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The Money Mafia
A World in Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Exposing perceived fault lines in our banking and financial systems and explaining how unemployment could be cut in half in two years and worldwide prosperity restored, this book argues the existence of exotic energy sources to replace fossil fuels and consequently recommends an immediate end to fracking...
Beyond Outrage: Expanded Edition
What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
America’s economy and democracy are working for the benefit of an ever-fewer privileged and powerful people. But rather than just complain about it or give up on the system, we must join together and make it work for all of us.
In this timely book, Robert B. Reich argues that nothing good...
by Frank N. Newman
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
America is needlessly worried about “national debt,” believing it can no longer do the many things that mark it as a great nation. Discussions of national undertakings including infrastructure repair, jobs programs, and military modernization - have all been stifled through fear of insolvency. America...
Leverage for Good
An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation ballooning daily, new models for financing social and environmental objectives are urgently needed. Fortunately, a revolution is...
La ley de Parkinson
Aprovechar el tiempo y los efectivos disponibles
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Cómo sacar el máximo provecho del tiempo y los efectivos disponibles
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para entender y aplicar la ley de Parkinson, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Entender...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
In spite of substantial investment by the Government of India, the country's irrigation and drainage sector finds itself plagued with numerous concerns. The current productivity and efficiency levels, as well as economic returns, are all lower than expected. In light of the growing stress on natural...
The Chastening
Inside The Crisis That Rocked The Global Financial System And Humbled The Imf
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2003
Lauded by reviewers and scholars alike, Paul Blustein's The Chastening examines the role of the International Monetary Fund in the series of economic crises that rocked the globe in the last decade. Based on hundreds of interviews with officials at the IMF, the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury, the Federal...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Revised Ed
Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
When Joe Trippi signed on to manage Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, the long-shot candidate had 432 known supporters and $100,000 in the bank. Within a year the most obscure horse in the field was the front-runner, with $50 million in the campaign till, thanks to Trippi and his team. The...
The Tyranny of Oil
The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception.”
—Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
In the tradition of the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient...
America's Fiscal Constitution
Its Triumph and Collapse
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
What would Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Truman, and Eisenhower have done about today's federal debt crisis?
America's Fiscal Constitution tells the remarkable story of fiscal heroes who imposed clear limits on the use of federal debt, limits that for two centuries...
Obamanomics
How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Bestselling author John R. Talbott, who predicted the housing and mortgage crisis, pictures in Obamanomics--written well in advance of the historic 2008 elections--a Barack Obama presidency based on justice and cooperation—principles that have not held sway in Washington, DC, for quite some time....
End of The Good Life
How the Financial Crisis Threatens a New Lost Generation--and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Financial journalist Riva Froymovich has good reason to be anxious about the financial turmoil facing Generation Y. This is her generation.
Indeed, Generation Y has suffered the brunt of the financial crisis and great recession. For those in the U.S. born after 1976, the American dream is a...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Tom A. Coburn in his book “The Debt Bomb, A Bold Plan to Stop Washington From Bankrupting America”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does...
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Homeland and Civil Security
A Research-Based Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This uniquely composed textbook provides a cross-disciplinary introduction to the field of homeland and civil security. It unites U.S. and international scholars and practitioners in addressing both foundational topics and risk- informed priorities in fostering secure societies. The book examines...