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Dopo il clamoroso successo conseguito con "La lista della spesa", Carlo Cottarelli torna a illuminare i conti pubblici italiani, puntando l'attenzione sul debito: come si forma? Perché è così difficile ridurlo? Come mai è così importante per l'economia delle nazioni? Ci si può convivere e come?

Many introductory Corporate Finance textbooks tout their engaging, real-world examples, but they often fail to hold students' interest. A Novel Introduction to Corporate Finance offers a unique, innovative, and refreshing contrast. Structured as a work of literary fiction, the book successfully uses a compelling narrative to tell the “story” of corporate finance.

Sinds de crisis hebben we vaak negatieve associaties bij de financiële wereld. Beurzen zijn gokhallen, bankiers zijn graaiers, beleggers impulsief. Maar is dit terecht? In hun colleges "De wereld van het geld" onderzoeken economisch historici Joost Jonker en Oscar Gelderblom de wereld van het geld. De wereld van biljetten en bitcoins, belasting en bedrijven, beurzen en beleggen, banken en crises. De financiële sector is niet altijd even doorzichtig, maar heeft wel enorme invloed. We hebben er veel aan te danken: niet alleen materiële welvaart, maar ook vrede en stabiliteit.

Août 2007, dans les médias apparaît un mot nouveau : "subprimes".

Hundreds of books have been written about the financial crisis that engulfed the world after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. But what if the bigger financial crisis is ahead of us, not behind us?As John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper deftly illustrate in this controversial audio book, the crisis was more than a half-century in the making. The Great Financial Crisis, however, was merely Act I.

Meet the essential Bernie Sanders, an authentic and uncompromising champion of the people. Independent United States Senator Bernie Sanders, who has a 35-year career in public service, first as Burlington, Vermont's mayor then as Vermont's sole representative to Congress, and currently as a United States senator, is now campaigning to become president of the United States.

In his blockbuster new book Rollback, New York Times best-selling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., offers the first critical analysis of the 2010 midterm elections and answers the number-one question on conservatives’ minds: How do we roll back the liberal policies and big government programs that Obama/Pelosi/Reid rushed through Congress before the midterms?

The finance basics that experts and top professionals understand. Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Finance. Includes how to: Analyse a business from its financial reports Understand a Profit and Loss account Make sense of accounting jargon Build...

The gems in this piece are as relevant today as they were 200, 1000 or 2000 years ago. Sit back and absorb as award winning narrator Mike Vendetti shares Ben's wisdom.

Fisher organizes the capital-raising process into six clear steps, and then breaks through the myths to reveal the triggers for success. For example, entrepreneurs are told that great business ideas get funded. Not true - great business stories get funded, and those stories all have a similar construction and shape, which can be learned. And yes, you need investors, but investors come with their own personality issues.

Analyzing the movement's deep-seated origins in questions that the country has sought too long to ignore, some of the greatest economic minds and most incisive cultural commentators - from Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Michael Lewis, Robert Reich, Amy Goodman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gillian Tett...

Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial...

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works - and doesn’t - that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken - as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest - so is our democracy.

The world's innovation economy is broken. If you have an idea, depending on who you are or where you live, you might never get a shot. A handful of people in a handful of cities are deciding, behind closed doors, which entrepreneurs get a shot to succeed. The determining factor? Potential profit. In The Innovation Blind Spot, venture capitalist Ross Baird demonstrates how to fix the problem by helping us find better ideas, looking at people, places, and industries often overlooked.

Leland Faust unmasks Wall Street's unsavory tactics in powerful detail by giving listeners a high-level view of how the financial services industry misleads them, overcharges them, and exposes them to needless risk. He documents the financial industry's alluring come-ons, airbrushed risks, high-stakes gambling, half-truths, misleading statements, outlandish predictions, tricks to overcharge customers, bad deals, and outright fraud by the most prominent and renowned of Wall Street's players.

The former top CEO examines the scandalous and corrupt reasons behind obscene pay packages for corporate executives—and explains how this hurts all of us--and how we can stop it. Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major U.S. firms and their workers is higher than ever...

Governo tra voto e recovery fund: La supplica del voto utile, di Stefano Folli; Zingaretti e Di Maio, il giorno da nemici in Puglia, di Giuliano Foschini; Lo spettro del super tecnico che agita il premier: "I potentati mi vogliono fuori", di Giovanna Vitale; La sfilata dei ministri a Cernobbio per blindare il governo: "Reggerà", di Giovanna Vitale; Conte nell’arena dem per fare pace. Si riapre la trattativa sul salva-Stati, di Tommaso Ciriaco; La sferzata di Zingaretti: "Hanno provato a farmi fuori ma non ci sono riusciti", di Giovanna Vitale.

Come spendere il recovery fund e il nodo mes: Green, digitale, infrastrutture e ricerca: così l'Italia spenderà i fondi del Recovery Fund, di Roberto Petrini; La cancelliera tedesca Merkel raggiunge il compromesso sugli aiuti e salva l'Europa, ma le sue mosse rischiano di rafforzare i falchi, di Tonia Mastrobuoni; Di Maio: "Ora giù le tasse e piano industriale verde. Conte capo 5S? Si iscriva", di Annalisa Cuzzocrea; Le riforme per la crescita, di Romano Prodi; Recovery Fund, la concretezza che manca all'Italia, di Tito Boeri e Roberto Perotti.

Fondi UE, la battaglia di Conte: Allarme conti in attesa degli aiuti europei, servono subito 20 miliardi, di Roberto Petrini; E Conte sfinito dai no minaccia l'arma finale: "Accordo senza l'Olanda", di Tommaso Ciriaco; L'olandese arcigno che l'ha giurata all'Italia: "Controllo io come spende", di Alberto D'Argenio; Aiuti Ue, accordo possibile. Tutti contro i Paesi frugali, di Alberto D'Argenio; La trincea di Conte per l'Italia: 70 miliardi a fondo perduto. E accusa Rutte: "È colpa tua", di Tommaso Ciriaco; Le pagelle del summit: vince l'asse tra Berlino e Parigi, di Andrea Bonanni.

Dapprima ignorati, poi osteggiati, quindi accolti come benefattori del capitalismo finanziario barcollante, infine colpiti da pesanti perdite nella crisi finanziaria internazionale: i fondi sovrani sono saliti alla ribalta dell'opinione pubblica con investimenti eclatanti in aziende degli Stati Uniti e dell'Unione Europea. I paesi del Golfo, Singapore, Cina, Libia, Russia, nonché la Norvegia, grazie ai loro ingenti surplus energetici e commerciali, sono i principali protagonisti di questo scenario. Come nascono i fondi sovrani? Quali sono le loro strategie di investimento?