Global Financial Markets

The definitive guide to why different financial markets exist and how they operate. This edition brings the listener right up to speed with the latest developments in financial instruments and provides a clear and incisive guide to this complex world that even those who work in it often find hard to understand. With chapters on the markets that deal with money, foreign exchange, equities, bonds, commodities, financial futures, options and other derivatives.

In the midst of one of the most serious financial upheavals since the Great Depression, George Soros writes about the origins of the crisis and proposes a set of policies that should be adopted to confront it. Soros places the current crisis in the context of his decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity.

Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.

The award-winning author of The Entrepreneurial State and Mission Economy offers a scathing indictment of a global financial system that incentivizes taking over making and extraction over creation “A stimulating analysis of the underlying causes of inequality and growth which forces us to...

Navigate the stock market and decode the global economy with a calm, practical guide to how money actually moves. Whether you are tuning in during your morning commute or trying to make sense of anxious financial headlines, this listening experience transforms complex economic concepts into...

Master investing basics and decode the global economy without needing a finance degree or struggling through jargon. Perfect for your morning commute, this clear and empowering listen translates complex market forces into practical insights. You will finally understand exactly why prices move...

Bloomsbury presents How to Think Like an Economist by Robbie Mochrie, read by Ben Onwukwe. This book will leave the reader not just smarter – but wiser. -- Professor Erik Angner, Stockholm University, author of How Economics Can Save the World We live in the economy – and we are part of it...

Uncover the gripping economic history of market crashes and speculative bubbles that repeatedly shatter global wealth. Whether you are seeking an enlightening listen for your morning commute or looking to decode chaotic financial headlines, this dramatic narrative brings four centuries of booms...

A creative and surprising exploration of economics through the lens of the food and global cuisine―from the bestselling author of Economics. For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Ha-Joon Chang...

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