international finance

Shows how governmental attitudes towards debt have historically affected which country sets the terms of international finance, and argues that as western economies have accumulated debt over the last forty years, the new standards will be set by creditors in China and the Middle East.

Bretton Woods is the name of a remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July, 1944 in a global attempt to work together. A "new Bretton Woods" refers to the world's attempt today to prevent catastrophe, economic disorder, and defuse political conflict.

An assessment of fiscal blunders in foreign lands, which details how these global economic repercussions were felt on American soil. Financial bubbles grew and burst, not only in the U.S. but in countries all over the world. The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pi?ata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. And the United States simply wanted more of everything it already had.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspective on issues regarding the global food crisis, debating if global market capitalism is the cause or not, the effects of the demand for biofuels, the prospect of biotechnology, and solutions.

Uses narratives and analogies to provide information about key terms and concepts of twenty-first century business, covering carbon footprint, green economics, world banks, outsourcing, and more.

Identifies the problems related to globalization and puts forward practical proposals to make the existing international financial and trade systems work better.

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.

Explores how globalization is transforming every aspect of life and presents arguments both for and against the process, exploring the passion behind the issues.