Subjects:  1. Foreign exchange rates    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. International - General    4. Finance    5. Foreign Exchange    6. Monetary economics    7. Business/Economics    8. Business & Economics    9. International finance    10. Exports & Imports   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Dollar, American    5. Economics - Macroeconomics    6. European Economic Community co    7. European Economic Community countries    8. Foreign Exchange    9. Monetary Policy    10. Monetary unions    11. Soviet Union    12. Business & Economics / Macroeconomics    13. Monetary economics   

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The best!
This book is the best guide to FX markets and the correspondinginstruments.The book structure and contents are extremely well plannedand written to provide not only a beginner with first hand knowledge, butcan be a good refresher for others.
Excellent
This book is a definitive masterpiece. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Foreign Exchange    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Business & Economics / General    9. Investment & securities    10. Monetary economics   

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Foreign Exchange Handbook
Is a very good introduction for a Foreign Exchange Market. Specially in futures markets ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Foreign Exchange    5. Foreign exchange futures    6. International finance   

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Excellent on Central Banks & Money Politics!
The Book gives an excellent comparative account of these important central banks, while covering with detail the macroeconomic intricacies of monetarypolicy decision making in these nations. It also includes a fascinating anddetailed exposure of the historical developments in these cntral banks.Amust for anyone trying to understand the current global central bankframework. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Foreign Exchange    4. Government & Business   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Congresses    4. European Economic Community    5. European Union countries    6. European currency unit    7. Foreign Exchange    8. International Finance    9. Monetary unions    10. Political Science    11. Public Policy - Economic Policy    12. Developing countries    13. Monetary economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Consumer Finance    4. Foreign Exchange    5. Personal Finance - Investing    6. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Investing   

Subjects:  1. Bancos y banca internacional    2. Banks and banking, International    3. Foreign exchange   

Subjects:  1. 1945-    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Christianity - Theology - General    5. Economic history    6. Foreign Exchange    7. International - Economics    8. Religion    9. Business & Economics / Economics / International    10. Business & Economics / Money & Monetary Policy    11. Business & Economics-Foreign Exchange    12. Economics | International    13. International economics    14. Monetary economics    15. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000   

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Excellent book
Homaifar made complicated material more easy to understand. The examples provided help explain the subject matter thoroughly. Definitely a must-read!

I Wish I Had This Book In Grad School
Dr. Homaifar has done an outstanding job of presenting some very complex material in a clear, concise manner with excellent examples. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested or involved in finance and investing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. Foreign Exchange    6. Foreign exchange rates    7. International - Economics    8. Risk management    9. United States    10. Business & Economics / Finance    11. Monetary economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Foreign Exchange    5. Foreign exchange rates    6. International - Economics    7. International - General    8. International finance    9. Monetary unions    10. Business & Economics / Money & Monetary Policy    11. Economics | International    12. Finance & Accounting   

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Good Data, Wrong Bias
I would agree that this is a very good book in terms of presenting what happened in the 19th century Atlantic economy. I do have one critical observation. The authors blame the collapse of globalization on the lobbying of particular industries; thus setting up the argument thatgeneral gains from trade were lost to special interests. This is in accordwith their belief that globalization is a good thing. As an economistworking on these issues for many years, with experience in government aswell as academics and the private sector, I have to disagree. Clearly,governments need to rally constituents to support policies. Yet, from ourown Alexander Hamilton to Germany's Otto von Bismarck, and a host ofothers, states had a strategic vision of what was in the national interestfor which they sought support. This is the origin of the "iron andwheat" alliances that O'Rourke and Williamson credit with undoing"free trade" on the continent. This was a strategy of nationaleconomic development and strategic independence under which the majorpowers were able to successfully increase their economic growth rates. Forevidence of this I would recommend Paul Bairoch's book Economics and WorldHistory (Univ. of Chicago, 1993). As the great economic thinker JosephSchumpeter observed "the consistent support given by the Americanpeople to protectionist policies...is accounted for not by any love for ordomination by big business, but by a fervant wish to build and keep a worldof their own and to be rid of all the vicissitudes of the rest of theworld." This is true of most people, most places---which is why thecurrent fad of globalization will not last either.

