Economic Conditions

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This Book Derives From A Concern With The Contemporary African Situation. It Delves Into The Past Only Because Otherwise It Would Be Impossible To Understan...

Samuel Stein.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesUrban Planning & Development

As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled to the four corners of the globe, interviewing people from all wa...

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Provides a sound theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and reg...

Widely regarded as the authoritative text on development geography, this volume examines the nature and causes of global inequality and critically analyzes...

This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race...

Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.Millions of Americans w...

In his best-selling Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since...

Short-listed for the The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. Across the world, economic recovery, growth and investment are – at best – slow. At...

From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation - and how we got here. We a...

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In The Years He Served On And Eventually Chaired The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Chaffetz Gained Crucial Insight Into The Inner Work...

This edition presents marketing management concepts in a traditional format and includes many real-world examples, emphasizing topics such as international ...

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Winner Of The 2009 Warwick Prize For Writing Only A Crisis - Actual Or Perceived - Produces Real Change. When That Crisis Occurs, The Actions That Are Taken...

A Revised And Updated Edition Of The Leading Introductory Text On The Geography Of Economic Life, From The Local To The Global Economic Geography Is An Enga...

The economic boom of the 1990s created huge wealth for the bosses, but benefited workers hardly at all. At the same time, the bosses were able to take the ...

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperit...

Focusing on the traditional state-centred arenas of group and social movement influence such as Parliament, elections, the bureaucracy and the courts, this...

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 cu...

After a period in which the global economy appeared prosperous and stable, the economic crisis exposed the fragile foundations of the international financia...

The largest company in the world by far, Wal-Mart takes in revenues in excess of $280 billion, employs 1.4 million American workers, and controls a large sh...

The crisis exposed the contradiction of globalization itself: as economies have become more interconnected, regulators and governments have failed to keep ...

Discusses how the willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute for defining what it means to understand the world, succeed in life, contr...

Diane Francis. Includes Index.Categories: Business & Money EconomicsEconomic Conditions

Tim Harford. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-262) And Index.Categories: Business & Money Marketing & SalesConsumer Behavior

American Democratic Capitalism Is In Danger. How Can We Save It? For Its First 200 Years, The American Economy Exhibited Truly Impressive Performance. The C...

The Presidency Of Donald Trump Marks A Profound Change In The Trajectory Of American Government, Politics, And Culture. He Is The Only Person Ever Elected T...

Our Newest Nobel Prize-winning Economist Shows How Today's Crisis Parallels The Events That Caused The Great Depression And Explains What It Will Take To Av...

The New York Times Bestselling Freakonomics Was A Worldwide Sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner Return With Superfreakonomics, And Fans A...

* Financial Times And Mckinsey Business Book Of The Year * Winner Of The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize​ * 800-ceo-read Business Book Of The Year * A New Yor...

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, ...

Our Newest Nobel Prize-winning Economist Shows How Today's Crisis Parallels The Events That Caused The Great Depression And Explains What It Will Take To Av...

The Best-selling Author Of The Great Depression Ahead Explains How The Accelerating Retirement Of The Baby Boomer Generation Will Impact The Economy And How...

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The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. The Barnes &am...

In the twenty-first century, all politics are climate politics.The age of climate gradualism is over, as unprecedented disasters are exacerbated by inequal...

In eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through ...

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This fully revised fifth edition continues to offer the authoritative introduction to today’s global political economy and its historical context. O'Brie...

Around The World, People Who Are Angry At Stagnant Wages And Growing Inequality Have Rebelled Against Established Governments And Turned To Political Extrem...

“Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.”—Kyle Smith, Forbes The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet...

Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets. Flash...

To Combat The Vampires Of Our Society And To Isolate The Systematic Ways In Which Our Once Productive Industries And Our Government Have Been Breached, Rati...

Freedom, Sen Argues, Is Both The End And Most Effective Means Of Sustaining Economic Life And The Key To Securing The General Welfare Of The World's Entire ...