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In Cry Me a River, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the Basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity. Her essay is both a portrait of the Murray–Darling Basin and an explanation of its woes. It looks at rural Australia and the failure of politics over decades to meet the needs of communities forced to bear the heaviest burden of change.

The Midwest has always been the heart of America - both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a newly globalized age, the Midwest is challenged as never before. In Caught in the Middle, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter Richard Longworth explores the new reality of life in today's heartland and reveals what these changes mean for the region and the country.

The Breakfast Club for 40-Somethings draws upon the five major lessons you need to unlearn about the way you see your life and money to give you the best chance of getting the future you want. Written in the form of a novel from the perspective of six characters, the book explores how the different financial decisions and behaviours of each character have led to their current situations. Through this entertaining story, this guide presents the invaluable financial and life lessons you need to understand, and to build a solid foundation for your life, no matter your situation.

【マスコミや専門家、政治家の情報操作に惑わされるな！】【世にはびこる「バカな経済論」を打破する智恵を手に入れろ！】

Dinosaur Derivatives and Other Trades is an entertaining and compelling tour de force highlighting the paradoxes inherent to the modern financial system. Presented as a series of striking case studies, this book explores certain enigmatic or philosophical puzzles in the finance industry; some of these puzzles may seem slightly absurd at first glance, but all are very relevant to the way finance is conducted in the real world. Each story highlights specific hypocrisies or moral dilemmas that lie at the heart of the system.

A healthy, money-smart and sustainable lifestyle begins at home! Drawn from the collective experience of green-conscious home buyers and homeowners, sustainability experts across North America and thousands of top real estate professionals. Start planting the seeds today for a more sustainable future tomorrow with Green Your Home, a proven, practical guide on how to lay the groundwork for your green adventure, determine your green priorities, and recharge your air quality and interior living space.

Considerado o Freaknomics feminista, este livro questiona o modelo masculino do pensamento econômico. Nele, a jornalista econômica Katrine Marçal explica como as bases teóricas da economia ignoram a mulher, cujo papel era prover o lar. Séculos depois, essa mesma lógica continua excluindo a mulher, que precisa fazer jornada dupla ao gerir carreira e família.

A través de la psicología, el autor ayudará a encontrar una mejor manera de administrar sus finanzas, porque la forma en que manejamos nuestras emociones se refleja en la forma en que administramos nuestro dinero y éxito. A través de la psicología, el autor ayudará a encontrar una mejor manera de administrar sus finanzas, porque la forma en que manejamos nuestras emociones, se refleja en la forma en que administramos nuestro dinero y éxito.

初心者のためのやさしい株入門決定版！　「こんなに親切に説明してあって役に立つ株の本はないと思います」と著者自らが太鼓判を押す。なぜって、商売がらみで書かれたり語られたりする投資の本の中にあって、ニュートラルな立場から、合理的に、人生設計の中で、株や投資を位置づけているから。ふつうの人でも、あらゆる株必勝法のインチキを見破り、カモられずにお金を増やす方法を徹底して追究しています。

From the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions. Yet everywhere we look, we are confronted by proof of how difficult cooperation can be - snarled traffic, polarized politics, overexploited resources, social problems that go ignored. The benefits to oneself of a free ride on the efforts of others mean that collective goals often are not met. But compared to most other species, people actually cooperate a great deal. Why is this?

Get yourself up to guru speed. This insightful guide, which has proven hugely popular around the world in hardback, not only includes the most significant ideas that have influenced the management of business over the past century, but it also includes entries on the most influential business thinkers of the past and present.

We have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there's no stopping it. The question, according to Matthew Kahn, is not how were going to avoid a hotter future but how were going to adapt to it. In Climatopolis, Kahn, one of the worlds foremost experts on the economics of the environment, argues that cities and regions will adapt to rising temperatures over time, slowly transforming our everyday lives.

Se saber economia é hoje uma necessidade, nada melhor do que um audiolivro preocupado com as pessoas comuns que, na maioria das vezes, não conseguem entender o "economês" que ouvem ou lêem por aí. Em Aprender economia, o renomado economista e professor titular da USP, Paul Singer, trata a economia numa linguagem acessível e, didaticamente, consegue transmitir conhecimentos indispensáveis ao exercício da cidadania.

Enthusiasm and determination with a healthy dose of entrepreneurial vision that is enhanced by rapid strides in technology has provided the platform for young Indians to become the makers of a new India. Millions of young Indians are entering the workforce annually with a continually major shift from rural to urban areas, and a burgeoning middle class with demands and expectations of quality health and education, further increasing the dependence on sustainable, viable, and continuous growth.

Perché l'economia italiana non riesce a ripartire? Secondo Carlo Cottarelli, la precarietà che ostacola la nostra ripresa economica non è legata a un destino che siamo costretti a subire. Deriva soprattutto da sette gravissimi errori che il sistema dell'economia italiana continua a commettere. Sono i peccati capitali dell'economia italiana: l'evasione fiscale, la corruzione, la troppa burocrazia, la lentezza della giustizia, il crollo demografico, l'incapacità di stare nell'euro, il divario tra Nord e Sud.

This wide-ranging treatment of how money secretly influences our lives includes chapters on the many forms of money, why money is so easily worshipped, why money sometimes feels more important than life, hoarding money, the source of riches, inheritance, and the stock market. Crawford, a teller of entertaining tales, gathers stories and myths from around the world that help us understand why money is so much more than the useful tool that we may think it to be.

In this perceptive and often hilarious essay, Lech Blaine dissects some top blokes, with particular focus on Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese, but stretching back to Bob Hawke and Kerry Packer. This is a riveting narrative of how image conquered politics, just as globalisation engulfed the Australian economy. While many got rich and entertained, look where we ended up.

Think and Grow Rich has been called the "Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature". It was the first book to boldly ask, "What makes a winner?" The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world's winners himself.

This informative and engaging primer from Mike Kwatinetz, one of Wall Street's leading tech analysts, offers a practical, step-by-step game plan that will give you the tools to make informed decisions about the market.

And for understanding the big financial picture behind the Bush tax cut plan, don't miss Paul Krugman's Fuzzy Math.

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