How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.
A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.
An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysisdrawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular cultureof the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.
During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans.
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?
Why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woesAdair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation.
Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.
Este libro pretende destacar que la geografía es una ciencia desde la cual se puede desarrollar el pensamiento crítico, además de resaltar que no es un instrumento más al servicio de la planificación de las fuerzas del mercado.
La agricultura periurbana está adquiriendo en los últimos tiempos un gran interés analítico y prospectivo en el marco de las renovadas políticas agroalimentarias y de planificación territorial.
Durante años, el principal objetivo de las investigaciones urbanas en España consistió en estudiar las raíces del intenso proceso urbanizador asociado a la burbuja inmobiliaria.
Este libro tiene como objetivo ofrecer una radiografía actualizada de la sociedad valenciana que ayude a comprender los aspectos básicos de su estructura y las dinámicas seguidas durante las últimas décadas.
La cultura, entendida como esfera de actividad humana dirigida a la elaboración simbólica, ha tejido una estrecha relación con la ciudad a partir del Renacimiento.
El trabajo explica en profundidad la realidad politica y socioeconomica de Cuba, desde el final del dominio espanol en 1898, hasta la actualidad, con la finalidad de aportar un analisis critico de su contexto en relacion con la factibilidad o no de politicas de desarrollo local.
Fins a quin punt els actuals models d'ordenació del territori permeten donar solució a problemes tan greus com la despoblació de l'interior, la infraestructura verda o la sostenibilitat dels ecosistemes?
La compilación de textos que se presenta en este libro es la expresión de una voluntad de colaboración académica entre los profesores e investigadores del Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Local de la Universidad de Valencia (España), y de la Universidad de Oriente (Cuba).
Transcurridos mas de cinco anos desde la quiebra de Lehman Brothers en septiembre de 2008, son ya numerosos los trabajos cientificos que, desde distintas disciplinas, han tratado el origen, el desarrollo y el impacto de la Gran Recesion, asi como sus implicaciones politicas, estrategicas, economicas, sociales, culturales o ambientales.
Bajo el lema de 'Turismo Cultural, desarrollo territorial y sostenibilidad' la Universitat de València y los Institutos de Estudios Comarcales del País Valenciano celebraron el 2013 su primer congreso.
We inhabit an increasingly interconnected world, yet too often policymakers and advisors view each issue in a vacuum, focusing primarily on short-term impacts.
Asia continues to assert ist status as a major force in the global economy, as well as a formative influence on several key political, cultural and religious issues now affecting our daily lives.
Der Aufstieg Asiens bestimmt heute die Lage der Weltwirtschaft ebenso wie die großen politischen Fragen der Zeit und viele kulturelle und religiöse Einflüsse, denen wir im Alltag unterliegen.
This breakthrough scientific masterwork - and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - reveals the underlying forces that have shaped human history and will secure our future.
This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic 'miracle's.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars.
"e;Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought.
Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.
A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.
