World Finance

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of the economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades.

Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk. Rectifying her mistakes has to wait, however, because Cassie and her friends have just enough time to escape Brooklyn for her parents’ cabin before Bornavirus LX turns them into zombies, too.

“Entertaining and informative. Desai takes us on a journey through the fundamentals of finance, from asset pricing to risk and risk management, via options, mergers, debt, and bankruptcy."- John Lanchester, The New Yorker "A fascinating new perspective on modern finance," --Oliver Hart, 2016...

Think China’s economy is just a communist experiment with capitalist flair? Think again. What happens in China’s markets, boardrooms, and government offices will shape your job, your investments, and your financial future—whether you like it or not. Understanding the Chinese Economy in 10 Days is your crash course in how the world’s second-largest economy really works. From Mao to market, social credit to shipping wars, and real estate bubbles to digital currency, this book breaks down the systems, strategies, and stories behind China’s rapid rise—with clarity and without jargon...

When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge-fund manager in a 1966 Fortune article, she didn’t dream that Warren Buffett would one day be considered the world’s greatest investor - nor that she and Buffett would become close personal friends. Now Loomis has collected and updated the best Buffett articles Fortune published between 1966 and 2012, including thirteen cover stories and a dozen pieces authored by Buffett himself. Loomis has provided commentary about each major arti­cle that supplies context and her own informed point of view.

Who really runs the World? Who controls the money, the politics, and almost every facet of life without you knowing a thing about it? Is such a thing possible? Maxwell grew up in a family that had high-ranking insiders in international politics and religion, so had access to information that few people could imagine. He continued with a lifetime of investigation and is now considered the world's foremost authority on ancient religions and modern conspiracies. He has appeared on three CBS Television specials and over a thousand radio shows. The true meaning of symbols in politics, religion ...

Shaped by his 25 years traveling the world and enlivened by encounters with tycoons, presidents, and villagers from Rio to Beijing, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the "dismal science" of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a country's fortunes to 10 clear rules, Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time. He shows how to read political headlines, black markets, the price of onions, and billionaire rankings as signals of booms, busts, and protests.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD “A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to...

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world - and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to live in the ruins we have made?

Brought to you by Penguin. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet...

Market Wizards: The Next Generation continues in the three-decade tradition of the hugely popular Market Wizards series, interviewing exceptionally successful traders to learn how they achieved their extraordinary performance results.

From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America. What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible...

By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios - and never let go. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression revealed that thousands of mom-and-pop investors had lost millions to so-called Mini-Madoffs. They are the thieves and con men who had used phony financial acumen to steal investors' money, wipe out savings, and damage lives. Financial Serial Killers reveals the cons, from the grand to picayune, that advisers cultivate with their victims - relationships that are essential to the fraud.

I spent my entire adult life hiding something that’s haunted me for as long as I can remember—dyslexia. OUTCAST, A Dyslexic in an Ivy League World, is the story of living with severe dyslexia and redefining the road to success, not through the privilege of education, but through triumph over extraordinary obstacles. Labeled a failure by the educational system, I finished last in my high school class. I never earned a college credit or read a book. Yet I carved an unlikely path into the heart of Wall Street, rising to become a senior executive at Merrill Lynch.

Discover the untold story of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the most influential platform shaping global economics, politics, and society over the last five decades. From its humble beginnings as a European management forum to its rise as a global convening space for corporate leaders, political figures, and innovators, this book reveals how Davos became the stage where the world’s most critical decisions are debated and sometimes decided. Dive into the pivotal moments that defined the Forum’s evolution: How the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s tested WEF’s relevance...

From sleeping in a car at twenty-one to advising on billion-dollar deals, Devon Coombs built the financial system most people are never taught. The tools don't change. Just the zeros. The 10 Laws of Finance is a real-world education in money, business, and freedom for anyone who has ever opened their banking app and wondered where it all went. Whether you’re working two jobs and falling further behind, deciding if a stable salary is worth what it costs you, weighing a startup offer against a steady paycheck, or sitting on a high income and wondering why you still feel out of control, the ...

Entonces, por fin, pase a la acción con esta guía y comience hoy mismo a acumular su patrimonio privado con la orientación de un experto. A diferencia de muchos otros países, la mayoría de los alemanes rehúyen este paso por miedo a los riesgos y a los hechos complicados, por lo que este libro disipa las preocupaciones injustificadas con un asesoramiento competente y completo sobre todos los aspectos de los fondos de inversión, ETF & Co.

A riveting listen for investors of every level, this audiobook shows you exactly what to do and what not to do when your big idea is losing or winning - and demonstrates conclusively why the most important thing about investing is always the art of execution.

The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is a story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative. “Extraordinary.” —Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth Palo Alto’s weather is...

The world has led you to believe that financial freedom is not something you can willfully create in your life. You have been taught to view wealth as something that happens only to a lucky few who win a random business lottery or are blessed with unimaginable talent. The truth is that creating excessive financial wealth does not come down to luck or talent. It comes down simply to your beliefs, understanding, and views - the "pillars" that reinforce your every action.