Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy

Daniel Altman

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In the span of one day, how does the world do business?

In Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this question by visiting more than a dozen cities around the world and tracing the threads of our ever-changing, ever-integrating economic fabric. Readers travel to Syria, where the president wants to launch his country's first stock market; to Brazil, where a corruption scandal is brushed under the rug in the name of economic stability; to East Timor, where a new nation grapples with its impending oil wealth. Altman diagrams all the gears and cogs, showing how they fit together in the vast machinery of the global economy--all in the events of a single day. Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy is a new and accessible way to look at our complex world.

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Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy
CHAPTER 1"ERICSSON AND NAPSTER TO UNVEIL ONLINE MUSIC SERVICE": WHEN DOES WORKING TOGETHER REALLY WORK? 
 
A scratched-up old train pulls in to the small station at Helenelund, just a few stops from the center of Stockholm. Outside the station, a road leads through a leafy working-class suburb. It passes under a low-slung highway, and there, across a two-way street, is a six-story cement building with the word "Ericsson" on the side. Next to it is another one, this one faced in brick. Behind them are two more.

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"Instead of the usual heavy and indigestible fare, Daniel Altman cleverly serves bite-sized, tasty portions of economic insight that will leave readers hungry for more."--Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind

"Altman's easy narration, merged with a few well-researched anecdotes, can offer that winning combination sought by all writers of popular economics, a succinct overview of the well-known with an original, intellectually stimulating point."--Mario Pisani, Financial Times

"Altman gives us a revealing view from the trenches."--Time

"Clever . . . [Altman] eschews straightforward narrative, favoring zoom-in, zoom-out impressions and lengthy quotations from a kaleidoscope of people."--Stephen Kotkin, The New York Times

 

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Daniel Altman

Daniel Altman received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard and has written for The Economist and The New York Times, where he was the youngest member of the editorial board. He is now a columnist for the International Herald Tribune. He splits his time between New York, Hong Kong, and Buenos Aires.

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Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy
Daniel Altman

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Picador
September 2008
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ISBN: 9780312428099
ISBN10: 031242809X
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 304 pages
$18.00
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September 2008
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ISBN: 9781429923101
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304 pages, Includes Notes, a Note on Sources, and an Index
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