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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 isnβt 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, youβll hear how the worldβs workers played their parts in the events of a single day. Starting with their stories, related in their own words, youβll 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, youβll 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 ownerβs manualβan absorbing, accessible, and essential road map for every citizen of the global economy in the twenty-first century.
 Media BuzzMarketplace - PRI - May 7, 2007
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