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Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. But is this really the case? In Fewer, Richer, Greener, author Laurence B. Siegel reveals that the world has improved - and will continue to improve - in almost every dimension imaginable.

Um livro indispensável para o avanço do combate à desigualdade, sem o qual qualquer projeto de futuro estará comprometido. Ano após ano, o tema da desigualdade segue no centro do debate público nacional. A desigualdade extrema traz problemas de várias ordens: submete uma grande massa de pessoas a condições degradantes, questiona os fundamentos morais da sociedade, atrapalha o crescimento econômico.

This audiobook was created to help you succeed on all levels while navigating through the rough waters of a recession. The proven strategies in this audiobook act as a guide, with actions for you and your company to take before, during, and after a mild or major recession.

Ideas about globalization have become so completely accepted that they are now embraced as the conventional. This book presents a very different position, based on a serious look at the history of globalization and a reader-friendly presentation of the economic data that dramatically refute the accepted truths advanced by so many commentators.

En este libro pionero, Karlan y Appel conjugan la economía del comportamiento con la investigación de campo. Llevan a sus lectores consigo por pueblos de todo el mundo – desde Ghana hasta Kenia pasando por Sudáfrica, la India y Filipinas, Perú y México– en los que la teoría económica...

For over fifteen years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr., has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early nineties, the economic expansion of the mid-nineties, and the financial...

With a stirring call for revolutionary change, Victor W. Hwang shines a path forward in our challenging time. In the concise and provocative manifesto “We Are All Starters,” he explains the choices that got us here, and how we must advance forward as a nation. The manifesto articulates a new fundamental right that has never been articulated before – what he calls the Right to Start – flowing from the innate entrepreneurial potential in all of us. It is a right implied in the original promise of America, but has withered over time. The manifesto is a fervent call to unleash that ...

Pour comprendre vraiment ce qui cloche dans le système. Comprenez enfin les rouages de l'économie et de la finance et leur impact concret sur notre quotidien et le destin du monde... D'où vient l'argent que me prête la banque ? Comment lutter contre l'inflation post Covid-19 ? Pourquoi les États veulent-ils absolument "sauver" les banques ? Quel est le rôle des économistes au sein de la société ? Et pourquoi est-il crucial que nous, citoyens, comprenions les principes de l'économie et de la finance ? Avec pédagogie et humour, Gilles Mitteau nous explique tout d'un système omniprésent dans nos vies.

A Wall Street Insider's Guide to Understanding America's Economic Transformation Discover how decades of economic policy shaped modern America in this compelling analysis from Wall Street veteran Douglas Borthwick. With over 20 years trading billions at Morgan Stanley and witnessing industrial transformation from Glasgow to Pittsburgh, Borthwick delivers the insider perspective missing from most economic books. Perfect for fans of The Big Short, Flash Boys, and Freakonomics. Learn the hidden connections between: - Trade agreements (NAFTA, WTO, GATT) and American jobs - Wall Street decisions...

Economist Richard Holden examines the virtues and risks of low interest rates, mobile money, and cryptocurrencies and explains how these three elemental forces will continue to play out—in our wallets, on the blockchain, and throughout major economies—in the decades to come. Holden weaves in the stories of three people who have exerted massive influence over the future of modern money: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin, and Raghuram Rajan, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.

With the collapse of investment banks, trillion-dollar-plus government bailouts, and decimated retirement portfolios, it's never been more important to understand the "new rules" of making money. Faced with the reality that "investing will never be the same again," Fiscal Hangover may well be the most important audio book you'll listen to this year.

The writing of history is always in terms of a framework, a philosophical and ultimately religious conceptual structure in the mind of the historian. To the orthodox Christian, the shabby incarnations of the reigning historiographies are both absurd and offensive. A Christian historiography and a Christian revisionism are thus for him moral imperatives. These essays are studies in Christian revisionism. There purpose is to call attention those aspects of American history that are currently neglected.

Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. Armed with this knowledge, democratic societies face a defining challenge: fending off a new aristocracy. For years Piketty has wrestled with this problem in his monthly newspaper column, which pierces the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath.

In recent years, small Greece, often associated with ancient philosophers and marble ruins, whitewashed villages and cerulean seas, has been at the center of a debt crisis that has sown economic and social ruin, spurred panic in international markets, and tested Europe's decades-old project of forging a closer union. In The Full Catastrophe, James Angelos makes sense of the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present.

Ryan D'Agostino wanted to know how the extremely wealthy in America got that way. So he asked. Knocking on 500 doors in 20 neighborhoods in the most affluent ZIP codes in America, D'Agostino met with 50 regular (but very rich) men and women who welcomed him in and shared some of their most difficult financial decisions, toughest setbacks, greatest strategies, most triumphant moments, and deepest insights into what it means to have money.

Zombie Banks tells the story of how debtor nations and failing institutions are damaging the long-term prospects of the global economy. Author Yalman Onaran, a veteran Bloomberg News reporter and financial banking-sector expert, examines exactly what a zombie bank is and why they are kept alive. He also discusses how they hurt economic recovery and what needs to be done in order to restore stability.

Are you tired of the constant financial pain, the nagging agitation that comes with money worries, and the overwhelming feeling that your financial life is spinning out of control? Look no further. "Mastering Personal Finance" is your beacon of hope, guiding you towards a brighter financial future. In this meticulously crafted book, we address the pain points that keep you up at night. We'll unravel the mysteries of budgeting, investing, and debt management, all in clear and easy-to-understand language. Say goodbye to the jargon-filled confusion that often surrounds personal finance, and ...

The financial crisis that has gripped this country since last September has had so many twists and turns, it would make for a great drama -- if it all were not so real and damaging. Companies are shutting down and laying off workers, 401ks are melting away, and the government is spending $700...

All the experts agree: The 21st century belongs to China. Given America's looming insolvency and the possibility of the collapse of the US dollar, who can doubt that China is poised to take over the role of economic superpower? Written by political economist and leading financial journalist James Gorrie, this audiobook offers a highly controversial, contrarian view of contemporary China. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and up-to-the-minute data, Gorrie makes a strong case that China, itself, is on the verge of an economic crisis of epic proportions.

The U.S. economy lost the first decade of the 21st century to an ill-conceived boom and subsequent bust. It is in danger of losing another decade to the stagnation of an incomplete recovery. How did this happen? Read this lucid explanation of the origins and long-term effects of the recent financial crisis, drawn in historical and comparative perspective by two leading political economists.