Money Makes the World Go Around One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through the Global Economy, from Brooklyn to Bangkog and Back

Name: Money Makes the World Go Around One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through the Global Economy, from Brooklyn to Bangkog and Back
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ISBN: 9780142000502

ISBN-10: 0142000507

ISBN-13: 9780142000502

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barbara Garson

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What does it really mean to live in a world united by, and immersed in, the free flow of capital? In Money Makes the World Go Around, Barbara Garson sets out to see for herself, and the result is a hilarious and instructive gallop through international finance in today's post-industrial economy. Depositing two sums of money-one in a small-town bank, the other in an aggressive mutual fund-Garson tracks her money's every stop as it races around the world for loans, speculation, and investments. Along the way, she talks to people who touch, use, or are touched by her money. Part detective story, part business report, this is a primer on today's dizzying economic dynamic and a surprising…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Prologue


The Bank Deposit


It's a Wonderful Life


The Sun Never Sets


Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places


Striking Oil


Gone Fishing


Honesty Is the Best Policy


The Investment


Plunging into the Market


Now There's a Bright Idea


Restructuring


Outsourcing


Six Months Later


Fellow Shareholders


"Sunbeam Audit Finds a Mirage, No Turnaround"


Restructuring Hits Home