Economics Books
Pearson Education Limited Foundations of Economics Global Edition
Book SynopsisAbout our authors Robin Bade was an undergraduate at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she earned degrees in mathematics and economics. After a spell teaching high school math and physics, she enrolled in the PhD program at the Australian National University, from which she graduated from in 1970. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, at Bond University in Australia, and at the Universities of Manitoba, Toronto, and Western Ontario in Canada. Her research on international capital flows appears in the International Economic Review and the Economic Record. Robin first taught the principles of economics course in 1970 and has taught it (alongside intermediate macroeconomics and international trade and finance) most years since then. She developed many of the ideas found in this text while conducting tutorials with her students at the University of Western Ontario. Michael Parkin studiTable of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION Getting Started The US and Global Economies The Economic Problem Demand and Supply PART 2: A CLOSER LOOK AT MARKETS Elasticities of Demand and Supply Efficiency of Fairness and Markets PART 3: HOW GOVERNMENTS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMY Government Actions in Markets Taxes Global Markets in Action PART 4: MARKET FAILURES AND PUBLIC POLICY Externalities Public Goods and Common Resources Private Information and Healthcare Markets PART 5: A CLOSER LOOK AT DECISION MAKERS Consumer Choice and Demand Production and Cost PART 6: PRICES, PROFITS, AND INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE Perfect Competition Monopoly Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly PART 7: INCOMES AND INEQUALITY Markets for Factors of Production Economic Inequality PART 8: MONITORING THE MACROECONOMY GDP: A Measure Of Total Production and Income Jobs and Unemployment The CPI and the Cost of Living PART 9: THE REAL ECONOMY Potential GDP and the Natural Unemployment Rate Economic Growth Finance, Saving, and Investment PART 10: THE MONEY ECONOMY The Monetary System Money, Interest, and Inflation PART 11: ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand Aggregate Expenditure Multiplier The Short-Run Policy Tradeoff PART 12: MACROECONOMIC POLICY Fiscal Policy Monetary Policy International Finance
£63.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Economic History of the United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Economics for Business
Book SynopsisWritten specifically for non-specialists, this textbook provides a rigorous and engaging introduction to economics in the context of the business world. Striking the perfect balance between theory and practical application, it draws on interesting real-world examples and case studies from tech companies to football clubs to demonstrate the relevance of key economic concepts and theories to business. Clear and insightful, it is packed with current data and innovative features to bring the subject to life for students. This edition is thoroughly updated to include coverage of topics such as market failure, austerity, international trade and Brexit. The ideal textbook for undergraduate students studying economics on business and management degrees and for use on MBA courses. New to this Edition:- Up-to-date coverage of important topics- A new appendix on the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply (AD-AS) model in Chapter 9- A wealth of new case studies and examples, for example, on US trTrade ReviewEconomics for Business is the best such text on the market. It’s a particularly valuable resource for non-specialist students of economics. * Graham Brownlow, Queen’s University Belfast, UK *Magnificent job from Mulhearn and Vane on this textbook which truly stands out from the crowd. It is an excellent example of how contemporary real-world economics can be traced back to the fundamental principles of economics. Easy to read, comprehensive and packed with questions that provoke critical thinking, this is a must have textbook. * Panos Fouskas, University of Birmingham, UK *With a clear and engaging style and steady stream of examples and case studies, this book does an excellent job of connecting the central concepts in economics to day-to-day business operations. I highly recommend it to students and professionals who are seeking new approaches in addition to ‘classical’ thinking and explanation. * Joost van Hilst, Avans University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands *Economics for Business strikes a wonderful balance between clear economic analysis and engaging material throughout, bringing the subject to life better than any economics textbook I have encountered. New features in this edition explain key economic concepts, theories and ideas in understandable and interesting ways, linking these with familiar everyday issues. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the economic world in which we live. * Christopher Dent, Edge Hill University, UK *This book is easy to read and understand, and its chapter structure enables tutors and students to customize teaching and learning to their needs. This is rare in other textbooks. It is also full of useful practical examples and case studies illustrating the application of economics to business. * Essa Bah, University of Birmingham Dubai, UAE *Table of Contents1. Economics and business 2. The market 3. The firm 4. Firms' costs and revenues 5. Market concentration and power 6. Business and government 7. Factor markets 8. The macroeconomy, macroeconomic policy and business 9. Unemployment: causes and cures 10. Inflation: causes and cures 11. Economic growth and business cycles 12. Stabilizing the economy 13. International trade 14. The balance of payments and exchange rates 15. Globalization.
£51.29
Hodder Education Aiming for an A in A-level Economics
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: EconomicsFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Master the skills you need to set yourself apart and hit the highest grades; this year-round course companion develops the higher-order thinking skills that top-achieving students possess, providing step-by-step guidance, examples and tips for getting an A grade.Written by experienced author and teacher James Powell, Aiming for an A in A-level Economics:- Helps you develop the 'A grade skills' of analysis, evaluation, creation and application- Takes you step by step through specific skills you need to master in A-level Economics, so you can apply these skills and approach each exam question as an A/A* candidate- Clearly shows how to move up the grades with sample responses annotated to highlight the key features of A/A* answers- Helps you practise to achieve the levels expected of top-performing students, using in-class or homework activities and further reading tasks that stretch towards university-level study- Perfects exam technique through practical tips and examples of common pitfalls to avoid - Cultivates effective revision habits for success, with tips and strategies for producing and using revision resourcesSupports the major exam boards, outlining the Assessment Objectives for reaching the higher levels under the AQA, Edexcel and OCR specifications.
£14.21
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders
Book SynopsisRanked #7 on Forbes.com''s Top 10 Customer Experience Books of 2024True inclusion happens when leaders stop relying on HR practitioners to own full responsibility for DEI initiatives. The small, intentional daily leadership practices in this book are the key to creating truly inclusive organizations.Diversity and inclusion training and books have flooded the market, but the gap between what is promised and what is delivered is beginning to undermine the progress that has been made.There are millions of people who strive to make a difference in workplace diversity and inclusion. And with this practical, leader-friendly framework, Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders will equip readers with the actionable tools they?ve been searching for.Leaders will learn:? Why they are the key to inclusion? Insights for the lifelong journey? Successful practices they can start today? And moreWith the era of big DEI coming to an end, leaders will make big strides through small daily changes in their processes that lead to creating an inclusive workplace culture. With this toolkit of actions, activities, and tactics leaders will become the foundation of diversity and inclusion in their organization.
