Vivek Kaul: 4 books

The financial crisis of 2008 brought the world to a standstill. Banks and financial firms all over the world had to be rescued by governments - in effect, bailed out by the taxpayer. But have things changed post 2008? Are financial firms and banks operating more responsibly? Are they taking fewer...

The US dollar moves the world. It makes the United States of America the world's only superpower. But things weren't always as they are now. The British pound was the world's premier international currency, much up to the first half of the twentieth century. And then things changed and the dollar...

We live in an era when coloured pieces of paper are deemed to be money. But this was not how things always were. In the United States, tobacco was money for longer than gold was. In parts of ancient India, almonds were money. Corn was money in Guatemala. In the rice-producing nations of Philippines,...

Spekulationsblase am Neuen Markt, Bankenkrise 2008 und griechische Schuldenkrise – lauter Themen, die die Finanzmärkte bewegten und bewegen. Doch wer einen Schritt zurücktritt und das große Bild sieht, bemerkt: So neu ist das alles gar nicht! Die Geschichte gibt wertvolle Hinweise zum Verständnis...