Money, Banking, and International Finance - Paperback

by Kenneth R. Szulczyk (Author)

I taught Money & Banking and International Finance several times, and I converted my lecture notes into a textbook. Consequently, instructors can use this textbook for courses in Money & Banking, or International Finance or some hybrid in between them. Furthermore, financial analysts and economists could refer to this book as a study guide because this book contains concise information, and all facts and analysis are straight to the point, explaining how governments and central banks influence the exchange rates, the interest rates, and currency flows. The Financial Crisis severely impacted the world's financial markets that are still felt in 2013. I included many examples from the 2008 Financial Crisis, when many U.S. banks and financial institutions teetered on bankruptcy. Unfortunately, the financial crisis has not ended, and it might continue affecting the world's economies and financial markets for some time.

Author Biography

Ken Szulczyk, a U.S. citizen, earned his doctorate in May 2007 from Texas A&M University, specializing in environmental and natural resource economics. He extensively travels across the world and has lived in four foreign countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Malaysia. He moves from place to place, teaching economics and searching for the perfect place to retire. Ken Szulczyk has published five peer-reviewed articles in biofuels and bioenergy. He also wrote three non-academic books: The Rise of the Insane State, The Big Adventure in Little Bosnia, and The Second American Revolution. The Rise of the Insane State explains why the United States is experiencing anemic, weak economic growth while the other two books are novels.