£21.25
Berrett-Koehler Publishers The New Rules of Influence
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£17.85
John Murray Press Economics: A complete introduction
Book SynopsisEconomics does not have to be intimidating. This book, complete with case studies and key facts, forms a course which will take you from beginner or intermediate level to being a competent economist. This book includes: simple step-by-step explanations, to help you grasp new topics or those that have previously confused you; highlighted key ideas, to help your understanding; 'Dig Deeper' ideas to help you go further; and end of chapter fact-checks to help you embed your learning and improve your confidence - all in one great value book so you don't need any separate workbooks or coursebooks. Chapters include: How markets work; how consumers behave; how firms behave; how markets distribute incomes; why markets fail; government intervention in markets; measuring the economy's size; money's role in the economy; macroeconomic objectives; achieving full employment and stable prices; achieving sustainable economic growth; the economy and the rest of the world; globalization and regional trading blocs.ABOUT THE SERIESThe Complete Introduction series from Teach Yourself is the ultimate one-stop guide for anyone wanting a comprehensive and accessible entry point into subjects as diverse as philosophy, mathematics, physics, Shakespeare and practical electronics. Loved by students and perfect for general readers who simply want to learn more about the world around them, these books are your first choice for discovering something new.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Introducing Economics : PART ONE: MICROECONOMICS Chapter 2: Chapter 2 How Markets Work Chapter 3: Chapter 3 How Consumers Behave Chapter 4: Chapter 4 How Firms Behave Chapter 5: Chapter 5 How Markets Distribute Incomes Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Markets for (Almost) Everything Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Why Markets Fail Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Why Governments Intervene in Markets PART TWO: PART TWO MACROECONOMICS Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Measuring the Economy's Size Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Money's Role in the Economy Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Macroeconomic Objectives Chapter 12: Chapter 12 Achieving Full Employment and Stable Prices Chapter 13: Chapter 13 Achieving Sustainable Economic Growth Chapter 14: Chapter 14 The Economy and the Rest of the World Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Globalisation and Regional Trading Blocs :
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Regnery Publishing Inc Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of
Book SynopsisLegendary economist, investor, tech philosopher, and public treasure George Gilder argues that a hard-driving culture of entrepreneurial ideas is now in conflict with a growing mindset of government regulation combined with a total surrender of the individual imagination. The winner of this battle may determine a new paradigm of economics and thought for the next century, whether we like it or not.Ronald Reagan’s most-quoted living author—George Gilder—is back with an all-new paradigm-shifting theory of capitalism that will upturn conventional wisdom. Gilder breaks away from the supply-side model of economics to present a new economic paradigm: the epic conflict between the knowledge of entrepreneurs on one side, and the blunt power of government on the other. The knowledge of entrepreneurs, and their freedom to share and use that knowledge, are the sparks that light up the economy and set its gears in motion. The power of government to regulate, stifle, manipulate, subsidize or suppress knowledge and ideas is the inertia that slows those gears down, or keeps them from turning at all. One of the twentieth century’s defining economic minds has returned with a new philosophy to carry us into the twenty-first. Knowledge and Power is a must-read for fiscal conservatives, business owners, CEOs, investors, and anyone interested in propelling America’s economy to future success.
£999.99
Intellect Books Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the current European media in a period of disruptive transformation. It maps the full scope of contemporary media policy and industry activities while also assessing the impact of new technologies and radical changes in distribution and consumption on media practices, organizations, and strategies. Combining a critical assessment of media systems with a thematic approach, it can serve as a resource for scholars or as a textbook, as well as a source of good practices for steering media policy, international communication, and the media landscape across Europe.Table of ContentsWhy Study Media Policy and Regulation? Hannu Neiminen Is Content Still King? Trends and Challenges in the Production and Distribution of Television Content in Europe Tim Raats, Jeanette Steamers and Karen Donders Media Economics and Transformation in a Digital Europe Tom Evens Media Governance: More than a Buzzword Werner A. Meier Subsidies: Fuel for Media Josef Trappel Public Service Media in Western Europe Today: Ten Countries Compared Hilde van den Bulck, Leen d'Haenens and Tim Raats The Europeanization of the European Media: The Incremental Cultivation of the EU Media Policy Stylianos Papathanassopoulos The Council of Europe: Ensuring the Freedom and Independence of Europe's Media Tarlach McGonagle Europe's Internet Policies: The Challenge of Maintaining an Open Internet Christian Möller and Tarlach McGonagle Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand? Josef Trappel and Hannu Nieminen Media Diversity and Pluriformity: Hybrid 'Regimes' across Europe Leen d'Haenens, Elke Ichau, Hanne Vadenberghe and Pascal Verhoest Testing the Boundaries: Evolving Norms and Troubling Trends for Journalism Auské Balčytiene, Karin Raeymackers and Elena Vartanova
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Vintage Publishing Austerity: Vintage Minis
Book SynopsisVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.How do we choose between what is fair and just, and what our debtors demand of us? Yanis Varoufakis was put in such a dilemma in 2015 when he became the finance minister of Greece. In this rousing book, he charts the absurdities that underpin calls for austerity, as well as his own battles with a bureaucracy bent on ignoring the human cost of its every action. Passionately outspoken and tuned to the voices of the oppressed, Varoufakis presents a guide to modern economics, and its threat to democracy, like no other. Selected from the books And the Weak Suffer What They Must? and Adults in the Room
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Profile Books Ltd Free Lunch: Easily Digestible Economics - revised
Book Synopsis'Free of jargon, obfuscation and interminable subordinate clauses, his prose is just the job' The Times A fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide. The economy has never been so relevant to so many people as it is now. 'There's no such thing as a free lunch' is the one phrase everyone has heard from economics. But why not? What does economics tell us about the price of lunch - and everything else? Set out like a good lunchtime conversation, Free Lunch will escort you through the mysteries of the economy. Your guides will be some of the greatest names in the field, including Smith, Marx and Keynes. This clever and witty introduction to economics is essential reading in these times of economic uncertainty, and far more satisfying than even the most gourmet banquet.Trade ReviewDavid Smith skilfully cuts through the mind-numbing waffle that surrounds much of modern economics, delivering a highly accessible guide to a subject that many claim to understand but very few do. -- Jeff Randall, BBC Business EditorSmith ... is an amiable and talented dining companion -- Martin Hemming * Observer *Free of jargon, obfuscation and interminable subordinate clauses, his prose is just the job -- Ross Leckie * The Times *
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The National Debt
Book SynopsisThe story of our National Debt told through key events in British history.
