During 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department evoked the first use of the 2001 Patriot Act to exclude virtual currency provider Liberty Reserve from the U.S. financial system. This article will discuss: the regulation of virtual currencies; cybercrimes and payment systems; darknets, Tor and the...

1 The Chinese Birdcage -- 2 Western Triumphalism -- 3 China as the World's Factory -- 4 Housing Bubbles across the Western Hemisphere -- 5 The Global Financial Crisis -- 6 The Economic Fallout -- 7 Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- 8 China's Economic Development -- 9 Global Imbalances and Corporate...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Organisation of the G20 Finance Track -- Chapter 3. Political economy shapes strategies of countries -- Chapter 4. Evolution of the Finance Tracks agendas -- Chapter 5. Financial Regulation and G20 -- Chapter 6. International Financial Institutions and...