Globalization's Limits—Conflicting National Interests in Trade and Finance

A business consultant with a background in science and mathematics, Chorafas warns business professionals and researchers that the progress of globalization everyone loves so much may not be able to continue forever. He traces most of the problems back to China, eventually, and its impact on world trade and the manufacturing capacity in other countries. His topics include the rise of Asian giants, globalization and the European Union, sovereign wealth funds, China's banks and the economy, financial integration in the European Union, and whether the Euro is a blessing or a curse for the Union's economy. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor Dr Dimitris Chorafas is an academic and consultant. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). Dr Chorafas is a n engineering graduate of the National Technical University of Athens and of UCLA. He undertook postgraduate studies in finance and he is a Doctor of Science (in maths and logic from the Sorbonne). He has been a Fulbright Scholar and has taught in universities around the world. During his career, Dr Chorafas has been a consultant to the board of UBS, Bank of Scotland, Commerzbank, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Italcementi, AEG, Telefunken, GE Bull, and Nestle. Over 8,000 executives around the world have attended his seminar programme. In 1992, in conjunction with the Swiss Academies of Sciences, he established his Foundation which grants awards to PhD students at 25 universities worldwide. Dr. Chorafas has authored 150 books.