£14.24
Taylor & Francis Ltd Management Teams
Book Synopsis• Benefit from Belbin’s own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice• Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the workplace• Real-life case studies show how to apply the theory in practiceMeredith Belbin’s unique and widely-read work on teams has become part of everyday language for organizations around the world. For every manager, getting the most from their team is paramount in achieving superior results. Belbin’s vital area of management research supersedes the usual preoccupations with qualifications and experience, considering instead the Team Role behaviours which shape everyday interactions in teams.Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail is an account of the experimental study of management teams at Henley Management College from which Belbin’s unique Team Role theory developed. Now in its third edition the original theory has been fully updated and rewritten in parts by the author, with chapter summaries and updated illustrations. This is the original book by Meredith Belbin, offering the only authoritative explanation of how Belbin’s world-famous Team Role language came into being.Download and print a free, full-page summary of Team Roles with their icons, descriptions, strengths and allowable weaknesses from http://www.belbin.com/books/books.htmR. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.Related TitleBelbin: Team Roles at Work, 2e, ISBN: 978-1-85617-800-6Trade Review'Overall, the combination of Belbin’s easy prose style and the use of chapter summaries means that this is a very accessible work. While the focus on empiricism will not appeal to all readers, it provides a fascinating insight into the development of one of the most influential management theories of our time.'Rob Palethorpe, Industrial and Commercial Training JournalTable of ContentsChapter 1 Making Teams Effective; Chapter 2 The Apollo Syndrome; Chapter 3 Teams Containing Similar Personalities; Chapter 4 Creativity in the Team; Chapter 5 Team Leadership; Chapter 6 Other Key Team Roles; Chapter 7 Unsuccessful Teams; Chapter 8 Winning Teams; Chapter 9 Ideal Team Size; Chapter 10 Features of Good Members of a Team; Chapter 11 Designing a Team; Chapter 12 Teams in Public Affairs; Chapter 13 Thirty Years Later;
£42.99
Springer International Publishing AG Austerity vs Stimulus: The Political Future of
Book SynopsisThis timely book debates the economic and political logic of the austerity policies that have been implemented in the UK and in the Eurozone since 2010 and asks whether there is any alternative for these countries in the years ahead. The work reconsiders the austerity versus stimulus debate through the voices of those who proposed the successful idea of expansionary austerity and those who opposed it. The editors have brought together a collection of articles written by some of the most notable figures in the discipline, including the likes of Alberto Alesina, Ken Rogoff, Tim Besley, David Graeber, Vince Cable, and Paul Krugman. The book also features the debate between Niall Ferguson and Robert Skidelsky. These leading thinkers unveil a world where economists are far from agreeing on economic policy, and where politics often dominates the discussion. The question of whether the British government should have opted for austerity runs through the book, as well as how sustained economic recovery should be encouraged in the future. Scholars, students and members of the general public with an interest in the financial crisis and its lingering aftermath will find this work invaluable.Table of ContentsIntroduction. -1. The Politics of the Debate.- 2. The Two Sides of the Debate.- 3. Contemporary Arguments for Austerity.- 4. Contemporary Arguments for Stimulus.- 5. Confidence: The Object of the Debate.- 6. Austerity vs Stimulus in the UK.- 7. What's Next.
£22.79
Pearson Education Limited Economics for the IB Diploma
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£58.00
Princeton University Press The Wealth of a Nation
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Princeton University Press The Global City New York London Tokyo
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£14.24
Princeton University Press The Code of Capital
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics""One of the Financial Times' Readers' Best Books of 2019""One of Business Insider's Richard Feloni's best books of 2019 on how we can rethink today's capitalism and improve the economy""A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019"
£19.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Econometrics For Dummies
Book SynopsisScore your highest in econometrics? Easy. Econometrics can prove challenging for many students unfamiliar with the terms and concepts discussed in a typical econometrics course. Econometrics For Dummies eliminates that confusion with easy-to-understand explanations of important topics in the study of economics.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Econometrics 5 Chapter 1: Econometrics: The Economist’s Approach to Statistical Analysis 7 Chapter 2: Getting the Hang of Probability 21 Chapter 3: Making Inferences and Testing Hypotheses 39 Part II: Building the Classical Linear Regression Model 59 Chapter 4: Understanding the Objectives of Regression Analysis 61 Chapter 5: Going Beyond Ordinary with the Ordinary Least Squares Technique 75 Chapter 6: Assumptions of OLS Estimation and the Gauss-Markov Theorem 93 Chapter 7: The Normality Assumption and Inference with OLS 111 Part III: Working with the Classical Regression Model 135 Chapter 8: Functional Form, Specification, and Structural Stability 137 Chapter 9: Regression with Dummy Explanatory Variables 153 Part IV: Violations of Classical Regression Model Assumptions 173 Chapter 10: Multicollinearity 175 Chapter 11: Heteroskedasticity 191 Chapter 12: Autocorrelation 209 Part V: Discrete and Restricted Dependent Variables in Econometrics 229 Chapter 13: Qualitative Dependent Variables 231 Chapter 14: Limited Dependent Variable Models 253 Part VI: Extending the Basic Econometric Model 265 Chapter 15: Static and Dynamic Models 267 Chapter 16: Diving into Pooled Cross-Section Analysis 281 Chapter 17: Panel Econometrics 291 Part VII: The Part of Tens 305 Chapter 18: Ten Components of a Good Econometrics Research Project 307 Chapter 19: Ten Common Mistakes in Applied Econometrics 315 Appendix: Statistical Tables 321 Index 327
£18.69
Princeton University Press Career and Family
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An Economist Book of the Year""A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book""A Wall Street Journal Favorite Political Book of the Year""A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year""Winner of the Richard A. Lester Book Award, Industrial Relations Section Industrial Relations Section""Career and Family is a radical book. It is also brilliantly researched and argued."---Lily Meyer, New Republic"[Career and Family] looks at how women have struggled to balance work and home over the decades. Among its many takeaways is the notion that female participation in the workplace changes the very nature of work."---Rana Foroohar, Financial Times"Goldin weaves together complicated data sets that no one else thought to look at. . . . [She] brings such data to life."---Joan C. Williams, Times Literary Supplement"There are many reasons to read [Career and Family]. The main one being that [it is] excellent. . . . Goldin is a natural teacher, which comes across on the page. The book is also, in some ways, deeply personal."---Emily Oster, ParentData"Provocative and compelling." * The Economist *"[Career and Family] traces the history of work and family for college-educated women, and diagnoses what still troubles their careers today." * The Economist *"In this deeply researched, engagingly written, and surprisingly personal book, Goldin summarizes the history and current state of gender disparities in employment and pay, both in general and specifically for college-educated women."---Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs"This is no ordinary book. . . . Goldin has written a chatty, readable sequel to [Betty] Friedan’s [The Feminine Mystique], destined itself to become a paperback best-seller—all the more persuasive because it is rooted in the work of hundreds of other labor economists and economic historians over the years."---David Warsh, Economic Principals"Combining diligent research with acute observations, accessible case studies, and practical solutions, this is a refreshing take on a pernicious social problem." * Publishers Weekly *"A must-read for those who care about gender gaps. . . . Goldin does a compelling job of running through the historical data, providing the surrounding cultural context, and explaining how technological and legal changes affected women over the years. . . . In Career and Family, Goldin expertly lays out the history of college-grad women’s advances in the work force, and she carefully dissects where the remaining gender gap originates."---Robert VerBruggen, Institute for Family Studies"This book is a must-read."---Melissa Davies, Society of Professional Economists"Goldin’s research carries important implications for addressing gender equality within the economics profession."---Leonora Risse, The Conversation, Australia & New Zealand"Why do women still tend to earn less than men? There is nobody better placed to answer that question than economic historian Claudia Goldin, the winner of the 2023 Nobel memorial prize in economics. Her answer tells us how to fight unfairness, but also how to create saner and more productive working lives for everybody." * Financial Times *
£19.80
Penguin Books Ltd The End of Poverty
Book SynopsisJeffrey Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University as well as Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. He is internationally renowned for his work as economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa.
