international finance

Bestselling author, economist and historian Niall Ferguson takes a look at how money evolved, from the concept of credit and debt in the Renaissance to the emergence of a global economy and the subprime crisis we face today.

Provides an overview of the global economy, discussing who controls it, recessions, and microlending.

Former World Bank chief economist Joseph E. Stiglitz expresses his disillusionment with international institutions and Washington policy makers regarding the global economy, discussing the plight of poor nations, the East Asia crisis, and the former Soviet economies.

Examines global economic issues from the perspectives of workers around the world during one twenty-four-hour period--June 15, 2005--presenting their stories in their own words; explores such questions as what sets the price of oil, whether immigration is a "luxury or a necessity, " whether it helps the economy for ideas to have owners, and how much power the U.S. can exert over the global economy.

Describes the Wall Street disaster brought about by Swedish financier Ivan Krueger, who bankrupted millions of people in the 1930s in a scheme to lend money from American investors to European governments in exchange for matchstick monopolies.