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People in Seattle are tear-gassed and thrown in jail for protesting the World Trade Organization. In France, a woman is killed when anti-globalization terrorists blow up a local McDonald's. Companies in New York City are boycotted for not paying their Third World employees enough. Now more than ever economic literacy is essential for anyone who simply wants to follow the nightly news and better understand the world around them, making this easily...
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Takes you inside the White House Situation Room, to the meetings of the G7 finance ministers and to cities worldwide as Taylor assembles a coalition to freeze terrorist assets, plans the financial reconstruction in Afghanistan, oversees the development of a new currenzy in Iraq and deals with the spread of financial crises.
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Established after World War II as a tool to promote stable currencies, international trade and growth, the International Monetary Fund is bent on achieving peace through global prosperity. This four-part series appraises the IMF's methods in a world where extenuating circumstances are known, and looks ahead as the Fund retools itself to meet the challenges of the new century.
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With the restructuring of world production and the phenomenal increase in international finance, the early postwar emphasis on stability has shifted increasingly to policies which favour competitiveness and efficiency. The reaction to the debt crisis on the 1980s, the spread of the market model and the globalization of goods and financial markets have created a more conducive framework for capital movements. In practice it has become difficult to...
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Barry Eichengreen presents a brief, lucid book that tells the story of the international financial system over the past 150 years. Globalizing Capital is intended not only for economists but also for a general audience of historians, political scientists, professionals in government and business, and anyone with a broad interest in international economic and political relations. Eichengreen's work demonstrates that insights into the international...
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"David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers (such as Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke) and advised top Wall Street executives and investors, from George Soros to Michael Steinhardt to Stan Druckenmiller. Political leaders (from Bill Bradley to Jack Kemp) have regularly sought his policy advice. The World...
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The latest book from Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf explains why global imbalances cause financial crises -- including the one ravaging the United States right now -- and outlines the steps for ending this destructive cycle. Reviewing global financial crises since 1980, Wolf lays bare the links between the microeconomics of finance and the macroeconomics of the balance of payments, demonstrating how the subprime lending crisis in the United...
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Examines the green-back's history, allure, and unique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the American buck became so almighty that $ became perhaps the most powerful symbol on earth. But will the buck be eclipsed by the euro or even China's renminbi? Should Americans worry when the value of the mighty U.S. dollar sinks to par with the Canadian "loonie"?--From publisher's description.
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"Exploiting recently declassified documents from both the United States and Europe and employing economic analysis and international relations theory, Francis Gavin offers a reassessment of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates and dollar-gold convertability."
"Standard accounts argue that this system played a key role in stabilizing great power politics during the postwar period, especially within the Western Alliance, as rules and institutions...
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"Financial instability threatens the global economy. The volatility of capital movements across national borders has led many observers to argue for a reformed "global financial architecture," a body of consistent rules and institutions to prevent financial crises. Yet regulators have a decidedly mixed record in their attempts to create global standards for the financial system. David Andrew Singer seeks to explain the varying pressures on regulatory...
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Globalisation of finance has now surpassed the globalisation of production and taken on a life of its own. No longer associated with flows of real resources, international trade or productive investment, but merely attracted by short-term speculative gains, these volatile financial flows make it difficult for governments to pursue independent economic policies that are inconsistent with the interests of global finance capital. This book argues that...
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An exposé on the hidden side of global wealth and power, this book explores what is perhaps the most mysterious aspect of global society today. The world of offshore finance is one of dummy companies, shadow bank accounts, post office boxes, foreign registries, and the like, which allow giant corporations--such as Wal-Mart, British Petroleum, and Citigroup--to keep huge profits out of sight of investors, regulators, and the public. A third of the...
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