Macroeconomics category: 2722 books
Financial Economy
Evolutions at the Edge of Crises
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
This book examines how contemporary financial economy evolved as the predominant economic system, and why unabated accumulation of financial capital takes place in such systems. It reviews the mechanics of accumulation of wealth by tracing the historical roots of financial capital. Traversing the...
by C. P. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Macroeconomic analysis refers to the process of utilizing macroeconomic factors and principles in the analysis of the economy. Macroeconomic factors include factors like unemployment, inflation, government policies, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and interest rates. Such factors enable economists and...
Foundations of Real-World Economics
What Every Economics Student Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
The 2008 financial crisis, the rise of Trumpism and the other populist movements which have followed in their wake have grown out of the frustrations of those hurt by the economic policies advocated by conventional economists for generations. Despite this, textbooks continue to praise conventional...
Economic Literacy
Basic Economics with an Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Economic Literacy: Basic Economics with An Attitude, explains the logic, language, and worldview of economic theory while maintaining the engaging and accessible style that has made earlier editions so successful. While covering the fundamentals of the discipline, the author also includes a wide range...
by Susan Schafer
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This study of macroeconomics combines treatment of opposing theories with a presentation of evidence to point the way toward a reconstructed macro research and policy programme.
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
A legend in the car industry reveals the philosophy that's starting to turn General Motors around.
In 2001, General Motors hired Bob Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. He launched a war against penny pinching, office politics, turf wars, and...
Karl Marx
Revolutionary thinking and the fight against capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Revolutionary thinking and the fight against capitalism This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the life and works of Karl Marx.In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Recognize and understand the main ideas behind the works of Karl Marx on economic thought • Identify...
Karl Marx
Klassenkampf und Kapital – Der Mensch im Mittelpunkt
Language: German
Release Date: February 18, 2019
In nur 50 Minuten Karl Marx verstehen
Während die europäische Wirtschaftslage in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts vornehmlich von der klassischen Nationalökonomie und dem entsprechenden Wirtschafsliberalismus geprägt wird, entwickelt sich in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahrhunderts unter...
Karl Marx, la lutte des classes et le capital
Pourquoi l'individu est-il au cœur des enjeux économiques ?
Language: French
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre la pensée marxiste qui anime encore aujourd'hui les plus vifs débats politiques et économiques.
En véritable esprit révolutionnaire, Karl Marx marque son époque en énonçant sa virulente critique envers le capitalisme émergent. S'appuyant...
Basic Income Guarantee
Your Right to Economic Security
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can the U.S. afford it? Why don't the current welfare programs...
Multifractal Financial Markets
An Alternative Approach to Asset and Risk Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Multifractal Financial Markets explores appropriate models for estimating risk and profiting from market swings, allowing readers to develop enhanced portfolio management skills and strategies. Fractals in finance allow us to understand market instability and persistence. When applied to...
Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds
Price Dynamics and Options Valuation
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This book provides an analysis, under both discrete-time and continuous-time frameworks, on the price dynamics of leveraged exchange-traded funds (LETFs), with emphasis on the roles of leverage ratio, realized volatility, investment horizon, and tracking errors. This study provides new insights on...
Fixed and Variable Costs
Theory and Practice in Electricity
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Fixed and Marginal Costs in Electricity Markets lays out clear cost methodologies for understanding marginal price structures, further cementing electricity's role as an asset class with fixed and variable costs.
Marketing Shares, Sharing Markets
Experts in Investment Banking
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This book introduces the reader to the 'world of finance', more exactly to one core activity: investment banking. Analysing the practices of traders, analysts, brokers and bankers it reveals how their contrasting perspectives on shares are put to use and the consequences this has for investment banks, corporations, investors and the stock markets.