TY - BOOK AU - Smick, David M. TI - The world is curved: hidden dangers to the global economy SN - 9781591842903 U1 - 337 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Portfolio KW - Financial crises KW - International economic relations KW - International finance N2 - 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 beDandwhythemortgagemessisasymptomofpotentiallyfarmoredevastatingtrouble.Hewrestleswiththetwoquestionsoneveryone'smind:Howbadcouldthingsreallygetintoday'svolatileeconomy?Andwhatcanwedoaboutit?(http://search.barnesandnoble.com) ER -