Currency wars : the making of the next global crisis
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Currency wars : the making of the next global crisis
AUTHOR:
Rickards, James
ISBN:
9781591844495
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2011
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xv, 288 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-280) and index.
CONTENTS:
Prewar -- Financial war -- Reflections on a golden age -- Currency war I (1921-1936) -- Currency war II (1967-1987) -- Currency war III (2010- ) -- The G20 solution -- Globalization and state capital -- The misuse of economics -- Currencies, capital and complexity -- Endgame : paper, gold or chaos?
ABSTRACT:
Drawing on a mix of economic history, network science, and sociology, "Currency Wars" provides a rich understanding of the increasing threats to U.S. national security, from dollar devaluation to collapse in the European periphery, failed states in Africa, Chinese neomercantilism, Russian adventurism, and the current scramble for gold.
SUBJECT:
| Currency crises |
| Foreign exchange |
| Financial crises |
BIBSUMMARY:
Drawing on a mix of economic history, network science, and sociology, "Currency Wars" provides a rich understanding of the increasing threats to U.S. national security, from dollar devaluation to collapse in the European periphery, failed states in Africa, Chinese neomercantilism, Russian adventurism, and the current scramble for gold.