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How I Caused the Credit Crunch
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Looking for something eye-opening to read? "How I Caused the Credit Crunch" offers a rare insider's perspective on the financial turmoil that shook the world. Ishikawa invites you into the high-stakes arena of international finance with a personal touch - it's like sitting down with someone who's seen it all. The complex financial concepts come to life through his narrative, making sense of the machinery that led to the collapse. Engaging for finance newbies and aficionados alike, it serves both as a cautionary tale and a fascinating memoir.
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Joel Seligman
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Northeastern
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The Transformation of Wall Street : A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Finance
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First published in 1982, this revised edition provides an updated history of the SEC and its relationship to corporate finance covering the period from the 1929-1932 stock market crash, which led to the agency's creation in 1934, to the end of the Nixon-Ford presidential administration early in 1977. Seligman (Dean, U. of Arizona College of Law) focuses on the many complex determinants of Commission policy, both during the SEC's highly regarded New Deal period and during the post-WWII period, when the quality of the agency's performance was more erratic. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Archie Brown
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Vintage
Publishing
The Myth of the Strong Leader : Political Leadership in the Modern Age
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The Myth of the Strong Leader challenges the myth that political leaders are strong when they act alone. By examining leaders such as FDR, Mikhail Gorbachev and Nelson Mandela, Brown highlights the different types and qualities of leadership. Recommended for those interested in politics and leadership who want to rethink their preconceptions about what it means to lead.
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Harvard Business School Press
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Harvard
Business
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"Harvard Business Review" on Managing Uncertainty
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This book is a must-read for managers looking to make strategic decisions in today's fast-moving business world. The collection of leading-edge ideas will help readers navigate uncertainty, build resilience, and stay competitive. The landmark piece "Competing for the Future" by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad is a highlight, offering new perspectives on creating a successful business strategy.
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Irene Aldridge
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Wiley
High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems
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If you're an aspiring trader looking to stay ahead of the game, "High-Frequency Trading" is the book for you. This hands-on guide takes you through the fast-paced world of algorithmic trading, covering everything from developing trading systems to evaluating performance. With detailed discussions on market microstructure and various trading strategies, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the world of high-frequency trading. Gain a better understanding of this innovative approach and apply it to your trading endeavors for maximum success.
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Ryan Bishop, Lillian S. Robinson |
Routledge
Night Market : Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle
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In Thailand, a $4 billion per year tourist industry is the linchpin of the modernization process called the "Thai Economic Miracle". And what is Thailand's main attraction? Sex for hire. Year after year young women are lured to Bangkok to staff the teeming brothels, massage parlors, and sex bars that cater to male tourists from the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, the Gulf States, Malaysia, and Singapore.Developed from Lillian S. Robinson's article in The Nation , Night Market traces the historical, cultural, material, and textual traditions that have combined in unique ways to establish sex tourism as an integral part of the developing Thai economy. It explores international sex tourism from the perspectives of economic-development planning, forced labor market choices, international sexual alienation, and textual traditions that have constructed sexual "Other" cultures in Western imagination.
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Norman M. Scarborough, Thomas W. Zimmerer |
Prentice
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Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management : United States Edition
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This book is perfect for anyone who wants to dive into the world of entrepreneurship. With its abundance of real-world examples and practical exercises, it provides a step-by-step guide to starting and managing a small business. The most unique feature of this book is its logical process, which makes it easy for readers to follow along and implement the strategies outlined in the book. Overall, if you're looking for a comprehensive guide to small business management, this book is a great choice.
