never seem to be right? In The Death of Money, Joel Kurtzman, an economist and business columnist for The New York Times, brilliantly and convincingly argues that economic stability and a rapid rate of growth,...
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International trade at unprecedented levels, millions of people migrating yearly in search of jobs, the world's economies more open to one another than ever before--such was the global economy in 1900. Then as now, many people considered globalization to be inevitable and irreversible. Yet the entire edifice collapsed in a few months in 1914. Globalization is a choice, not a fact--a result of policy decisions and the politics that shape them. Political...
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This economic history examines the political, institutional and economic forces that shaped Latin America's complex development process over the 20th century. Quantitative data is examined alongside the region's political economies to provide a context for the successes and failures.
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Macroeconomic Policy and the Future of Capitalism addresses the revolution in macroeconomic policy of the last quarter of the 20th century and the movement away from concerns with employment and growth in favour of financial variables such as inflation or exchange rates. John Smithin argues that this 'financial reaction' in macroeconomic policy is the result of a distinct shift in political power in favour of financial or 'rentier' interests, and...
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