Economic History Made Delightful
This book is not an easy read.Especially if you are not interested in economics and lack basic economics terminologies, you'll certainly have difficulties appreciating this book the way it should be.It is, however,an tremendously insightful story of the evolution and devolution ofglobalizm in the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It, in rigorous details, shows how an earlier period of globalization inthe late 19th century was self-destructed by the very same forces thatestablished it as a significant force in the global economic system.Itreflects how easy it is to lose the benefits of economic globalism which wetoday often take for granted.

Interesting history 19th cent. Atlantic globalization
I am an economist working on globalization issues, interested in history and economic history. I found this book an excellent study that puts globalization discussion in historical (19th century) context, a period oflarge international capital flows and even larger human capital flows. Thstudy uses data on these mass movements in production factors toempirically test/uses the standard international trade Heckscher Olin modelon income and factor price distribution in trade. It shows that these massmovements had indeed measurable effects on income distribution followingsome of the model predictions.Problems of globalization in economic termsare indeed linked to the income effects of several groups in the economyfollowing the opening up to increasing trade, investment and migrationflows.All too often these discussions are marred by lack of data and lackof historical awareness, and i found this study filling a real gap. Itsurely will be contested but i found the analysis interesting andwell-written. Recommended! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Capital movements    5. Economic Integration    6. Economics - General    7. Emigration and immigration    8. Exports & Imports    9. Foreign Exchange    10. Free Trade    11. History    12. International - Economics    13. International - Taxation    14. North Atlantic Region    15. Business & Economics / Development / General    16. Economic history    17. International trade    18. World history: c 1750 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Currency question    4. Foreign Exchange    5. International - Economics    6. Monetary Policy    7. Money    8. Business & Economics / Economics / General    9. International finance    10. Public finance   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Foreign Exchange    5. Foreign exchange administratio    6. Foreign exchange administration    7. Germany    8. International - Economics    9. Monetary policy    10. United States    11. Central government policies    12. International finance    13. Monetary economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economic Conditions    5. Foreign Exchange    6. Foreign exchange rates    7. Italy    8. Lira, Italian    9. Mass media    10. Statistics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Foreign Exchange   

Subjects:  1. Arbitrage    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Foreign Exchange    7. Foreign exchange market    8. Hedging (Finance)    9. Speculation    10. Business & Economics / Finance    11. International finance    12. Stocks & shares   

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Excellent work -- informative and scholarly
As someone who is not an economist, I am in no position to rate Tan's arguments vis-a-vis the positions of other economists. However, as an introduction to the complexities of the 1998 meltdown in Asian economies, this book is first-rate. It is very well organized.Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia, Southeastern    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. East Asia    5. Financial crises    6. Foreign Exchange    7. Southeast Asia    8. ASIA    9. Finance & Accounting    10. Monetary economics    11. South East Asia    12. c 1990 to c 2000   

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Good overall book on money markets
This is a timely book that covers in great detail virtually all apsects of the markets. Well written and well worth getting.

Stigum (or Success) versus Choudhry
A one-star Amazon review of the late Marcia Stigum's book: "The Money Market" denigrates her work, but recommends this book.Coincidentally it seems to have appeared just after a reviewer recommended her book over "The Repo Handbook" authored by Choudhry, one of the authors of this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. Financial Markets    6. Foreign Exchange    7. International - Economics    8. International - General    9. International Finance    10. Investments & Securities - General    11. Money market    12. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    13. Investment & securities    14. Monetary economics   

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A problematic but interesting collection of essays
"Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination" is a frequently fascinating, frequently annoying volume of essays by Jewish Mexican writer Ilan Stavans. Stavans, who moved to the United States and writes in English, has a complex perspective which is reflected in this book. Unique
Stavans is one of the best essayists of our time. His pieces are always stimulating and informative. I would compare him with Lionel Trilling. The essays on translation and poliglotism alone are worth the price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Caribbean & Latin American    5. Foreign Exchange    6. General    7. History and criticism    8. Latin American literature    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. American studies    11. History of ideas, intellectual history    12. Latin America    13. Latin-American Spanish    14. Literary studies: general    15. Political Science / General    16. Political structure & processes