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CFA Institute
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Wiley
Cfa 2015 - Level III
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International Institute for Strategic Studies
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Routledge
The Strategic Survey 2019 - The Annual Assessment Of Geopolitics
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Strategic Survey analyses the events that shaped relations between major powers, region by region, in the last year, and identifies key themes for policymakers and analysts looking ahead to 2020. The 2019 edition features essays · 5G mobile network technology and geopolitics · The fate of the New START agreement · Afghanistan and regional politics after a US withdrawal · The Gulf States’ competition in the Horn of Africa · Putin’s consolidation and manoeuvre · Iran after Khamenei · Germany, 30 years after the fall of the Wall · Venezuela’s crisis and the challenge of reconstruction
John Brookshire Thompson
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Polity
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Merchants of Culture : The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
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These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. A combination of economic pressures and technological change is forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about the future of the books in the digital age.In this book - the first major study of trade publishing for more than 30 years - Thompson situates the current challenges facing the industry in an historical context, analysing the transformation of trade publishing in the United States and Britain since the 1960s. He gives a detailed account of how the world of trade publishing really works, dissecting the roles of publishers, agents and booksellers and showing how their practices are shaped by a field that has a distinctive structure and dynamic. This new paperback edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the most recent developments, including the dramatic increase in ebook sales and its implications for the publishing industry and its future.
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William M. Lindsay, James R. Evans |
South-western
Cengage
Learning
Managing For Quality And Performance Excellence
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This book is a must-read for anyone interested in improving the quality management practices of their organization. It covers a wide range of topics, including ISO 9000 certification standards, Six Sigma, and the U.S. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award standards. The authors, both experts in the field, provide clear and concise explanations of complex concepts, and the many real-world examples help readers understand how to put these practices into action. If you're looking to become a Certified Quality Manager, this book covers most of the Body of Knowledge required for ASQ certification.
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Elliott H. Gue, Yiannis G. Mostrous, Ivan D. Martchev |
Ft
Pr
The Silk Road to Riches : How You Can Profit by Investing in Asia's Newfound Prosperity
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Asia is now the world's #1 growth story. Farsighted investors will realize enormous profits by investing in companies that benefit from Asia's historic transformation. In The Silk Road to Riches, a team of world-class financial analysts and newsletter editors point you to the right companies, the right sectors, and the right strategies.
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Michael Lewis
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Penguin
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Panic! : The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
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- This book examines the most significant financial meltdowns of the past decades and how they contributed to the world's economic climate. Michael Lewis provides insight into the patterns that lead to these catastrophic events and how they affect the global economy.
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K. Proctor
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Wiley
Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel : A Guide for Business Professionals
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This book is a comprehensive guide on financial modelling using Excel, covering important concepts such as valuation, sensitivity analysis, and contribution margin. It provides step-by-step instructions on building financial models, and includes Excel worksheets on a CD-ROM for users to practice. The book also covers basics of building a capitalization table and how to present a financial model effectively. Overall, it's a great resource for business professionals looking to enhance their financial modelling skills using Excel.
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Kevin Phillips
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Viking
Penguin
American Theocracy - The Peril And Politics Of Radical Religion, Oil, And Borrowed Money In The 21St Century
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This book could be a good read for you if you are curious about understanding the complexities of American politics in the 21st century. Kevin Phillips provides an insightful analysis of the intertwining forces of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money, exposing the inherent dangers they pose. Through historical examples and a critical examination of the political climate, American Theocracy offers an eye-opening exploration that will challenge your understanding of the world we live in. You will gain a deeper understanding of the perils that lie beneath the surface and the potential consequences they have on society.
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Amalia McGibbon, John Wood |
Big
Purpose
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Purpose, Incorporated : Turning Cause Into Your Competitive Advantage
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Too many working professionals still subscribe to the old Milton-Friedman logic that “businesses' sole purpose is to generate profit for shareholders.” In this revolutionary book, authors John Wood and Amalia McGibbon show once and for all that cause is not the enemy of commercialism, but perhaps the new key to it. Based on over 100 interviews with entrepreneurs, executives and front-line staff, Wood and McGibbon provide a breath-taking tour of this new and inspiring world. You’ll learn from mom-and-pop shops and corporate giants like Google and Goldman Sachs why corporate social responsibility is more than just a buzzword or publicity stunt, but instead represents the new competitive advantage. You’ll learn how Purpose Incorporated is a “permission slip” to those businesspeople who want to have a positive impact on the world, but worry the corner office or cubicle isn't the place for it.
