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Index

G

G-7. see Group of Seven (G-7)

General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade (GATT), 33

Germany

automobile industry, 169–72

bribery and corruption, 192

capital markets, global, 38

economic development in, 4

eurocurrency and, 78

financial services, 172

foreign direct investment, 177

mergers and acquisitions, 176

technology change in, 7

Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, 32, 39, 172

globalization

Asia and, 220–21

China and, 233–35

currency crises and, 61–69

economic growth and, 4, 241–42

Enron scandal and, 201–4

foreign exchange markets and, 1–2, 86–88

future of, 135–38

mergers and acquisitions and, 166–69, 183 n.7

money laundering and, 210–13

multinational corporations (MNC) and, 162–66

New Economy and, 146–47

organized crime and, 205–7

post-September 11, 129–35

poverty and, 123

process of, 108–15

technology and, 9–10

terrorism and, 204–5, 208–10, 213–16

Tobin tax and, 93–94

. see also antiglobalization

gold standard, 23, 34

governance, 187, 216. see also corporations, governance

government

crime and corruption of, 207

erosion of nation-state, 163, 180–82, 216

politics and succession in Chinese, 233–35

role in capital markets, 20

stock market intervention, 27

government bonds, colonial, 24. see also U.S. Treasury bonds

Great Depression, 30–32

Greenspan, Alan, 12, 91, 152, 195

gross domestic product (GDP), 3, 5, 190–91

Group of Seven (G-7), 6, 34, 107–8, 212, 226, 228

guerrilla warfare. see terrorism

 

H

hedge funds, 74, 87, 94–95, 97–102, 194–95

hedging, 20, 197–98

herd behavior. see behavior

high-yield bond market. see junk bond market

hostile takeovers, 183 n.7

human rights, antiglobalization and, 117, 119–23

 

I

imperalism, globalization and, 120–23

India

antiglobalization and, 129

bribery and corruption in, 192

capital controls, 95

economy, 66–67, 135

Enron and, 200–201

globalization and, 66, 124, 241–42

post-World War II development, 221–22

poverty and global integration, 113

Indonesia

Asian contagion in, 10

bribery and corruption, 193

currency crises, 66, 100

economic decline of, 225

financial crises, 45, 120

multinational corporations (MNC), 166

post-World War II development, 221–22

inequality, international, 112–15, 119–23, 241

information technology (IT), 3, 145–47

initial public offerings (IPO), 2, 143, 149, 196–97

insider trading, 26–27, 38, 155, 186–87, 204, 215–16

insurance industry, 20, 172–76

integration, 108–15, 171, 207, 234, 240–41

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 63, 70

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

antiglobalization and, 6, 107–8, 120

corruption and, 191, 205–7

creation of, 33–34

crime and the, 205–7

emerging market policies and, 44–48, 241

fixed exchange rates and, 92–93

globalization and, 110–15

money laundering and, 210–13

reform of the, 126–29, 140 n.56

technology bubble and, 145–47

terrorism and, 215

Third World currency crises and, 48–52

Washington concensus, 44, 59–63, 66, 111–12

 

international trade, 19–20, 32, 33, 163–66

Internet

antiglobalization and, 117–18

bubble of the 1990s, 143–47, 150–54, 195–97

China.com and the, 2, 6, 151

currency trading and, 86

erosion of nation-state and, 180

foreign exchange trading and, 102

investment banking

creation of U. S., 28–29

crony capitalism and, 194–97

Enron scandal and, 202–4

foreign exchange markets and, 74–75

globalization and, 2, 110–15

investigations of, 196–97

mergers and acquisitions and, 172–76, 178–90, 242

speculation, financial, 4

technology bubble and, 150, 155

terrorism and, 204–5

trends in the 1990's, 7–8

Ireland, 111–12, 177, 241

irrational exuberance, 11–12, 91–92, 152. see also stocks

Isreal, 132, 151–52, 212

Italy, 172, 205–6

 

J

Japan

automobile industry, 169

bubble economy of, 225–28

capital markets, global, 38–39

economic decline of, 10, 135, 228–30

economic growth in, 5, 220–25

economic integration in, 113

financial services, 172

foreign direct investment, 177

foreign exchange markets and, 81–82

mergers and acquisitions, 176–77

organized crime, globalization of, 205–6

post-World War II development, 221–23

junk bond market, 38–41

 

K

Korea

Asian contagion in, 10

automobile industry, 169

currency crises, 45, 66, 120

economic decline of, 225

economic development in, 5

financial services, 172

globalization and, 241

post-World War II development, 221–22

 

L

labor, 116, 136–37, 174. see also employment

Laden, Osama bin, 204–5, 209

Latin America

capital markets, global, 37–38

currency crises, 67–69

dollarization, 93

drug trafficking, 208–10

economic development in, 4, 23–24

financial services, 172

foreign investment, 47

globalization of, 224

government corruption in, 189

inequality, international, 120–21

multinational corporations (MNC), 166

technology impact in, 147

Washington concensus and, 63

law, 182, 187, 205–7, 212–13, 234–35, 242

legal system, 178–90, 190

leveraged buy-out (LBO), 38, 40–41

Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), 8, 101, 194–95, 242–43, 244–45

 

M

Malaysia

antiglobalization and, 137

capital controls, 95

currency crises, 100

economic decline of, 225

foreign debt and, 125

globalization and, 65, 241

mergers and acquisitions, 176

multinational corporations (MNC), 166

post-World War II development, 221–22

managed economies, 4, 6–7

management, 20, 31, 244

mergers and acquisitions

antitrust laws and, 30–31

automobile industry, 169–72

benefits of 1990s, 178–90

corporate restructuring by, 166–69

foreign direct investment in, 47–48

foreign exchange trading and, 103