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"Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change, subsequent calls for "sustainable growth" and a "Green New Deal" are a dangerous compromise. Capitalism...
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"Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse -- and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending...
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308 pages ; 24 cm
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"A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contract -- of our ability to work collectively for the public good -- and it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems...
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The simplest things are the hardest to master. From brewing your morning cup of coffee and reading the newspaper to apologizing or remembering names, it's the small stuff that makes up day-to-day life. This book provides unparalleled insights into how to do them better, more resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficiently, in 100 brief how-to essays by 100 of the world's leading experts.
Contributions from 100 experts, including Joy Bauer,...
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xxx, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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This follow-up to the best-selling Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore extends the concept of infusing joy into the everyday tasks of maintaining your entire home, with design tips and ideas for DIY projects.
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"In 1995, the editor of the newsletter for the Royal Economic Society, who was a fan of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America on BBC Radio 4, suggested to Angus Deaton that he write a Letter about economic events in America. Twenty-five years later, Deaton, now a Nobel laureate and one of the world's most respected economists, submitted his fiftieth and final Letter from America. Over the years Deaton wrote about many topics, from the War on Terror...
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La sphère marchande, désormais mondialisée et digitalisée, entre en violente collision avec les politiques de nombreux pays européens. En effet, le néo-libéralisme américain apporte une incontestable croissance économique et une extraordinaire élévation du niveau de vie. Il exige cependant une mobilité parfaite et une individualisation du travail. En revanche, les États-providences européens furent bâtis, à l'opposé du néo-libéralisme,...
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Are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer? Is the U.S. economy truly just a giant free-for-all that encourages duplicity in our everyday transactions? Is everyone from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman really looking to make a buck at your expense? In Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't, economist and bestselling author John R. Lott, Jr., answers these and other common economic...
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Following the bank bailout and the Global Financial Crisis, anger towards the financial system reached new heights. Yet the practical workings of the system remain opaque to many people, this practical guide to the financial sector will bridge the gap between protest slogans and practical proposals for reform.
Activist and former derivatives broker Brett Scott proposes a framework for understanding financial institutions, based on the three principles...
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372 pages ; 25 cm
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"Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century -- widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world -- many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable...
12) How to Create and Maintain a Diversified Investment Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide on Investment
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"The book 'How to Create and Maintain a Diversified Investment Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide on Investment and Portfolio Management' is a complete guide on investment and portfolio management. It covers everything from various investment options to create a varied portfolio that matches an investor's objectives and risk appetite. The book presents a systematic approach towards creating and managing a successful portfolio." The book includes important...
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Is the bridge between the Austrian and Chicago schools coming together or moving apart?
In Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? economist and author Mark Skousen debates the Austrian and Chicago schools of free-market economics, which differ in monetary policy, business cycle, government policy, and methodology. Both have played a successful role in advancing classic free-market economics and countering the critics of capitalism during crucial times...
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Get the Summary of Laura Tretheway's The Deepest Map in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Deepest Map" by Laura Tretheway chronicles the journey of Cassie Bongiovanni, a young ocean mapper, as she joins the ambitious Five Deeps Expedition led by Victor Vescovo, a millionaire adventurer. The book delves into the challenges of mapping the largely uncharted ocean floor, a task with significant scientific, economic,...
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Basic Income is a policy idea that could help us revolutionise the way we organise society. This book is the first proper guide to basic income -- what it is, how we can organise it, and how it can benefit the majority in different spheres of their lives.
Basic Income is simply the idea that everyone in a given society has a right to a minimal income. This is paid by the state out of taxation. Set at a subsistence level, it would take the place...
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How do labour markets work? Is it better to aim for inflation or full employment? How can developing countries escape the poverty trap?
Economics explores how we produce, consume and distribute resources and the incentives, financial or otherwise, that motivate our behaviour. As our approach to money and markets has changed over the centuries, great thinkers have sort to explain their workings. In this beautifully illustrated book, the author introduces...
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Get the Summary of Ray Dalio's Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Ray Dalio's "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order" examines the cyclical nature of empires, focusing on the rise and fall of the Dutch, British, and American empires, among others. Dalio identifies recurring patterns of wealth and power accumulation, overextension, and conflict,...
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"Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards" "Winner of the William G. Bowen Book Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University" Jan Eeckhout is the ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, University College London, Princeton University, and New York University. His work has been widely featured in the media, including the...
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"A distinguished Chinese economist offers a timely, essential exploration of China's perspective on economy, government, society, and its position in the world. Dr. David Daokui Li has served as an advisor to senior Chinese Communist Party leaders as well as major multinational corporations and international economic institutions. Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. Li pulls from his wealth...
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The recent crisis, created by finance capitalism, has brought us to the economic abyss. The excessive freedom of international markets has rapidly transformed into international panic, with states struggling to rescue and bail out a globalised financial sector. Reform is promised by our leaders, but in governments dominated by financial interests there is little hope of meaningful change.
Decent Capitalism argues for a response that addresses...
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