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Book SynopsisGroundbreaking call to action by Donella Meadows, the bestselling author of Thinking in Systems! Limits to Growth was right. New research shows we're nearing collapse the Guardian The updated edition of the groundbreaking classic that kickstarted the movement for environmental and ecological reform! Perfect for fans of The Uninhabitable Earth and There is No Planet B It is no unknown fact that at the present rate of climate change, population growth and capitalistic expansion, we are over-exceeding our planet’s resources. We’re stretched pretty thin and if we continue at the present rate we’ll soon be headed towards irreversible consequences as a result of unchecked growth on a finite planet. Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows, three imminent environmental leaders, foresaw the early signs of wear and tear on our planet. They come together in Limits to Growth to offer an analysis of present and future trends in resource use and assess a variety of possible outcomes. Citing climate change as the most tangible example of our current overshoot, the scientists now provide us with a plan to reduce our needs to meet the carrying capacity of the planet. In many ways, the message contained in Limits to Growth is a warning. Rampant resource exhaustion cannot be sustained without collapse. But as the authors are careful to point out, there is reason to believe that humanity can still reverse some of the damage to Earth if we reduce inefficiency and waste. Limits to Growth is a work of stunning intelligence that has exposed the critical line between human growth and human development.Trade ReviewJohn N. Cooper, for AxisofLogic.com- This is a wonderful book. Originally published in 1972 as Limits to Growth and refreshed in 1992 in Beyond the Limits, the authors have now issued a 30-year appraisal [Chelsea Green Publishing, ISBN 1-931498-58-X], in which they examine the progress made both in their understanding of the mechanisms underlying the impact of humanity on the world ecology and of steps taken toward remediating the accelerating approach to trainwreck that is mankind's ill-managed and uncontrolled 'footprint' on this planet's environment. Briefly, humanity has overshot the limits of what is physically and biologically sustainable. That overshoot WILL lead to the collapse of the planetary environment's ability to support not only our species but much of the rest of the biosphere if we do not act rapidly and effectively to reduce our footprint. These conclusions provide reasons for both optimism and alarm: optimism because humanity has demonstrated its capacity to act appropriately in one specific instance; and alarm because thirty years have been largely wasted since the consequences of our failing to act were detailed. There is still time but the need to act quickly and effectively is urgent. The authors demonstrate that the most critical areas needing immediate attention are: population; wasteful, inefficient growth; and pollution. They show how attention to all three simultaneously can result in returning the human footprint on the environment to manageable, sustainable size, while sharply reducing the disparity between human well-being and fostering a generous quality-of-life worldwide. Absent this, the prospects are grim indeed. The book is divided into three sections, the first outlining in principle the authors' systems analytical approach to understanding the planet's ecology. Their presentation is clear and comprehensible with an abundance of charts and figures that make visualizing the concepts easy. They successfully avoid the pitfalls of many technical presentations by using familiar analogies and largely avoiding professional jargon. As a result readers come away with insights not just into global interconnectedness of inputs, outputs, accumulation and feedback but also the significance of such dynamics in local, even personal, situations. The second section deals with the authors' updated and revised modeling program, World3, which they utilize to test the plausible effects of changes in human political, economic and social behavior on the environment. Their discussion of World3 focuses on the assumptions for, and results of, a variety calculational scenarios. Details of their latest programming revisions are reserved for an index. Repeatedly they emphasize that their results are NOT prescriptive, but merely descriptive in general terms of likely consequences of humanity's failure or success in rising to meet the issues cited. Again excellent graphics for the various scenarios allow the reader to see at a glance what different approaches toward rectifying past, present and future environmental damage may have. The final chapters describe options open to humanity that the authors believe have the best chance of avoiding social, economic and probably political collapse in the next century or so. We have a choice: the human experiment, possibly even the biological experiment, that is life on this planet can yet succeed and persist in a sustainable way. But to do so will require our species as whole consciously and deliberately to take immediate, remediating steps, now, seriously and adequately to address the issues we have so far failed to do so effectively. It IS up to us. © Copyright 2005 by AxisofLogic.com. -- John N. Cooper"In 1972, The Limits to Growth was published as a clarion call to begin changing the way the world worked so we safely made it to 2050-2070. The authors were clear that the path of change needed to begin "now" so we made a course correction within the next 30 years. Sadly, the message they wrote got badly misunderstood and by 30 years later, scores of critiques to the book claimed the authors warned that the world would run out of oil and other scare resources by 1990 or 2000. It is time for the world to re-read Limits to Growth! The message of 1972 is far more real and relevant in 2004 and we wasted a valuable 30 years of action plans by misreading the message of the first book."--Matthew R. Simmons, energy analyst and founder, Simmons & Company International, The world's largest energy investment banking practiceTable of Contents1. Overshoot 2. The driving force: exponential growth 3. The limits: sources and sinks 4. World3: the dynamics of growth in a finite world 5. Back from beyond the limits: the ozone story 6. Technology, markets, and overshoot 7. Transitions to a sustainable system 8. Tools for the transition to sustainability

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised and updated second edition provides support for students studying the Pearson Edexcel GCE 2016 Geography A Level and AS specifications.It retains the clear, student-friendly approach of the first edition, and includes new data, maps, and graphs alongside updated and relevant case studies. The content has been reviewed and updated so that it is more diverse and inclusive.It includes exam-style questions in every unit that will help students to be successful in their exams - these reflect the latest Pearson Edexcel exam question wording. Coverage of specification content is comprehensive and accessible.The book provides strong support for skills, with questions aimed at meeting the required geographical and statistical skills. The fieldwork chapter explains and develops the necessary skills. High-quality photos, maps, and diagrams aid explanations and engage students.A Student Book covering A Level Year 2 is also available. Answers to all activities are included o

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Book SynopsisAn optimistic exploration of how, through radical economic reform, the United Kingdom can prosper and flourish in the new global economyTrade Review“A rollicking (and highly readable) account of Britain’s remaining and undersung strengths in high technology, financial services, universities, pharmaceuticals and the creative industries”—Will Hutton, The Guardian ‘Book of the Day’ “A clearly argued case...There are many good ideas here and food for thought for politicians.”—Jonathan Portes, Financial World “In a wide-ranging and upbeat analysis, Alex Brummer paints an ambitious outlook for the UK.”—Christine Shields, 'Reading Room' for The Society of Professional Economists "Brummer provides an inspiring list of reasons to be optimistic about British business."—John Kay, co-author of Radical Uncertainty "Thank goodness for Alex Brummer, someone who closely follows what is happening in the bowels of British business and brings back a mainly uplifting account of the dynamic and innovative core that will see the country prospering in the post-Brexit era."—David Goodhart, author of Head, Hand, Heart "Alex Brummer’s powerful vision of a positive post-Brexit UK future is heartening – but as he himself acknowledges, it depends on singlemindedly protecting, building on and enhancing current strengths. I hope for all our sakes that this can indeed be done."—Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head, UK Government Economic Service

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Book SynopsisThe Nobel Prize–winning economist, in partnership with a leading progressive European think tank, presents a bold new economic platform to restore prosperity in Europe.Trade Review"Rewriting the Rules is a powerful statement from a group of influential writers from both sides of the Atlantic, led by one of the most eminent economists, a Nobel Prize winner and global activist. The ‘rules’ are in opposition to the once-dominant Washington Consensus, but what is most important is that they are gradually making their way into mainstream economics and policy-making. If this continues, then we can really hope to rewrite the rules both in Europe and maybe even in the USA." -- Marek Belka, former prime minister of Poland and former president of the Polish National Bank

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Book SynopsisCan foreign capital empower dictatorship? This groundbreaking book develops a unified theory that links three prominent forms of international capital to the endurance of dictatorships. International capital empowers governments to finance two key instruments of non-democratic politics: repression and patronage.The Perils of International Capitaluses theory, case studies, and cross-national statistical evidence to demonstrate causal effects between foreign capital and authoritarian politics. These finding are crucial to scholars and policymakers alike, as they call for a recalibration of the welfare effects associated with greater financial globalization. Ahmed reveals that, while foreign capital may improve economic development, it can tragically hinder democratic governance in the process.Trade Review'Faisal Z. Ahmed's study reveals how dictatorships seek foreign capital to sustain their grip on power. previous studies have focused on specific types of capital, such as foreign aid, Ahmed provides a clear, integrated treatment of three major sources: aid, direct investments, and remittances. His conclusion, that these capital flows serve dictatorships in strikingly different ways, is an important contribution to international political economy.' Charles Lipson, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Chicago'Ahmed provides a marvelous multi-method account of how political institutions mediate the international transfer of funds to governments, people, and firms. His theory emphasizes variation in incentives to governments depending on regime type, and his method engages rich statistical evidence, illustrative cases, and careful attention to endogeneity. The Perils of International Capital specifically focuses on autocracies and documents how capital flows in the form of foreign aid, remittances, and foreign direct investment bolster dictatorships. This is an accomplishment in itself. However, the major achievement of the book is in taking us a major step forward to a deeper and fuller comparative understanding of the effects of contemporary globalization.' Margaret Levi, Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California'Scholars of globalization have long thought that openness to capital flows would prove destabilizing to the world's authoritarian regime. The Perils of International Capital shows that the opposite is true, providing a unified theoretical account explaining how foreign sources of financing - aid, remittances, and investment - in fact stabilize authoritarian regimes. Applying rigorous statistical tools to a global dataset, and sensitive to the challenges of causal inference, this book is an essential contribution to the international political economy of authoritarianism and democratization.' Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University'A good book does not close the conversation, but opens it. Faisal Ahmed has written a really good book, opening a conversation about the influence of foreign capital on non-democratic governments.' Erik Jones, SurvivalTable of Contents1. The politics of international capital; 2. International capital and authoritarian survival: a descriptive overview; 3. Foreign rents and rule; 4. Aiding repression; 5. Remittances and autocratic power; 6. Foreign investments in militarism; 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis breakthrough scientific masterwork - and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - reveals the underlying forces that have shaped human history and will secure our future...'Masterful. Galor answers the ultimate mystery' Lewis Dartnell The stunning advances that have transformed human experience in recent centuries are no accident of history - they are the result of universal and timeless forces, operating since the dawn of our species. Drawing on a lifetime's scientific investigation, Oded Galor's ground-breaking new vision overturns a host of long-held assumptions to reveal the deeper causes that have shaped the journey of humanity:Education rather than industrialisationFamily size and gender equality as much as inventions and technologyGeography and diversity rather than wars, disease and famine'Unparalleled in its scope and ambition . . . All readers will learn something' Washington Post'An inspiring, readable, jargon-free and almost impossibly erudite masterwork' New Statesman'His optimism about humanity shines through' Observer'If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is' GuardianTrade ReviewA wildly ambitious attempt to do for economics what Newton, Darwin or Einstein did for their fields: develop a theory that explains almost everything ... an inspiring, readable, jargon-free and almost impossibly erudite masterwork, the boldest possible attempt to write the economic history of humanity * New Statesman *There will be inevitable comparisons with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens ... If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is * Guardian *Journey of Humanity... is only 300 pages long, which considering it covers thousands of years of global history... is surprisingly concise. Its breadth and ambition are reminiscent of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel...and Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens * Financial Times *A large-scale survey of human history... The heart of the matter is why some countries grow and some don't... Perhaps growth-mad Liz Truss should have read it. You certainly should. * The Times, Best philosophy and ideas books of 2022 *Unparalleled in its scope and ambition ... All readers will learn something, and many will find the book fascinating * Washington Post *Deeply rewarding and fascinating * Spectator *A completely brilliant and utterly original account of humanity's transit from crude beginnings to a deeply divided planet. A vastly readable insight into why our world is as it is. A book for our epoch -- Jon Snow, former presenter of Channel 4 NewsA masterful sweep through the human odyssey, from the origin of our species to the making of the modern world, that answers the ultimate mystery: what accounts for the staggering inequality in the wealth of nations today? Exquisite, eloquent and effortlessly erudite - if you liked Sapiens, you'll love this -- Lewis Dartnell, author of OriginsAstounding in scope and insight, The Journey of Humanity provides a captivating and revelatory account of the deepest currents that have shaped human history, and the keys to the betterment of our species -- Nouriel Roubini, author of Crisis EconomicsI am in awe of Oded Galor's attempts to explain inequality today as a consequence of such profound forces. A remarkable contribution to our understanding of this mammoth dilemma -- Jim O'Neill, author of The Growth MapA wonderfully clear-sighted perspective on progress, past and future, which is essential to tackling today's big challenges - potentially catastrophic climate change and inequality -- Diane Coyle, former Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, author of Cogs and MonstersBig Science at its best ... Galor's erudition and creativity are remarkable -- Prof. Steven N. Durlauf, University of Chicago, on Unified Growth TheoryAn engaging and optimistic answer to anyone who thinks that poverty and inequality will always be with us -- Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules – For NowGalor's project is breathtakingly ambitious -- Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate in EconomicsA magisterial account of the evolution of human civilization from its prehistoric origins into the present day. It's a page-turner, a suspense-filled thriller full of surprises, mind-bending puzzles and profound insights -- Glenn C. Loury, author of The Anatomy of Racial InequalityIn lucid, accessible prose, Galor ingeniously traces obscure influences over centuries ... This engrossing history reveals that subtle causes can have astounding effects * Publishers Weekly *A tour de force. This deeply argued book brilliantly weaves the threads of global economic history to deconstruct the rich tapestry that is the modern world -- Dani Rodrik, author of Straight Talk on TradeOne of the hottest books of the year ahead * Irish Independent *Reading Oded Galor's upbeat book I...[was] taken aback by his imagination and verve... great sections of Galor's book are to be applauded... his optimism about humanity shines through * Observer *The Journey of Humanity is a good summary of growth theories and is an elegantly written and accessible book * Irish Times *Galor argues that climate policy should not be restricted to cutting carbon but should also involve "pushing hard for gender equality, access to education and the availability of contraceptives, to drive forward the decline in fertility". India will do well to heed that advice * New Indian Express *The Journey of Humanity stretches from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the present day, and has a lot to say about the future, too. In just over 240 pages it covers our migration out of Africa, the development of agriculture, the Industrial Revolution and the phenomenal growth of the past two centuries. It takes in population change, the climate crisis and global inequality ... There will be inevitable comparisons with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens ... If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is ... Galor builds his case meticulously, always testing his assumptions against the evidence, and without the sense of agenda-pushing that accompanies other boosterish thinkers - the Steven Pinkers or Francis Fukuyamas of this world * Guardian *Incredibly wide-ranging and detailed historical and even anthropological examination of the myriad factors that have brought success and failure to nations ... Lively and learned -- Tim Hazledine, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Auckland * Inerest.co.nz *An optimist's guide to the future ... Oded Galor's 'Sapiens'-like history of civilisation predicts a happy ending for humanity * Guardian *Enjoyable and intriguing -- Steven Poole * Guardian *An antidote to doomscrolling * Guardian, *Summer Reads of 2022* *A great historical fresco * Le Monde *Breathtaking. A new Sapiens * L'Express *Ambitious and deep ... the product of genuine scholarship -- Jason Furman, economics professor at Harvard, former advisor to Barack Obama * #1 Best Economics Book of 2022, FiveBooks.com *

