Smick, David M.
The world is curved : hidden dangers to the global economy / David M. Smick. - New York : Portfolio, 2008. - 305 p ; 24 cm.
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.
Financial market strategist David Smick comments on the volatile state of the U.S. economy, looking at how the mortgage crisis came about, offering his opinions on how bad things could get, and discussing how economic trends around the world are affecting events in America.
9781591842187 (trade) 1591842182
2008019435
International finance.
Financial crises.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
Finance.
Financial crises.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
337
The world is curved : hidden dangers to the global economy / David M. Smick. - New York : Portfolio, 2008. - 305 p ; 24 cm.
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.
Financial market strategist David Smick comments on the volatile state of the U.S. economy, looking at how the mortgage crisis came about, offering his opinions on how bad things could get, and discussing how economic trends around the world are affecting events in America.
9781591842187 (trade) 1591842182
2008019435
International finance.
Financial crises.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
Finance.
Financial crises.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
337