The World is Curved, David M. Smick
The World is Curved, David M. Smick
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The World is Curved
Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

Author: David M. Smick

Narrator: Jim Bond

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/04/2008

Synopsis

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 listeners 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

About David M. Smick

David M. Smick advises some of the world’s most successful money managers through his investment and strategic consulting firm, Johnson Smick International, Inc. He is also the founder, editor, and publisher of The International Economy, an acclaimed quarterly. He has served as an adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and has written for such publications as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Smick and his family live in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

The author likes: globalization, Bill Clinton, Alan Greenspan, entrepreneurs, capitalism, risk-takers, wealth, free trade. The author dislikes: China, bureaucrats, politics, class warfare, high taxes, over-regulation. The author tolerates as inevitable: "creative destruction" of certain kinds of jobs,......more

Goodreads review by Iceman

David M. Smick é um consultor experiente e bem sucedido. Dirigindo a sua própria empresa de consultadoria, Johnson Smick International, Inc., David M. Smick foi conselheiro de vários candidatos à Presidência dos Estados Unidos. Fundador e editor da revista “The International Economy”, é também habit......more

Goodreads review by Bao

This book offered very interesting analyses about the workings and politics of the major financial giants on the planet - USA, Europe, Japan, China and India. I believe that overall the book is a good learning tool for beginners despite the fact that many of the analyses may be tagged 'biased'. The a......more

Goodreads review by Beth

First of all, I almost didn't finish reading this book. It was published in late 2008 and during the first two chapters I kept wondering if it wasn't already irrelevant because of what had happened in the financial world during the last 4-5 months. (I am writing this on March 23, 2009.) I was very wr......more

Goodreads review by David

Although poorly titled, as it has little connection to the book, “The World is Flat”, this book has helped me better grasp the recent financial meltdown as well as the interconnectivity of global markets. As the author describes, liquidity is the oil in the global economic engine; if the oil collect......more

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