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Book SynopsisA fresh take on social class from the experts behind the BBC''s ''Great British Class Survey''.Why does social class matter more than ever in Britain today?How has the meaning of class changed?What does this mean for social mobility and inequality?In this book Mike Savage and the team of sociologists responsible for the Great British Class Survey look beyond the labels to explore how and why our society is changing and what this means for the people who find themselves in the margins as well as in the centre.Their new conceptualization of class is based on the distribution of three kinds of capital - economic (inequalities in income and wealth), social (the different kinds of people we know) and cultural (the ways in which our leisure and cultural preferences are exclusive) - and provides incontrovertible evidence that class is as powerful and relevant today as it''s ever been.Trade ReviewThis endlessly fascinating study... is indispensable if you want to understand modern Britain -- Rod Liddle * Sunday Times *A fascinating read, going deep into the interplay between wealth, culture and society, and making the strong case that traditional class divisions don't really help us to understand these forces any more . . . anybody in the UK discussing class henceforth will need to get this down of the shelf -- Hugo Rifkind * Times *Convincing and fascinating . . . this book marshals impressive evidence to show how inequality is increasing. -- Robert Colvile * Telegraph *There's something for everybody here . . . it will start many conversations * Evening Standard *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A convincing book that could make a big difference in the way we think about modern economic problems.”—Peter Passell, New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisThe culmination of more than two decades of work on the spatiality of economic forms, worlds, and lives, Variegated Economies tackles the question of how to approach, conceptualize, and analyze economies as geographically differentiated phenomena. Staged from the field of economic geography, the book seeks to build bridges to complementary developments in critical political economy and heterodox economic studies by way of a substantive theoretical and methodological program. Jamie Peck advances a series of arguments concerning the inherent-and highly consequential-spatiality of economic forms, worlds, and lives, engaging a range of issues from the diversity of capitalism(s) to the dynamics of late-stage neoliberalization, and from the problematic uneven geographical development to the challenges-cum-opportunities of conjunctural methodologies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Ch. 1 Different Again: Encounters with Economic Geography Ch. 2 Remaking Heterodoxy: Navigating Economic Geographies Ch. 3 Socioeconomic Geographies: Networks, Embeddedness, and More Ch. 4 Rascal Concepts: Tangling with Neoliberalism Ch. 5 Relocating Variety: Towards Variegated Capitalism (with Nik Theodore) Ch. 6 Confounding Variety? Neither Mao nor Market (with Jun Zhang) Ch. 7 Mapping Economies: Substantivism in Space Ch. 8 Arid Comparisons? Economies of Difference Ch. 9 After Variety: Unevenly Developing Capitalism(s) Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBritain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. In Shattered Nation, leading geographer and author of Inequality and the 1% shows that we are growing further and further apart. Visiting sites across the British Isles and exploring the social fissures that have emerged, Danny Dorling exposes a new geography of inequality. Middle England has been hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis, and even people doing comparatively well are struggling to stay afloat. Once affluent suburbs are now unproductive places where opportunity has been replaced by food banks. Before COVID, life expectancy had dropped as a result of poverty for the first time since the 1930s.Fifty years ago the UK led the world in child health; today, twenty-two of the twenty-seven EU countries have better mortality rates for newborns. No other European country has such miserly unemployment benefits; university fees so high; housing so unaffordable; or a government economically so far to the right. In the spirit of the 1942 Beveridge Report, Dorling identifies the five giants of twenty-first-century poverty that need to be conquered: Hunger, Precarity, Waste, Exploitation, and Fear. He offers powerful insights into how we got here and what we must do in order to save Britain from becoming a failed state.Trade ReviewDorling chooses facts over fiction, data over spin, reality over nostalgia in this sweeping overview of a badly fractured and weakened Britain. His carefully evidenced text documents the rapid 'Americanisation' of the British economy, the obscene rise in inequality and the savaging of Britain's much admired public services. Above all, he draws attention to the economic, political and social fissures enfeebling a nation that only forty years ago was well regulated, fairer and vibrant -- Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New DealThis book shows just how complicit mainstream politicians have been in Britain's economic and moral decline, particularly when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats launched their inexcusable 'austerity' policy in 2010. The book shows just how apt today is William Beveridge's aphorism of 1942 that 'it is a time for revolutions,not for patching -- Guy Standing, author of The Corruption of CapitalismBrimming with lesser-known facts and compelling stories, Dorling's latest book affirms the growing unease many of us have been feeling as public services languish and living standards decline. Shattered Nation presents an essential but devastating picture of a country stretched to breaking point. With characteristic care, clarity, and insight, Dorling dissects Britain's geography of inequality, breaking down the crisis into a set of intertwined failings whose details will enrage and empower readers. A powerful and humane offering that shows us how the mess was made and urges us to lose no time in demanding something better. -- Arianne Shahvisi, author of Arguing for a Better World: How to Talk About the Issues That Divide UsThe self-deception that we are a nation of fairness and justice is systematically exploded by a calm and persistent use of factual observations of the lives of people, spread between the super rich and the increasingly poor and socially left behind, in all parts of the country ... To read this could be depressing and disempowering, but that is not the intention. It is up to us, all of us, to be prepared to argue for a society that really does care for all -- Jeremy Corbyn, MPSobering, shocking and brilliantly incisive. A snap-shot of a divided nation and a powerful antidote to nostalgic fantasies. -- David Olusoga, author of Black and BritishShattered Nation comes at a critical point in time ... captur[ing] the picture of a nation that feels hopelessly broken. -- Yiannis Baboulias * New Humanist *Excellent ... [Shattered Nation] gives clear and detailed analyses of the various ways in which greed, globalism, and a self-perpetuating cycle of growing inequality and destruction of our social matrix has shattered our nation. -- Tim Barton * Hastings Independent *Excellent ... [Shattered Nation] provides a masterful critique of just why this country is in the shattered state it is. -- Paul Donovan * Morning Star *Dorling convincingly demonstrates that the UK is a failing state. -- Larry Patriquin * LSE Review of Books *A devastating critique of how the UK got into the state it is today -- Paul Donovan * Guardian-Series *Fascinating ... Dorling expertly demonstrates how successive administrations devoted to profit, not people, constantly adopted policies to favour the rich regardless of human consequences which inevitably made the poor poorer. -- Mo Stewart, author of Cash Not Care: the planned demolition of the UK welfare stateWide ranging, entertaining, excoriating ... packed with facts and statistics that often astonish ... a depressing but essential read -- Stewart Wood * Literary Review *[Dorling] assembles a wealth of evidence to show how the current trajectory in the UK is one of increasing inequality ... [and] has created a resource for all those involved in movements in the UK striving for social justice and for an end to hunger, precarity, waste, exploitation and fear. -- Graham Kirkwood * Counterfire *Table of ContentsPart I. Borders1. The Roundabout2. Growing DividesPart II. Giants3. Hunger4. Precarity5. Waste6. Exploitation7. FearPart III. Mountains8. A Failing State9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants One of Bloomberg View's Great History Books of 2016 One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016 One of Foreign Affairs' Editors' Picks 2016 One of The Economist's Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016 One of The Wall Street Journal's "The 20 Books That Defined Our Year" 2016 One of Bloomberg View's "Five Books to Change Conservatives' Minds," chosen by Cass Sunstein #36 on Bloomberg's "50 Most Influential" List One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016 One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy One of the Washington Post's Best Economics Books 2016 Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog's "The Books We Loved in 2016" Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University "The Rise and Fall of American Growth... is the Thomas Piketty-esque economic must read of the year."--Rana Foroohar, Time "This is a book well worth reading--a magisterial combination of deep technological history, vivid portraits of daily life over the past six generations and careful economic analysis... [The Rise and Fall of American Growth] will challenge your views about the future; [and] it will definitely transform how you see the past."--Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review "[An] authoritative examination of innovation through the ages."--Neil Irwin, New York Times "Robert Gordon has written a magnificent book on the economic history of the United States over the last one and a half centuries... The book is without peer in providing a statistical analysis of the uneven pace of growth and technological change, in describing the technologies that led to the remarkable progress during the special century, and in concluding with a provocative hypothesis that the future is unlikely to bring anything approaching the economic gains of the earlier period... If you want to understand our history and the economic dilemmas faced by the nation today, you can spend many a fruitful hour reading Gordon's landmark study."--William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books "Mr. Gordon uses exhaustive historic data to buttress his thesis."--Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is full of wonder for the miraculous things that America has accomplished."--Edward Glaeser, Wall Street Journal "A masterful study to be read and reread by anyone interested in today's political economy."--Kirkus "Normally, these kinds of big-think books end with a whimper, as the author totally fails to identify solutions to the problem he is writing about. But Gordon's conclusion offers some admirably definitive policy advice."--Matthew Yglesias, Vox "Magnificent... Gordon presents his case... with great style and panache, supporting his argument with vivid examples as well as econometric data... Even if history changes direction... this book will survive as a superb reconstruction of material life in America in the heyday of industrial capitalism."--Economist "Every presidential candidate should be asked what policies he or she would offer to increase the pace of U.S. productivity growth and to narrow the widening gap between winners and losers in the economy. Bob Gordon's list is a good place to start."--David Wessel, WSJ.com's Think Tank blog "[W]hat may be the year's most important book on economics has already been published... What Gordon has provided is not a rejection of technology but a sobering reminder of its limits."--Robert Samuelson, Washington Post "Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an extraordinary work of economic scholarship... Moreover, this is one of the rare economics books that is on the one hand deeply analytical ... And on the other a pleasure to read... [A] landmark work."--Lawrence Summers, Prospect "Ambitious... The hefty tome, minutely detailed yet dauntingly broad in scope, offers a lively portrayal of the evolution of American living standards since the Civil War."--Eduardo Porter, New York Times "Two years ago a huge book on economics took the world by storm. Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century ... became a surprise bestseller... Robert Gordon's tome on American economic growth stretches to 768 pages and its central message is arguably more important."--David Smith, Sunday Times "A landmark new book."--Gavin Kelly, The Guardian "Looking ahead, judging presidents by policies rather than outcomes may be all the more important. In a new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, the economist Robert Gordon argues that we are in the midst of an era of meager technological change. Yes, we now have smartphones and Twitter, but previous generations introduced electric lighting, indoor plumbing and the internal combustion engine. In Mr. Gordon's view, technological change is just not what it used to be, and we had better get used to slower growth in productivity and incomes."--N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is likely to be the most interesting and important economics book of the year. It provides a splendid analytic take on the potency of past economic growth, which transformed the world from the end of the nineteenth century onward... Gordon's book serves as a powerful reminder that the U.S. economy really has gone through a protracted slowdown and that this decline has been caused by the stagnation in technological progress."--Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs "[A]n important new book."--Martin Ford, Huffington Post "[A] lightning bolt of a new book."--Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect "So powerful and intriguing are the facts and arguments marshaled by Gordon that even informed critics who think he is wrong recommend that readers plow through his The Rise and Fall of American Growth, with its 60 graphics and 64 tables spread over more than 700 pages. You don't need to be an economist to appreciate or understand the book. His thesis is straightforward."--David Cay Johnston, Al Jazeera America.com "What is novel about Gordon's approach to this problem is that he doesn't try to find political causes for our economic woes... [E]xhaustive and sweeping in scope, and novel in its thinking about growth."--Chris Matthews, Fortune.com "[A] fascinating new book."--Jeffrey Sachs, Boston Globe "One of the most important books of recent years... Powerful and impressive."--Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View "This is a tremendous, sobering piece of research, which does a lot to explain the febrile, nervous state of modern Western democracies."--Marcus Tanner, The Independent "A new book by economist Robert Gordon--The Rise and Fall of American Growth--is causing quite a stir."--City A.M. "If he's right, and one links this with growing income inequality, our would-be leaders will have difficulty in making the case for achieving the American dream through steady incremental progress achieved through collaboration and political compromise."--Michael Hoffmann, Desert Sun "Robert Gordon's new book on productivity in the U.S. economy, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, is masterful... Gordon skillfully lays out myriad information about the history and trends of productivity. One can learn a great deal."--Edward Lotterman, St. Paul Pioneer Press "[I]mpressive."--Peter Martin, Sydney Morning Herald "In his unsettling new book, Gordon, who teaches at Northwestern, weighs in on the role of technology in the U.S. over the past century-and-a-half. He does so forcefully, so forcefully, in fact, as to wipe the smiles off the faces of most techno-optimists, myself included."--Peter A. Coclanis, Charlotte Observer "[A] thoughtful new book."--David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is this year's equivalent to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century: an essential read for all economists, who are unanimously floored by its boldness and scope even if they don't agree with its conclusions."--Adam Davidson, New York Times Magazine "Gordon makes a compelling case for why the era of fast growth in America ended around 1970 and will not return in the foreseeable future, if ever."--Dick Meyer, DecodeDC "Gordon argues that we are not going to get another surge soon and that there are several headwinds that are going to work against faster growth, including income inequality, education as a differentiator and not an equalizer, the debt overhang, and demography."--John Mason, TheStreet.com "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] challenges every political claim, and every pundit's remedy, regarding how to get the lackluster American economy to boom again in the decades ahead, as it once did a half-century or more ago... [The book] represents the culmination of Gordon's many years of investigation into this key economic question of our age, namely: 'Why is it that the American economy has never been able to return to the happy boom years of our grandparents' time?' Why is it that, decade after decade, administration after administration, annualized productivity growth has only been about one-half to one-third that of the age of Truman and Eisenhower?"--Paul Kennedy, Tribune Content Agency "[M]asterful... Gordon skillfully lays out information about the history and trends of productivity. One can learn a great deal... The Rise and Fall of American Growth is a rare example of a work with solid economics that can be understood, and enjoyed, by nearly any lay person."--Ed Lotterman, Idaho Statesman "As an economic historian, Gordon is beyond reproach."--Edward Luce, Financial Times "Provocative."--Associated Press "The Rise and Fall of American Growth, is a deep dive into the past with an eye to the future... [The book] is part of a fascinating debate about future prospects for the American economy."--Knowledge@Wharton "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] has set the wonky world of economics aflame."--Ryan Craig, TechCrunch "Magisterial."--John Kay, Financial Times "[A] contentious new book."--Margaret Wente, The Globe & Mail "[A] fabulous new book... [I]mpressive."--Dr. Mike Walden, Morganton News Herald "Northwestern Bob Gordon's new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, offers a deeper explanation for the underlying mechanics behind slowed economic growth."--Jon Hartley, Forbes.com "So much of what the presidential candidates and the American people want to accomplish over the next four years and beyond depends on the U.S. economy growing faster, and more inclusively, than it has in recent years. This year's hot economics book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, by one of America's most distinguished macroeconomists, Robert Gordon, casts a pall on whether this is possible, arguing that the U.S. had a golden century of increasing innovation from roughly 1870 to 1970, but this was unique."--Robert Litan, Fortune.com "Gordon's book offers the definitive account of how the many technological innovations between 1870 and 1940 dramatically improved life in the United States."--Richard A. Epstein, Hoover Institution's Defining Ideas blog "[M]agiserial... The Northwestern University professor lays out the case that the productivity miracle underlying the American way of life was largely a one-time deal."--Matt Phillips, Quartz "Robert Gordon's new book The Rise and Fall of American Growth has taken the economics world by storm this winter."--Myles Udland, Business Insider "[M]assive."--Ben Casselman, FiveThirty Eight "[G]roundbreaking."--Zeeshan Aleem, Mic "With a painstaking--and fascinating--historical analysis of American productivity, [Gordon] argues that the innovations of today pale in comparison to earlier in our history and that we might actually be entering a period of prolonged stagnation. He may very well be right."--Greg Satell, Forbes.com "[P]rovocative."--Barrie McKenna, The Globe & Mail "[I]nfluential."--Martin Neil Baily, Fortune.com "[A] stimulating book."--George Will, Washington Post "Compulsive reading."--Andrew Hilton, Financial World "Gordon is not an alarmist, far from it. His is a sober voice of concern, of caution, which needs to be heard by those in the helm in America. And a fascinating lesson for ambitious and growing countries like India."--Dr R Balashankar, Sunday Guardian "[A] fascinating convergence of green and mainstream thought."--Tom Horton, Chesapeake Bay Journal "[T]his panoramic book makes good reading."--Shane Greenstein, Harvard Magazine "The book's great contribution is the tapestry it weaves of all the innovations that changed most Americans' lives beyond recognition in the century from 1870 to 1970."--Martin Sandbu, Financial Times "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is unquestionably an important book that raises fundamental questions about the United States' economy and society."--New Criterion "[A] masterpiece."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times "[An] impressive book... Gordon's book provides sufficient ammunition to show the colossal problems facing capitalism."--Socialism Today "Rich with detailed information, meticulous observations, and even anecdotes and stories ... a fascinating read."--Ricardo F. Levi, Corriere della Sera "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is essential reading for anyone interested in economics."--Choice "In an important new book, economist Robert Gordon makes the case for pessimism. He believes that technologies like smartphones, robots, and artificial intelligence aren't going to have the kind of big impact on the economy that earlier inventions--like the internal combustion engine and electricity--did."--Timothy B. Lee, Vox "Robert Gordon has written an engaging economic-based history of America... Gordon is to be commended for helping to stimulate a national debate on the current low level of economic productivity."--Allan Hauer, Innovation: The Journal of Technology & Commercialization "If you want to see how far we have come and how tough life was a century and a half ago, read Gordon's book."--David R. Henderson, Regulation "A fantastic read."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes "The book is well written, and one can only be in awe of Gordon's mastery of the factual history of the American standard of living."--Robert A. Margo, EH.net "Monumental."--John Cassidy, NewYorker.com "Zeitgeist-defining."--Myles Udland, Business Insider "[A] magisterial treatise."--Nick Gillespie, Reason.com "[A]n essential read for anyone interested not only in US economic history but also American economic prospects ... a tremendous achievement."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "A comprehensive history of American economic growth."--Eric Rauchway, American Prospect "Professor Robert J. Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is a magisterial volume that will benefit any serious student of economics, demographics or history."--Wendell Cox, New Geography "A wonderful new book."--Jeff Sachs, Boston Globe "The most important economics book of 2016."--Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune "This spectacular history traces the rise and the plateau of the American economy since industrialization."--Jay Weiser, Weekly Standard "[A] landmark book... An impressive history of how the American people progressed in their standards of living and productivity in the 'golden century' of 1870-1970."--Stephen M. Millett, Strategy & Leadership "Gordon's encyclopedic The Rise and Fall of American Growth, a new history of modern U.S. economic life, [is] perhaps the best yet written."--Jonathan Levy, Dissent "One of our greatest economic historians... Gordon's exhaustive research program ... has knocked me back on my intellectual heels."--J. Bradford DeLong, Strategy + Business "This is the most important book on economics in many years."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth set out a thesis of technological diminishing returns that does much to explain an age of economic pessimism."--Lorien Kite, Financial Times "In the course of Gordon's book, a vivid picture of everyday life as our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents lived it emerges... What lingers in my mind, alongside these ideas, is a new, weightier sense of the past, and of what the people who lived in it ate, touched, heard, saw, and did. Reading The Rise and Fall of American Growth, I thought a lot about my grandparents. Gordon's book has made their lives more real to me."--Joshua Rothman, NewYorker.com's Page-Turner blog "Magisterial... While the book has gotten attention because of its bold projection of slow growth in the future, this is actually just one small element of a magnificent and detailed presentation of how our economy has changed since 1870. Most people don't fully appreciate what life was like in the past and Gordon gives a blow-by-blow description of how people lived in America from 1870 on. In addition, he carefully explains how each new innovation was created and how its adoption changed people's lives."--Stephen Rose, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas "Gordon constructs a strong case using conventional economic principles and exacting data measurement."--Don Pittis, CBC News "Gordon's genius is to weave together economic history with the story of the technology, know-how, politic, demographics and medicine that made the astonishing progress of the US perhaps the most remarkable ever."--Sean O'Grady, The IndependentTable of ContentsPreface ix 1. Introduction: The Ascent and Descent of Growth 1 PART I. 1870-1940-THE GREAT INVENTIONS CREATE A REVOLUTION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME 25 2. The Starting Point: Life and Work in 1870 27 3. What They Ate and Wore and Where They Bought It 62 4. The American Home: From Dark and Isolated to Bright and Networked 94 5. Motors Overtake Horses and Rail: Inventions and Incremental Improvements 129 6. From Telegraph to Talkies: Information, Communication, and Entertainment 172 7. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Illness and Early Death 206 8. Working Conditions on the Job and at Home 247 9. Taking and Mitigating Risks: Consumer Credit, Insurance, and the Government 288 Entr'acte. The Midcentury Shift from Revolution to Evolution 319 PART II. 1940-2015-THE GOLDEN AGE AND THE EARLY WARNINGS OF SLOWER GROWTH 329 10. Fast Food, Synthetic Fibers, and Split-Level Subdivisions: The Slowing Transformation of Food, Clothing, and Housing 331 11. See the USA in Your Chevrolet or from a Plane Flying High Above 374 12. Entertainment and Communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone 409 13. Computers and the Internet from the Mainframe to Facebook 441 14. Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine 461 15. Work, Youth, and Retirement at Home and on the Job 498 Entr'acte. Toward an Understanding of Slower Growth 522 PART III. THE SOURCES OF FASTER AND SLOWER GROWTH 533 16. The Great Leap Forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: What Set of Miracles Created It? 535 17. Innovation: Can the Future Match the Great Inventions of the Past? 566 18. Inequality and the Other Headwinds: Long-Run American Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl 605 Postscript: America's Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead 641 Acknowledgments 653 Data Appendix 657 Notes 667 References 717 Credits 741 Index 745

