With a population of 1 billion people and the world's second largest economy, China is fast becoming one of the most powerful and important countries in the world.
The author considers the risks that the failure of Third World economies pose for highly exposed banks, whose collapse would threaten domestic as well as international financial systems.
With wit, deep insight, and plenty of humor gained from her observations of male and female purchasing patterns over the years, veteran branding, marketing, and salesperson Elizabeth Pace shows readers how to increase their revenue and sell more effectively.
Is the United States "e;the land of equal opportunity"e; or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white?
A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial eraThe twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States.
Why most Americans' finances improved during the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression-and the policy choices that made this possibleIn March 2020, economic and social life across the United States came to an abrupt halt as the country tried to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopherBernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity.
With discussions of a full internal market within the EC finally reaching fruition, and regular intergovernmental talks advancing the ideas of economic, monetary and perhaps eventually political union, economic and social cohesion has become a major objective of Community policy.
A detailed analysis of the economic effects of the changeover to a unified European currency and the pressures caused by a dual-currency system over the transition period to the Euro.
Based on an intimate knowledge of the subject and his environment, this biography of the most influential economist of the twentieth century traces Keynes' career on all its many levels.
What if you discovered a blueprint that could grow your brand's reputation and loyalty, dramatically reduce customer service issues, produce content and technology, and cement a powerful, lasting relationship between you and your customers?
Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to achieve fairness and prosperity for allMany blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market.
Why economics needs to focus on fairness and not just efficiencyOne of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated by an invisible hand.
Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets: Theory and Practice describes the goals, design and evaluation of health plan payment systems.
This text explores international business economics from a European perspective, dealing not only within business in Europe but with the external trading relationships of the EU and the position of European firms in a globalized economy.
The Poverty of Clio challenges the hold that cliometrics--an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists--has exerted on the study of our economic past.
En esta obra se analizan los efectos del IEPS aplicado a las bebidas saborizadas, a los alimentos no básicos con alta densidad calórica en la desigualdad, a las ventas de estos bienes y a los indicadores económicos, tales como empleo y valor agregado.
A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to focus on macroeconomic policies and on tax-and-spend decisions.
Revealing the human side of economic lifeOver the past three decades, economic sociology has been revealing how culture shapes economic life even while economic facts affect social relationships.
For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation.
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.
How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically-those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them?
'Erudite, ambitious and richly global in scope' - PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads'This book sets a new standard in economic history' - TIM HARFORD, author of How To Make the World Add UpHow many times have we been told that the working woman is a modern phenomenon?
El surgimiento de una de las más exitosas economías exportadoras del planeta en el que hasta el siglo XVIII había sido un rincón muy poco prometedor de un arcaico imperio colonial constituye sin duda el tema central de la historia de la Argentina moderna.
Die Bedeutung der unmittelbaren Verknüpfung von medizinischen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Kenntnissen wird auch angesichts der enormen Dynamik und Herausforderungen einer nahezu alles beherrschenden Pandemie im Gesundheitswesen deutlich.
Este libro inicialmente presenta los principios económicos básicos; la relación entre economía y recursos naturales; los derechos de propiedad; las fallas del mercado y la relación beneficio costo como criterio de decisión para la asignación eficiente de los recursos naturales.
