Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy

In the span of one day, how does the world do business?

In Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this question by visiting more than a dozen cities around the world and tracing the threads of our ever-changing, ever-integrating economic fabric. Readers travel to Syria, where the president wants to launch his country's first stock market; to Brazil, where a corruption scandal is brushed under the rug in the name of economic stability; to East Timor, where a new nation grapples with its impending oil wealth. Altman diagrams all the gears and cogs, showing how they fit together in the vast machinery of the global economy--all in the events of a single day. Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy is a new and accessible way to look at our complex world.

Economist Daniel Altman exposes the workings of our global economy over the span of one day in this intimate portrait of our ever-changing, ever-expanding economic stage.

In Connected, Daniel Altman takes you on a whirlwind journey through seventeen cities in all, gathering points of view from moguls, ministers, and men and women on the street. At each stop, you’ll hear how the world’s workers play their parts in the events of one bustling 24-hour span of time.