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Book SynopsisExplains how the poor find solutions to their everyday financial problems by conducting year-long interviews with impoverished villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa - records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money.Trade Review"A fascinating discussion of the finances of the world's poor."--Nicholas Kristof, NYTimes.com "Ten years ago, the authors of this unusual study began collecting detailed yearlong 'financial diaries' from households in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa... The diarists did things that might seem irrational--borrowing in order to save; paying interest on savings--but that made sense given their unpredictable incomes and limited options. While the authors do offer prescriptions for how to expand those options, it's their scrupulous attention to actual behavior that makes this book invaluable."--New Yorker "The book's methodology and conclusions are fascinating."--Publishers Weekly "The authors of Portfolios of the Poor found that a 'triple whammy' characterizes the financial lives of the poor. Incomes are not only low; they are also irregular and unpredictable... The authors' account suggests much that can be done to ease the financial conditions of poor people."--Anirudh Krishna, Science "A refreshingly distinct path. Portfolios of the Poor ... avoid[s] the big picture and zoom[s] in on the basics of daily poverty, exploring how poor families manage their money... The diaries reveal a 'real, ongoing, and substantial demand' for better financial services, which poor families need to provide better health care and schooling for their children... Rather than waiting for the world to debate and accept their ideas, these authors have taken them up on their own. In the war against global poverty, that feels like one small battle won."--Carlos Lozada, Washington Post "The research provides evidence of the sophistication with which poor people think about their finances."--The Economist "I recommend this book to anyone who has interest in improving the lives of the poor."--Melinda Gates, Co-chair, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Huffington Post "This is a very interesting book, which examines the quite sophisticated financial system developed by poor households to adjust their spending relative to their income."--Choice "A masterly assessment of the financial needs of people on very low incomes ... stuffed full of interesting and surprising insights, and should be read by anyone concerned with economic development and poverty reduction. I can't praise it highly enough. This is a model of the careful collection of evidence with important practical consequences."--Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist "A good overview of how the world's poor intersect with financial institutions at the micro level."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "This book is a major contribution to the understanding of the situation of the poor in developing countries and should be a 'must reading' for both academics and policymakers concerned with ways of improving developmental policies."--Werner Baer, Enterprise and Society "[A] fascinating and humanizing insight into the economic lives of the global poor, and a valuable resource for attempting to improve those lives."--Ethics & International Affairs "The book is written in a non-technical style accessible to the lay reader... [I]t makes a compelling case about the desperation of poverty, as well as the ingenuity of the people who live under conditions of poverty."--Sajeda Amin, Population and Development Review "Portfolios of the Poor should be read by anyone interested in microfinance, but also who interested in poverty more generally and in how the poor manage their day-to-day lives."--Isabelle Guerin, Enterprise, Development and Microfinance "[T]his is a great book. It remains an excellent survey of the poors' realities, certainly a 'must-have' for all researchers interested in the financial practices of the poor and microfinance."--Marek Hudon, Development and Change "[T]he book is enlightening, methodologically credible and accessible; it is recommended."--Roger MacGinty, Round Table "[W]e learn much about how the poor manage whatever little money they have. On that ground alone I highly recommend the book."--Rolf A.E. Muller, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture "As Collins, Morduch, Rutherford, and Ruthven summarize their argument, 'Not having enough money is bad enough. Not being able to manage whatever money you have is worse.' Their book is a detailed effort to understand how poor people manage--and, frequently, mismanage--the meager resources at their disposal. They draw on more than 250 financial diaries collected in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa that tracked how money was earned and spent, along with interviews with the diarists. The result is a unique window onto what poverty means for these households."--Timothy Besley, Foreign Affairs "The authors of Portfolios of the Poor ... make a convincing case both for the importance of finance in the lives of the extremely poor and for there being room to improve the provision of financial services to them."--Danny Reviews "One of my favourite books. It gathers new evidence about the financial services people on very low incomes need--and the answers are sometimes surprising. Should be read by anyone with views on microcredit and/or payday loans."--Enlightened Economist "A terrific book."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened EconomistTable of ContentsList of Tables vii List of Figures ix Chapter One: The Portfolios of the Poor 1 Chapter Two: The Daily Grind 28 Chapter Three: Dealing with Risk 65 Chapter Four: Building Blocks: Creating Usefully Large Sums 95 Chapter Five: The Price of Money 132 Chapter Six: Rethinking Microfinance: The Grameen II Diaries 154 Chapter Seven: Better Portfolios 174 Appendix 1: The Story behind the Portfolios 185 Appendix 2: A Selection of Portfolios 211 Acknowledgments 243 Notes 247 Bibliography 265 Index 273

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Book SynopsisThe world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. From our mother tongue to our father''s faith, from medical risks to natural hazards, where we start our journey has much to do with our destiny. Hundreds of millions of farmers in the river basins of Asia and Africa, and tens of millions of shepherds in isolated mountain valleys from the Andes to Kashmir, all live their lives much as their distant ancestors did, remote from the forces of globalization. Incorporating a series of persuasive maps, De Blij describes the tremendously varied environments across the planet and shows how migrations between them are comparatively rare. De Blij also looks at the ways we are redefining place so as to make its power even more potent than it has been, with troubling implications.Trade Review"Should be set upon the desks of every legislator, policy wonk and concerned citizen."Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Globals, Locals, and Mobals2. The Imperial Legacy of Language3. The Fateful Geography of Religion4. The Rough Topography of Human Health5. Geography of Jeopardy6. Places Open and Shut7. Same Place, Divergent Destinies8. Power and the City9. Promise and Peril in the Provinces10. Lowering the BarriersWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from the spread of prosperity while ensuring that we don''t destroy the eco-systems which keep us alive and our place in nature which helps sustain our values. How do we move forward together, benefitting from our increasing technological mastery, avoiding the terrible dangers of climate change, mass famines, violent conflicts, population explosions in some parts of the world and collapses in others, and world-wide pandemic diseases? In answering these questions, Sachs shows that there are different ways of managing the world''s technology, resources and politics from those currently being followed, and that it should be possible to adopt policies which reflect long-term and co-operative thinking instead oTrade Review'This is an impressive exercise in presenting complex subject matter in plain English, and relating the practicalities of life- subsistence agriculture and water management, for example - to the biggest ideas of modern science' - Martin Vander Weyer, The Daily Telegraph 'His new book ! bursts with ideas and is suffused with what can only be described as irrepressible optimism' - Ed Pilkington, The Guardian

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Book SynopsisThis volume in the celebrated Critical Introductions to Geography series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic interconnections, movements, and emerging trends shaping our globalized world. Economic Geography addresses the key theories and methods that form the basis of the discipline, and describes its communities of practice and relations to related fields including economics and sociology. Numerous illustrative examples explore how economic geographers examine the world and how and why the discipline takes the forms it does, demonstrating the critical value of economic geography to making sense of globalization, uneven development, money and finance, urbanization, environmental change, and industrial and technological transformation. Engaging and thought-provoking, Economic GeogTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi List of Figures vii 1 Why Economic Geography Is Good For You 1 Part I Thinking Critically about Economic Geography 23 2 What Is Economic Geography? 25 3 Inventing Economic Geography: Histories of a Discipline 50 4 Economic Geography and its Border Country 76 5 Theory and Theories in Economic Geography 107 6 Method and Methodology in Economic Geography 132 7 Unboxing Economic Geography 156 Part II Doing Critical Economic Geography 185 8 Globalization and Uneven Development 187 9 Money and Finance 211 10 Cities and Urbanization 235 11 Nature and the Environment 261 12 Industrial and Technological Change 282 13 Conclusion 304 Index 314

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised and updated second edition provides support for students studying the Pearson Edexcel GCE 2016 Geography A Level specification. It retains the clear, student-friendly approach of the first edition, and includes new data, maps, and graphs alongside updated and relevant case studies. The content has been reviewed and updated so that it is more diverse and inclusive.It includes exam-style questions in every unit that will help students to be successful in their exams - these reflect the latest Pearson Edexcel exam question wording. Coverage of specification content is comprehensive and accessible.The book provides strong support for skills, with questions aimed at meeting the required geographical and statistical skills. The fieldwork chapter explains and develops the necessary skills. High-quality photos, maps, and diagrams aid explanations and engage students. A Student Book covering A Level Year 1 and AS is also available.

