In 2006, an oddball group of bankers and traders from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: LIBOR--the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions of dollars...
International finance
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Author:Enrich, DavidSummary: -
Author:Stalker, PeterSummary:Meltdown. Crisis. Downturn. And the dreaded R-word: recession. These words have migrated from business sections to headline news. From barter to coins, from the origins of banking to today's credit crunch, this highly topical book...
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Author:Ferguson, NiallSummary:Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard University, explores facts of ancient and historic world cultures to conclude that business and finance laid the groundwork for human advancement.
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Author:Biddulph, Sarah, Biuković, LjiljanaSummary:With isolationism and protectionism strengthening in response to the forces of globalization, the interrelationship of the national and supranational in shaping good governance norms has become increasingly relevant. Good Governance in...
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Author:Frieden, Jeffry A.Summary:International trade at unprecedented levels, millions of people migrating yearly in search of jobs, the world's economies more open to one another than ever before--such was the global economy in 1900. Then as now, many people...
- Author:Lewis, MichaelSummary:
Lewis offers a scathing assessment of fiscal blunders in foreign lands--and details how economic repercussions are sure to be felt on American soil. Financial bubbles grew--and burst--not only in the U.S. but in countries as diverse as...
- Author:Marsh, J. J.Summary:
Suicide – the act of taking one’s own life.Homicide – the act of taking someone else’s.An unethical banker suffocates. A diamond dealer slits his wrists. A media magnate freezes in the snow. A disgraced CEO inhales exhaust fumes. Four...