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Ansel M. Sharp, Charles A. Register |
Mcgraw-hill
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Economics of Social Issues
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"Sharp, Register, and Grimes' Economics of Social Issues" originated the social issues approach to teaching basic economic principles. This edition reflects the important societal trends and public debates current at the time. Currency and relevance are the motivations behind the major changes that previous users will quickly find in this edition. Each chapter presents economic concepts then places them within the context of very current issues facing society. "Economics of Social Issues" has garnered a loyal user following for its timely and impartial handling of current social issues that dominate the news. As the major social issues facing our society change, so does this textbook. While the issues are contemporary and the supporting information updated, the authors remain objective.
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James D. McKeen
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Pearson
Prentice
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IT Strategy in Action : International Edition
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This book teaches students how to use and manage IT to deliver business value, with a focus on IT management issues, rather than technical issues. KEY TOPICS: IT Strategy in Actiontackles the real world challenges of IT management first, by exploring a set of the most important issues facing IT managers today and second, by providing a series of mini-cases which present these critical IT issues within the context of real organizations. Most suited for business professionals who are interested in discovering the latest research in business solutions through IT.
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Tim Harford
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Little,
Brown
Dear Undercover Economist : The Very Best Letters from the "Dear Economist" Column
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"Dear Undercover Economist" is a fascinating and humorous read that provides economic explanations to various aspects of daily life. Tim Harford's witty and rational approach to topics like etiquette, seduction, and parenting makes this book an engaging and intellectual read for those interested in learning about economics. The practical advice given is both unique and useful, making it a perfect fit for those seeking a fresh perspective on life's daily conundrums.
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T.H. Aston, Robert Brenner, C.H.E. Philpin |
Cambridge
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The Brenner Debate : Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-industrial Europe
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Few historical issues have occasioned such discussion since at least the time of Marx as the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. The Brenner Debate, which reprints from Past and Present various article in 1976, is a scholarly presentation of a variety of points of view, covering a very wide range in time, place and type of approach. Weighty theoretical responses to Brenner's first formulation followed from the late Sir Michael Postan, John Hatcher, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and Guy Bois; more particular contributions came from Patricia Croot, David Parker, Arnost Klìma and Heide Wunder on England, France, Bohemia and Germany; and reflective pieces from R. H. Hilton and the late J. P. Cooper. Completing the volume, and giving it an overall coherence, are Brenner's own comprehensive response to those who had taken part in the debate, and also R. H. Hilton's introduction that aims to bring together the major themes in the collection of essays. The debate has already aroused widespread interest among historians and scholars in allied fields as well as among ordinary readers, and may reasonably be regarded as one of the most important historical debates of prevailing years.
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Amartya Sen
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Harvard
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Inequality Reexamined
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Inequality Reexamined is a thought-provoking book that challenges the traditional notion of equality. Amartya Sen argues for a shift in focus from material advantages to individual capabilities and freedom. This book offers a fresh perspective on important issues such as gender inequality, welfare policies, affirmative action, and public provision of healthcare and education. It is a must-read for those interested in exploring alternative approaches to promoting true equality in society.
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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
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Iseas-yusof
Ishak
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Looking East To Look West - Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India
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Looking East To Look West is a must-read for those interested in the history and politics of Asia, particularly in relation to India and Singapore. The book details the significant role Lee Kuan Yew played in the relationship between the two nations, and the impact he had on India's emergence as a player in the Concert of Asia. The book combines historical facts, personal details, and anecdotes, making it an engaging and educational read for anyone interested in the subject matter.
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Constantine Ziogas
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Oxford
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Economics Study Guide: Oxford IB Diploma Programme
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This book would be an excellent read for an International Baccalaureate student, who is looking for concise and comprehensive revision of all topics on the Economics Diploma Programme. The book gives detailed support for constructing, labelling, and interpreting graphs and has a new section which provides extensive coverage of the quantitative material required for higher level students. The glossary contains over 470 terms, and defines every term present in the most recent syllabus, making it a perfect guide for second language students as well.
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Philip Abrams
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Cambridge
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Towns in Societies : Essays in Economic History and Historical Sociology
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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TOWNS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. CHINESE CITIES, ORIGINS OF THE MEDIEVAL TOWN PATRICIATE, MEDIEVAL GENOA, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN A RENAISSANCE FLORENCE;' URBAN DECAY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND;. CLASS FORMATION, LONDON 1650-1750.