£11.69
WW Norton & Co Naked Statistics Stripping the Dread from the
Book SynopsisA New York Times bestseller "Brilliant, funny…the best math teacher you never had." —San Francisco ChronicleTrade Review"Sparkling and intensely readable…A riff on basic statistics that is neither textbook nor essay but a happy amalgam of the two." -- New York Times"Naked Statistics is an apt title. Charles Wheelan strips away the superfluous outer garments and exposes the underlying beauty of the subject in a way that everyone can appreciate." -- Hal Varian, chief economist at Google"[Wheelan] does something unique here: he makes statistics interesting and fun. His book strips the subject of its complexity to expose the sexy stuff underneath." -- The Economist"Almost anyone interested in sports, politics, business, and the myriad of other areas in which statistics rule the roost today will benefit from this highly readable, on target, and important book." -- Frank Newport, Gallup editor-in-chief"A fun, engaging book that shows why statistics is a vital tool for anyone who wants to understand the modern world." -- Jacob J. Goldstein, NPR’s Planet Money"Two phrases you don’t often see together: ‘statistics primer’ and ‘rollicking good time.’ Until Charlie Wheelan got to it, that is. This book explains the way statistical ideas can help you understand much of everyday life." -- Austan Goolsbee, professor of economics at the University of Chicago and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers"A well written, surprisingly funny, and enthusiastic primer on statistics…It is hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to a field with an undeserved reputation for inaccessibility." -- New Republic"With humor and an engaging conversational style, [Wheelan] walks the reader through the basics of statistical concepts and their applications, using real-world examples to illustrate how statistics work and why they matter. All in all, it’s an excellent book." -- Science News"Naked Statistics is the book that I wish I had in 1991, the year that I took stats during my first semester at grad school…Wheelan is a master of explaining the core concepts and methods of statistics in a way that is both accessible and relevant. He is clearly a master teacher, and his gifts are in abundant display in Naked Statistics." -- Inside Higher Ed
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Oneworld Publications The New Urban Crisis: Gentrification, Housing
Book SynopsisNever before have our cities been as important as they are now. The drivers of innovation and growth, they are essential to the prosperity of nations. But they are also destructive, plunging us into housing crises and deepening inequality. How can we keep the good and break free of the bad? In this bracingly original work of research and analysis, leading urbanist Richard Florida explores the roots of this new crisis and puts forward a plan to make this the century of the fairer, thriving metropolis.Trade Review‘Richard Florida is the great pioneer thinker who first explained how the influx of creative people was reviving cities…[he] takes a hard look at the problems and, as usual, comes up with some smart new policies.’ -- Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of The Innovators‘Deserves to stand alongside Thomas Piketty’s Capital as an essential diagnosis of our contemporary ills, and a clear-eyed prescription of how to cure them… Anyone interested in the crisis of inequality and in the vitality of our cities will want to read this book.’ -- Steven Johnson, bestselling author of How We Got To Now‘A powerful account – packed with evidence – of the forces driving urban segregation and deepening inequality and the way private wealth and power outflanks the poor and powerless.’ -- Stewart Lansley, author of A Sharing Economy and co-author of Breadline Britain‘Like the superstar cities it describes, this book is dense, complex and stimulating. Florida’s well-researched and fluent exposé of inequality is a wake-up call to all the major actors engaged in planning, designing and managing cities in the 21st century.’ -- Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics‘Using data as his torch, Richard Florida shines a light on one of the great challenges of our century.’ -- Charles Montgomery, author of Happy City‘Bracingly confronts this tension between big-city elites and the urban underclass.’ * Wall Street Journal *‘The New Urban Crisis is well worth reading for the original research, clear-headed critique and the skilled analysis of solid data… Florida writes in personally positioned transparent language without taking refuge in academic jargon, making the book accessible to a broad audience.’ * New York Journal of Books *‘Cites are engines for prosperity and progress, but it’s essential that the benefits extend far and wide. Florida proposes promising ideas for building stronger cities that offer greater opportunities for all.’ -- Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City‘[Florida] vividly expose[s] how gentrification, followed by rising housing costs, concentrated affluence and glaring inequality, has pushed the displaced into deteriorating suburbs far from mass transit, employment, services and decent schools… [The New Urban Crisis is] nuanced and proposes solutions.’ * Washington Post *
£10.44
Hodder Education Economics for the IB Diploma Prepare for Success
Book SynopsisSupport your students to achieve their best grade with the ultimate course companion; providing clear and concise explanations of all new framework requirements and topics, with exam practice questions to strengthen and develop learning.- Build confidence and reinforce skills with guidance on how to include key concept, content and context connections into exam answers.- Practise and revise effectively from a range of strategies and a variety of high-achieving example answers.- Achieve the best grades through advice given from a highly experienced author on how to approach and explore a topic through inquiry, including additional top tips and common mistakes.- Focus revision by using key terms with definitions listed for each of the nine key concepts of the new course.- Answers are available to download for free: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/ib-extras
£25.65
Taylor & Francis Hospitality Management
Book SynopsisThis engaging and accessible textbook takes an international approach, gives students an opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles of hospitality management whilst being exposed to real-life examples that influence todayâs hospitality marketplace.This insightful and richly illustrated book is logically structured, comprising 14 carefully crafted chapters which follow the curriculum. Key features include: Engaging content on the latest trends in hospitality management in a post-COVID world, including innovation, technology, and sustainability. Unique core concepts are supported by international case studies to illuminate the practical realities of hospitality management in different parts of the world â each chapter includes two case studies, with questions to encourage further analysis and discussion. Each chapter contains âIndustry Voicesâ and âTechnology in Practiceâ boxes, detailed reference lists, and links to relevant websites and videos. The book is also accompanied by additional online teaching resources, including PowerPoint slides for each chapter, a test bank of questions, and links to further resources such as additional case studies and videos. This volume is a vital resource for undergraduate hospitality students, as well as educators and practitioners globally.
£51.29
Berrett-Koehler Publishers The Hidden History of the American Dream
Book SynopsisAmerica?s most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to bring it back.The widening wealth gap is all too familiar to many Millennials and GenZers, especially when home ownership and the lack of debt seem like faraway fantasies. And it?s no surprise when they only hold about 4.6% of the country?s wealth while Boomers held 22% at around the same age. So what happened to the promise of the American Dream?In this new, final entry of his celebrated Hidden History Series, Thom Hartmann uncovers the rise of the American middle class through the progressive policies of FDR, through to its downfall with the increasing privatization and economic deregulations of the Reagan era.He also explores potential solutions including: Wealth and inheritance taxes to lessen economic inequality Supporting unions through increasing labor rights Renationalizing public spaces and transportation The American Dream often remains just a dream for many, but this book highlights what needs to be done to take it back and help make it a reality for us all.
