Best money entertainment
Tired of all the dreary economic news? Here's a little money leisure to get away from it all.
If you want to know how Planet Finance really works - and why it sometimes doesn't - read "The Ascent of Money." Historian Niall Ferguson argues that you should focus on the real driver of global markets: the symbiotic (or is it co-dependent?) relationship between China and the U.S. --Paul J. Lim
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Last updated April 17 2009: 8:54 AM ET