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Antoine van Agtmael
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Free
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The Emerging Markets Century : How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World
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In this vital book, visionary international investment manager Antoine van Agtmael -- the pioneer who coined the term "emerging markets" -- pulls back the curtain on the new powerhouses of the world economy. Picking up where Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat left off, he persuasively demonstrates that the world's center of gravity is already tipping decisively in favor of the emerging economies. With this seismic shift, competitive challenges and investment risks are also being dramatically transformed, while new opportunities are arising for those who are alert to them.A new breed of world-leading companies are catching their Western competitors off guard. Household names of today -- IBM, Ford, Sony, and Shell -- are in danger of becoming has-beens as these more innovative new superstars in the emerging markets claim dominance. Understanding how they have become world-class market leaders, and where they are taking the world economy, is crucial to understanding not only the future of globalization, but the future of Western competitiveness.Each year we are buying more planes from Brazil's Embraer, refrigerators from China's Haier appliance maker, smart cell phones from Taiwan's HTC, and gas from Russia's Gazprom. How have these relative unknowns come so far in the world markets so fast? What are they doing right that their Western competitors are doing wrong, and how can Western companies face the intensifying challenges and survive?With in-depth, inside knowledge of these emerging powerhouses that's based on his thirty years of working, traveling, and investing in emerging markets and his extraordinary access to the leading companies, van Agtmael trains his experienced analyst's eye on twenty-five of the top emerging giants, taking readers into the executive suites and labs where they are outmaneuvering their Western rivals. Profiling these major players, such as Korea's Samsung Electronics, China's computer maker Lenovo, Brazil's iron ore giant CVRD, and India's Infosys, van Agtmael divulges their strategies for growth, and analyzes how their rise to dominance will change our lives. His unique insights point the way to how we in the West can capitalize on the opportunities these companies represent while also mobilizing a powerful response to the challenges they present.The Emerging Markets Century is a compelling and necessary read for anyone who wants to understand the true magnitude of change under way in the global economy today.
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Franklin Allen, Stewart C. Myers, Richard A. Brealey |
Mcgraw-hill
Principles of Corporate Finance - Global Edition
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FROM THE PUBLISHER Brealey/Myers' Principles of Corporate Finance is the worldwide leading text that describes the theory and practice of corporate finance. Throughout the book the authors show how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems and as a way of learning how to respond to change by showing not just how but why companies and management act as they do. The text is comprehensive, authoritative, and modern and yet the material is presented at a common sense level. The discussions and illustrations are unique due to the depth of detail blended with a distinct sense of humor for which the book is well known and highly regarded. This text is a valued reference for thousands of practicing financial managers.
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Stephen Roach
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Yale
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Unbalanced : The Co-dependency of America and China
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The Chinese and U.S. economies have been locked in an uncomfortable embrace since the late 1970s. Although the relationship initially arose out of mutual benefits, in recent years it has taken on the trappings of an unstable codependence, with the two largest economies in the world losing their sense of self, increasing the risk of their turning on one another in a destructive fashion. In The Codependency of America and China Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, lays bare the pitfalls of the current China-U.S. economic relationship. He highlights the conflicts at the center of current tensions, including disputes over trade policies and intellectual property rights, sharp contrasts in leadership styles, the role of the Internet, the recent dispute over cyberhacking, and more. A firsthand witness to the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, Roach likely knows more about the U.S.-China economic relationship than any other Westerner. Here he In the wake of the 2008 crisis, both unbalanced economies face urgent and mutually beneficial rebalancings. Unbalanced concludes with a recipe for resolving the escalating tensions of codependence. Roach argues that the Next China offers much for the Next America—and vice versa.
