En noviembre de 2008, mientras el derrumbe financiero global se profundizaba, la entonces octogenaria reina Isabel visitó la Escuela de Economía de Londres y sorprendió a los prestigiosos académicos allí reunidos con una pregunta inocente pero muy aguda: dada la magnitud de la crisis, ¿por qué nadie la había advertido?
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.
The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials.
Stressing the concrete applications of economic forecasting, Practical Business Forecasting is accessible to a wide-range of readers, requiring only a familiarity with basic statistics.
A gripping history of the pioneers who sought to use science to predict financial marketsThe period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts.
A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe.
El brote de la covid-19 ha convertido las habitaciones en oficinas, ha enfrentado a jóvenes y mayores, ha ampliado la brecha entre ricos y pobres, republicanos y demócratas, los que llevan mascarillas y los que las odian.
Casi nadie cuestiona hoy que nuestro modelo capitalista requiere una revisión urgente, porque no responde plenamente a las necesidades y retos actuales.
CLEVER LEAN es un libro que toma la base inicial novelada del libro del mismo autor, llamado La Organización basada en Procesos, y explica apéndices naturales del tema a otras áreas empresariales.
Von Feldversuchen und digitalen CrashkursenCOVID-19 hat in nur wenigen Wochen die Weltwirtschaft abgewürgt und hunderttausende Menschen getötet, und uns doch zugleich technologisch und gesellschaftlich weitergebracht, als jahrelanges Reden über digitale Transformation und Grundeinkommen es schafften.
In THE LOST CONTINENT BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream, a noble vision that turned dangerous, and which led Europe into its gravest crisis since World War Two - a crisis for which it was totally unprepared.
The book will enable readers to understand the purposes of the different budgets and forecasts and it will explain in detail how they are prepared and used.
An inside look at the role and future of central banking in the global economyThe crash of 2008 revealed that the world's central banks had failed to offset the financial imbalances that led to the crisis, and lacked the tools to respond effectively.
The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials.
A gripping history of the pioneers who sought to use science to predict financial marketsThe period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts.