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Book SynopsisClothes are inherently geographical objects, yet few of us consider the social and economic significance of their journey from design to production to consumption. The Geographies of Fashion is the first in-depth study of fashion economies from a geographer's perspective, exploring the complex relationship between our attachment to the clothes we own, love and desire, and their geographic and economic ties. How far does a garment physically travel from factory to wardrobe? How do clothes come to have social or economic value and who or what creates it? What are the geographies of fashion and how do they interact with one another? This ground-breaking book powerfully reframes fashion spaces, from the body to the city, digital or virtual space to material production, positioning fashion at the centre of contemporary culture and collective identities.Combining contemporary theoretical approaches with a cutting-edge analysis of international fashion brands and institutions includinTrade ReviewIn Louise Crewe’s extraordinary new book, fashion becomes the privileged lens through which to explore how we inhabit, interpret and understand the modern world’s geography. The Geographies of Fashion opens up a broader unexplored spatial landscape to question and investigate notions of habitation, intimacy, memory and identity. -- Francesca Murialdo, Middlesex University, UK.A much-needed analysis from a highly respected author, which explores the spatial dimension of fashion through carefully chosen case studies and examples. Both clear and insightful, it will be key reading for students interested in fashion, consumption, and cultural geography. -- Joanne Entwistle, Kings College London, UK.A vital intervention in fashion scholarship from a cultural geographer whose writing here - as always - both ranges across and carefully brings together scholarship from different disciplines. -- Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK.Combining contemporary theoretical approaches with a cutting-edge analysis of international fashion brands and institutions including Maison Martin Margiela, Zara, Louis Vuitton, ASOS and Savile Row,The Geographies of Fashion is essential reading for students of fashion, geography and related disciplines including sociology, architecture and design. * ADDRESS: Journal for Fashion Criticism *Table of Contents1. Figuring out the Geographies of Fashion 2. Fashioning the Global City: Architecture and the Building of Fashion Space 3. Fast Fashion, Global Spaces and Bio-commodification 4. Slow Fashion and Investment Consumption 5. Luxury Fashion: Flagships, Singularity and the Hidden Art of Value Creation 6. Possessed: Evocative Objects, Materiality and Meaning 7. Soft:Ware:Wear:Where: Convergence, Disintermediation and Virtual Fashion Worlds Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises and conflicts, from the multiplying varieties of social dissent through the stagnation of rentier capitalism to the looming climate catastrophe. Examining arguments about Brexit, class and ‘race’, and the changing character of the state, the book is underpinned by a transnational and relational conception of the UK. It traces the entangled dynamics of time and space that have shaped the current conjuncture. Questioning whether increasingly anti-democratic and authoritarian strategies can provide a resolution to these troubles, it explores how the accumulating crises and conflicts have produced a deepening ‘crisis of authority’ that forms the terrain of the Battle for Britain.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Battle for Britain and Conjunctural Thinking 1. Nations, Nationalisms and the Conjuncture 2. Turbulent Times: The Making of the Present Pause for Thought 1 3. Accounting for Brexit 4. Thinking Relationally: Class and Its Others 5. Building Blocs: Towards a Politics of Articulation Pause for Thought 2 6. An Accumulation of Crises 7. ‘The Best Country in the World’: Race, Culture, History 8. Holding It Together? The Coercive Turn and the Crises of Party and Bloc 9. Unstable Equilibria: The Life of the State 10. The Battle for Britain – and Beyond

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Book SynopsisThe progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedom “Mike Konczal [is] one of our most powerful advocates of financial reform‚ [a] heroic critic of austerity‚ and a huge resource for progressives.”—Paul KrugmanHealth insurance, student loan debt, retirement security, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownership—these are the issues driving America’s current political debates. And they are all linked, as this brilliant and timely book reveals, by a single question: should we allow the free market to determine our lives? In the tradition of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, noted economic commentator Mike Konczal answers this question with a resounding no. Freedom from the Market blends passionate political argument and a bold new take on American history to reveal that, from the earliest days of the republic, Americans have defined freedom as what we keep free from the control of the market. With chapters on the history of the Homestead Act and land ownership, the eight-hour work day and free time, social insurance and Social Security, World War II day cares, Medicare and desegregation, free public colleges, intellectual property, and the public corporation, Konczal shows how citizens have fought to ensure that everyone has access to the conditions that make us free. At a time when millions of Americans—and more and more politicians—are questioning the unregulated free market, Freedom from the Market offers a new narrative, and new intellectual ammunition, for the fight that lies ahead.Trade ReviewPraise for Freedom from the Market:“The Roosevelt Institute’s Konczal is one of the warriors in this fight, arguing fiercely for the need to set much narrower limits on what is left to markets than has been the case in recent decades. A powerful polemic.”—Martin Wolf, Financial Times“Freedom from the Market arrives at a moment when, as Konczal observes, millions of Americans are recovering a legacy of fighting market rule.”—Los Angeles Review of Books“Freedom from the Market has the potential to be a very important book, focusing attention on the contested, messy but crucially important intersection between social movements and the state. It provides a set of ideas that people on both sides of that divide can learn from, and a lively alternative foundation to the deracinated technocratic notions of politics, in which good policy would somehow, magically, be politically self supporting, that has prevailed up until quite recently. Strongly recommended.”—Crooked Timber“Invaluable, thoughtful and thought-provoking.”—Midwest Book Review“By identifying an alternative grammar, one that is grounded in the American past, Freedom from the Market provides a way out of the political cul-de-sac created by the failure of the market to deliver on its promises of ‘freedom.’”—Democracy: A Journal of Ideas“With carefully selected examples and lucid prose, Konczal makes a convincing case that the American project has long depended on rigorous regulation of capitalism. Progressive voters and policy makers will find plenty of ammunition for their arguments in this cogent history.”—Publishers Weekly“An economic manifesto on behalf of the 99% poorly served by the present economy.”—Kirkus Reviews“Providing solid cases where government regulations helped to give Americans a better life, this will appeal to progressives looking for a history of their movement.”—Library Journal “Freedom from the Market is an impressive book, easily one of the best I’ve read in the past several years. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Matt Mazewski, Commonweal “Markets will set us free—except when they won’t, don’t, can’t. In this deeply researched yet eminently readable book, Mike Konczal tells the powerful forgotten story of how American democracy once tamed markets to advance our freedom, and shows us how it could do so once again.”—Jacob Hacker, professor of political science, Yale University, and New York Times bestselling author of Winner-Take-All Politics and American Amnesia “Konczal’s analysis brilliantly dismantles the false illusions of market freedom in every sector, including finance, health care, and labor. This book explains how Americans have been hoodwinked into a coercive economy even as we were promised the opposite.”—Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of law, UC Irvine, and author of The Color of Money and How the Other Half Banks “Mike Konczal is that rare economics commentator who thinks the economy should serve people, not the other way around. Freedom from the Market reclaims from the dustbin of history the Americans who dreamed of a vastly different kind of freedom than the one we’re now taught to revere.”—Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt and Work Won’t Love You Back “Mike Konczal’s powerful historical study links political struggles over land, time, care, and education around the idea of freedom, reclaiming this familiar watchword and asking readers to think anew about its real meaning.”—Kimberly Philips-Fein, associate professor, New York University, and author of Fear City and Invisible Hands

