This history of New York culture and commerce in the first two thirds of the eighteenth century tells how the volatile forces of imperial politics and commerce created a fluid society in which establishing one's own status or verifying another's was a challenge.

This book explores the economic and political impact of US aggression and the rise of China. Charting the impact of globalization from the Greek and Roman Empires onwards, the contemporary challenges posed by globalization is analysed in relation to both multinational companies and Wall Street banks. The influence of the World Trade Organization is investigated, with a particular focus on how it has created a Washington consensus throughout the world. This book aims to provide a non-Western perspective on global capitalism and the dangers it creates. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in political economy, economic history, and development economics.

The debts of nearly fifty countries around the world are far too big and need to be lowered several times. This can be achieved by savings in the state budgets and by taking advantage of the economic opportunities provided by the concept of economic duals. In foreign trade this can be achieved by introducing the application of the category of diversified money. Politics should not enter into the economics of state economic anomalies, and politicians must be fully responsible for the recovery of their state economics. This is the true Danger of Economic Collapse that is faced by so many of today’s economies.

Contains papers that appeal to a broad and global readership in all fields of economics.