Trying to gain control over your finances and create a secure future for you and your family? The bestselling author of Terry Savage talks money now givens you simple step by step strategies to achieve your financial goals.
In a time of rapid change in the world economy, this fascinating, concise, and user-friendly primer is the most reliable tool for keeping track of what's happening. What is the new economy? What is globalization? Is the euro the final seal on European Union? How is e-commerce transforming our world beyond economics? What is virtual money, and does it have real value? How do social concerns …
Now entirely update to reflect recent changes in the tax laws, this plan-speaking financial guide shows people who know little or nothing about investing how to seize control of their finance and take advantage of the many forms of investment and money management alternatives that are currently available.
The world is on the verge of the most sweeping economic changes since the Industrial Revolution. National economies are transforming from government-controlled market systems into an open international marketplace under no one's control. The consequences will be both exhilarating and terrifying. Market Unbound is the first compelling blueprint for adapting to this new global market. According …
An analysis of the benefits and consequences of deflation considers the possible link between significant historical deflation and the Great Depression, citing the causes of deflation while arguing for controlled and moderate deflation as a natural part of the economic cycle.
Recent events have reignited the debate over the future of the international monetary system. This book, part of the Integrating National Economic series, examines international monetary options of the twenty-first century. Barry Eichengreen argues that it will not be possible for governments to prevent exchange rates from exceeding prespecified limits. Changes in technology, market structure, …
This study recommends employing "human capital contracts" wherein students agree to pay a percentage of their income over time in exchange for funds to finance their education. The main difference between "human capital contracts" and loans is the variable value of the payments students make during the repayment period. Their financial consequences, of risk transfer from students to investors a…
It discusses the problems caused by these crimes, the specific actions countries need to take to address them, and the role international organizations play in the process. The 'Reference Guide' is a valuable tool for establishing effective regimes to successfully prevent, detect, and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing.
The vision of the founders of the United Nations, the World Bank and the IMF some fifty years ago contrasts sharply with the often weak and limited performance of the institutions they created. The 15 papers in this volume critically assess this record in order to set out proposals for strengthening and restructuring the institutions to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. The changes p…
Changing Fortunes is based on a series of lectures given at the Woodrow Wilson School, gives an inside view of all the significant economic events of the last four decades, including the formation of the new monetary system that was negotiated at Bretton Woods in 1944, the Latin American debt crisis of the 1970s, and the interest rate shocks of the late '70s and early '80s.