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The major stock indexes are spoken about daily, but the average person knows little about them. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ, and the S&P 500 are referenced all the time in business reports. Readers discover what the indices are, why we have them, and why they're so critical to the efficient operation of the global stock market. By understanding the mechanics of the stock market indices, readers will gain a better understanding of...
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In the midst --and in the troubled wake--of the Great Recession, we have witnessed an extraordinary and unprecedented global cooperation among nations committed to collectively discussing, debating, and instituting the best possible economic measures that would restore worldwide growth and prosperity. Through international dialogue, negotiations, and old-fashioned arm-twisting and diplomatic brinksmanship, vulnerable and debt-ridden countries, mostly...
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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are the bankers of the global economy. The World Bank helps impoverished economies become profitable by offering financial assistance. The IMF is the organization that provides international cooperation among the world's economic superpowers. Readers are provided with explanations of the inner workings of both organizations in this informative volume. In addition, this view into the mechanics...
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Explanations to the inner workings of one of the least understood, but arguably most important, areas of business finance is offered to readers in this engaging volume: venture capital. Venture capitalists provide necessary investment to seed (or startup) companies, but the startup is only the beginning, there is much more to be explored. These savvy investors help guide young entrepreneurs, who likely have little experience, to turn their businesses...
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In the popular mind, the Great Recession was caused by misguided investment banking practices, a burst real estate bubble, and plummeting housing values. All of this is accurate, yet it fails to highlight another underlying, insidious cause of the economic collapse-consumer credit and debt. In the years running up to the recession, consumers were encouraged by the government to spend their money for the good of the economy. The value of saving was...
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Readers get a view behind the gilded doors which will reveal the inner workings of pyramid and Ponzi schemes, telemarketing scams, identity theft, creative accounting, phishing, and other large-scale frauds and scams that impact not only big money investors but cost ordinary working citizens as well. Intriguing historical and current examples of institutional ruinous shell games include Madoff, WorldCom, Enron, and Jon Corzine's MF Global. Most importantly,...
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As the United States teeters on the brink of a severe economic downturn, many citizens have begun looking back at the Great Depression and wondering if it's about to happen again. An economic downturn is not necessarily a depression. Here, the mechanisms of a depression, its causes and effects, and how it develops into a worldwide situation are explored. The Great Depression is used as an illustrative thread running throughout the book to bring compelling,...
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This book succeeds in making complicated, abstract economic theories, practices, and processes not only accessible and comprehensible, but also highly relevant to young readers' lives. It also comes at a crucial moment in American history, as the nation enters a period of likely severe and prolonged recession. Your readers will learn exactly what recession is, how to cope with it, and how it can be controlled or moderated. This excellent information...
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