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Globalization and Its Discontents Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
ISBN: 9780141010380 Argues that though globalization should be a powerful force for good, it has been badly mishandled by the West (especially its lead institutions, the World Bank and the IMF), and that the anti-globalizing protesters have much to say that we should listen to. |
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Reinventing Foreign Aid Author: William Russell Easterly
ISBN: 9780262550666 Discusses how to improve the effectiveness of foreign aid, proposing practical solutions to specific problems rather than a utopian master plan. This work also includes writers who look at scientific evaluation of aid projects and describe projects found to be cost-effective, including vaccine delivery and HIV educatio ... |
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Animal Spirits Author: George A. Akerlof & Robert J. Shiller
ISBN: 9780691142333 The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, 'animal spirits' are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists G ... |
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Unfinished Business Author: David Love
ISBN: 9781921372193 In the early 1980s, Paul Keating set out to reinvent the Australian economy. He floated the Australian dollar, liberated banking and finance from its regulatory shackles, and - most significantly - introduced a universal superannuation scheme. The results were astounding growth in the value of our national economy and ... |
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Ozonomics Author: Andrew Charlton
ISBN: 9781741667387 We're living through the second longest boom in Australian history. You can't move for talk of the budget surplus. The Liberals proclaim their impeccable economic record Labor counterclaim that they sowed the seeds during their time in government. So who's right? Does it matter? And what does it all mean anyway? In thi ... |
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The Art of Shrinking Heads Author: D. Dufour
ISBN: 9780745636900 After the hell of the Nazis and the terror of Communism, it is possible that a new catastrophe has appeared on the horizon: this time it is neoliberalism that wants to create its own 'new man'. For two centuries, Kant's critical subject and Freud's neurotic subject provided us with philosophical templates for modernity ... |
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Economics for Dummies Author: Sean Masaki Flynn
ISBN: 9780764557262 If you think economics is a complicated discipline that's reserved for theorists and the intellectual elite and has nothing to do with you, think again. Economics impacts every aspect of our lives, from what we eat, to how we dress, to where we live. Economics might be complicated, but it has everything to do with you. ... |
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The Moralization of the Markets Author: Christoph Henning & Bernd Weiler Nico Stehr
ISBN: 9780765803153 Nothing affects the modern economy (and society) more than decisions made in the market place, especially, but not only, decisions made by consumers. Although it is not startling to suggest that decisions made in production are affected by choices consumers make, consumers have long been viewed, not only by academic ec ... |
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Moral Leadership Author: Thomas J. Sergiovanni
ISBN: 9780787902599 A vision of what could (and probably should) be...The reader may want to revisit some sections for further reflection. ----Educational LeadershipAn excellent book that offers much to the seasoned administrator and should be on the list of required reading for introductory administration classes. ----NASSP Bulletin Mora ... |
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Global Profit and Global Justice Author: Deb Abbey
ISBN: 9780865715028 Although debate still rages about the merits of globalisation, the fact remains that it is inevitable. But instead of people expending their energies on fighting the global economy, we may be much better off trying to shape it. This book shows how you can use your money creatively to change the world for the better. It ... |
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Tectonic Shift Author: N. Jagdish Sheth & Rajendra S. Sisodia
ISBN: 9780761934905 While the world is still coming to grips with the forces of globalization, Tectonic Shift investigates what the globe's economic and geopolitical future looks like and discovers the unfolding of an unprecedented realignment of economic and geographical forces. Based on extensive study and analysis, the authors of this ... |
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Rural Development Author: Malcolm J. Moseley
ISBN: 9780761947677 'Malcolm Moseley makes an impressive job of cutting through the cackle and has produced a definitive catch-all volume to inform students, practitioners, community activists and local decision makers alike...The book is transparently and logically laid out...From a personal perspective as community activist and local a ... |
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Remaking the Global Economy Author: Jamie Peck & Henry Wai-Chung Yeung
ISBN: 9780761948988 'This book skillfully navigates the shoals of place and space to explain the intricacies of globalization. For those interested in the changing geography of global capitalism, Peck and Yeung is a must read' - James H Mittelman, American University Remaking the Global Economy offers a state -of-the-art survey of geograp ... |
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The World Food Economy Author: Douglas H. Graham & Luther Tweeten Douglas Southgate
ISBN: 9781405105972 The questions of population growth and food supply have long been of central concern to economists. The World Food Economy seeks to examine the lessons of the past for wealthy nations, where agricultural output has steadily risen for decades, as well as for developing nations where the advances of the 'Green Revolution ... |
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Inside the Economist's Mind Author: Paul A. Samuelson & William A. Barnett
ISBN: 9781405159173 By focusing on the human side as well as the intellectual dimensions of how economists work and think, this collection of interviews with top economists of the 20th century becomes a startling and lively introduction to the modern world of macroeconomics. A fun read! For more information, frequent updates, and to comme ... |
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House of Cards Author: William D. Cohan
ISBN: 9781846142635 On the evening of March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns, a swashbuckling eighty-five-year-old institution in the financial world, sold itself for an outrageously low price to the $2 trillion global behemoth JP Morgan Chase. Bear Stearn's no longer existed, and the calamitous financial meltdown of 2008 had begun. What went wro ... |
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Growth Fetish Author: Clive Hamilton
ISBN: 9781741140781 Hamilton argues that growth fetishism lies at the heart of our social, political and environmental ills. It is the basis of consumer society and of the manufactured personal identity created by a marketing culture. Challenging mainstream political and economic thought, Hamilton outlines a new political philosophy which ... |
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On the Wealth of Nations Author: P.J. O'Rourke
ISBN: 9781741148961 'The Wealth of Nationsis, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it has been taking its time. Two hundred and thirty one years after publication, Adam Smith's practical truths are only beginning to be absorbed in full. Although its contents didn't make people gasp, something about The Wealth of Nationswas g ... |
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Wake Up! Author: Jim Mellon & Al Chalabi
ISBN: 9781841126913 'This book is a dramatic wake-up call to investors. It portrays an apocalyptic future of high risk and low rewards. It is well informed and highly readable. While some may dispute the author's bleak vision, this is nevertheless required reading for anyone who wants to understand the massive changes hitting the world's ... |
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The End of Wall Street Author: Roger Lowenstein
ISBN: 9781921640414 The End of Wall Street is a blow-by-blow account of America's biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression. Drawing on 180 interviews, including sit-downs with top government officials and Wall Street CEOs, Lowenstein tells, with grace, wit, and razor-sharp understanding, the full story of the end of Wall Stre ... |
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