£16.19
Princeton University Press A Crash Course on Crises
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Regnery Publishing Inc Life after Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the
Book SynopsisAuthor of national bestseller Life After Google and generation-defining Wealth and Poverty, venture capitalist, futurist, and pioneering thinker extraordinaire George Gilder pinpoints how the clash of creativity with power at the heart of economic systems leads to global cognitive dissonance and argues that the creation of the novel taps capitalism's infinite promise and is humanity's only path of escape from stagnation and tyranny. Gilder once more rocks the archetypes of modern information theory and economics with a paradigm-shifting salvo of sheer brilliance.The capitalist era is over—get ready for life after capitalism.For more than two hundred years, capitalism spread wealth around the globe, bringing unprecedented prosperity and progress, liberating human potential. But something has gone terribly wrong in the world economy. Creativity and faith in the future—capitalism’s crucial ingredients—seem to have run out. The elites think they can maintain a nation’s wealth by printing money and investing it in favored industries. Their trust in bureaucratic experts, their cautionary paranoia, and their delusional belief that they can “control” everything from the spread of a virus to the weather, are sucking the life out of the economy. Ordinary people, their freedoms restricted, their prospects dim, are losing their faith in their institutions. Such misguided corporatism and pride, confusion and despair, are the result of a deep misunderstanding of capitalism itself. The bestselling futurist and venture capitalist George Gilder explains why economics is not an incentive system to be manipulated but an information system to be freed. Material resources are essentially as plentiful as the atoms of the universe. What drives economic growth in a free market is our limitless human ingenuity and creativity. Prophetic, inspiring, and paradigm-shifting, Life after Capitalism is a once-in- a-generation classic.
£18.70
The University of Chicago Press An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the
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Princeton University Press Adaptive Markets Financial Evolution at the Speed
Book SynopsisA new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behavior Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe--and as financial bubbles, crashes, and crises suggest. This is one of the biggest debates in economics and the value or futility of investment management and financial regulation hang on the outcome. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Lo cuts through this debate with a new framework, the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis, in which rationality and irrationality coexist. Drawing on psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and other fields, Adaptive Markets shows that the theory of market efficiency isn't wrong but merely incomplete. When markets are unstable, investors react instinctively, creating inefficiencies for others to exploit. Lo's new paradigm expl
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Oxford University Press A Dictionary of Economics
Book SynopsisThis authoritative and comprehensive dictionary contains clear, concise definitions of approximately 3,500 key economic terms. Covering all aspects of economics including economic theory and policy, applied microeconomics and macroeconomics, labour economics, public economics and public finance, monetary economics, and environmental economics, this is the essential reference work in this area. The new edition of this dictionary has been updated to include entries on China, India, and South America, to reflect the increase in prominence of these regions in the global economy. There is strong coverage of international trade and many entries on economic organizations and institutions from around the world. Fully revised to keep up to date with this fast-moving field, this new edition expands the coverage to include entries such as austerity measures, General Anti Abuse Rule, propensity score matching, and shadow bank.Entries are supplemented by entry-level web links, which are listed and Trade ReviewConcise definitions are provided, helpful to new students and to anyone slightly fuzzy about exactly what it means (yet not wanting to be bamboozled)... So a useful and value-for-money desk-reference tool for anyone reading intelligent economic commentary or striving to write a convincing essay for a tutor. * Stuart Hannabuss (Independent Reviewer and Researcher, Aberdeen, UK) Reference Reviews, Volume 31, Number 6, 2017 *Table of ContentsPREFACE; DICTIONARY; APPENDICES
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Penguin Putnam Inc Fed Up
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Jump
Book SynopsisTrade Review"My friend, Steve Harvey, has an amazing gift to inspire, encourage and motivate people toward their dreams. In his new book, Jump, he'll show you through his own experiences, how to discover your gifts, envision your dreams and take the steps to become all you were created to be. He's impacted my life, and I know Jump will impact yours." -- Joel Osteen, Pastor and New York Times Bestselling Author This is the principle that spectators could never see from the grandstand of playing it safe! When in fact, anyone who's ever done anything monumental in their lives knows, that sooner or later one has to stand on the brink of peril and promise. It is what one does on the precipice of opportunity that determines the outcome. Steve Harvey shares with us what makes some 'Jump' while others turn sadly away only to eulogize the opportunity and bemoan the circumstances that discouraged them from action. Steve Harvey has done the leaping right before our eyes. Now he is committed to sharing the principles and preparations that he and others used to override their fears and surge into their unique destiny! Your first JUMP is to read his book! It will make the next JUMP so much easier! -- Bishop T.D. Jakes, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
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Princeton University Press Animal Spirits How Human Psychology Drives the
Book SynopsisFrom blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, 'animal spirits' are driving financial events worldwide. This book aims to challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and puts forward a fresh vision that can transform economics and restore prosperity.Trade ReviewRobert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics George A. Akerlof, Co-Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics Winner of the 2009 Book Award, getAbstract International Winner of the 2009 Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security, TIAA-CREF Winner of the 2009 Finance Book of the Year, CBN (China Business News) Financial Value Ranking Shortlisted for the 2009 Book of the Year, Financial Times//Goldman Sachs Business Featured on the Financial Times (FT.com)'s Books of the Year list Listed on Bloomberg.com in a review by James Pressley as two of "our favorite financial-crisis books this year." "Akerlof and Shiller are the first to try to rework economic theory for our times. The effort itself makes their book a milestone... And their book takes their case not just to economists, but also to the general reader. It is short (176 pages of text) and easy enough for laymen to understand."--Louis Uchitelle, New York Times Book Review "There is barely a page of Animal Spirits without a fascinating fact or insight."--John Lanchester, New Yorker "Akerlof and Shiller succeed, too, in demonstrating that conventional macroeconomic analyses often fail because they omit not just readily observable facts like unemployment and institutions such as credit markets but also harder-to-document behavioral patterns that fall within the authors' notion of 'animal spirits.' Confidence plainly matters, and so does the absence of it. When the public mood swings from exuberance to anxiety, or even fear, the effect on asset prices as well as on economic activity outside the financial sector can be large."--Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Review of Books "Animal Spirits [is] ... the new must-read in Obamaworld."--Michael Grunwald, Time "[Animal Spirits] really applies to all the big areas where we need change."--Peter Orszag, Obama budget director (quoted from Time magazine article) "White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is a numbers guy, a propeller head as President Obama would say. But as David Von Drehle and I write in this week's print version of Time, Orszag has been spending his time recently reading not about spreadsheets, but about psychology. In particular, he has been reading a new book by the economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller called Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives The Economy, and Why It Matters For Global Capitalism... We are, it turns out, slaves to the Animal Spirits. They have brought us to our knees. And now they are the only things that can save us."