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24 Hours in the Global Economy
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
May 2007
On Sale: May 1, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0374135320
EAN: 9780374135324
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
What if you could look behind the headlines of the global
economy to see how it really worked? Instead of listening to
pundits, politicians, and protestors, you could see
firsthand how everyone from migrant workers to central bank
governors lived their lives. Then you could decide for
yourself where the big trends were
heading. Now you can.
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:
Can poor countries become rich too quickly? Can corruption
ever be a good thing? Do companies need crises in order to
stay competitive? What determines the global economic
pecking order? Most important, you’ll learn how the billions
of decisions made by individuals can and do change the
future. Connected: 24 Hours
in the Global Economy is part travel guide, part owner’s
manual—an absorbing, accessible, and essential road map for
every citizen of the global economy in the twenty-first century.
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