This book is a result of research on both theory and practice of capital flows in the global economy. The research has been performed by a team of economics from the Collegium of Business Administration, at Warsaw School of Economics. The authors focus primarily on the origins of world financial crisis and on the new directions of capital flows. Additionally, the authors discuss the impact of the process of capital accumulation by China and India on the world economy, mechanisms of shaping crude oil prices as well as growing importance of remittances.