--Michael Scherer, Time.com's Swampland "In their new book, two of the most creative and respected economic thinkers currently at work, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, argue that the key is to recover Keynes's insight about 'animal spirits'--the attitudes and ideas that guide economic action. The orthodoxy needs to be rebuilt, and bringing these psychological factors into the core of economics is the way to do it... The connections between their thinking on the limits to conventional economics and the issues thrown up by the breakdown are plain, even if they were unable to make every link explicit. Even more than Akerlof and Shiller could have hoped, therefore, it is a fine book at exactly the right time... Animal Spirits carries its ambition lightly--but is ambitious nonetheless. Economists will see it as a kind of manifesto."--Clive Crook, Financial Times "An influential Democrat who was also one of the world's top-ten, highest-paid hedge fund managers last year thinks he knows which book is at the top of the White House reading list this spring: Animal Spirits, the powerful new blast of behavioural economics from Nobel prize-winner George Akerlof and Yale economist Robert Shiller."--Financial Times "Akerlof and Shiller remind us that emotional and intangible factors--such as confidence in institutions, illusions about the nature of money or a sense of being treated unfairly--can affect how people make decisions about borrowing, spending, saving and investing. Animal Spirits is an affectionate tribute to the man [John Maynard Keynes] whose ideas, unfashionable for the past 30 years, have resurged."--Nature "Animal Spirits is a welcome addition to our Hannitized national economic debate, in which anyone who advocates government spending risks being labeled a socialist... Animal Spirits is most compelling when the authors summon all the key behavioral patterns to explain vast, complex phenomena such as the Great Depression... Animal Spirits ... [is] aimed squarely at the general reader, and rightly so: Macroeconomics is now everybody's business--the banks are playing with our money."--Andrew Rosenblum, New York Observer "[A] lively new financial crisis book."--James Pressley, Bloomberg News "The two superstars have produced a truly innovative and bold work that attempts to show how psychological factors explain the origins of the current mess and offer clues for possible solutions. At a time when plummeting confidence is dragging down the market and the economy, the authors' focus on the psychological aspect of economics is incredibly important."--Michael Mandel, BusinessWeek "What Sigmund Freud did for the study of the mind, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller are doing for economics. Freud, healer or fake--take your pick--built a career and a field of medicine on the idea that people are driven by irrational forces. Akerlof, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, and Shiller, the Yale economist who is the eminence grise of the housing meltdown, argue that massive government market intervention programs are the only way to turn fear into enthusiasm for spending and investing--the 'animal spirits' that are an essential part of recovery... Akerlof and Shiller pick up on the idea of the emotional impetus to investment. With elegant reasoning and lovely prose, they demonstrate that we'll all be wallowing in misery unless governments around world, especially the in the G7 nations, help to return markets to optimism... Animal Spirits is a fine discussion of the last few decades of development of economic theory, especially monetary economics."--Andrew Allentuck, The Globe & Mail "[T]his book is rather more than the usual lament about the failings of economics. Its authors are two of the discipline's leading lights... Most of the time, the unrealistic assumption of rationality serves economists fairly well. They should, however, be more prepared to depart from it, especially in times like these--even if that makes behaviour more difficult to describe in elegant equations. Messrs Akerlof and Shiller have therefore done their profession a service."--The Economist "With Animal Spirits we hone in on how incentives and narratives can be created to channel the human psychological factor into collectively healthy directions, and how to be aware of the fictions we tell ourselves about how we wish the world and greed and financial security worked. [Animal Spirits] sheds light on complex issues and leaves readers with a better grasp of undercurrents and--most importantly--a rediscovered belief in principles of common sense and caution."--Daily Kos "The new book from George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, Animal Spirits, has been getting a lot of press of late, and quite rightly: it's really good. It's not only very readable; it also offers a compelling vision of a very different type of macroeconomics--one where behavioral considerations are front and center, rather than simply providing what Clive Crook calls 'ad hoc modifications' to the standard, ridiculously oversimplified and unrealistic, model... [I]f you read only one book on this subject, make it Animal Spirits."--Felix Salmon, Portfolio.com "As George Akerlof and Robert Shiller show in a new book Animal Spirits, this is no freak storm. It may mark the long-awaited encounter between psychology and economics... Akerlof and Shiller's book is probably the first macroeconomic exploration of the subject that is accessible to those interested in the subject but who don't have the academic training to understand the detailed argument."--Mint "My book of the week is an easy one this time around: it's Animal Spirits, by Robert Shiller and George Akerlof... Admittedly, I'm biased as a fan of both Shiller's and Akerlof's. Believe me, however, when I say the blessedly brief Animal Spirits is a thoughtful and well-written look at how economics discarded psychology and lost its way on the trip from Adam Smith, through Keynesianism, to laissez-faire. The book puts the current crisis in a useful economic context, with consistent and practical selections from behavioral finance illuminating everything along the way... Highly recommended."--Paul Kedrosky, SeekingAlpha "Another contribution to the human-nature-ensures-economics-is-irrational school of thought. But, unlike many of the rants against people trying to make an honest profit, this is a measured examination of how the present crisis is explained in economic terms. And so it should be. George Akerlof is a Nobel prizewinner, Robert Shiller teaches at Yale and is the author of Irrational Exuberance, which should give you an idea of this one's approach. This fascinating work uses economics to explain real-life issues, such as real estate price cycles, to key policy problems, such as the relationship between inflation and employment."--Stephen Matchett, The Australian "George Akerlof and Rober Shiller's Animal Spirits is a plea to start believing our lying eyes rather than the model. Rather than try to explain away the apparent irrationality in human behaviour, Akerlof and Shiller say we need to try to understand it and shape policies that take it into account... The core message of Animal Spirits is that we should stop trying to cage the spirits and instead admit their central importance. Specifically, this means that world governments will need to intervene forcefully in the current economic crisis with both fiscal stimulus and direct measures to stimulate lending--to restore some of the confidence that the crash has sapped."--Matthew Yglesias, The National "In saluting Keynes' quip, Akerlof and Shiller argue that much of the story is in the unreliability and incompleteness of supposedly rational behavior--the micro-foundation of the free-market model. They contend that modern economics, even self-described Keynesian economics, has given short shrift to this core behavioral insight... Their best chapter is on the limited capacity of central banks to prevent or cure calamities."--Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect "Akerlof and Shiller take psychological research seriously, and it's refreshing to see that they're not trying to reinvent the wheel... The book is an interesting read and would probably be very useful for an undergrad class that needs an introduction to behavioral economics. A & S do a nice job of moving between the theoretical and the practical, the empirical and the implied. The writing is accessible and the topic is more than relevant to our current economic situation."--Orgtheory.net "Animal Spirits is succinct, clear and lively."--Brad Willis, Edmonton Journal "In an intriguing new book, Animal Spirits, US economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller argue that psychology plays a far bigger role in determining economic outcomes than economists realize--and that, broadly speaking, people get what they expect. If we think good times are ahead, we act confidently in a way that creates them. And if we expect a downturn ahead, we act defensively and unwittingly ensure that's what we get."--Tim Colebatch, The Age "The authors are right in pointing out the inadequacy of conventional economics in understanding, not to say addressing, today's economic woes, because they fail to take into account these animal spirits."--Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily "[Animal Spirits] is a short, thoughtful and sometimes simplistic book that calls for a different vision of economics... Animal Spirits may well be a GPS system for a changing economic future."