No-Nonsense Guide to Global Finance

Author/creator Stalker, Peter Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford : New Internationalist Publications, Limited Minneapolis : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [Distributor]
Description144 p. ill 07.100 x 04.300 in.
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Summary Annotation <div><p>An incisive introduction to global finance&mdash;where money comes from, the current mechanisms, and the need for control and reform. It traces the origins of money as a source of exchange and a store of value and the many weird forms it now takes&mdash;visible and invisible.</p><p>The guide sets recent events into context, indicating how the flows of money directed by an unaccountable elite increasingly shape economic, political, and social activity.</p><p><b>Peter Stalker</b>is a former co-editor of the<i>New Internationalist</i>who now works as a consultant to a number of UN agencies. He is author of the<i>No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration</i>.</p></div>
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