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Book SynopsisRepresentation of geographical data using graphs, diagrams and mapping techniques is a key for geographers and for researchers in other disciplines to explore the nature of data, the pattern of spatial and temporal variations and their relationships, and formulation of principles to accurately understand and analyze features on or near the earth’s surface. These modes of representation also enable the development of spatial understanding and the capacity for technical and logical decision making. The book depicts all types of graphs, diagrams and maps, explained in detail with numerous examples. The emphasis is on their appropriate data structure, the relevance of selecting the correct technique, methods of their construction, advantages and disadvantages of their use, and applications of these techniques in analyzing and realizing the spatial pattern of various geographical features and phenomena. This book is unique in that it reflects a perfect correlation between theoretical knowledge of geographical events and phenomena and their realistic implications, with relevant examples using appropriate graphical methods. The book serves as a valuable resource for students, researchers, cartographers and decision makers to analyze and represent various geographical data for a better, systematic and scientific understanding of the real world.Table of ContentsChapter-1: Concept, types, collection, classification and representation of geographical data 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Concept of Data 1.3 Concept of Geographical Data 1.4 Types of Data (Geographical Data) 1.4.1 Qualitative data (Attribute) 1.4.2 Quantitative data (Variable) 1.4.2.1 Continuous variable and discontinuous or discrete variable 1.4.2.2 Difference between Continuous variable and discontinuous or discrete variable 1.4.3 Uni-variate data and Bi-variate data 1.4.4 Difference between Uni-variate data and Bi-variate data 1.4.5 Independent variable and Dependent variable 1.4.6 Difference between Qualitative data (Attribute) and Quantitative data (Variable) 1.4.7 Primary data 1.4.8 Secondary data 1.4.9 Advantages of use of primary data over the secondary data 1.4.10 Difference between primary and secondary data 1.5 Methods of data collection 1.5.1 Methods of primary data collection 1.5.1.1 Observation method 1.5.1.1.1 Direct observation method 1.5.1.1.1a Advantages and disadvantages of direct observation method 1.5.1.1.2 Indirect observation method 1.5.1.1.2a Advantages and disadvantages of indirect observation method 1.5.1.1.3 Participation observation 1.5.1.1.3a Advantages and disadvantages of participation method 1.5.1.2 Interview method 1.5.1.2.1 Interviewing by Questionnaire method 1.5.1.2.2 Characteristics of standard questionnaire 1.5.1.2.3 Direct Questionnaire method 1.5.1.2.3a Advantages and disadvantages of Direct Questionnaire method 1.5.1.2.4 Postal method of Questionnaire survey 1.5.1.2.4a Advantages and disadvantages of Postal Questionnaire method 1.5.1.2.5 Interviewing by Informal method 1.5.1.2.5a Advantages and disadvantages of Informal interview method 1.5.1.2.6 Interviewing by Telephone 1.5.1.2.6a Advantages and disadvantages of Telephone interview method 1.5.1.3 Sampling method 1.5.1.3.1 Advantages and disadvantages of sampling method 1.5.1.4 Experimentation method 1.5.1.4.1 Advantages and disadvantages of experimental method 1.5.1.5 Local sources method 1.5.1.5.1 Advantages and disadvantages of local sources method 1.5.2 Methods of secondary data collection 1.5.2.1 Published sources 1.5.2.2 Unpublished sources 1.5.2.3 Advantages and disadvantages of secondary data collection 1.6 Measurement scales in geographical system 1.6.1 Nominal scale 1.6.1.1 Characteristics of nominal data 1.6.1.2 Application in geographical study 1.6.2 Ordinal scale 1.6.2.1 Characteristics of ordinal data 1.6.2.2 Application in geographical study 1.6.3 Interval scale 1.6.3.1 Characteristics of interval data 1.6.3.2 Application in geographical study 1.6.4 Ratio scale 1.6.4.1 Characteristics of ratio data 1.6.4.2 Application in geographical study 1.7 Processing of data 1.7.1 Classification of data 1.7.1.1 Objectives of data classification 1.7.1.2 Characteristics of ideal data classification 1.7.1.3 Types of classification 1.7.1.3.1 Geographical classification (based on location or space) 1.7.1.3.2 Chronological classification (based on time or period) 1.7.1.3.3 Qualitative classification (attribute) 1.7.1.3.4 Quantitative classification (numerical) 1.7.2 Tabulation of data 1.7.2.1 Essentials of an ideal table 1.7.2.2 Types of table 1.7.2.2.1 General purpose table 1.7.2.2.2 Special purpose table 1.7.2.2.3 Simple table 1.7.2.2.4 Complex table 1.7.3 Frequency distribution 1.7.3.1 Important terminologies associated with grouped frequency distribution 1.7.3.2 Construction of Frequency Distribution Table 1.7.3.3 Cumulative Frequency Distribution 1.7.3.4 Uses of cumulative frequency distribution 1.8 Methods of presentation of geographical data 1.8.1 Textual form 1.8.1.1 Advantages and disadvantages of textual form 1.8.2 Tabular form 1.8.2.1 Advantages and disadvantages of data representation in table 1.8.3 Semi-tabular form 1.8.4 Graphical and diagrammatic form (Graphs, diagrams and maps) References Chapter-2: Representation of geographical data using graphs 2.1 Concept of graph 2.2 Types of Co-ordinate system 2.2.1 Cartesian or Rectangular Co-ordinate System 2.2.2 Polar Co-ordinate System 2.2.3 Cylindrical Co-ordinate System 2.2.4 Spherical Co-ordinate System 2.3 Selection of scale in constructing graph 2.4 Advantages and disadvantages of use of graphs 2.5 Types of graphical representation of data 2.5.1 Bi-axial graph or Line graph or Historigram 2.5.1.1 Open line graph 2.5.1.1.1 Simple line graph 2.5.1.1.1a Arithmetic graph 2.5.1.1.1b Logarithmic graph 2.5.1.1.1c Semi-logarithmic graph 2.5.1.1.1d Log-log graph 2.5.1.1.1e Advantages and disadvantages of using logarithmic graph 2.5.1.1.1f Difference between Arithmetic (linear) and logarithmic line graphs 2.5.1.1.2 Composite or compound line graph 2.5.1.1.2a Poly graph 2.5.1.1.2b Band graph 2.5.1.2 Closed line graph 2.5.1.2.1 Climograph 2.5.1.2.1a Climograph of USDA type (1941) 2.5.1.2.1b Climograph of Foster type (1944) 2.5.1.2.1c Climograph of G. Taylor (1949) 2.5.1.2.2 Hythergraph 2.5.1.2.2a Significance of Hythergraph 2.5.2 Tri-axial graph 2.5.2.1 Ternary graph 2.5.2.1.1 Techniques and principles of representation of data in Ternary graph 2.5.3 Multi-axial graph 2.5.3.1 Radar or Spider or Star Graph 2.5.3.1.1 Methods of construction 2.5.3.1.2 Steps of drawing radar graph in Microsoft Excel 2.5.3.1.3 How to understand the Radar graph 2.5.3.1.4 Interpretation of the graph 2.5.3.1.5 Advantages of using radar graph 2.5.3.1.6 Limitations 2.5.3.2 Polar or Rose graphs 2.5.3.2.1 Principles and methods of construction 2.5.3.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of use of polar or rose graph 2.5.4 Special graph 2.5.4.1 Scatter graph 2.5.4.1.1 Positive, Negative and Zero co-relation 2.5.4.1.2 Linear and Non-linear or curvi-linear co-relation 2.5.4.2 Ergo-graph 2.5.4.2.1 Polar co-ordinate or circular ergograph of A. Geddes and G.G. Ogilvie (1938) 2.5.4.3 Ombrothermic graph 2.5.4.3.1 Principles and methods of construction 2.5.4.4 Water balance or water budget curve 2.5.4.4.1 Formulation of water balance techniques 2.5.4.4.2 Procedures for determining the status of water availability 2.5.4.4.3 Applicability of Water Balance Estimation 2.5.4.5 Hydrograph 2.5.4.5.1 Elements of the Hydrograph 2.5.4.5.2 Factors affecting Hydrograph characteristics 2.5.4.5.3 Delineation of run-off components in storm hydrograph 2.5.4.5.3a Surface run-off 2.5.4.5.3b Interflow or sub-surface flow 2.5.4.5.3c Direct run-off 2.5.4.5.3d Base flow 2.5.4.6 Rating curve 2.5.4.6.1 Controls of Rating Curve 2.5.4.6.2 Steps of development of Rating Curve 2.5.4.6.3 Simple Rating Curve 2.5.4.6.4 Use of Rating Curve 2.5.4.7 Lorenz Curve and Gini Co-efficient 2.5.4.7.1 Techniques of drawing of Lorenz Curve 2.5.4.7.2 How to read the Lorenz Curve 2.5.4.7.3 Gini Co-efficient (G) 2.5.4.7.4 Uses of the Lorenz Curve and Gini Co-efficient 2.5.4.7.5 Problems of using Lorenz Curve and Gini Co-efficient 2.5.4.8 Dispersion graph 2.5.4.8.1 Methods of construction of rainfall dispersion graph 2.5.4.9 Rank-size graph 2.5.4.9.1 Rank-size graph according to G.K. Zipf 2.5.4.9.2 Rank-size graph according to Pareto 2.5.4.9.3 Types of deviations in Rank-size rule 2.5.4.9.3a Primary deviation 2.5.4.9.3b Binary deviation 2.5.4.9.3c Stepped pattern deviation 2.5.4.10 Box plot ("Box-and-Whiskers") Graphs 2.5.4.10.1 Elements of a Box- and-whisker plot 2.5.4.10.2 Methods of construction 2.5.4.10.3 Example without outliers 2.5.4.10.4 Example with outliers 2.5.4.11 Hypsometric curve or Graph 2.5.4.11.1 Hypsometric Integral 2.5.4.11.2 Importance of Hypsometric Integral 2.5.5 Frequency distribution graphs 2.5.5.1 Histogram 2.5.5.1.1 Grouped frequency distribution with equal class size 2.5.5.1.2 Grouped frequency distribution with unequal class size 2.5.5.1.3 Uses of Histogram 2.5.5.2 Difference between Historigram and Histogram 2.5.5.3 Frequency Polygon 2.5.5.3.1 Uses of frequency polygon 2.5.5.4 Frequency curve 2.5.5.4.1 Shape of frequency curve 2.5.5.4.1a Skewness (S_k) 2.5.5.4.1b Normal distribution (Normal Curve) 2.5.5.4.1c Properties of Normal Curve 2.5.5.4.1d Kurtosis 2.5.5.4.2 Uses of frequency curve 2.5.5.5 Cumulative frequency polygon and curve (Ogive) 2.5.5.5.1 Uses of Cumulative frequency polygon and curve (Ogive) References Chapter-3: Diagramatic representation of geographical data 3.1 Concept of Diagram 3.2 Advantages and disadvantages of data representation in Diagrams 3.3 Difference between graph and diagram 3.4 Types of Diagrams in data representation 3.4.1 One dimensional diagrams 3.4.1.1 Bar diagrams 3.4.1.1.1 Principles of construction of bar diagrams 3.4.1.1.2 Advantages and disadvantages of use of bar diagrams 3.4.1.1.3 Types of bar diagrams 3.4.1.1.3a Simple bar diagram 3.4.1.1.3b Multiple bar diagram 3.4.1.1.3c Sub-divided or compound bar diagram 3.4.1.1.3d Percentage bar diagram 3.4.1.2 Pyramids 3.4.1.2.1 Pyramids in Population Studies (Age-sex pyramid) 3.4.1.2.2 Pyramids in Ecological Studies 3.4.1.2.3 Pyramids in Urban Studies 3.4.1.3 Difference between Histogram and Bar diagram 3.4.2 Two dimensional diagrams 3.4.2.1 Rectangular diagram 3.4.2.2 Triangular diagram 3.4.2.3 Square diagram 3.4.2.4 Circular diagram 3.4.2.4.1 Simple Circular Diagram 3.4.2.4.2 Angular diagram or compound circular diagram or pie-diagram or wheel diagram 3.4.2.4.3 Pie-diagram in percentage 3.4.2.4.4 Disadvantages of Pie diagrams 3.4.2.5 Doughnut diagram 3.4.2.5.1 When the doughnut diagram should be used 3.4.2.5.2 Advantages and disadvantages of doughnut diagram 3.4.2.6 Difference between pie diagram and doughnut diagram 3.4.3 Three dimensional diagrams 3.4.3.1 Cube diagram 3.4.3.1.1 Steps to construct cube diagram 3.4.3.2 Sphere diagram 3.4.4 Other diagrams 3.4.4.1 Pictograms 3.4.4.1.1 Principles of drawing of pictograms 3.4.4.1.2 Advantages and disadvantages of use of pictograms 3.4.4.2 Kite Diagrams 3.4.4.2.1 Procedures to draw kite diagrams 3.4.4.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of using kite diagrams References Chapter-4: Mapping techniques of geographical data 4.1 Concept and Definition of Map 4.2 Concept of Plan 4.3 Difference between plan and map 4.4 Elements of a Map 4.5 History of Map making 4.5.1 Ancient Age 4.5.2 Mediaeval Age 4.5.3 Modern Age 4.5.4 Contributions of Indian scholars 4.6 Methods of mapping the Earth 4.7 Cartography 4.8 Key concepts of Cartography 4.8.1 Geodesy 4.8.1.1 Geometric geodesy 4.8.1.2 Physical geodesy 4.8.1.3 Satellite Geodesy 4.8.2 Geoid 4.8.3 Ellipsoid or Spheroid 4.8.4 Surveying and levelling 4.8.5 Geodetic surveying and Plane surveying 4.8.5.1 Geodetic Surveying 4.8.5.2 Plane surveying 4.8.6 Datum 4.8.6.1 Vertical (Geodetic) datum 4.8.6.2 Horizontal datum 4.8.7 Reduced level 4.8.8 Geographic Co-ordinate Systems 4.8.9 Cardinal points 4.8.10 Map Projection 4.8.10.1 Suitable projections based on location, shape and purpose of the map 4.8.11 Bearing 4.8.11.1 True (Geographical) meridian and True (Geographical) Bearing 4.8.11.2 Magnetic meridian and Magnetic Bearing 4.8.11.3 Arbitrary meridian and Arbitrary Bearing 4.8.11.4 Whole circle bearing system or Azimuthal bearing system (W.C.B) 4.8.11.5 Quadrantal bearing system or Reduced bearing system (Q.B.) 4.8.11.5.1 Difference between W. C. B. (Azimuth) and Q. B. (R. B.) 4.8.11.6 Forward bearing and Backward bearing 4.8.12 Magnetic Declination 4.8.13 Magnetic Inclination or magnetic dip 4.8.14 Traversing or traverse survey 4.8.15 Triangulation Survey 4.8.16 Trilateration Survey 4.8.17 Difference between triangulation and trilateration survey 4.9 Types of Map 4.9.1 General reference maps (General purpose maps) 4.9.2 Thematic maps (Special purpose maps) 4.9.3 Types of Thematic Maps 4.9.3.1 Qualitative thematic map 4.9.3.2 Quantitative thematic map 4.10 Types of maps based on scale 4.10.1 Large scale maps 4.10.1.1 Cadastral map 4.10.1.2 Topographical map 4.10.1.2.1 Indian Old Series Topographical Maps 4.10.1.2.2 Indian Open Series Topographical Maps 4.10.2 Small scale maps 4.10.2.1 Wall map 4.10.2.2 Chorographical or Atlas map 4.10.3 Medium scale maps 4.11 Based on purpose or content or function of the map 4.11.1 Physical or natural maps 4.11.1.1 Astronomical map 4.11.1.2 Relief or orographic map 4.11.1.3 Techniques of Representation of Relief 4.11.1.3.1 Pictorial methods 4.11.1.3.1a Hachures 4.11.1.3.1b Hill shading 4.11.1.3.2 Mathematical methods 4.11.1.3.2a Contours 4.11.1.3.2b Spot height 4.11.1.3.2c Bench mark and its types 4.11.1.3.2d Trigonometrical station 4.11.1.3.2e Form lines 4.11.1.3.3 Combination of both 4.11.1.4 Geological map 4.11.1.5 Weather and Climatic map 4.11.1.6 Soil map 4.11.1.7 Vegetation map 4.11.2 Cultural maps 4.11.2.1 Population map 4.11.2.2 Economic map 4.11.2.3 Political map 4.11.2.4 Military map 4.11.2.5 Historical map 4.11.2.6 Social map 4.11.2.7 Transportation map 4.12 Techniques for the study of spatial patterns of distribution of elements (Distribution Map) 4.12.1 Chorochromatic map (Colour or Tint method) 4.12.1.1 Methods and Principles of construction 4.12.1.2 Types of Chorochromatic maps 4.12.1.2.1 Simple Chorochromatic maps 4.12.1.2.2 Compound chorochromatic maps 4.12.1.3 Uses of Chorochromatic maps 4.12.1.4 Disadvantages of use of Chorochromatic maps 4.12.2 Choroschematic or Symbol map 4.12.2.1 Methods and Principles of construction 4.12.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Choroschematic map 4.12.2.3 Difference between Chorochromatic map and Choroschematic map 4.12.3 Choropleth map 4.12.3.1 Principles of construction 4.12.3.2 Methods of construction 4.12.3.3 Advantages and disadvantages of Choropleth map 4.12.3.4 Representation of population density in Choropleth map 4.12.3.5 Representation of cropping intensity in Choropleth map 4.12.4 Dasymetric map 4.12.4.1 Methods and Principles of construction 4.12.4.2 Uses of Dasymetric map 4.12.4.3 Difference between Choropleth map and Dasymetric map 4.12.5 Isarithmic map (Isometric map and Isopleth map) 4.12.5.1 Types of Isarithmic map 4.12.5.2 Commonly used isolines or isopleths 4.12.5.3 Methods and principles of construction 4.12.5.4 Advantages and disadvantages of use of Isarithmic map 4.12.5.5 Difference between Choropleth map and Isopleth map 4.12.6 Dot map 4.12.6.1 Methods and principles of construction 4.12.6.1.1 Selection of the suitable dot scale 4.12.6.1.2 Selection of size of dots 4.12.6.1.3 Spacing or placing the dots 4.12.6.1.4 Multiple dot method 4.12.6.1.5 Advantages and disadvantages of dot maps 4.12.7 Flow map 4.12.7.1 Methods of construction 4.12.7.2 Advantages and disadvantages of flow map 4.12.8 Diagrammatic map 4.13 Importance and Uses of Maps 4.13.1 Measurement of direction 4.13.1.1 Steps of measurement of direction 4.13.2 Measurement of distance 4.13.2.1 Measurement of distance of straight features 4.13.2.2 Measurement of distance of curved features 4.13.2.2.1 Use of Ruler or Divider 4.13.2.2.2 Use of toned Thread 4.13.2.2.3 Use of Opisometer 4.13.3 Measurement of area 4.13.3.1 Graphical Methods 4.13.3.1.1 Measurement of Entire area 4.13.3.1.1a Strips method 4.13.3.1.1b Square grid method 4.13.3.1.1c Geometric method 4.13.3.1.2 Measurement of Boundary area 4.13.3.1.2a Mean or Average-ordinate method 4.13.3.1.2b Mid-ordinate method 4.13.3.1.2c Trapezoidal method 4.13.3.1.2d Simpson method 4.13.3.2 Instrumental Method (Using Planimeter) References Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis book contains a collection of studies on the interactions between businesses in Africa and Global Value Chains (GVCs) in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. This is particularly pertinent given the asymmetrical power distribution between the global buyer and the African supplier, their governance relationships and the ongoing competitive pressures to reduce costs and increase flexibility to meet GVC demands. Rather than focusing on the sustainability of a single organization, GVCs address the sustainability of inter-firm value chains and global industries as a whole. With little differentiation between value chain creation and social / environmental degradation extending to people and raw material extraction (upstream) and disposal or recycling (downstream), sustainability issues need to be at the forefront of African business research interests. Nowadays, sustainability is considered a competitive advantage for a firm looking to join a GVC. Whether sustainability is approached from the viewpoint of an exporting firm motivated to join a GVC in its respective industry or whether a firm’s continuing contractual or collaborative relationship with a buyer depends on its compliance with sustainability standards, both approaches focus on the ability of firms in Africa to benefit from joining sustainable GVCs.Trade Review“Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains has many merits. … it offers many distinct approaches to and perspectives on GVCs and sustainability in Africa. The inroads built by it are informative. They have the potential to inspire future research on the topic.” (Sören Scholvin, Africa Spectrum, November 4, 2022)Table of ContentsForeword - Diego Vazquez-Brust and Joseph Sarkis: Foreword Editorial - Regina Frei, Sherwat Ibrahim and Temidayo Akenroye Part 1: Background and motivation - Why do global buyers engage in GVCs with Africa? 1. Sustainable practices of African big firms in Global Value Chain - April Bai and Matthew Quayson 2. Sustainability for Global Value Chains: A bibliometric review on African based studies - Jamal elBaz, Saadia Iddik and Fedwa Jebli 3. Embodied land resources trade in major African countries: A global trade and supply chains perspective - Joseph Sarkis and Xu Tian (Mini) 4. Risk assessment for global buyers in GVCs with Africa - Lanre Jawando Part 2: Why do African suppliers engage in GVCs? 5. Maatian Philosophical Perspective of Sustainability - David B. Zoogah 6. Adoption of Supplier Codes of Conduct through the lens of Innovation Diffusion Theory - Johannes Heller 7. Practical insights to developing sustainability conscientious African Firms - Ekpen Owie 8. Exploring the barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices in the process of coffee farming: implications for global value chain - Temidayo Akenroye 9. An explorative study of the extent to which multinational buyer firms’ sustainability requirements include/exclude Zambian Contractors and suppliers - Progress Choongo, Christine Chanda Nakamba, Peter Lubosi Simasiku Part 3: How do African suppliers engage in GVCs? 10. Assessing Lean readiness in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment in Sudan - Mohammed Hassan Sayed and Alfatih H. Ismail 11. The buyers’ response to bridge the gap across markets: a case of exporting agricultural products from Nigeria - Frank Ojadi 12. Sustainability in Ethiopian Textile Supply Chains - Marcus Brandenburg, Berihun Bizuneh, Taame Berhanu and Ambachew Maru Woubou 13. Handcraft Export business in Ghana - Audrey Forson Part 4: How do global buyers engage in GVCs with Africa? 14. The Impact of EPA on West Africa: The mediating role of an intra-African Trade Policy for Africa’s sustainable growth in the Global Value Chain - Peter Adjei-Bamfo, Emmanuel Lartey, Bernard Odoi, Stephanie Adjei-Bamfo and Emmanuel Baiden 15. Governance mechanisms and Sustainability compliance in Egypt Food Chains - Yasmine Elhenawy 16. Danish-Nigerian dairy supply chains - Natalie Heinisch 17. Re-imagining corporate sustainability in sub-saharan Africa: Evidence from the maize supply chain of a leading Nigerian commodities business - Lanre Jawando Conclusion - Regina Frei, Sherwat Ibrahim and Temidayo Akenroye

