Examines China's overseas financial investments in the developing world, and its impact on national economic policymaking in the Americas.

An analysis of the connections between capital flows and financial crises as well as between capital flows and economic growth.

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuan At first glance, the history of the modern global economy seems t

The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an im

"One of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times An authoritative, insightful, and highly readable h