Pocket International Business Terms is a clear and lively guide to more than 1,500 business terms used around the world, from Acceptance and Dirty float, through Monopsony and Negotiable instrument to Yield curve and Zero-based budgeting. This pocket series brings the clarity for which The Economist is famous to the complex subjects that those in business, finance or the professions need to understand. Author Biography: Tim Hindle is a writer and editor based in London. He is a former finance editor, world business editor and management editor of The Economist. He was the founder editor of EuroBusiness and has also been editor of Director magazine.