Money : how safe is yours?

"Money" lifts the lid on the current global credit squeeze, the implications for our savings post Northern Rock, and answers some key questions: How do global money markets work and why did a US housing market crisis come to put our savings at risk?

Is the situation similar to previous booms and busts?

Have global governments done enough to alleviate the crunch?

Will markets regulate themselves better in the future or is it time to keep our savings under the mattress? "Pocket Issue" looks at the facts behind the news headlines and gives you some answers.

About "Pocket Issue - Small briefs for a big world": For a quick fix on the big issues "Pocket Issue" delivers the facts in only 96 pages.

Pithy and pocket sized, titles brief you on the biggest challenges facing our world: food, climate change, energy, Middle East conflict, pandemics - delivering the facts in an accessible and easy-to-read style.