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Catherine Atwater Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith |
Houghton
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Life in Our Times
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Perhaps economist Galbraith--the epitome of the public intellectual--was always the amused observer, even of himself, that his memoirs would have us think. Perhaps his private life was so placid that there is nothing to tell. But the book is pinched: fascinating for all that he did & perceived, consistently entertaining because he's a witty, sardonic raconteur, tantalizing because you haven't heard all those stories of famous people before. Why dither? It's History. What it isn't, tho, is a drama of growth & change. By p.3, you know virtually everything you're ever going to know about him--the "inherent insecurity" of the Ontario farm-boy, the sense of intellectual superiority & compulsion to demonstrate same--except his strategems for success. The life can then be divided, as he very nearly does, into slightly overlapping circles. There's academe--an unloved ag-school alma mater; brief, happy sojourns at Berkeley & Cambridge; distasteful Princeton; "Harvard before democracy" &--very little improved--afterwards. There's economics--Veblen; Keynes; eminent, idiosyncratic contemporaries; his reconstruction of US economic life. There's government service in DC--preeminently as WWII price czar, surmounting the "disaster" of "my" design for price stabilization. There's government service abroad--surveying the meager economic effects of strategic bombing. There's a stint on Fortune--where he learns, from H. Luce, how to measure his words. Then he returns to Harvard, sets out "to repair my academic reputation," begins work on what will ultimately be The Affluent Society & signs on with Stevenson in 1952 to write speeches. There's a gathering sense, now, of engagement in great matters, along with sharp assessments of the greats. Adlai Stevenson "spent his adult life in a persuasive attempt to present himself"--erroneously--"as a harried, wavering intellectual lost in the harsh, demanding, dogmatic world of politics." JFK "was one of the few public men who was wholly satisfied with his own personality." (Why, he reflects, do we call one president by his initials, another by name?) Come Kennedy's election, he goes to India as ambassador--where (as he didn't tell in Ambassador's Journal) he aborts CIA activities & defuses the India-China border conflict. Finally, in 1967, he opts out--scoring, in one of the book's truly bitter, truly felt passages, "those who drew Lyndon Johnson away from these preoccupations"--the War on Poverty, civil rights--"into Vietnam." A little more such passion, a little more openness as per his encounter with psychiatry, would have given the book the breadth of the life.--Kirkus (edited)
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Robert Morgan, Patrick Reinmoeller, Henk Volberda |
Cengage
Learning
Business
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Strategic Management - Competitiveness And Globalization : Concepts And Cases
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This book is highly recommended for business students, entrepreneurs, and managers looking for practical guidance on creating a competitive advantage. The unique model of blending industrial organization with a resource-based view offers key insights on how to build a sustained competitive advantage. The case studies provide real-world examples and are engaging and exemplary, making the book a valuable resource for those seeking to apply strategic management principles in real-world situations.
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William D. Cohan
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Penguin
Uk
Money and Power : How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
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A revelatory history of Goldman Sachs, the most dominant, feared, and controversial investment bank in the world. For much of its storied 142-year history, Goldman Sachs has projected an image of being better than its competitors - smarter, more collegial, more ethical, and far more profitable. The firm - buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated PR machine in the financial industry - often boasts of "The Goldman Way," a business model predicated on hiring the most talented people, indoctrinating them in a corporate culture where partners stifle their egos for the greater good, and honoring the "14 Principles," the first of which is "Our clients' interests always come first." But there is another way of viewing Goldman - a secretive money-making machine that has straddled the line between conflict-of-interest and legitimate deal-making for decades; a firm that has exerted undue influence over government since the early part of the 20th century; a company composed of "cyborgs" who are kept in line by an internal "reputational risk department" staffed by former CIA operatives and private investigators; a workplace rife with brutal power struggles; a Wall Street titan whose clever bet against the mortgage market in 2007 may have made the financial ruin of the Great Recession worse. William D Cohan chronicles Goldman's rise to the summit of world capitalism and reveals how the firm has shown a remarkable ability to weather financial crises, numerous investigations and lawsuits, with its reputation and profits intact. By reading thousands of pages of government documents, court cases, SEC filings, Freedom of Information Act papers and other sources, and conducting over 100 interviews, including interviews with clients, competitors, regulators, current and former Goldman employees, Cohan has constructed a vivid narrative that looks behind the veil of secrecy to reveal how Goldman has become so profitable, and so powerful.
