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Author Smick, David M.

Title The world is curved : hidden dangers to the global economy / David M. Smick.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Portfolio, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  337 Sm41w 2008    ---  Available
Description 305 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-287) and index.
Contents The end of the world -- A dangerous ocean of money -- Entrepreneurs in a world of private equity and hedge fund troublemakers -- Tony Soprano rides the Chinese dragon -- Japanese housewives take the commanding heights -- Nothing stays the same : the 1992 sterling crisis -- The incredible shrinking central banks -- Class warfare and the politics of globalization -- Surviving and prospering in this age of volatility.
Summary A founder of the acclaimed quarterly, The International Economy, explains the economic problems behind the credit and mortgage issues of the past two years, identifying hidden connections between key events and the global economy.
Subject International finance.
Financial crises.
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
ISBN 9781591842187
1591842182
Standard No. NZ1 12460956
NLGGC 314988572
AU@ 000043044592
CDX 7458938

 
    
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