Affluenza:
The All-Consuming Epidemic
by John De Graaf, et al
(Hardcover -- June 9, 2001)
The
Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
by David S. Landes
(Paperback -- May 1, 1999)
Import/Export:
How to Get Started in International Trade
by Carl A. Nelson
(Paperback -- August 4, 2000)
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
by Thomas L. Friedman
Listed under Globalization
Globalization and Its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Listed under Globalization
The
Chastening: Inside the Crisis that Rocked the Global Financial System and
Humbled the IMF
by Paul Blustein
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An author who tries to write an engaging book about the International
Monetary Fund faces a daunting task. Who besides devoted readers of The
Financial Times would want to read it? With The Chastening, however, Paul
Blustein offers a remarkably accessible account of this off-putting institution
and its importance to the world economy. "The IMF cultivates its mystique,
seeking to appear all-knowing, scientific, and detached. To outsiders,
it often comes across as a high priesthood with pretensions of divine powers
and insight," he writes. Blustein tears down this façade as he recounts
some of the epic struggles of recent years: "As markets were sinking and
defaults looming, the guardians of global financial stability were often
scrambling, floundering, improvising, and striking messy compromises."
Through dozens of interviews with IMF insiders, Blustein reveals how the
institution really works--and how it often doesn't. There are fast-paced
stories of success and failure on these pages, as Blustein describes efforts
to bail out faltering economies in Korea, Russia, and elsewhere. Best of
all, readers don't need economics degrees to keep pace: anybody who simply
wants a primer on global financial systems will be well served by Blustein.
--John
Miller - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 448 pages
Public Affairs; ISBN: 1891620819; 1 Ed edition (October
9, 2001)
The
Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere
Else
by Hernando De Soto
(Hardcover -- September 5, 2000)
Kiss,
Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in 60 Countries
by Terri Morrison, et al
(Paperback -- April 1995)
Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism
by Brink Lindsey
Listed under Globalization
The Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy
by Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw
Listed under Globalization
When
Cultures Collide
by Richard D. Lewis (Paperback -- February 2000)
Building
an Import/Export Business, 2nd Edition
by Kenneth D. Weiss (Paperback -- August 5, 1997)
Communicating
Globally: An Integrated Marketing Approach
by Don E. Schultz, Philip J. Kitchen
(Hardcover -- April 15, 2000)
Blunders
in International Business
by David A. Ricks (Paperback -- January 2000)
A
Basic Guide To Importing
by U.S. Customs Service Department of the Treasury (Compiler) (Paperback
-- March 1995)
Irrational
Exuberance
by Robert J. Shiller (Paperback -- April 10, 2001)
Politics
and Society in Contemporary Africa
by Naomi Chazan, et al
(Hardcover -- October 1999)
Global
Marketing (2nd Edition)
by Warren J. Keegan, Mark C. Green
(Paperback -- July 28, 1999)
Trading
in the Global Currency Markets
by Cornelius Luca
(Hardcover -- July 4, 2000)
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