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Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
Americans know that something has gone wrong in this country's effort to prosper in the face of growing global economic competition. The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization,...
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities from
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Oxbow says: What could easily be a work of fiction, this book reveals the scandals of the murky world of the illicit trading of ancient treasures. Peter Watson has earned...
The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt
An expose on how the rise of China will affect the American way of life The End of Cheap China is a fun, riveting, must-read book not only for people...
Making Globalization Work
Four years after he outlined the challenges our increasingly interdependent world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offered his agenda for reform. Now in paperback, Making...
How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last
The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the defeat of settler colonialism, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths...
Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse-yet, in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth,...
The Shadow Market: How Sovereign Wealth Funds Secretly Dominate the
Taking advantage of the Great Recession, cash-flush nations such as China, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and even Norway are using unregulated sovereign wealth funds to secure major holdings in...
Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's
In Red Capitalism, Carl Walter and Fraser Howie detail how the Chinese government reformed and modeled its financial system in the 30 years since it began its policy of engagement...
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy
Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much...
The Age of Consent
Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' told us what was wrong. Now, George Monbiot shows us how to put it right. Provocative, brave and beautifully argued, 'The Age of Consent' is nothing...
Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance
'A historically insightful read' Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest 'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and...
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: The Political Roots of American
To get at the political roots of American economic decline, this treatise puts the disciplined thinking of political philosophy, comparative politics and international political economy to use in analyzing the...
Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness
From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized world From disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression,...
The Planetary Bargain: Corporate Social Responsibility Comes of Age
Exploring many of the most pertinent ethical and economic issues of our time, this book offers both new insights and innovative solutions. Including case studies of international companies and analysis...
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
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David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with...
The Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise
As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse. But as Scott...
Apartheid and International Finance: A Programme for Change
Addressing the question everyone asks about economic sanctions this book specially commissioned by the Australian Government, presents an argument for why financial sanctions are needed to compel change in South...
China and India - Learning from Each Other: Reforms and Policies for
What does the future hold for these giants that are the two fastest-growing emerging markets and among the three largest economies in Asia? Their economic muscle is having increasingly far-reaching...
Introducing Global Issues
Issues ranging from conflict and security, to the economy and economic development, to the environment are explored in this fully revised and updated edition of "Introducing Global Issues."Increased attention is...
Circus Maximus: The Economical Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and
Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess. It exposes the hollowness of the claims made by...
The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter
A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years The conventional wisdom about globalization is wrong. Over the past forty years...
Beyond Meltdown: the Global Battle for Sustained Growth
The book titled Beyond Meltdown: the Global Battle for Sustained Growth by the author Peter Brain. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Does Education Matter?: Myths About Education and Economic Growth
A thought-provoking and often controversial look at education policy in the UK and comparatively. "Education, education and education" has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. it is...
Take it Personally
In this work, outspoken business leader Anita Roddick brings together the voices of some of the most prominent authorities on the phenomenon of Globalization, including Susan George, David Korten and...
Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China,
How the social organisation of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millennium. In the eleventh century, when Europe was still backward and poor,...
Making Globalization Work: The Next Steps to Global Justice
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The follow up to the bestselling Globalization and its Discontents, which sold over 20,000 hardbacks and 125,000 paperbacks in the UK; over 1 million copies sold worldwide Why isn't globalization...
Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World
This is the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery - and secretive offshore tax havens are at the heart of the trouble. WITH NEW AND UPDATED MATERIAL Billionaire...
Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet
'Everyone should read this book' - George Monbiot 'A compelling read for anyone who cares about all lives on our planet' - Tanya Steele CBE, CEO of WWF UK In...
World Boom Ahead
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In World Boom Ahead, business journalist Knight Kiplinger looks beyond today's headlines - and the choppy waters just ahead - at the broad outlook for key industries, demographics and world...
Freedom for Capital, Not People: The Mont Pelerin Society and the
Based on new archival sources, Freedom for Capital, Not People tells the story of how the Mont Pelerin Society transformed the world economy. Founded in 1947 by economist Friedrich von...
Peak Human: What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages
Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the law; out of...
Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global
Whether it's pumping oil, mining resources or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era,...
How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last
The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the defeat of settler colonialism, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths...
The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary
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"The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a...
The Confidence Game: How Unelected Central Bankers are Governing the
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An expose of the elite group that controls the international money supply reveals unprecedented power and how close the global economy has come to collapsing.
What Economists Know: An Economic Policy Primer for the 1990s and
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The book titled What Economists Know: An Economic Policy Primer for the 1990s and by the author Robert Barry Carson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
One World, Ready or Not
This text explains the dynamics of the third industrial revolution by describing a story of human struggle: of diverse peoples and nations faced with the same dangers imposed by unregulated...
The Zero-sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic
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The book titled The Zero-sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic by the author Lester C. Thurow. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
The Determination of Production: An Introduction to the Study of
Originally published in 1954, this book presents a concise explanation of the way in which production and prices are determined in the Western world. The text was written with two...
The Killing Fields of Inequality
Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health,...
Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice
Revised, Updated Edition Runaway inequality is now America's most critical economic fact of life. In 1970, the ratio of pay between the top 100 CEOs and the average worker was...
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities...
World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy
From Simon & Schuster, World Class is Rosabeth Moss Kanter's definitive guide to thriving locally in the global economy. World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy shows how to...
Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
'A brilliant book' Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics 'The essential, must-read insider account of the West's cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the...
The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
There is a deep chasm between the promises of the new global capitalism and the reality of social breakdown, spiritual emptiness, and environmental destruction it is leaving in its wake....
The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy and the Future of American Power
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Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge America's cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the power structure that has been in...
The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny
A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age-when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen-and explores what it could mean for our...
Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at...