Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Borrowers, Investors, and National Institutions -- 3. Domestic Policy, State Institutions, and Financial Globalization -- 4. Global Capital Markets and the Command Economies -- 5. Sinking or Swimming in a Global Capital Pool -- 6. Risk, Uncertainty, and Borrowing in Global Capital Markets -- 7. Political Contributions to Risk, Uncertainty, and Borrowing -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. Filling in the Gaps -- B. Data Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.