Global Finance

A fun yet factual guide to thriving not only in Silicon Valley but in the emerging Global Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley has become synonymous with big ideas, start-ups, and inventing the future. But today the magic of Silicon Valley has gone viral and global. From Austin to Boston, from Shanghai to Dubai, a Global Silicon Valley is emerging.

Dr. Henry Kaufman is the most famous economist Wall Street has ever seen, renowned well beyond the financial industry. He was the subject of New Yorker cartoons, had cameos in drama productions and two seminal literary works of the 1980s, was subject to death threats, and enjoyed the nickname "Dr. Doom." His pinnacle of influence arrived on August 17, 1982. That single day turned out to be the beginning of the world that we now live in.

Just think for a moment: With over $5.1 trillion changing hands every single day in forex and currencies of different countries changing hands in the process, you can be sure that if you know what you are doing, you can make full-time income with forex! But, you may be wondering: That’s true, but how do I begin? Is forex trading something that a complete beginner can do? How do I decide which currencies to trade?

In today's global business reality, the ability to work across cultures is key to teamwork and productivity. The Culture Solution is the book to provide businesspeople a step-by-step system to manage and recognize for themselves the cultural factors that affect international relationships and global partnerships. Using the new method of cultural analysis created by Deirdre Mendez, international managers can solve problems and create cultural synergies that produce the most productive international teams, projects, and alliances.

Are you tired of making mistakes, earning less, or not hitting your daily or monthly targets because of employing average techniques? Are you ready to take your game a notch higher and learn new advanced strategies, secrets, and tips to improve your winning probability and make more money? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

Venture Adventure captures startup fundraising advice, tips, and recommendations of more than 50 top global investors. Collectively, these venture capitalists represent the who's who of this domain worldwide, across a wide range of sectors, geographies, and company stages. They have seen it all and know exactly what it takes to effectively raise capital against the backdrop of very dynamic and competitive global markets.

The US tax code is a total write-off. Overstuffed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one - except tax lawyers, accountants, and corporations, that is - certainly not me and you. Not for the first time, we have to tear it up and start over. That happened in 1922, and again in 1954, and again in 1986. There's a pattern here; we reach this point every 32 years. Which means the next complete re-write of the tax code is due in 2018. Can we write a new tax code that is fair and simple? In fact, we can.

The economic crisis has placed the business cycle back in the spotlight, but as individual investors and financial professionals start the arduous task of portfolio building and rebuilding, the greatest danger they face is relying too much on the past for guidance when the future may look very different. No one can say for certain what our economic future will look like. What investors can do is prepare.

The second global downturn in a dozen years is upon us - but do lessons learned during the Great Recession still apply? What must you and your business do, now, to ensure you come out the other side intact? Global Recession: Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you understand the smartest ways to cut costs intelligently, find opportunities amid upheaval, and reshape your business to seize advantage in the upswing.

Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy isn't another polemic for or against globalization. Daniel Altman takes you on a whirlwind journey through more than a dozen cities, gathering points of view from moguls, ministers, and the men and women on the street. At each stop, you'll hear how the world's workers played their parts in the events of a single day. Starting with their stories, related in their own words, you'll take on pressing questions in new ways.

Why has the Eurozone ended up with an unemployment rate more than twice that of the United States more than six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Why did the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries suffer a prolonged economic slowdown in the last two decades of the 20th century? What was the role of the International Monetary Fund in these economic failures?

The world is awash with economic information. Governments release reports. Pundits give their interpretation on television. And the stock market may go its own way, confusing everyone. How can you better understand what it means for you? Big Picture Economics, a new book by award-winning columnist and futurist Joel Naroff and veteran journalist Ron Scherer, says the thread that ties everything together is "context".

The World Is Curved 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?

With the collapse of investment banks, trillion-dollar-plus government bailouts, and decimated retirement portfolios, it's never been more important to understand the "new rules" of making money. Faced with the reality that "investing will never be the same again," Fiscal Hangover may well be the most important audio book you'll listen to this year.

Hiring an offshore team can save a company 70% on its staffing costs and offer previously unimaginable access to a near-infinite pool of 2 billion highly qualified professionals. It's a game changing proposition for businesses. Globalization and technology are connecting the world's 8 billion people into one single online economy. For three decades, the outsourcing industry was a sleeping giant, generating $200 billion annually, and employing tens of millions of people, but mostly invisible to the traditional economy. Now, the giant is waking.

Create more personal time and make more money as you build success and wealth through learning real estate investing. This is not a complicated stock investment strategy and it’s much easier than you think! This real estate audiobook presents the "Modern Wealth Building Formula", a remarkably simple yet powerful investing strategy one of the world’s most prominent experts created in order to find, fund, and facilitate properties he built in his real estate business. And the best part is that this formula can work for you too.

At some point in your life, you probably will have some money saved up and will start thinking, “I probably should invest this into something.” You can’t live in this modern age and be deaf to the oft-repeated advice of the way that leads to financial freedom: "Save and invest." To be honest, that advice is solid.

Greider explains the dynamics of the global economy in terms of human struggle. As he makes clear, the actions of multinational corporations and finance capitalists are no longer guided by the national interests of their home countries, but by the imperatives of the free market. As the global economy's contradictions multiply and its instabilities deepen, are we doomed to relive the world depression and the rise of violent fascism experienced in the early 20th century?

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why, beyond the idle curiosity, do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time.

By 2030, the youngest of the Baby Boom Generation will reach retirement age, yet the majority have no defined retirement plan, nor adequate finances to give them a good quality of life for the statistical average of 14 years in retirement. C.B. McGee was able to retire at the age of 50. He knows what it takes to retire and how to live in retirement. This book is a companion guide to the Baby Boomer's Guide to Retirement and sets out to talk about the gig economy, and how to earn extra money to supplement your current earnings, as well as provide an income for you in retirement.