Economics

Tested in the fire of violent politics, financial chicken, depression, online sex and cynicism, comes a vicious love-letter to contemporary life.

As we consider the plight of our consumer-driven economy, it is easy to forget that money is about relationship: between individuals and between communities.

We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can't be given a monetary value.

The accepted narrative of the global financial crisis of 200709 is that the central banks saved us from an inferno caused by Wall Street greed.

Markets, models, mechanisms and monopolies most of us understand that economics is important, but what exactly is it and what do economists do?

Discover the secrets of the minds that built our world and how they might teach us to think differently and innovate better.

One of the most important yet least understood organizations in the world, the WTO is a lynchpin of globalization, allowing us to enjoy products and services from around the globe.

Every year the British government spends 80 billion outsourcing public services.

Pull the covers off economics and reveal the sexy science of sexonomicsIn this witty and revelatory investigation of the so-called dismal science, University of British Columbia professor Marina Adshade skips the usual widgets and uncovers how the market comes to bear on our most intimate decisions: sex, dating, courtship, love, marriage, even breaking up.

Specifically, the book tackles the question: Who exactly are the anti-capitalists and what do they want?

The international bestselling attack on the mega-wealthy comes to the UKIn this searing and entertaining indictment of the super-rich, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks challenge the idea that todays cavernous income inequality is the result of merit, and reveal how the global economic system has been hijacked by the wealthiest, with disastrous consequences for us all.

Vast, diverse, dynamic, and turbulent, the true nature of Africa is often obscured by its poverty-stricken image.

The definitive big picture on the financial crisis, from the man behind the Oscar-winning documentary that exposed the workings of the new economic elite Based on explosive interviews, court documents and corporate archives, Inside Job traces in gripping detail how decades of deregulation gave birth to a predator nation, with power players cycling through positions in government, academia and Wall Street and continuing to do so even in the wake of the global financial crisis.

The first book to reveal how everday pricing strategies manipulate us Why do text messages cost money while emails are free?

A gripping tale of how even experts misread the role of chance - from the stock market to doctors' surgeries - "e;Dance With Chance"e; argues that we all fall foul of the 'The Illusion of Control', meaning that we underestimate the role of luck in our lives.

A book which reveals the people and ideas on the cusp of a new era in finance.

William is an economist, which means he is good at reducing an infinitely complex world into a set of clear, rational principles about the way people and markets behave.

This edited volume will highlight recent research in derivatives modelling and markets in a post-crisis world across a number of dimensions or themes.

Volume 28 contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the U.

Bankers and speculators build castles in the air but when they come crashing down ordinary people have to pick up the tab.

"e;Development"e; is often misunderstood and can embrace everything from large infrastructure projects to small-scale environmental initiatives.

Capitalism is failing and ordinary people are forced to pay the price.

The free-market capitalist system is in the process of collapse and we must now adjust to the reality of declining prosperity in the West.

This is a book that is destined to be controversial and will be a book that stands up to criticism.

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Maverick political scientist Willmoore Kendall predicted the triumph of conservatism.

Another entry in the best-selling, irreverent, hard-hitting Politically Incorrect Guide series!

America's #1 retirement adviser offers tried and true investment strategies for before and after retirement.

Kevin Hassett wasn't always a Trump supporter.

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of Americas obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.

A Simon & Schuster eBook.

Institutions are the controlling force at the center of any economy.

A TOP FINANCE BOOK OF 2022 by THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB A SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST A straightforward, practical guide to the newest frontier in investment strategycryptofrom #1 New York Times bestselling author and personal finance expert Ric Edelman.

Discover eight dynamic principles to help innovation flourish from within.

The strange and contested evolution of the management of banking riskBanks in America are private institutions with private shareholders, boards of directors, profit motives, customers, and competitors.

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For some years now, there has been enormous hype surrounding the mobile Internet.

Poder y dinero en la era del bitcoin se sumerge en el intrigante mundo de las monedas digitales y su impacto en las estructuras tradicionales del poder y de la economía.

The man who built American cheerleading over the past 40 years now turns his attention to rebuilding the American middle class.

The Last Gold Rush.

China's 5,000 year-old empire has become the world's largest economy, with a plan to control the decisive technologies of the 21st century-and the United States is in danger of being left behind.

In a thorough revision and update of DeMint's 2009 book Saving Freedom, Saving America from Socialism shows how far down the treacherous road to socialism we've come in a decade and what we, as a people, must do to stop the destruction of the last bastion of freedom in the world.

A veteran journalist follows an inspiring ensemble cast of small business owners fighting to keep their businesses alive throughCovid-19, while exploring the sweeping trends and government policies that had brought small businesses to the breaking point long before the coronavirus hit.

In the autumn of 2022, Liz Truss took Britain on a journey into economic la-la land and comprehensively tanked the economy.

A Beginner's Guide to Demand, Supply, Consumer Behavior, Market Types, Factor Pricing & International Trade.