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a unified approach to the problem of inequality, combining results from a variety of research fields – the human life cycle, group dynamics, networks, markets, and economic geography. Its main message is that inequality emerges as the natural result of mechanisms operating both in individual human development and in social interaction. It posits that inequality is not an anomalous deviation from a naturally egalitarian social structure; quite to the contrary, inequality is to be expected as part of the human condition. The author states that the growth of inequality, on the other hand, is not a natural law – the level and character of inequality can be affected by collective decisions. This perspective on human inequality has potentially far-reaching consequences both for the political philosophy of inequality and for public policy-making.This book is of interest to a wide interdisciplinary social science readership, including public policy, decision sciences, economic geography, and life course studies. Trade Review“The Origins of Inequality. Mechanisms, Models, Policy is a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of studies on the causes, conditions and factors associated with inequality. Viewed as a survey it is quite comprehensive and suitable for independent study as well as for classroom use. … Molander aims at — and to a large extent succeeds in — making sense of the processes that result in inequalities. … Molander makes a strong case to the contrary. The case is well worth studying in detail.” (Hannu Nurmi, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 20, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Preliminaries.Chapter 3: Life-cycle development.Chapter 4: Interaction within and between groups.Chapter 5: Spatial inequality.Chapter 6: Static versus dynamic inequality – mathematical analysis.Chapter 7: Philosophical and political considerations.Chapter 8: Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThe geography of innovation is changing. Firstly, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Secondly, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. The aim of this handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. The handbook gathers a new generation of ideas and authors to contribute to the debate, providing an empirically grounded critical appraisal of the prevailing knowledge on the geography of innovation. The 28 original chapters, written by a diverse range of scholars with widely differing views, present fresh empirical evidence and new perspectives relating to how innovation plays out across space in an age where mobility has increased, information is ubiquitous and globalisation has been realised. Overall, the dialogue between existing theory and new possibilities provides a unique and challenging appraisal of the connection between innovation, agglomeration and space. Offering cutting edge ideas in an accessible format, this will be an ideal resource for students and scholars of economic geography and innovation studies. The empirical evidence and analysis will also be of great value for policymakers and government officials.Contributors include: B.T. Asheim, H.W. Aslesen, A. Bain, P.-A. Balland, N. Bradford, A. Bramwell, C. Brennan-Horley, S. Breschi, C. Carraincazeaux, C. Chaminade, R. Comunian, C. De Fuentes, D. Doloreux, D. Eckert, A. Faggian, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, K. Flanagan, C. Gibson, M. Grillitsch, M. Grossetti, G. Harirchi, F. Huber, A. Isaksen, S. Jewel, J. Karlsen, N. Komninos, J.-L. Klein, N. Lee, F. Lissoni, M. Maisonobe, J. Mattes, P. McCann, C.T. Noumedem, R. Ortega-Argilés, M. Plechero, A. Rallet, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R. Shearmur, H.L. Smith, B. Spigel, J. Tallec, E. Tranos, D.-G. Tremblay, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, C. Yang, C. Wilkie, D.A. WolfeTrade Review'The editors have assembled a superb array of experts on various aspects of innovation and its geographical sources, processes and manifestations. This volume provides state-of-the-art overviews of key topics, probing of ongoing debates, and fresh empirical perspectives on unresolved dilemmas in innovation studies. The volume should be an essential reference for scholars and policymakers alike as they struggle to understand the many geographies of innovation.' --Edward J. Malecki, The Ohio State University'The authors present a much needed update to prior handbooks on the geography of innovation. They have been able to put together a remarkable and consistent collection of chapters by well-known authors that will be of relevance not only for geographers, but also for scholars in economics, innovation studies and related fields interested in the spatial aspects of innovation. It combines well-established topics on innovation systems with new insights, for instance, into the culture of innovation, discusses center vs. periphery innovation, and orients itself along a set of perceived confusions in the field - as identified in the introduction. I believe this book will find a broad readership among researchers, students and politicians interested in the spatiality of innovation.' --Harald Bathelt, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Forward Introduction The Geographies of Innovations: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS 1. Regional Innovation, R&D and Knowledge Spillovers: The Role Played by Geographical and Non-Geographical Factors Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 2. Regional Innovation Systems: Past - Present - Future Björn T. Asheim, Markus Grillitsch and Michaela Trippl 3. Understanding and Learning from an Evolving Geography of Innovation Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 4. The Cultural Embeddedness of Regional Innovation: A Bourdieuian Perspective Ben Spigel 5. Proximity Dynamics and the Geography of Innovation: Diminishing Returns or Renewal? Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet PART II RELATEDNESS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES: INTRODUCTION Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 6. Relatedness and the Geography of Innovation Pierre-Alexandre Balland 7. How Do Firms Acquire Knowledge in Different Sectoral and Regional Contexts? Franz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl 8. Clusters Initiatives, Open Innovation and Knowledge Bases Heidi Wiig Aslesen and Arne Isaksen PART III CITIES, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 9. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions David A. Wolfe 10. Intelligent Cities and the Evolution Towards Technology-Enhanced, Global, and User-Driven Territorial Systems of Innovation Nicos Komninos 11.Geography, Skills and Career Patterns at the Boundary of Creativity and Innovation: Digital Technology and Creative Arts Graduates in the UK Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian and Sarah Jewell PART IV BEYOND AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 12. Four Commonly Held Beliefs About the Geography of Scientific Activities Michel Grossetti, Denis Eckert, Marion Maisonobe and Josselin Tallec 13. Putting the Boot into Creative Cluster Theory Chris Gibson and Chris Brennan-Horley 14. Beyond Networks in Clusters Franz Huber and Rune Dahl Fitjar 15. Suburban Creativity and Innovation Alison Bain 16. Innovation in Peripheral Regions Arne Isaksen and James Karlsen PART V INNOVATION POLICY 17. Regional Economic Development: Institutions, Innovation, and Policy Neil Bradford and Allison Bramwell 18. Revisiting the Role of Policy in Regional Innovation Systems Elvira Uyarra and Kieron Flanagan 19. Evolution of Regional Innovation Systems in China: Insights From Emerging Indigenous Innovation in Shenzhen Chun Yang 20. Entrepreneurial Regions in Theory and Policy Practice Helen Lawton Smith PART VI TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY AND NETWORKS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 21. The Internet: Its Geography, Growth and the Creation of (Digital) Social Capital Emmanouil Tranos 22. The Geography and Structure of Global Innovation Networks: Global Scope and Regional Embeddedness Cristina Chaminade, Claudia De Fuentes, Gouya Harirchi and Monica Plechero 23. Migration and Innovation: A Survey of Recent Studies Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Claudia Noumedem Temgoua 24. The Geography of Innovation in Multinational Companies: Internal Distribution and External Embeddedness Jannika Mattes PART VII LOCAL IMPACTS OF INNOVATION: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 25. Growth With Inequality? The Local Consequences of Innovation and Creativity Neil Lee 26. Why Local Development and Local Innovation are Not the Same Thing: The Uneven Geographic Distribution of Innovation-Related Development, Richard Shearmur 27. Cultural Creation and Social Innovation as the Basis for Building a Cohesive City Juan-Luis Klein and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Index

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Book SynopsisArgues, the financial crisis, a dysfunctional international monetary system, and US policies have paradoxically strengthened the dollar's importance. This book examines how the dollar came to have a central role in the world economy and demonstrates that it will remain the cornerstone of global finance for the foreseeable future.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2014, chosen by Martin Wolf One of China Business News' Financial Books of the Year for 2014 "Thoughtful."--Jeff Sommer, New York Times "[A] surprising argument... [L]ucid."--David Wessel, Wall Street Journal "Richly detailed study of global finances, examining how and why the dollar became the favored currency of international trade."--Kirkus "To understand how the world of international finance works, what the agendas are and what is at stake, this work is indispensable."--Henny Sender, Financial Times "In his authoritative new book on the dollar, Eswar Prasad ... argues that China and other foreign countries that own around half the outstanding US federal government debt are trapped in a risky game where the US may be tempted to renege on its debt obligations by printing more dollars."--John Plender, Financial Times "A lively and compelling analysis on currency wars in the wake of the financial crisis--and the likely persistence of the U.S. dollar as the world's pre-eminent currency."--Harold James, Central Banking Journal "Highly recommended especially for those interested in understanding the paradigm shifts that happened in the international monetary regime in the 1970s and 1980s."--Mehmet Kerem Caban, Asian Journal of Public AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi PART ONE Setting the Stage 1. Prologue 3 2. What Is So Special about the Dollar? 11 PART TWO Building Blocks 3. The Paradox of Uphill Capital Flows 31 4. Emerging Markets Get Religion 47 5. The Quest for Safety 63 6. A Trillion Dollar Con Game? 89 PART THREE Inadequate Institutions 7. Currency Wars 125 8. Seeking a Truce on Currency Wars 158 9. It Takes Twenty to Tango 171 10. The Siren Song of Capital Controls 188 11. Safety Nets with Gaping Holes 201 PART FOUR Currency Competition 12. Is the Renminbi Ready for Prime Time? 229 13. Other Contenders Nipping at the Dollar's Heels 262 14. Could the Dollar Hit a Tipping Point and Sink? 283 15. Ultimate Paradox: Fragility Breeds Stability 299 Appendix 309 Notes 317 References 375 Acknowledgments 393 Index 395

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Book Synopsis “People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book.” — Rebecca Solnit Trade Review"Stirring reportage." -- O Magazine"A remarkable book of immersive reporting... Bruder is an acute and compassionate observer." -- Margaret Talbot - The New Yorker" Bruder is a poised and graceful writer." -- Parul Sehgal - The New York Times"[A] devastating, revelatory book." -- Timothy R. Smith - The Washington Post"Stunning and beautifully written... brilliant and haunting…" -- Arlie Russell Hochschild - The New York Times Book Review"A first-rate piece of immersive journalism." -- San Francisco Chronicle"At once wonderfully humane and deeply troubling, the book offers an eye-opening tour of the increasingly unequal, unstable, and insecure future our country is racing toward." -- Astra Taylor - The Nation"This [Nomadland] is not some lookie-loo movie, condescendingly imagining the poor: Zhao and McDormand did the legwork—as did journalist Jessica Bruder, whose book inspired the film—entering communities and engaging with them in order to better tell their stories." -- Vanity Fair"I thought the book [“Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” by Jessica Bruder] was a very important document." -- David Strathairn - Los Angeles Times"Bruder’s lively, thoroughly reported book of the same name..." -- AO Scott - The New York Times"Ms. Zhao based her screenplay on Jessica Bruder’s 2018 book of the same name, an exceptional piece of nonfiction that emphasized social and economic upheaval in the wake of the Great Recession... Ms. Bruder’s book staked out the territory and brought its shifting population to life with calm, empathetic reporting." -- The Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction xiii Chapter One: Where Buffett and Silicon Valley Billionaires Agree 1 Chapter Two: Dividing Up the Turf 21 Chapter Three: What Monopolies and King Kong Have in Common 35 Chapter Four: Squeezing the Worker 63 Chapter Five: Silicon Valley Throws Some Shade 87 Chapter Six: Toll Roads and Robber Barons 111 Chapter Seven: What Trusts and Nazis Had in Common 137 Chapter Eight: Regulation and Chemotherapy 167 Chapter Nine: Morganizing America 195 Chapter Ten: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle 211 Conclusion: Economic and Political Freedom 233 Notes 249 Acknowledgments 283 About the Authors 285 Index 287

