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xx, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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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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viii, 353 pages ; 24 cm
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"Plunder is a startling investigation into the poorly understood, powerful force of private equity that is reshaping the American economy: raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, increasing inequality, and shifting resources from productive parts of the economy to unproductive ones. Already transformative, private equity is poised to reshape the American economy in this decade the way that big tech did in the last decade, and subprime lenders...
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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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x, 326 pages ; 19 cm
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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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x, 337 pages ; 24 cm
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"We are living in a strange world -- Salmon calls it "the New Not Normal." The Phoenix Economy explores the ramifications of the pandemic years, many of which are surprisingly positive. In doing so, Salmon makes sense of one of the most disorienting and devastating events of our lifetimes. He examines the critical aspects of our lives that have been transformed in three parts: Time and Space, Mind and Body, and Business and Pleasure. Salmon's keen...
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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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In these deeply researched essays, a Paris Review contributor blends science, history, and memoir to explore human obsession with gorgeous things, exposing the fraught histories of makeup, silk, jewels, perfume, and other objects, helping readers to ethically partake in the beauty of the world around them.
Kelleher has spent much of her life chasing beauty. She can to see that whenever you find something unbearably beautiful, if you look closer,...
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A leading political and business thinker identifies the greatest threat to our economic future: the things we think we know-but don't
America is at a crossroads. In the face of global competition and rapid technological change, our economy is about to face its most severe test in nearly a century-one that will make the recent turmoil in the financial system look like a modest setback by comparison. Yet our leaders have failed to prepare us for what...
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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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L'Europe est en crise. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? Qu'est-ce qui n'a pas fonctionné ? Dans l'urgence, les États de la zone euro ne sont-ils pas en train de créer un monstre adémocratique ? L'euroscepticisme est-il réactionnaire ? Une fédération à 27 pourrait-elle fonctionner efficacement ?Ce livre est un appel. Un appel qui s'adresse à l'intelligence de chaque citoyen. Un exercice de lucidité et une incitation à la réflexion. Un cri...
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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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David F. Ruccio is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of the interdisciplinary journal Rethinking Marxism, and coeditor (with Jack Amariglio and Stephen Cullenberg) of Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge. Jack Amariglio, Professor of Economics at Merrimack College, was the first editor of Rethinking Marxism and is coeditor of Postmodernism, Economics, and Knowledge.
Of all the areas of contemporary...
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En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar el decurso de la formación y desarrollo de la economía colombiana, partiendo desde la herencia colonial hasta nuestros días, tomando como referencia los hitos más importantes a destacar durante los doscientos años que han transcurrido desde que Colombia empezó su vida independiente. El siglo XIX se caracterizó por la inestabilidad política e institucional, el país estuvo sacudido por los recurrentes...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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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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Padma Desai is Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems and Director of the Center for Transition Economies at Columbia University. She was president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in 2001. She is author of The Soviet Economy and Perestroika in Perspective.
This book provides a sweeping, up-to-date, and boldly critical account of the financial crises that rocked East Asia and other parts of the world...
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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...
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