Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-0-312-42809-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
Publisher: | Picador
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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In the span of one day, how does the world do business? InConnected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this question by visiting more than a dozen cities around the world and tracing the threads of our ever-changing, ever-integrating economic fabric. Readers travel to Syria, where the president wants to launch his country's first stock market; to Brazil, where a corruption scandal is brushed under the rug in the...
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In the span of one day, how does the world do business?
InConnected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this question by visiting more than a dozen cities around the world and tracing the threads of our ever-changing, ever-integrating economic fabric. Readers travel to Syria, where the president wants to launch his country's first stock market; to Brazil, where a corruption scandal is brushed under the rug in the name of economic stability; to East Timor, where a new nation grapples with its impending oil wealth. Altman diagrams all the gears and cogs, showing how they fit together in the vast machinery of the global economy--all in the events of a single day.Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economyis a new and accessible way to look at our complex world.