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Shadow Market
Eric J. Weiner
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Description for Shadow Market
Paperback. Inside the super-rich, super-secretive, unregulated funds that are wresting control of world finance Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCLF; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
The most potent force in global commerce today isn’t Wall Street, the multinational banks, or the governments of the G7 countries. In this brilliant and startling investigation, acclaimed business reporter Eric J. Weiner uncovers the real powers guiding our shaky recovery from the worldwide financial crisis and shaping the economy of our future.
Taking advantage of the current recession and the liquidity problems in the United States and Europe, cash-flush nations such as China, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and even Norway are using sovereign wealth funds and other investment vehicles to secure major holdings in multinational corporations ... Read more
The most potent force in global commerce today isn’t Wall Street, the multinational banks, or the governments of the G7 countries. In this brilliant and startling investigation, acclaimed business reporter Eric J. Weiner uncovers the real powers guiding our shaky recovery from the worldwide financial crisis and shaping the economy of our future.
Taking advantage of the current recession and the liquidity problems in the United States and Europe, cash-flush nations such as China, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and even Norway are using sovereign wealth funds and other investment vehicles to secure major holdings in multinational corporations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851688227
SKU
V9781851688227
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About Eric J. Weiner
Eric J. Weiner has covered business and economics for more than fifteen years. The author of the critically acclaimed What Goes Up: The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street, he has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. He lives in Massachusetts, USA.
Reviews for Shadow Market
“An eye-opener… A revealing – and troubling – overview of the uses of money and power at the international level.”
Kirkus Reviews
"Informative, admirably lucid..."
Publishers Weekly
"Weiner out-hustles the global influence peddlers."
Vanity Fair
"Alarming… A bleak survey of how flush authoritarian governments deploy financial means to achieve geopolitical ends."
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews
"Informative, admirably lucid..."
Publishers Weekly
"Weiner out-hustles the global influence peddlers."
Vanity Fair
"Alarming… A bleak survey of how flush authoritarian governments deploy financial means to achieve geopolitical ends."
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ... Read more