First published in 1986, Education, Recession and the World Village explores the effects of world economic recession on the educational arrangements of eight modern nations including Hong Kong, Australia, US, Nigeria, UK, and China and just how nations adjust their educational systems to meet these pressures.
First published in 1986, Education, Recession and the World Village explores the effects of world economic recession on the educational arrangements of eight modern nations including Hong Kong, Australia, US, Nigeria, UK, and China and just how nations adjust their educational systems to meet these pressures.
Explores the Origin of the Recent Banking Crisis and how to Preclude Future CrisesShedding new light on the recent worldwide banking debacle, The Banking Crisis Handbook presents possible remedies as to what should have been done prior, during, and after the crisis.
The book emphasizes the key methodologies and their accessible empirical application while focusing on the most crucial problems, models and techniques for research in all areas of economics.
En el Siglo XX, la economía mundial, especialmente la estadounidense, empezó a cambiar desde los años setenta, pero realmente estos cambios se consolidaron en los ochenta.
Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience, a strong body of existing research on the social construction of risk, and his own academic research, Terry Gibson demonstrates the transformative potential of current debates around de- and re-growth for disaster studies.
The book emphasizes the key methodologies and their accessible empirical application while focusing on the most crucial problems, models and techniques for research in all areas of economics.
Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience, a strong body of existing research on the social construction of risk, and his own academic research, Terry Gibson demonstrates the transformative potential of current debates around de- and re-growth for disaster studies.
An insightful collection of essays focused on American men, women, and children from a range of economic classes and ethnic backgrounds during the Great Depression.
This highly original book puts the crash of 2008 into a broad perspective by digging deeply into the misguided theories behind the policies that allowed it to happen.
The book explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society, showing that technologies are undergoing accelerating qualitative changes that open up new opportunities for personal development and satisfaction of wants and, simultaneously, engender risks associated with growing opportunities of human interference with nature and technogenic stress on the environment.
The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region is highly exposed to natural hazards, particularly earthquakes and floods, and the adverse economic impacts of climate change.
Immer wieder haben wir sie gehört und selbst angestimmt: die Klagelieder über die Zerstörung von Menschlichkeit, Kultur und natürlichen Ressourcen durch eine entfesselte Wirtschaft, die Moritaten über die planmäßige Produktion von gesellschaftlicher Ungleichheit im Interesse der Profite einiger Weniger.
Die westliche Welt ist Veränderungen ausgesetzt, die zu ihrem Niedergang und dem Verlust der Zweitausendjährigen Herrschaft über den Rest der Welt führen wird.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders compelled to navigate a complex, far-reaching event that threatened human life, business continuity and survival.
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The book explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society, showing that technologies are undergoing accelerating qualitative changes that open up new opportunities for personal development and satisfaction of wants and, simultaneously, engender risks associated with growing opportunities of human interference with nature and technogenic stress on the environment.
'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' - Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale'Jaw-dropping .
