The world is curved : hidden dangers to the global economy /
By: Smick, David M
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BookPublisher: New York : Portfolio, 2008.Description: 305 p ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781591842187 (trade); 1591842182Subject(s): International finance | Financial crises | Globalization -- Economic aspects | International economic relations | Finance | Financial crises | Globalization -- Economic aspects | International economic relationsDDC classification: 337 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 337 SM WO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0037094 |
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| 337 SC GL Global remix : | 337 SE GL The global development crisis | 337 SI GL Globality : | 337 SM WO The world is curved : | 337 ST GL Globalization and its discontents / | 337 ST GL Globalization : | 337 ST MA Making globalization work / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-287) and index.
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.
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