TY - BOOK AU - Randy Charles Epping TI - Beginners Guide to the World Economy: Eighty One Basic Economic Concepts That Will Change the Way You See the World SN - 9780375725791 U1 - 332.042 EPP-B PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - International finance. Finance. Finances internationales. N1 - Industry outlook -- How to use this book -- Banking -- Accounting/corporate finance -- Insurance -- Investment banking/securities -- Money management -- Supervisory agencies N2 - What is the new economy? What is globalization? Is the euro the final seal on European Union? How is e-commerce transforming our world beyond economics? What is virtual money, and does it have real value? How do social concerns and societal ills (drugs, poverty, AIDS, endangered natural resources) play a part in the rapidly changing world economy? What are multinationals, and do they signal the end of nationalism? These and many other pertinent issues are addressed in an enlightening and entertaining handbook for those who want to be economically literate (and who doesn't?) ER -