--Gene Rebeck, Delta Sky "Animal Spirits presents a rigorous case for the importance of 'confidence multipliers' and 'stories' in explaining recent market behaviour and of 'fairness' and 'money illusion' in preventing wages from falling in recessions to the market-clearing rate. Written in an accessible style, the book provides a very useful practical primer for policy-makers, practitioners and academics on many aspects of the current crisis. The authors also make a compelling theoretical case for macroeconomists taking more account of the role of non-economic motives and irrational responses."--Richard Bronk, The Business Economist "[T]he authors do a superb job of conveying the importance of bevaioural economics to a non-specialist audience. They increase our understanding of recent economic events and they show that animal spirits affect how governments should manage the economy."--Natalie Gold, Times Higher Education "Animal Spirits offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it and learn how leaders can channel animal spirits--the powerful forces of human psychology that are afoot in the world economy today."--Money Science "[T]his very book seems to be one of the 'must-reads' in the Obama administration."--Andreas Ernst, JASSS "Ideologists are likely to dismiss this volume. However, for other readers--whether their perspectives are quantitative or qualitative--Animal Spirits may fill a troubling gap in existing investigations of the causes of booms and busts."--Thomas H. Wilkins, Investment Professional "Akerlof and Shiller's book is an interesting and thought-provoking attempt to understand how underlying human psychology drives the economy. The questions they pose and the examples they provide should be read by any economist seeking to better understand the differences between what economics predict will occur, and how people actually behave as individuals and within larger groups."--Dmitri Leybman, Midway Review "Animal Spirits, which attempts to leverage the insights of behavioral economics to reanimate the vision of John Maynard Keynes, is perfectly timed for the present moment."--Nick Schulz, Wilson Quarterly "Animal Spirits is exceptional in showing how economics can be accessible and relevant in dealing with this awesome challenge."--Irish Times "A reader would be right in thinking that Animal Spirits is an especially appealing but provocative appetizer that stimulates the interest of unorthodox and anti-orthodox economists everywhere to rewrite macroeconomics as if humans beings with their messy emotions, group dynamics, and all the rest really exist. Readers will also find Animal Spirits an invitation for society to ignore new classical economics in the interest of effective and decent economic policy."--Marcellus Andrews, Challenge "[T]he authors are ... [b]oth ... credited with a deep understanding of economic history, the history of economic thought, and today's global economic environment. That makes this book a 'must read' for anyone seeking insights into recent economic events and seeking ways of crafting government policies to prevent another similar economic downturn."--Jagadeesh Gokhale, Cato JournalTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part One: Animal Spirits Chapter One: Confidence and Its Multipliers 11 Chapter Two: Fairness 19 Chapter Three: Corruption and Bad Faith 26 Chapter Four: Money Illusion 41 Chapter Five: Stories 51 Part Two: Eight Questions and Their Answers Chapter Six: Why Do Economies Fall into Depression? 59 Chapter Seven: Why Do Central Bankers Have Power over the Economy (Insofar as They Do)? 74 Postscript to Chapter Seven: The Current Financial Crisis: What Is to Be Done? 86 Chapter Eight: Why Are There People Who Cannot Find a Job? 97 Chapter Nine: Why Is There a Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run? 107 Chapter Ten: Why Is Saving for the Future So Arbitrary? 116 Chapter Eleven: Why Are Financial Prices and Corporate Investments So Volatile? 131 Chapter Twelve: Why Do Real Estate Markets Go through Cycles? 149 Chapter Thirteen: Why Is There Special Poverty among Minorities? 157 Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion 167 Notes 177 References 199 Index 219
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The World Under Capitalism
Book SynopsisBranko Milanovic is best known as one of the world's leading experts on global inequality. But he is also an unusually wide-ranging and penetrating commentator on subjects across economics and beyond, in politics, history, and culture. This book brings together his most searching, provocative, and entertaining articles of recent years, providing an abundance of vital insights into the evolution and dynamics of the world under capitalism. The volume features important ideas about the struggle to achieve a more equal and prosperous world against not only the predictable forces of deregulation and distraction but new ideas about shrinking the economy to protect the environment. Further from Milanovic's speciality, readers will find an extraordinary array of reflections on subjects including migration, globalization, the politics and economics of Russia and China, the crisis of liberal democracy, economic and literary history, and the intellectual giants of economics. The pieces are united by Milanovic's distinctive voice humane, wry, and realistic and by remarkable erudition worn lightly whether the topic is the fall of Constantinople, Jane Austen, or the mores of contemporary soccer. No one can fail to learn from the book, while the sparkling prose, unexpected observations, and sheer importance of the subjects at hand make it a compelling read from start to finish.
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Hodder Education Pearson Edexcel A-Level Economics Theme 4
Book SynopsisThis new edition Workbook has been fully updated for 2019 and covers Theme 4 A global perspective A-level Paper 2 The national and global economy, and A-level Paper 3 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics will both draw on topics from Theme 4.Up-to-date and focused to help students practice their skills and improve their subject knowledge both inside and outside the classroom, this Practice Workbook:-Covers specific aspects of the course, providing targeted support for complex and challenging topics-Reinforces students' understanding, with more new practice questions and exam-style questions to develop their skills and improve their confidence-Includes more sample answers with commentary to help students meet the demands of the specification-Adapts easily and flexibly to existing textbooks and schemes of work -Provides opportunities for self-directed learning and self-testing, helping students revise on their own terms
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Ebury Publishing The Money Diet revised and updated
Book SynopsisDo you want to cut your bills without cutting back? Are you fed up with being ripped off? Do you want more money in your pocket without changing your lifestyle? With 100 Money Saving pages, this title provides advice on how to pay bills, ways to cut spending, which banks to use and how to choose the best deals on an even greater range of products.Trade ReviewThe greatest money-saving book ever written * The Motley Fool *Teaches you that being good with your money is neither dull nor evil * The Times *tremendously comprehensive * Sunday Times *
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Oxford University Press Neoliberalism
Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringAnchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world''s most dominant economic paradigm. It has been associated with various political leaders from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Bill Clinton, to Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and Manmohan Singh. Neoliberalism even penetrated deeply into communist China''s powerful economic system. However, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the related European Sovereign Debt Crisis triggered a decade of economic volatility and insecurity that boosted the fortunes of the 1 per cent while saddling the 99 per cent with stagnant wages and precarious work. As a result of this Great Recession, neoliberalism fortunes have waned considerably. This downward trend further accelerated with the recent surge of national populism around the world that brought to power outspoken critics of neoliberalism like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro, and Narendra Modi. Is neoliberalism doomed or will it regain its former glory? And what are the major types of neoliberalism, and how did they evolve over the decades? Responding to these crucial questions, this Very Short introduction explores the considerable variations of neoliberalism around the world, and discusses the origins, evolution, and core ideas of neoliberalism. This new edition brings the story of neoliberalism up to date, and asks whether new versions of neoliberalism might succeed in drowning out the rising tide of national populism and its nostalgic longing for a return to territorial sovereignty and national greatness.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1: What's 'neo' about liberalism? 2: Three waves of neoliberalism 3: Neoliberalism in the Asia-Pacific Region 4: Neoliberalism in Latin America and Africa 5: Neoliberalism challenged References and Further Reading Index
