Reviews for Corruption, Politics And Development

The average rating for Corruption, Politics And Development based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-01-03 00:00:00 Stephen L. Malmed Although written in 2006, this is a starter primer on the various ways in which control of capital flow affects foreign policy, from dollarization to case studies of PetroChina and Gazprom. For my purposes, one of the most useful pieces was acknowledgement that determined enemies can mount relatively cheap attacks, and fall back on traditional and low-tech means of moving money to get around controls like those contained in the Patriot Act.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-27 00:00:00 Cliff McDaniel "Financial Statecraft" is written by two authors and it is oblivious from the outset as the book is very disjointed. The book is also of the persuasion that the world needs more globalization so one needs to weigh the objectivity of the authors in their quest to explain the future of financial statecraft and its role in our foreign policy. While this book does offer some wonderful insight into the recent history of financial statecraft many of the ideas are in need of recalibration due to the current global financial climate.