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The book consists of preface, introduction, six chapters and two appendixes. The first chapter deals with the last decades of the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The second chapter analyses interest of Austro-Hungary for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The third chapter gives the overview of literature of Austro-Hungarian period in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fourth chapter is about methodology, and introduces formulae and equations used in the chapters...
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Syriza's victory in the recent Greek general election shook the foundations of the Western political establishment and gave hope to the millions suffering the austerity measures imposed by the European Troika. Millions asked, how did this happen and what is it about Greece that created such a centre of radicalism?
This insider's account, from Syriza's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and economist Christos Laskos, shows that that the narrative...
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¿Cuáles son las causas de la pobreza? ¿Son inevitables las crisis cíclicas en una economía de mercado? ¿Es beneficiosa la intervención del Estado en la economía o, por el contrario, es fuente de problemas? Aunque las respuestas a estas preguntas básicas nos conciernen a todos, el vocabulario económico puede ser un obstáculo para muchos. Breve historia de la Economía, escrito de forma amena y accesible, está pensado para todos aquellos...
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The 2008 recession left the United States in deep trouble. With unemployment levels approaching 25 million and banks sustained by trillions of government dollars, are governments and economists understanding the crisis correctly?
Examining US economic history, Jack Rasmus reveals how the 2008 global financial crisis is an 'epic recession'. This 'epic recession' is neither a full-blown depression nor a short-lived period of economic contraction,...
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LA ECONOMÍA EN LA PREHISTORIA Y LA ANTIGÜEDADEUROPA PREINDUSTRIALLA CRISIS DEL SIGLO XVIILA REVOLUCIÓN INDUSTRIAL: LAS POSIBLES DEFINICIONES Y EL DEBATE HISTORIOGRÁFICOEN LOS ORÍGENES DE LA REVOLUCIÓN INDUSTRIALFACTORES CONDICIONANTES DEL PROCESO DE INDUSTRIALIZACIÓNLA PRIMERA REVLUCIÓN INDUSTRIAL (1750-1850)EL COMIENZO DEL PROCESO DE INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN EL CONTINENTE EUROPEOLA INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN GRAN BRETAÑA, BÉLGICA, FRANCIA, ALEMANIA...
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"Vikings: Shipping and Trading Lessons from History" explores Viking trade practices and draws lessons for modern business. From boat construction to market research, the book covers topics like fair trade, diversification, and risk management. It offers valuable insights for businesses seeking to thrive in today's competitive market.
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The USA is widely seen as the country at the centre of the recent economic crash. But will this be the case the next time the system goes into shock? This book analyses how the political and economic imbalances in China will exacerbate system collapse, and how this could happen much sooner than we imagine, possibly within a decade.
By looking at the big questions of class struggle, global economic imbalances, peak oil, climate change and political...
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*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2013*
From the pens of major figures of the anti-austerity movement, comes the first radical, collective manifesto of the new decade.
From participatory democracy to media reform, from direct action to communal living, What Are We Fighting For is a bold look at alternatives to the economic, social and political travesty of contemporary capitalism. Chapters from Owen Jones, David Graeber, John...
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From industrialisation to the present day, Overripe Economy is a genealogy of the emergence of a finance-ridden, authoritarian, austerity-plagued American capitalism.
This panoramic political-economic history of the country, surveys the ruthlessly competitive capitalism of the nineteenth century, the maturation of industrial capitalism in the 1920s, the rise and fall of capitalism's Golden Age and the ensuing decline towards the modern era....
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Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism.
The CFA Franc was created in 1945, binding fourteen African states and split into two monetary zones. Why did French colonial authorities create it and how does it work? Why was independence not extended to monetary sovereignty for former French colonies? Through an exploration...
11) Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts
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Capitalism is in a profound state of crisis. Beyond the mere dispassionate cruelty of 'ordinary' structural violence, it appears today as a global system bent on reckless economic revenge; its expression found in mass incarceration, climate chaos, unpayable debt, pharmaceutical violence and the relentless degradation of common life.
In Revenge Capitalism, Max Haiven argues that this economic vengeance helps us explain the culture and politics of...
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