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Book SynopsisIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historTrade ReviewWinner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers A New York Times Bestseller One of Bloomberg View's "Five Books to Change Conservatives' Minds," chosen by Cass Sunstein #36 on Bloomberg's "50 Most Influential" List One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016 One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016 One of The Economist's Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016 One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History One of Bloomberg View's Great History Books of 2016 One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of The Wall Street Journal's "The 20 Books That Defined Our Year" 2016 One of Foreign Affairs' Editors' Picks 2016 One of the Washington Post's Best Economics Books 2016 Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog's "The Books We Loved in 2016" Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University "The Rise and Fall of American Growth... is the Thomas Piketty-esque economic must read of the year."--Rana Foroohar, Time "This is a book well worth reading--a magisterial combination of deep technological history, vivid portraits of daily life over the past six generations and careful economic analysis... [The Rise and Fall of American Growth] will challenge your views about the future; [and] it will definitely transform how you see the past."--Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review "[An] authoritative examination of innovation through the ages."--Neil Irwin, New York Times "Robert Gordon has written a magnificent book on the economic history of the United States over the last one and a half centuries... The book is without peer in providing a statistical analysis of the uneven pace of growth and technological change, in describing the technologies that led to the remarkable progress during the special century, and in concluding with a provocative hypothesis that the future is unlikely to bring anything approaching the economic gains of the earlier period... If you want to understand our history and the economic dilemmas faced by the nation today, you can spend many a fruitful hour reading Gordon's landmark study."--William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books "Mr. Gordon uses exhaustive historic data to buttress his thesis."--Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is full of wonder for the miraculous things that America has accomplished."--Edward Glaeser, Wall Street Journal "A masterful study to be read and reread by anyone interested in today's political economy."--Kirkus "Normally, these kinds of big-think books end with a whimper, as the author totally fails to identify solutions to the problem he is writing about. But Gordon's conclusion offers some admirably definitive policy advice."--Matthew Yglesias, Vox "Magnificent... Gordon presents his case... with great style and panache, supporting his argument with vivid examples as well as econometric data... Even if history changes direction... this book will survive as a superb reconstruction of material life in America in the heyday of industrial capitalism."--Economist "Every presidential candidate should be asked what policies he or she would offer to increase the pace of U.S. productivity growth and to narrow the widening gap between winners and losers in the economy. Bob Gordon's list is a good place to start."--David Wessel, WSJ.com's Think Tank blog "[W]hat may be the year's most important book on economics has already been published... What Gordon has provided is not a rejection of technology but a sobering reminder of its limits."--Robert Samuelson, Washington Post "Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an extraordinary work of economic scholarship... Moreover, this is one of the rare economics books that is on the one hand deeply analytical ... And on the other a pleasure to read... [A] landmark work."--Lawrence Summers, Prospect "Ambitious... The hefty tome, minutely detailed yet dauntingly broad in scope, offers a lively portrayal of the evolution of American living standards since the Civil War."--Eduardo Porter, New York Times "Two years ago a huge book on economics took the world by storm. Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century ... became a surprise bestseller... Robert Gordon's tome on American economic growth stretches to 768 pages and its central message is arguably more important."--David Smith, Sunday Times "A landmark new book."--Gavin Kelly, The Guardian "Looking ahead, judging presidents by policies rather than outcomes may be all the more important. In a new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, the economist Robert Gordon argues that we are in the midst of an era of meager technological change. Yes, we now have smartphones and Twitter, but previous generations introduced electric lighting, indoor plumbing and the internal combustion engine. In Mr. Gordon's view, technological change is just not what it used to be, and we had better get used to slower growth in productivity and incomes."--N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is likely to be the most interesting and important economics book of the year. It provides a splendid analytic take on the potency of past economic growth, which transformed the world from the end of the nineteenth century onward... Gordon's book serves as a powerful reminder that the U.S. economy really has gone through a protracted slowdown and that this decline has been caused by the stagnation in technological progress."--Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs "[A]n important new book."--Martin Ford, Huffington Post "[A] lightning bolt of a new book."--Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect "So powerful and intriguing are the facts and arguments marshaled by Gordon that even informed critics who think he is wrong recommend that readers plow through his The Rise and Fall of American Growth, with its 60 graphics and 64 tables spread over more than 700 pages. You don't need to be an economist to appreciate or understand the book. His thesis is straightforward."--David Cay Johnston, Al Jazeera America.com "What is novel about Gordon's approach to this problem is that he doesn't try to find political causes for our economic woes... [E]xhaustive and sweeping in scope, and novel in its thinking about growth."--Chris Matthews, Fortune.com "[A] fascinating new book."--Jeffrey Sachs, Boston Globe "One of the most important books of recent years... Powerful and impressive."--Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View "This is a tremendous, sobering piece of research, which does a lot to explain the febrile, nervous state of modern Western democracies."--Marcus Tanner, The Independent "A new book by economist Robert Gordon--The Rise and Fall of American Growth--is causing quite a stir."--City A.M. "If he's right, and one links this with growing income inequality, our would-be leaders will have difficulty in making the case for achieving the American dream through steady incremental progress achieved through collaboration and political compromise."--Michael Hoffmann, Desert Sun "Robert Gordon's new book on productivity in the U.S. economy, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, is masterful... Gordon skillfully lays out myriad information about the history and trends of productivity. One can learn a great deal."--Edward Lotterman, St. Paul Pioneer Press "[I]mpressive."--Peter Martin, Sydney Morning Herald "In his unsettling new book, Gordon, who teaches at Northwestern, weighs in on the role of technology in the U.S. over the past century-and-a-half. He does so forcefully, so forcefully, in fact, as to wipe the smiles off the faces of most techno-optimists, myself included."--Peter A. Coclanis, Charlotte Observer "[A] thoughtful new book."--David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is this year's equivalent to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century: an essential read for all economists, who are unanimously floored by its boldness and scope even if they don't agree with its conclusions."--Adam Davidson, New York Times Magazine "Gordon makes a compelling case for why the era of fast growth in America ended around 1970 and will not return in the foreseeable future, if ever."--Dick Meyer, DecodeDC "Gordon argues that we are not going to get another surge soon and that there are several headwinds that are going to work against faster growth, including income inequality, education as a differentiator and not an equalizer, the debt overhang, and demography."--John Mason, TheStreet.com "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] challenges every political claim, and every pundit's remedy, regarding how to get the lackluster American economy to boom again in the decades ahead, as it once did a half-century or more ago... [The book] represents the culmination of Gordon's many years of investigation into this key economic question of our age, namely: 'Why is it that the American economy has never been able to return to the happy boom years of our grandparents' time?' Why is it that, decade after decade, administration after administration, annualized productivity growth has only been about one-half to one-third that of the age of Truman and Eisenhower?"--Paul Kennedy, Tribune Content Agency "[M]asterful... Gordon skillfully lays out information about the history and trends of productivity. One can learn a great deal... The Rise and Fall of American Growth is a rare example of a work with solid economics that can be understood, and enjoyed, by nearly any lay person."--Ed Lotterman, Idaho Statesman "As an economic historian, Gordon is beyond reproach."--Edward Luce, Financial Times "Provocative."--Associated Press "The Rise and Fall of American Growth, is a deep dive into the past with an eye to the future... [The book] is part of a fascinating debate about future prospects for the American economy."--Knowledge@Wharton "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] has set the wonky world of economics aflame."--Ryan Craig, TechCrunch "Magisterial."--John Kay, Financial Times "[A] contentious new book."--Margaret Wente, The Globe & Mail "[A] fabulous new book... [I]mpressive."--Dr. Mike Walden, Morganton News Herald "Northwestern Bob Gordon's new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, offers a deeper explanation for the underlying mechanics behind slowed economic growth."--Jon Hartley, Forbes.com "So much of what the presidential candidates and the American people want to accomplish over the next four years and beyond depends on the U.S. economy growing faster, and more inclusively, than it has in recent years. This year's hot economics book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, by one of America's most distinguished macroeconomists, Robert Gordon, casts a pall on whether this is possible, arguing that the U.S. had a golden century of increasing innovation from roughly 1870 to 1970, but this was unique."--Robert Litan, Fortune.com "Gordon's book offers the definitive account of how the many technological innovations between 1870 and 1940 dramatically improved life in the United States."--Richard A. Epstein, Hoover Institution's Defining Ideas blog "[M]agiserial... The Northwestern University professor lays out the case that the productivity miracle underlying the American way of life was largely a one-time deal."--Matt Phillips, Quartz "Robert Gordon's new book The Rise and Fall of American Growth has taken the economics world by storm this winter."--Myles Udland, Business Insider "[M]assive."--Ben Casselman, FiveThirty Eight "[G]roundbreaking."--Zeeshan Aleem, Mic "With a painstaking--and fascinating--historical analysis of American productivity, [Gordon] argues that the innovations of today pale in comparison to earlier in our history and that we might actually be entering a period of prolonged stagnation. He may very well be right."--Greg Satell, Forbes.com "[P]rovocative."--Barrie McKenna, The Globe & Mail "[I]nfluential."--Martin Neil Baily, Fortune.com "[A] stimulating book."--George Will, Washington Post "Compulsive reading."--Andrew Hilton, Financial World "Gordon is not an alarmist, far from it. His is a sober voice of concern, of caution, which needs to be heard by those in the helm in America. And a fascinating lesson for ambitious and growing countries like India."--Dr R Balashankar, Sunday Guardian "[A] fascinating convergence of green and mainstream thought."--Tom Horton, Chesapeake Bay Journal "[T]his panoramic book makes good reading."--Shane Greenstein, Harvard Magazine "The book's great contribution is the tapestry it weaves of all the innovations that changed most Americans' lives beyond recognition in the century from 1870 to 1970."--Martin Sandbu, Financial Times "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is unquestionably an important book that raises fundamental questions about the United States' economy and society."--New Criterion "[A] masterpiece."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times "[An] impressive book... Gordon's book provides sufficient ammunition to show the colossal problems facing capitalism."--Socialism Today "Rich with detailed information, meticulous observations, and even anecdotes and stories ... a fascinating read."--Ricardo F. Levi, Corriere della Sera "The Rise and Fall of American Growth is essential reading for anyone interested in economics."--Choice "In an important new book, economist Robert Gordon makes the case for pessimism. He believes that technologies like smartphones, robots, and artificial intelligence aren't going to have the kind of big impact on the economy that earlier inventions--like the internal combustion engine and electricity--did."--Timothy B. Lee, Vox "Robert Gordon has written an engaging economic-based history of America... Gordon is to be commended for helping to stimulate a national debate on the current low level of economic productivity."--Allan Hauer, Innovation: The Journal of Technology & Commercialization "If you want to see how far we have come and how tough life was a century and a half ago, read Gordon's book."--David R. Henderson, Regulation "A fantastic read."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes "The book is well written, and one can only be in awe of Gordon's mastery of the factual history of the American standard of living."--Robert A. Margo, EH.net "Monumental."--John Cassidy, NewYorker.com "Zeitgeist-defining."--Myles Udland, Business Insider "[A] magisterial treatise."--Nick Gillespie, Reason.com "[A]n essential read for anyone interested not only in US economic history but also American economic prospects ... a tremendous achievement."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "A comprehensive history of American economic growth."--Eric Rauchway, American Prospect "Professor Robert J. Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is a magisterial volume that will benefit any serious student of economics, demographics or history."--Wendell Cox, New Geography "A wonderful new book."--Jeff Sachs, Boston Globe "The most important economics book of 2016."--Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune "This spectacular history traces the rise and the plateau of the American economy since industrialization."--Jay Weiser, Weekly Standard "[A] landmark book... An impressive history of how the American people progressed in their standards of living and productivity in the 'golden century' of 1870-1970."--Stephen M. Millett, Strategy & Leadership "Gordon's encyclopedic The Rise and Fall of American Growth, a new history of modern U.S. economic life, [is] perhaps the best yet written."--Jonathan Levy, Dissent "One of our greatest economic historians... Gordon's exhaustive research program ... has knocked me back on my intellectual heels."--J. Bradford DeLong, Strategy + Business "This is the most important book on economics in many years."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth set out a thesis of technological diminishing returns that does much to explain an age of economic pessimism."--Lorien Kite, Financial Times "In the course of Gordon's book, a vivid picture of everyday life as our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents lived it emerges... What lingers in my mind, alongside these ideas, is a new, weightier sense of the past, and of what the people who lived in it ate, touched, heard, saw, and did. Reading The Rise and Fall of American Growth, I thought a lot about my grandparents. Gordon's book has made their lives more real to me."--Joshua Rothman, NewYorker.com's Page-Turner blog "Magisterial... While the book has gotten attention because of its bold projection of slow growth in the future, this is actually just one small element of a magnificent and detailed presentation of how our economy has changed since 1870. Most people don't fully appreciate what life was like in the past and Gordon gives a blow-by-blow description of how people lived in America from 1870 on. In addition, he carefully explains how each new innovation was created and how its adoption changed people's lives."--Stephen Rose, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas "Gordon constructs a strong case using conventional economic principles and exacting data measurement."--Don Pittis, CBC News "Gordon's genius is to weave together economic history with the story of the technology, know-how, politic, demographics and medicine that made the astonishing progress of the US perhaps the most remarkable ever."--Sean O'Grady, The Independent "The Rise and Fall of American Growth, by Robert Gordon, is that rarest thing: a work of densely researched macroeconomics that is compulsively readable."--Bill Morris, The MillionsTable of ContentsPreface ix 1. Introduction: The Ascent and Descent of Growth 1 PART I. 1870-1940-THE GREAT INVENTIONS CREATE A REVOLUTION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME 25 2. The Starting Point: Life and Work in 1870 27 3. What They Ate and Wore and Where They Bought It 62 4. The American Home: From Dark and Isolated to Bright and Networked 94 5. Motors Overtake Horses and Rail: Inventions and Incremental Improvements 129 6. From Telegraph to Talkies: Information, Communication, and Entertainment 172 7. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Illness and Early Death 206 8. Working Conditions on the Job and at Home 247 9. Taking and Mitigating Risks: Consumer Credit, Insurance, and the Government 288 Entr'acte. The Midcentury Shift from Revolution to Evolution 319 PART II. 1940-2015-THE GOLDEN AGE AND THE EARLY WARNINGS OF SLOWER GROWTH 329 10. Fast Food, Synthetic Fibers, and Split-Level Subdivisions: The Slowing Transformation of Food, Clothing, and Housing 331 11. See the USA in Your Chevrolet or from a Plane Flying High Above 374 12. Entertainment and Communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone 409 13. Computers and the Internet from the Mainframe to Facebook 441 14. Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine 461 15. Work, Youth, and Retirement at Home and on the Job 498 Entr'acte. Toward an Understanding of Slower Growth 522 PART III. THE SOURCES OF FASTER AND SLOWER GROWTH 533 16. The Great Leap Forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: What Set of Miracles Created It? 535 17. Innovation: Can the Future Match the Great Inventions of the Past? 566 18. Inequality and the Other Headwinds: Long-Run American Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl 605 Postscript: America's Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead 641 Acknowledgments 653 Data Appendix 657 Notes 667 References 717 Credits 741 Index 745

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Book SynopsisGathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore's work from over three decades, Abolition Geography presents her singular contribution to the politics of abolition as theorist, researcher, and organizer, offering scholars and activists ways of seeing and doing to help navigate our turbulent present.Abolition Geography moves us away from explanations of mass incarceration and racist violence focused on uninterrupted histories of prejudice or the dull compulsion of neoliberal economics. Instead, Gilmore offers a geographical grasp of how contemporary racial capitalism operates through an "anti-state state" that answers crises with the organized abandonment of people and environments deemed surplus to requirement. Gilmore escapes one-dimensional conceptions of what liberation demands, who demands liberation, or what indeed is to be abolished. Drawing on the lessons of grassroots organizing and internationalist imaginaries, Abolition Geography undoes the identification of abolition with mere decarceration, and reminds us that freedom is not a mere principle but a place.Edited with an introduction by Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano.Trade ReviewScholars like Ruthie Gilmore, filmmakers like Ava Duvernay, and formerly incarcerated people like Glenn Martin have all done work to expose the many injustices of the industry of our prison system. -- Jay-Z * Time *Ruth Gilmore lays bare the diabolical logic of neoliberal incarceration. She shows us that the prison is a symptom of the decline of our civilization, how the California Nightmare has produced its disposable population. Gilmore's depressingly hopeful analysis is a wake-up call for our somnolence. -- Vijay Prashad, author of Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, WorkfareRuth Gilmore, indefatigable activist-scholar, is one of our most dangerous and important minds. A radical geographer with roots in the Black liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s, she pioneered the study of mass incarceration's catastrophic impacts on inner-city families and neighborhoods, and together with Angela Davis has played a catalytic role in the creation of today's movement for prison abolition. This powerful collection of essays is an indispensable conceptual armory for that struggle. -- Mike DavisRuthie's clarity and courage is a talisman for these monstrous times, and a guide out of them. -- Vijay Prashad, director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.Abolition Geography isn't shallow romanticism. It is a rigorous criticism of capitalist social relations, which foment premature death and needless suffering of the poor and destroy the planet. Abolition geography is a human necessity for there to be freedom and a livable earth. Ruth Wilson Gilmore, one of the foremost revolutionary thinkers on abolition, draws on real historical traditions of getting free, showing us what is possible and necessary. -- Nick Estes, author of Our History is the FutureThis well-crafted assemblage of thirty years worth of Ruthie Gilmore's countless, brilliant interventions is a tremendous gift to our movements. While tending to grounded practices and particularities, Ruthie's meticulous mapping of interconnected histories offers us prescient analyses across scale, geography, and time. At a time of incredible uncertainty and global upheaval, Abolition Geography illuminates a political vocabulary and vision that reorganizes even conventional left ideologies; a tour de force and absolute must read for our collective trajectories of freedom making as world making. -- Harsha Walia, author of Border and Rule and Undoing Border ImperialismThe leaderly wisdom of Ruth Wilson Gilmore infuses this hefty volume, making it an indispensible compendium of practical abolitionism. In her hands, reducing police powers and dismantling the prison industrial complex become immediate matters of political struggle. If you want to come to terms with the movement that shaped the "American Summer" of 2020, this is the best available starting point. -- Paul Gilroy, author of The Black AtlanticRuth Wilson Gilmore is one of the most impactful radical thinkers of our time. This compilation of thirty years' worth of essays, interviews, and co-written reflections, is evidence of the depth and breadth of her extraordinary political praxis. Powerful, provocative, inspiring and inciting, this edited collection offers a formidable indictment of racial capitalism and the carceral state, a deep, complex and multi-faceted portrait of abolitionist work, and a call to action. Readers concerned with freedom-making and liberation will read this brilliant body of work carefully and act decisively. -- Barbara Ransby, activist, historian and author of several books, including Making All Black Lives Matter and Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement.Abolition Geography is a collection of three decades of Ruth Wilson's Gilmore's brilliance in the form of essays and interviews on the politics of abolition as a theorist, researcher and organizer. The result is a precious gift that will be read, studied and cherished for years to come by those of us who believe her when she says to be green we must be red, and to be red our world building must be planetary. -- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author of Noopiming: The Cure for White LadiesAn essential collection of writings from one of the most important thinkers on abolition, geography and racism of our time. -- Karla J. Strand * Ms.Magazine *Abolition Geography is the first collection of writing by this major thinker, activist, and writer in the fields of racism, geography, and incarceration. The book includes essays, articles, and interviews from the last two decades, covering topics such as the origin of mass incarceration and racial violence and the concept of the 'anti-state state'. * Autostraddle *Anyone with an interest in the critical theory of mass incarceration and social justice can't miss this first-ever compendium of writing by one of the most brilliant and radical minds in the field. [An] impactful guidebook for a whole new generation looking to join the movement. * The Chicago Review of Books *For over three decades, Gilmore's work has been crucial to the study of policing and prison abolition...Her newest anthology, Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation, includes essays on policing, capitalism and organizing [that] are more critical than ever two years after the largest street mobilization in decades. Expertly assembled by scholars Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano, the anthology reproduces Gilmore's essays chronologically from 1991 to 2018. The only way to escape the cycles of police violence, protest and retrenchment will be to collectively build popular, abolitionist frameworks for relating to each other. Gilmore's work helps us move toward that goal. -- Andreas Petrossiants * AJ+ *A geographer by training, Gilmore has a sweeping understanding of prisons and policing, one that approaches the issue at scale. If you haven't read her yet, it's a good year to start. -- Lexi McMenamin * Teen Vogue *A scathing exploration of global systems of oppression through a lens of geography, in which [Gilmore] asserts that freedom and liberation are a physical, tangible place - they're material conditions, not platitudes and niceties from ultra-rich politicians. -- Kylie Cheung * Jezebel *Introduced by a stimulating essay by Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano, [Abolition Geography] ranges from theoretical chapters originally published in academic journals to public speeches and interviews conducted with other scholars. This anthology format allows the reader to see how Gilmore introduces, experiments with and then develops ideas in real time, taking us from the 1992 Los Angeles riots to the 2021 neo-fascist attack on the US Capitol building. -- Christopher McMichael * New Frame *Gilmore is clear as a bell: potent and factual on injustice, filled with sharp intelligence and even wit, but also somehow continuously surprising and emotional. With every page, Gilmore forces us to think of race, class, prisons, and the world in entirely new ways. -- Kamil Ahsan * NPR *Gilmore's work is enlightening and informative, a must-read for scholars and activists seeking a complex and interdisciplinary deep dive to effectively drive systemic change...Anyone committed to prison reform and social justice has much to learn from Gilmore's insights about the cognitive work and tactical organizing required to imagine and build an abolitionist future. -- Maileen Hamto * Seattle Book Review *Gilmore's prose is descriptive and direct; it describes a society whose economy has failed too many of its members and whose only solution is to create a police state. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *More than explaining or urging any single scalar change in social life, the purpose of Abolition Geography is to develop the ability of its readers to study the transformations of racial capitalism, figure out what to do about them, and follow through with enough patience to withstand the enormity of the task and enough urgency to get it done...Abolition Geography is written to be used. -- Kay Gabriel * Dissent *As Gilmore always reminds us, theory is a guide for action. This volume is a call to get on with the practice of getting free together. -- Orlando R. Serrano, Jr. * Smithsonian Magazine, Best Books of 2022 *Notable book, 2022 * Seminary Co-op *[Abolition Geography] is only the latest generous and supportive gift from Gilmore to liberation-minded abolitionist movements. This gift seems to be written as a call, an invitation to act and do...Abolition Geography contains fire, grit, and hope as well. -- Brit Schulte * The Avery Review *Gilmore highlights the role of social justice unionism and the ideological work of recognizing the continuum of exploitation and oppression and imperialism. Understanding the prison and policing system enables us to see how racist oppression and worker exploitation function to try to resolve the crisis of capitalism. Our people, our class, and our communities are the victims. * People's World *

