Riches among the ruins: adventures in the dark corners of the global economy
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1. Verfasser: Smith, Robert P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York AMACOM ©2009
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Beschreibung:Includes index
El Salvador: bullets, bombs, and bonds -- Vietnam: the early education of an economic warrior -- Turkey: selling the letter "M" for a cool half million -- Guatemala/Panama: risky business -- Nigeria: promises, promises -- Russia: boom to bust and back -- Iraq: mission not accomplished -- American twilight
Smith's memoir of a career spent brokering sales of sovereign debts (also known as government debts) makes for a gripping read. With a raconteur's gusto, the author describes his flight from a solidly conservative New England Jewish upbringing into a world of high-stakes wheeling and dealing. He plied his trade in developing markets, where shortages of hard currency force governments to offer promises of payment for imported goods or services
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 243 pages)
ISBN:0814410618
9780814410615

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