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University of Chicago Press The Measure of Economies Measuring Productivity
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd How Economics Works
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MIT Press Causal Analysis
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£51.30
Pearson Education Applied Economics
Book SynopsisAlan Griffiths, BA, MSc, is Reader in Economics in the Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University. Stuart Wall, BA, MSc, is Professor of Business and Economics Education in Anglia Ruskin University, and Head of the Department of International Business and Strategy. They are both authors of Economics for Business and Management', also published by Pearson. Table of ContentsGuided tour Preface Acknowledgements 1 Changes in the economic structure Structure defined Structural change in the UK &n
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Yale University Press Time for Socialism
Book SynopsisA chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyTrade Review“What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from . . . an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with vaguely left-of-center sensibilities but was far from a radical. Yet the times are such . . . that even honest moderates are driven to radical remedies.”—Robert Kuttner, New York Times“The ideas propounded are influential and represent a stream of thought which has considerable resonance both in Europe and the UK.”—Bridget Rosewell, Reading Room for the Society of Professional Economists“Lively, thought-provoking, grounded in facts, and resolutely optimistic—these essays grapple with the big questions of our time, from the rise of Trumpism and Brexit, to gender inequality and wealth taxation.”—Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley“Thomas Piketty’s personal journey from liberalism to socialism, at a time when socialism was in retreat, is a mark of the man’s ethos but also evidence of the soul-crushing inhumanity of our post-2008 hypercapitalism. Reading this volume of collected essays offers important glimpses to the parallel evolution of our political economy and of one of its most renowned scholars.”—Yanis Varoufakis, author of Another Now and leader of MeRA25 in Greece’s Parliament
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Taylor & Francis Ltd PCI Compliance
Book SynopsisThe Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is now in its 18th year, and it is continuing to dominate corporate security budgets and resources. If you accept, process, transmit, or store payment card data branded by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or JCB (or their affiliates and partners), you must comply with this lengthy standard.Personal data theft is at the top of the list of likely cybercrimes that modern-day corporations must defend against. In particular, credit or debit card data is preferred by cybercriminals as they can find ways to monetize it quickly from anywhere in the world. Is your payment processing secure and compliant? The new Fifth Edition of PCI Compliance has been revised to follow the new PCI DSS version 4.0, which is a complete overhaul to the standard. Also new to the Fifth Edition are: additional case studies and clear guidelines and instructions for maintaining PCI compliance globally, including coverage of technoTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgments. Authors. Chapter 1 About PCI DSS and This Book. Chapter 2 Introduction to Fraud, Identity Theft, and Related Regulatory Mandates. Chapter 3 Why Is PCI Here? Chapter 4 Determining and Reducing Your PCI Scope. Chapter 5 Building and Maintaining a Secure Network. Chapter 6 Strong Access Controls. Chapter 7 Protecting Cardholder Data. Chapter 8 Using Wireless Networking. Chapter 9 Vulnerability Management. Chapter 10 Logging Events and Monitoring the Cardholder Data Environment. Chapter 11 Cloud and Virtualization. Chapter 12 Mobile. Chapter 13 PCI for the Small Business. Chapter 14 PCI DSS for the Service Provider. Chapter 15 Managing a PCI DSS Project to Achieve Compliance. Chapter 16 Don’t Fear the Assessor. Chapter 17 The Art of Compensating Control. Chapter 18 You’re Compliant, Now What? Chapter 19 Emerging Technology and Alternative Payment Schemes. Chapter 20 PCI DSS Myths and Misconceptions. Chapter 21 Final Thoughts. Index by Requirement. Alphabetical Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Business of the FIFA World Cup
Book SynopsisThe FIFA World Cup is arguably the biggest sporting event on earth. This book is the first to focus on the business and management of the World Cup, taking the reader from the initial stages of bidding and hosting decisions, through planning and organisation, to the eventual legacies of the competition.The book introduces the global context in which the World Cup takes place, surveying the history and evolution of the tournament and the geopolitical background against which bidding and hosting decisions take place. It examines all the key issues and debates which surround the tournament, from governance and corruption to security and the media, and looks closely at the technical processes that create the event, from planning and finance to marketing and fan engagement. Analysis of the Women's World Cup is also embedded in every chapter, and the book also considers the significance of World Cup tournaments at age-group level.No sport business or management course is comTable of Contents1. Introduction, 2. A Brief History of the FIFA World Cup as a Business, 3. Bidding and Hosting Decisions, 4. Politics and Geopolitics in Staging the FIFA World Cup: What is at Stake for the Hosting Nations?, 5. Diplomacy, International Relations, Soft Power and the World Cup, 6. Competition Design of the World Cup, 7. An Integrity System Framework for the Governance of the Football World Cups, 8. Environment and Sustainability in FIFA World Cups, 9. Finance of the FIFA World Cup, 10. Planning and Organising FIFA World Cups, 11. Planning, Sourcing, and Managing Resources for FIFA World Cups, 12. Engaging Fans, 13. Managing Risk and Security, 14. Marketing, Sponsorship and Merchandising, 15. Broadcasting and the FIFA World Cup: Privatisation and Technology, 16. Digital and Social Media in the Business of the FIFA World Cup, 17. Culture and the World Cup: The Case of Qatar, 18. Afterword…
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Crown Billionaires Row
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Taylor & Francis The Modern Corporation and Private Property
Book SynopsisThis monumental work on the corporation is one of those enduring classics that many cite but few have read. Graced with a new introduction by Weidenbaum and Jensen, this new edition makes this classic available to a new generation. Written in the early 1930s, The Modern Corporation and Private Property remains the fundamental introduction to the internal organization of the corporation in modern society. Combining the analytical skills of an attorney with those of an economist, Berle and Means raise the central questions, even when their answers have been superseded by changing circumstances.The book's most enduring theme is the separation of ownership from control of the modern corporation and its consequences. Berle and Means display keen awareness of the divergent interests of directors and managers, and of each from owners of the firm. Among their predictions are the characteristic increase in size of the modem corporation and concentration of the economy. The auTable of ContentsBOOK I Property in Flux: Separation of the attributes of ownership under the corporate system BOOK II Regrouping o f Rights: Relative legal position of ownership “ control” BOOK III Property in the Stock Markets: Security exchanges as appraisers and liquidators BOOK IV Reorientation of Enterprise: Effects of the corporate system on fundamental economic concepts
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Taylor & Francis Patient Safety Now
Book SynopsisOver the past decade or so, we have seen a multitude of improvement programmes and projects to improve the safety of patient care in healthcare. However, the full potential of these efforts and especially those that seek to address an entire system has not yet been reached. The current pandemic has made this more evident than ever.We have tended to focus on problems in isolation, one harm at a time, and our efforts have been simplistic and myopic. If we are to save more lives and significantly reduce patient harm, we need to adopt a holistic, systematic approach that extends across cultural, technological, and procedural boundaries. Patient Safety Now is about the fact that it is time to care for everyone impacted by patient safety, how we need to take the time to care for everyone in a meaningful way and how hospitals need to enable staff time to care safely.This book builds on the authorâs two previous books on patient safety. Rethinking Patient Safety Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. About the Author. Introduction. 1 How Did We Get Here? 2 Where Do We Want to Be? 3 How Do We Get There? Conclusion. References. Index.
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