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Ethan S. Harris
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Harvard
Business
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Ben Bernanke's Fed - The Federal Reserve After Greenspan
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This book offers exceptional insights into how the Federal Reserve functions, providing readers with the tools to better understand the U.S. economy. Ethan Harris, a leading economist, draws on Bernanke's academic research, speeches, and first two years on the job to explain how the Fed analyzes and manages the economy using classical and Keynesian theory. Bernanke's strategies for fighting inflation are also highlighted, as well as his plain-spoken style and ability to build consensus within the Fed. Overall, this is a great read for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the economics and politics of the U.S. federal government.
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James Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel, Richard Dobbs |
Publicaffairs
No Ordinary Disruption : The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends
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Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached, or vast new markets are conjured from nothing. Trend lines resemble saw-tooth mountain ridges.The world not only feels different. The data tell us it is different. Based on years of research by the directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, No Ordinary The Four Forces Breaking all the Trends is a timely and important analysis of how we need to reset our intuition as a result of four forces colliding and transforming the global the rise of emerging markets, the accelerating impact of technology on the natural forces of market competition, an aging world population, and accelerating flows of trade, capital and people.Our intuitions formed during a uniquely benign period for the world economy—often termed the Great Moderation. Asset prices were rising, cost of capital was falling, labour and resources were abundant, and generation after generation was growing up more prosperous than their parents.But the Great Moderation has gone. The cost of capital may rise. The price of everything from grain to steel may become more volatile. The world's labor force could shrink. Individuals, particularly those with low job skills, are at risk of growing up poorer than their parents.What sets No Ordinary Disruption apart is depth of analysis combined with lively writing informed by surprising, memorable insights that enable us to quickly grasp the disruptive forces at work. For evidence of the shift to emerging markets, consider the startling fact that, by 2025, a single regional city in China—Tianjin—will have a GDP equal to that of the Sweden, of that, in the decades ahead, half of the world's economic growth will comefrom 440 cities including Kumasi in Ghana or Santa Carina in Brazil that most executives today would be hard-pressed to locate on a map.What we are now seeing is no ordinary disruption but the new facts of business life— facts that require executives and leaders at all levels to reset their operating assumptions and management intuition.
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Thomas C. Schelling
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Harvard
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The Strategy of Conflict : With a New Preface by the Author
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This book provides enlightening similarities between real-life situations and game theory. It offers unique insights into the decision-making process in situations of negotiation, war, criminal deterrence, extortion, and tacit bargaining. Users with an interest in game theory and its practical applications in real-life scenarios would find this book insightful.
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Jerry Dimos, Steven Groves, Guy Powell |
Wiley
ROI of Social Media : How to Improve the Return on Your Social Marketing Investment
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This book is a great read for any business wanting to make the most out of their social media investments. It offers a comprehensive look at the current landscape and includes 15 case studies to help understand how global brands are successfully using social marketing to connect to their audience. With comprehensive analysis of basics, strategies, and tactics, the ROI of Social Media will help you manage social marketing programs, measure their successes, diagnose underperforming elements, and deliver extraordinary results.
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Edward Luce
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Doubleday
In Spite of the Gods : The Strange Rise of Modern India
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India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world’s third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In In Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already a number-one bestseller in India, his book is sure to be acknowledged for years as the definitive introduction to modern India. In Spite of the Gods illuminates a land of many contradictions. The booming tech sector we read so much about in the West, Luce points out, employs no more than one million of India’s 1.1 billion people. Only 35 million people, in fact, have formal enough jobs to pay taxes, while three-quarters of the country lives in extreme deprivation in India’s 600,000 villages. Yet amid all these extremes exists the world’s largest experiment in representative democracy—and a largely successful one, despite bureaucracies riddled with horrifying corruption. Luce shows that India is an economic rival to the U.S. in an entirely different sense than China is. There is nothing in India like the manufacturing capacity of China, despite the huge potential labor force. An inept system of public education leaves most Indians illiterate and unskilled. Yet at the other extreme, the middle class produces ten times as many engineering students a year as the United States. Notwithstanding its future as a major competitor in a globalized economy, American. leaders have been encouraging India’s rise, even welcoming it into the nuclear energy club, hoping to balance China’s influence in Asia. Above all, In Spite of the Gods is an enlightening study of the forces shaping India as it tries to balance the stubborn traditions of the past with an unevenly modernizing present. Deeply informed by scholarship and history, leavened by humor and rich in anecdote, it shows that India has huge opportunities as well as tremendous challenges that make the future “hers to lose.”
