Currency wars : the making of the next global crisis

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781591844495 (hc.)
ISBN: 1591844495 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
xv, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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?