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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9781423377108 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 1423377109 Label: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Number Of Items: 9 Publication Date: 2008-09-04 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Release Date: 2008-09-04 Studio: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
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Editorial Reviews: David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers and advised top Wall Street executives and investors. The World Is Curved picks up where Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat left off, taking listeners on an insider’s tour through the private offices of central bankers, finance ministers, even prime ministers. Smick reveals how today’s risky environment came to be—and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of potentially far more devastating trouble. He wrestles with the two questions on everyone’s mind: How bad could things really get in today’s volatile economy? And what can we do about it? The World Is Curved is the rare work that speaks simultaneously to the Wall Street, Washington, and London elite, yet its apt storytelling shows Main Street readers how to survive in these turbulent times. “The World Is Curved is...essential...for those who wish to understand the workings, politics, and distresses of the global financial system...insightful and entertaining...” — Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; author of The Age of Turbulence “David Smick’s probing insights in The World Is Curved stem from an extraordinary vantage point few observers can match.”—George Soros, Soros Fund Management
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: All the endorsements are a mystery to me Comment: Based on the endorsements for this book I assumed I would be getting an in depth description of how international finance worked and maybe a clue as to why so many were worried about trade deficits and the possible demise of the dollar. Instead, what I got was more boosterism about free trade, globalization, and entrepeneurship - and warnings to politicians to not mess with this glorious world. No nuance. Very shallow. Why it received so many prominent endorsements is a mystery to me. Rather than educating, the book just promotes political viewpoints. I would not like to see free trade disrupted, but I have read all his arguments a hundred times before. Customer Rating: Summary: Bubble Comment: The book is an almost timely look behind the scenes at the world's financial bubbles. It was published after the subprime crisis but before the collapse of Wall Street's investment community. The author attempts to justify the continued practices of this community while calling for inspired attempts to regulate it. He has no real suggestions on how this could be done. He defends the system as moving people out of poverty in great numbers defined by those who no longer live on less than $1 a day. I would suggest that living on $2 a day is no less a reasonable definition of poverty. Customer Rating: Summary: World Economics for Dummies 101A Comment: The world is curved is filled with easily understood facts and figures but will astound the unknowing person. We are being kept in the dark by the drive by media and this book will shed light on our faultering economy. This is a good read. Customer Rating: Summary: great book Comment: If you wish to understand globalization and the global economy, this book is for you. Well written, wordy in parts, but a good reference as well. Customer Rating: Summary: Very readable introduction to modern international finance Comment: First, the con: Smick is totally full of himself. Pro: Very readable introduction to modern (up through Bear Stearns) international finance. To borrow the author's favorite metaphor, he channels a wide and deep river of facts, theories, opinions to describe the impact of the global ocean of money that surges through the financial world and influences everything. My financial background: None. I can't speak to it's suitability for experts, but it's accessible to the motivated lay person. More Reviews