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Martin Jacques
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Penguin
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When China Rules The World : The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World [Greatly updated and expanded]
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China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese.Jacques argues that we cannot understand China in western terms but only through its own history and culture. To this end, he introduces a powerful set of ideas including China as a civilization-state, the tributary system, the Chinese idea of race, a very different concept of the state, and the principle of contested modernity.First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - 'When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Rise of a New Global Order' has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and has been the subject of an immensely popular TED talk. In the three years since the first edition was published, the book has transformed the debate about China worldwide and proved remarkably prescient.In this greatly expanded and fully updated paperback edition, with nearly three-hundred pages of new material backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China's ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, thereby transforming the world as we know it.
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Philip Kotler
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Pearson
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PRINCIPLES MARKETING : ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
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Principles of Marketing: An Asian Perspective provides an authoritative, comprehensive, innovative, managerial, and practical introduction to the fascinating world of Asian marketing. While providing the most up-to-date marketing coverage, this book also makes learning about and teaching Asian marketing easier and more exciting for both students and instructors. Marketing is presented in a practical, exciting, and easy to digest manner. The text is filled with interesting examples and stories about real companies and their marketing practices. Moreover, the integrated, cutting-edge teaching and learning package gives instructors the power to customize students' educational experience.
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Alexandra Gillies
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Oxford
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Crude Intentions : How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World
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Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and disadvantaging everyday people. News headlines provide glimpses of how this corruption works and why it President Trump's businesses struck deals with oligarchs and sold property to secretive shell companies; the Panama Papers leak triggered investigations in 79 countries; and, corruption scandals toppled heads of state in Brazil, South Africa, and South Korea. But how do these pieces fit together? And if the corruption is so vast and so tied up with powerful interests, how do we begin to fight back?To find answers, Crude Intentions examines the corruption crisis that erupted during the recent oil boom. From 2008 to 2014, oil prices shot through the roof. Motivated by more than nine trillion dollars in new oil money, corruption followed apace. Examining the oil boom is like placing a drop of dye in the circulatory system of global corruption, and watching as it reveals the system's channels and pathways.Company bosses signed off on risky schemes to snap up choice oil blocks. Politicians in Brazil and Nigeria stole billions to build up their election war chests. Kleptocrats in Angola, Azerbaijan, and Russia seized upon the oil wealth to cement their hold on power. And an army of bankers, accountants, and lawyers lined up to help these corrupt actors stash their loot in the global system of shell companies and tax havens that serves today's super-rich. The money then bought yachts, mansions, and even a few foreign politicians.Drawing on information exposed by intrepid journalists, prosecutors, and whistle blowers, Crude Intentions tells jaw-dropping stories of corruption and asks what we can learn from them. The cases reveal common tactics, but also vulnerabilities in this web of fraud. These are the starting points for building a smarter fight against corruption, in the oil sector and well beyond.
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Ian Ayres
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When would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand?How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want?Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs?Beginning with examples of the mathematician who out-predicted wine buffs in determining the best vintages, and the sports scouts who now use statistics rather than intuition to pick winners, Super Crunchers exposes the hidden patterns all around us. No businessperson, academic, student, or consumer (statistically that's everyone) should make another move without getting to grips with thinking-by-numbers - the new way to be smart, savvy and statistically superior.
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Wiley
The Little Book of Currency Trading : How to Make Big Profits in the World of Forex
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An accessible guide to trading the fast-moving foreign exchange market The foreign exchange market, or forex, was once dominated by global banks, hedge funds, and multinational corporations, but that has all changed with Internet technology and the advent of online forex brokers. Now, hundreds of thousands of traders and investors around the world can participate in this profitable field. Written by forex expert Kathy Lien, The Little Book of Currency Trading will show you how to effectively invest and trade in today's biggest market. Page by page, she describes the multitude of opportunities possible in the forex market, from short-term price swings to long-term trends, and details practical products that can help you achieve success, such as currency-based ETFs.
