Understanding the World Economy Books

A bestselling book in its fifth edition offering a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets across the world.

"...A bestselling book in its fifth edition offering a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets across the world.. This book offers a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets..."

For two decades Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has held reign over economic policy, outlasting three presidents. His long tenure has had a profound...

"..., international bestselling author Ravi Batra takes sharp aim at Greenspan's policies since he came..."

“Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding.”—Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest...

"...a local economy will mean, however, ceasing to worship markets as infallible and consciously setting..."

The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5...

"...The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5.... The bestselling, landmark work..."

In the span of one day, how does the world do business? In Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this...

"...an emerging commodity market, such as emissions, is a big challenge. Ivan, Miro, and I review a stack..."

The Clinton Charisma is a fascinating, prescriptive guide that reveals the former president's complex leadership techniques, including his attention to public...

An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage—and entertain Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly,...

Today the things we eat and drink have crossed oceans, continents, and even airspace before reaching the dinner table. The complex systems and technologies...

"...Today the things we eat and drink have crossed oceans, continents, and even airspace before reaching the dinner table. The complex systems and technologies.... Today the things we eat and drink have crossed oceans, continents, and even airspace before reaching the dinner table. The complex systems and technologies devised throughout the centuries to deliver our food supply reveal surprising things about politics, culture, economies--and our appetites. In Mumbai, India's chaotic commercia..."

Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers,...

Bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra takes aim at the obstacles to global prosperity--from corrupt financial institutions to political motivations--and...

"...Bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra takes aim at the obstacles to global prosperity--from corrupt financial institutions to political motivations--and.... In The New Golden Age, bestselling..."

Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars’ worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the...

"...vast corruption that reaches deep into American and European economies. In Poisoned Wells, Nicholas..."

Economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Friedman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems-while often in conflict-are really devices...

"...Economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Friedman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems-while often in conflict-are really devices.... Economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Friedman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems-while often in conflict..."

In these essays James K. Galbraith wrote the history of Bush's presidency while it happened. This work contains Galbraith's most influential writings on...

"...and the ongoing transformation of the American economy under the steerage of Alan Greenspan..."

This updated edition of Graham Bird's introductory text on international macroeconomics is concerned with monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate issues and policy...

"...This updated edition of Graham Bird's introductory text on international macroeconomics is concerned with monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate issues and policy.... This updated edition of Graham Bird's introductory text on international macroeconomics is concerned with monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate issues and policy as they affect individual countries in the global economy, rather than with issues of comparative advantage and international trade. As such, it is something of a hybri..."

A compilation of cutting-edge economic research in an accessible format

"...you know globalization changed the market for illegal drugs? How do fitness studios and providers..."

Surfing Economics is a collection of essays by one of Europe's leading young economists. These essays are written to bring to life in a non-technical manner...

The morality of sex, violence and money is at the centre of much human life. While the first two have been subject to intensive historical and philosophical...

One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual...

"...One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual.... One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual economic contribution for several small Caribbean economies and the impact to continued operation arising from an international initiative for the exchange of taxpayer information..."

Before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, private marketeering was regarded not only as criminal, but even immoral by socialist regimes. Ten years after taking...

This book argues that the right-wing revolution in the United States has created deepening inequality and will lead to economic catastrophe. The author makes...

"...the coming crisis.. "Can a recent history of the U.S. economy read a bit like a crime story? Yes, in the hands of Michael Perelman" - Seth Sandronsky, Sacramento News & Review   "The Confiscation..."

What are the driving forces - both endogenous and exogenous - for, and how have they influenced China's economic transformations during the past decades? This...

"...the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre-- and post-reform periods and through both national and provincial dimensions. A multiregional comparison of the Chinese economy is conducted..."

This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the...

"...This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the.... This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally..."

Partly, the increasing integration of financial markets and the rise of foreign direct investment is a consequence of world trade expansion. But in addition to...

"...Partly, the increasing integration of financial markets and the rise of foreign direct investment is a consequence of world trade expansion. But in addition to.... Partly, the increasing integration of financial markets and the rise of foreign direct investment is a consequence of world trade..."