Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
Summary: Winner-Take-All Politics - Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
How Washington Made the Rich Richer - and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson's book: "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer - and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class".This summary of the ideas from Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson's book "Winner-Take-All Politics" argues that American politics are to...
America the Possible
Manifesto for a New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt...
White House Burning
The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the...
The Oil Card
Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Challenging the conventional wisdom surrounding high oil prices, this compelling argument sheds an entirely new light on free-market industry fundamentals. By deciphering past, present, and future geopolitical events, it makes the case that oil pricing and availability have a long history of being...
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far...
Baby Boomer Bust?: How the Generation of Promise Became the Generation of Panic
How the Generation of Promise Became the Generation of Panic
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Baby Boomer Bust? examines and analyzes the meltdown of 2008/2009 from economic, political and social perspectives and illuminates how the meltdown has directly impacted Baby Boomers -- once known as the generation of promise, but now the generation of panic. It examines the downturn’s impact on...
Capital and Its Discontents
Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Unraveling the complicated details surrounding the world’s present economic and political climate, this collection of interviews addresses the faulty underpinnings of capitalism and discusses why the future must be economically founded otherwise. Probing into the roots of the global economic crisis,...
The Accumulation of Freedom
Writings on Anarchist Economics
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself. Let's toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and, while we're at it, private ownership of production in the dustbin of history. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists...
Summary: The Great Depression Ahead- Harry S. Dent, Jr.
How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Harry S. Dent, Jr.’s book: “The Great DepressionAhead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History”.This summary of the ideas fromHarry S. Dent, Jr.’s book “The Great Depression Ahead” presents the author’sargument that we can predict the future...
Myanmar
Unlocking the Potential
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
After 3 years of historic reforms, Myanmar has entered a pivotal stage in its socioeconomic development. Natural, cultural, and demographic advantages are positioning the country for long-term success, but many challenges and potential pitfalls lie ahead. This publication examines how to leverage...
Structural Change and Moderating Growth in the People's Republic of China
Implications for Developing Asia and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is currently undergoing a number of structural and cyclical changes, which have wide-ranging implications for economic activity in the PRC, the rest of developing Asia, and the world. This report assesses the effects of these changes on the rest of the region and...
by Charles Mackay
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". Despite its journalistic and rather sensational style, the book has gathered a body of academic support as a work of considerable importance in the...
PESTLE Analysis
Understand and plan for your business environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Prepare the best strategies in advanceThis book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the PESTLE analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Understand the uses of the PESTLE analysis and how it can...
by Andre Gorz
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
In this major new book, André Gorz expands on the political implications of his prescient and influential Paths to Paradise and Critique of Economic Reason. Against the background of technological developments which have transformed the nature of work and the structure of the workforce, Gorz explores...