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Kenneth L. Fisher, James J. Cramer, Jennifer Chou |
Wiley
The only three questions that count - investing by knowing what others don't
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The Only Three Questions That Count is the first book to show you how to think about investing for yourself and develop innovative ways to understand and profit from the markets. The only way to consistently beat the markets is by knowing something others don’t know. This book will show you how to do just that by using three simple questions. You’ll see why CNBC’s Mad Money host and money manager James J. Cramer says, "I believe that reading his book may be the single best thing you could do this year to make yourself a better investor. In The Only Three Questions That Count , Ken Fisher challenges the conventional wisdoms of investing, overturns glib theories with hard facts, and blows up complacent beliefs about money and the markets. Ultimately, he says, the key to successful investing is daring to challenge yourself and whatever you believe to be true. Packed with more than 100 visuals, usable tools, and a glossary, The Only Three Questions That Count is an entertaining and educational experience in the markets unlike any other, giving you an opportunity to reap the huge rewards that only the markets can offer.
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Mit
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The Age of Diminished Expectations : U.S. Economic Policy in the 1990s
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Recommended for those interested in US economic policies. Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, gives valuable insights into the policies implemented during that period. Students and professionals will enjoy reading this book.
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Dear Undercover Economist : The Very Best Letters from the "Dear Economist" Column
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The "Dear Economist" column offers a unique perspective on common issues, providing rational and practical advice backed by economics. Tim Harford's witty and insightful explanations make this book a great read for anyone looking to understand the hidden economic principles behind everyday dilemmas, from family conflicts to dating. Reading this book will help readers make better-informed decisions, and approach life's challenges with a more analytical and rational mindset.
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William J. O'Neil
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Mcgraw-hill
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24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success
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This book would be a good read for someone who is new to investing, as it offers practical and easy-to-follow strategies for building a profitable portfolio. The most distinctive feature of this book is its emphasis on analyzing the stock market and making informed decisions about buying and selling at the right time. Readers would appreciate its clear and concise instructions for taking advantage of mutual funds, as well as its overall comprehensive approach to investing.
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Adair Turner
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Princeton
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Between Debt and the Devil : Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance
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Between Debt and the Devil is a great read for those interested in understanding the causes of the global financial crisis and discovering how credit creation can be managed. Adair Turner debunks myths related to fiat money and explains why public policy needs to restrict real estate lending and tax debt. Readers will gain insights into how inequality can be tackled, and why monetizing government debt and financing fiscal deficits with central-bank money might be necessary to escape past policy errors.
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An Introduction to Management Science is highly recommended for business students and professionals seeking a better understanding of decision-making processes. The book provides a practical, real-world approach to applying management science techniques through numerous examples and self-test exercises. Additionally, the book includes software packages such as LINGO 10 and Management Scientist that enable users to gain proficiency in using Excel and other valuable tools to solve management science problems. Overall, An Introduction to Management Science empowers readers with the skills and knowledge necessary to make informed decisions in the business world.
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Proven Option Spread Trading Strategies - How To Trade Low-Risk Option Spreads For High Income And Large Returns
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Proven Option Spread Trading Strategies can be a valuable read for individuals interested in option trading who want to learn how to make more consistent returns with less risk. The book provides simple strategies and tools that can help traders make more informed trade decisions, including how to pick the best trades and in what markets, what tools are needed, and which moving averages and indicators to use. Additionally, the book offers risk management strategies to help traders grow their accounts while controlling their risk.
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Recommendation: "Law, Legislation & Liberty, V 3" by F. A. Hayek is an essential read for those interested in understanding the fundamental political principles that support free societies. Hayek's incisive and straightforward writing style provides a clear and uncompromising exposition of political philosophy. This book is perfect for scholars of economics, law, and political science who are interested in exploring new ideas and ways to sustain a free society.
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Nora Peterson
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Wall Street Lingo : Thousands of Investment Terms Explained Simply
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Wall Street Lingo is an excellent resource for both novice and experienced investors. The book presents over 1,000 investment terms and explains them in a way that is easy to understand. The unique structure of the book, organized by subject, makes it effortless for readers to find the information they need quickly. Additionally, the book includes a list of commonly used acronyms and helpful resources, complete with websites.
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