Columbia Press: 2357 books
The Mutual Fund Industry
Competition and Investor Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Mutual funds form the bedrock of retirement savings in the United States, and, considering their rapid growth, are sure to be more critical in the future. Because the size of fees paid by investors to mutual fund advisers can strongly affect the return on investment, these fees have become a contentious...
by William Tabb
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Rapid growth, reduced poverty, and stable societies: the announced benefits of the world economy celebrated by neoliberal proponents of "the Washington consensus" have failed to materialize. What does this failure mean for future world order and the U.S. role as global hegemon? Addressing...
Buddhism and Science
Breaking New Ground
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2003
Buddhism and Science brings together distinguished philosophers, Buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists to examine the contrasts and connections between the worlds of Western science and Eastern spirituality. This compilation was inspired by a suggestion made by His Holiness the Dalai...
A Brief History of Entrepreneurship
The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
A Brief History of Entrepreneurship charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they circumvent, innovate, and violate to obtain what...
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks
One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
August Turak is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, and award-winning author who attributes much of his success to living and working alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey for seventeen years. As a frequent monastic guest, he learned firsthand from the monks as they grew an incredibly...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has involved...
The Truth About Girls and Boys
Challenging Toxic Stereotypes About Our Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett are widely acclaimed for their analyses of women, men, and society. In The Truth About Girls and Boys, they tackle a new, troubling trend in the theorizing of gender: that the learning styles, brain development, motivation, cognitive and spatial abilities, and...
Race Unmasked
Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race...
The Miracle Myth
Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural Is Unjustified
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
There are many who believe Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus came back from the dead. Others are certain that exorcisms occur, ghosts haunt attics, and the blessed can cure the terminally ill. Though miracles are immensely improbable, people have embraced them for millennia, seeing in them proof...
by Stephen Penman
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010
Accounting for Value teaches investors and analysts how to handle accounting in evaluating equity investments. The book's novel approach shows that valuation and accounting are much the same: valuation is actually a matter of accounting for value.
Laying aside many of the tools of modern finance-the...
The People’s Money
How China Is Building a Global Currency
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Many of the world's major economies boast dominant international currencies. Not so for China. Its renminbi has lagged far behind the pound, the euro, and the dollar in global circulation—and for good reason. China has long privileged economic policies that have fueled development at the expense...
by Robert Hagstrom
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Robert G. Hagstrom is one of the best-known authors of investment books for general audiences. Turning his extensive experience as a portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management into valuable guidance for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, he is the author of six successful books on investment,...
by Anne Fortune, Robert Miller , Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
In this volume, progressive experts survey recent trends in qualitative study, which relies on small sample groups and interview data to better represent the context and complexity of social work practice. Chapters address different approaches to qualitative inquiry, applications to essential areas...
by Andrew Scobell, Andrew J. Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. Understanding China's foreign policy means fully appreciating these geostrategic challenges, which persist even as the...