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Book Synopsis'The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of ''doing economy'' differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.' - Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US'Let us forget, just for a moment, ''capitalism'' and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.' - Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, FranceTheorising and illustrating diverse, more-than-capitalist economies, this broad-ranging Handbook presents ways in which it is possible to imagine and enact other ways of being. It gathers together empirical examples of diverse economic practices and experiments from across the world, framed by in-depth discussions of key theoretical concepts.Organised into thematic sections, the Handbook moves from looking at diverse forms of enterprise, to labour, transactions, property, and finance as well as decentred subjectivity and diverse economies methodology. Chapters present a wide diversity of economic practices that make up contemporary economies, many of which are ignored or devalued by mainstream economic theory. Pushing the boundaries of economic thinking to include more than human labour and human/non-human interdependence, it highlights the challenges of enacting ethical economies in the face of dominant ways of thinking and being.Economic geography, political economy and development studies scholars will greatly appreciate the empirical examples of diverse economic practices blended with theory throughout the Handbook. It will also benefit policy-makers and practitioners working within diverse economies, or looking to create more ethical ways of living.Trade Review‘This impressive collection of stimulating theorization and descriptions of a multitude of other-than-capitalist economic practices could not have been published at a more pertinent time. The Handbook is truly international in terms of authors’ affiliations and case studies’ geographies, covering the 'minority world' (developed countries) and the 'majority world' (those less developed). The Handbook offers key conceptual tools for housing scholars to unlock the diverse economies of housing. It also makes an inspiring read for students and scholars of any discipline who want to imagine alternative, more ethical futures which are already seeded in the practices of today.’ -- Adriana Mihaela Soaita, Housing, Theory and Society‘The editors and their many contributors have to be congratulated for an impressive volume that succeeds in presenting an empirically grounded and theoretically robust Marxism which is fit for the challenges of the Anthropocene. Whether one agrees with their approach and visions or not, this is a highly recommended read and a valuable resource for teaching on economic practices in our more-than-capitalist world.’ -- Jens Kaae Fisker, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of “doing economy” differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.’ -- Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US‘Let us forget, just for a moment, “capitalism” and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.’ -- Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, France'So much of the world's economy is informal, cooperative, community-based and unwaged: a diverse kaleidoscope of activities, all with their own ecologies, for worse . . . and often for better. How do they work? What work do they do? Finally a global, inclusive, and exhaustive guide to the planet s actually-existing economies.' --Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US'In the face of a zombie capitalism that will not die, The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers the most potent response possible: the fierce creativity of life itself. The 58 essays of this book introduce us to a pluriverse of practical, non-capitalist lifeforms that are humane, socially grounded, and constantly evolving. Be prepared to enter a portal of new perspectives that loosens the grip of the capitalist imaginary and opens up a fertile transdisciplinary space for envisioning and making a new world.' --David Bollier, coauthor of Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons'The Handbook of Diverse Economies marks a major milestone for the influential program of research, action, and experimentation initiated by Gibson-Graham's The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It) some 25 years ago. It presents an array of provocative strategies for ''doing economy'' differently, and for imagining and enacting different economic worlds.' --Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to The Handbook of Diverse Economies : inventory as ethical intervention 1 J.K. Gibson-Graham and Kelly Dombroski PART I ENTERPRISE 2 Framing essay: the diversity of enterprise 26 Jenny Cameron 3 Worker cooperatives 40 Maliha Safri 4 Self-managed enterprise: worker-recuperated cooperatives in Argentina and Latin America 48 Ana Inés Heras and Marcelo Vieta 5 Community enterprise: diverse designs for community-owned energy infrastructure 56 Jarra Hicks 6 Eco-social enterprises: ethical business in a post-socialist context 65 Nadia Johanisova, Lucie Sovová and Eva Fraňková 7 Enterprising new worlds: social enterprise and the value of repair 74 Isaac Lyne and Anisah Madden 8 Anti-mafia enterprise: Italian strategies to counter violent economies 82 Christina Jerne 9 State and community enterprise: negotiating water management in rural Ireland 90 Patrick Bresnihan and Arielle Hesse 10 Independent and small businesses: diversity amongst the 99 per cent of businesses 98 Peter North 11 Homo economicus and the capitalist corporation: decentring authority and ownership 106 Jayme Walenta PART II LABOUR 12 Framing essay: the diversity of labour 116 Katharine McKinnon 13 Precarious labour: Russia’s ‘other’ transition 129 Marianna Pavlovskaya 14 The persistence of informal and unpaid labour: evidence from UK households 137 Colin C. Williams and Richard J. White 15 Paid and unpaid labour: feminist economic activism in a diverse economy 146 Megan Clement-Couzner 16 Caring labour: redistributing care work 154 Kelly Dombroski 17 Non-human ‘labour’: the work of Earth Others 163 Elizabeth Barron and Jaqueline Hess 18 Collectively performed reciprocal labour: reading for possibility 170 Katherine Gibson 19 Informal mining labour: economic plurality and household survival strategies 179 Pryor Placino 20 Migrant women’s labour: sustaining livelihoods through diverse economic practices in Accra, Ghana 186 Chizu Sato and Theresa Tufuor PART III TRANSACTIONS 21 Framing essay: the diversity of transactions 195 Gradon Diprose 22 Gleaning: transactions at the nexus of food, commons and waste 206 Oona Morrow 23 Direct producer–consumer transactions: Community Supported Agriculture and its offshoots 214 Ted White 24 Direct food provisioning: collective food procurement 223 Cristina Grasseni 25 Alternative currencies: diverse experiments 230 Peter North 26 Transacting services through time banking: renegotiating equality and reshaping work 238 Gradon Diprose 27 Fair trade: market-based ethical encounters and the messy entanglements of living well 246 Lindsay Naylor 28 Social procurement: generating social good through market transactions, directly and indirectly 254 Joanne McNeill 29 Sharing cities: new urban imaginaries for diverse economies 262 Darren Sharp PART IV PROPERTY 30 Framing essay: the diversity of property 271 Kevin St. Martin 31 Commoning property in the city: the ongoing work of making and remaking 283 Anna Kruzynski 32 Community land trusts: embracing the relationality of property 292 Louise Crabtree 33 Urban land markets in Africa: multiplying possibilities via a diverse economy reading 300 Colin Marx 34 A Slow Food commons: cultivating conviviality across a range of property forms 308 Melissa Kennedy 35 Free universities as academic commons 316 Esra Erdem 36 Diverse legalities: pluralism and instrumentalism 323 Bronwen Morgan and Declan Kuch PART V FINANCE 37 Framing essay: the diversity of finance 332 Maliha Safri and Yahya M. Madra 38 Islamic finance: diversity within difference 346 Gemma Bone Dodds and Jane Pollard 39 Rotating savings and credit associations: mutual aid financing 354 Caroline Shenaz Hossein 40 Indigenous finance: treaty settlement finance in Aotearoa New Zealand 362 Maria Bargh 41 Community finance: marshalling investments for community-owned renewable energy enterprises 370 Jarra Hicks 42 Hacking finance: experiments with algorithmic activism 379 Tuomo Alhojärvi PART VI SUBJECTIVITY 43 Framing essay: subjectivity in a diverse economy 389 Stephen Healy, Ceren Özselçuk and Yahya M. Madra 44 More-than-human agency: from the human economy to ecological livelihoods 402 Ethan Miller 45 On power and the uses of genealogy for building community economies 411 Nate Gabriel and Eric Sarmiento 46 Techniques for shifting economic subjectivity: promoting an assets-based stance with artists and artisans 419 Abby Templer Rodrigues 47 Affect and subjectivity: learning to be affected in diverse economies scholarship 428 Gerda Roelvink 48 Diverse subjectivities, sexualities and economies: challenging heteroand homonormativity 436 Gavin Brown 49 Journeys of postdevelopment subjectivity transformation: a shared narrative of scholars from the majority world 444 Anmeng Liu, S.M. Waliuzzaman, Huong Thi Do, Ririn Haryani and Sonam Pem PART VII METHODOLOGY 50 Framing essay: diverse economies methodology 453 Gerda Roelvink 51 Translating diverse economies in the Anglocene 467 Tuomo Alhojärvi and Pieta Hyvärinen 52 Reading for economic difference 476 J.K. Gibson-Graham 53 Field methods for assemblage analysis: tracing relations between difference and dominance 486 Eric Sarmiento 54 Visualizing and analysing diverse economies with GIS: a resource for performative research 493 Luke Drake 55 Working with Indigenous methodologies: Kaupapa Māori meets diverse economies 502 Joanne Waitoa and Kelly Dombroski 56 Action research for diverse economies 511 Jenny Cameron and Katherine Gibson 57 Focusing on assets: action research for an inclusive and diverse workplace 520 Leo Hwang 58 How to reclaim the economy using artistic means: the case of Company Drinks 527 Kathrin Böhm and Kuba Szreder Index 535

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Book SynopsisFinancial capital affects domestic politics, and can finance policies that entrench authoritarian rule. This book presents theoretical foundations, cross-national quantitative analysis, and specific historical examples to challenge existing studies and contribute to important literatures in economics and political science.Trade Review'Faisal Z. Ahmed's study reveals how dictatorships seek foreign capital to sustain their grip on power. previous studies have focused on specific types of capital, such as foreign aid, Ahmed provides a clear, integrated treatment of three major sources: aid, direct investments, and remittances. His conclusion, that these capital flows serve dictatorships in strikingly different ways, is an important contribution to international political economy.' Charles Lipson, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Chicago'Ahmed provides a marvelous multi-method account of how political institutions mediate the international transfer of funds to governments, people, and firms. His theory emphasizes variation in incentives to governments depending on regime type, and his method engages rich statistical evidence, illustrative cases, and careful attention to endogeneity. The Perils of International Capital specifically focuses on autocracies and documents how capital flows in the form of foreign aid, remittances, and foreign direct investment bolster dictatorships. This is an accomplishment in itself. However, the major achievement of the book is in taking us a major step forward to a deeper and fuller comparative understanding of the effects of contemporary globalization.' Margaret Levi, Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California'Scholars of globalization have long thought that openness to capital flows would prove destabilizing to the world's authoritarian regime. The Perils of International Capital shows that the opposite is true, providing a unified theoretical account explaining how foreign sources of financing - aid, remittances, and investment - in fact stabilize authoritarian regimes. Applying rigorous statistical tools to a global dataset, and sensitive to the challenges of causal inference, this book is an essential contribution to the international political economy of authoritarianism and democratization.' Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University'A good book does not close the conversation, but opens it. Faisal Ahmed has written a really good book, opening a conversation about the influence of foreign capital on non-democratic governments.' Erik Jones, SurvivalTable of Contents1. The politics of international capital; 2. International capital and authoritarian survival: a descriptive overview; 3. Foreign rents and rule; 4. Aiding repression; 5. Remittances and autocratic power; 6. Foreign investments in militarism; 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisHarvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porter''s outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work on strategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmental regulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained his integrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics.With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, eTable of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I ; 2. Establishing Strategic Management as an Academic Discipline ; 3. Why Competitive Strategy succeeds - and with whom ; 4. Eclecticism and the Evolution of Strategy Research ; 5. Antecedents and Precedents to Porter's Competitive Strategy ; 6. The Strategic Management Framework: a Methodological and Epistemological Examination ; PART II ; 7. National Economic Development and the Competitive Advantage of Nations ; 8. Domestic Demand, Learning, and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: an Empirical Analysis ; 9. The Growth and Competitiveness of Nations: the Contribution of Michael Porter ; PART III ; 10. Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution ; 11. On Diamonds, Clusters, and Regional Development ; 12. Clusters, Evolutionary Economics, and Policymaking ; 13. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHarvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated it to its current status as an academic discipline. Porter''s outstanding career is also characterized by its cross-disciplinary nature. Following his most important work on strategic management, he then made a leap to the policy side and dealt with a completely different set of analytical units. More recently he has made a foray into inner city development, environmental regulations, and health care services. Throughout these explorations Porter has maintained his integrative approach, seeking a road that links management case studies and the general model building of mainstream economics. With expert contributors from a range of disciplines including strategic management, economic development, Table of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I ; 2. Establishing Strategic Management as an Academic Discipline ; 3. Why Competitive Strategy succeeds - and with whom ; 4. Eclecticism and the Evolution of Strategy Research ; 5. Antecedents and Precedents to Porter's Competitive Strategy ; 6. The Strategic Management Framework: a Methodological and Epistemological Examination ; PART II ; 7. National Economic Development and the Competitive Advantage of Nations ; 8. Domestic Demand, Learning, and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: an Empirical Analysis ; 9. The Growth and Competitiveness of Nations: the Contribution of Michael Porter ; PART III ; 10. Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution ; 11. On Diamonds, Clusters, and Regional Development ; 12. Clusters, Evolutionary Economics, and Policymaking ; 13. Conclusion

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