global financial crisis

Satyajit Das’s latest book provides a history of money and, though not directly about the crisis, is an insight into the origins of today’s problems.

The Mayan prophesy predicts the end of the world in 2012, but our readers reckon it will signal the end of the global financial crisis.

The US economy is headed for slow growth rather than a double-dip recession, while the euro will likely endure and China can’t escape the business cycle, says the Harvard professor.