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In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, author Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to redeploy them at a global level.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of PostCapitalism, written and read by Paul Mason. 'The most important book about our economy and society to be published in my lifetime' Irvine Welsh From Paul Mason, the award-winning Channel 4 presenter, Postcapitalism is a...

How China Loses tells the story of China's struggles to overcome new risks and endure the global backlash against its assertive reach. Combining on-the-ground reportage with incisive analysis, Luke Patey argues that China's predatory economic agenda, headstrong diplomacy, and military expansion undermine its global ambitions to dominate the global economy and world affairs. 

In late 2008, under the long shadow cast by the most severe economic crisis in generations, a revolutionary new form of currency was quietly being shaped. In Crypto Economy, Aries Wanlin Wang provides the definitive blueprint for understanding how Bitcoin, Blockchain, and other digital technologies are disrupting traditional financial institutions and forever changing the world of commerce.

Here, for the first time, Booz China Managing Director Edward Tse parses the Chinese landscape, walking the reader through the Chinese business environment, the effects of Chinese economic power on worldwide business, and how the two mesh and interact. The China Strategy is the only book you'll need to do business in China, with China, or in competition against China.

In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today.

An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting, French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth.

North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the larger, richer, liberal South, and which forces each and every person to play a role in the "theater state" even as it pays little more than lip service to the wellbeing of the overwhelming majority.

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?

From a bestselling author with unprecedented access to Pope Francis, an investigative look at the recent financial scandals at the highest levels of the Vatican A veritable war is waging in the Church: on one side, there is Pope Francis’s strong message for one church of the poor and all; on...

Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today's financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered.  

China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper...

Ontdek de 11 belangrijkste geheimen voor de financiële toekomst van je kind of kleinkind: leer geldgroei stimuleren, risico's vermijden en krijg praktische tips en opdrachten om direct aan de slag te gaan.

Die Finanzmärkte können vor allem kurzfristig äußerst unvorhersehbar sein. Ob Pandemien, Kriege, Rohstoffkrisen oder Strafzölle – gerade Aktienkurse zeigen oft innerhalb weniger Tage große Kursverluste. Der Handels- und Finanzexperte Andreas Schweitzer zeigt allen Lesern eine interessante Alternative auf, die jedem Portfolio zu mehr Stabilität verhelfen kann. Außenhandelsfinanzierung als Investment ist nicht an die schwankenden Kurse der Finanzmärkte gebunden, und egal welche Krisen die Menschheit auch umtreiben – Handel wird immer getrieben.

Политические, экономические и туристические отношения Китая и России активно развиваются. Российские предприниматели сталкиваются как с обычными трудностями, сопряженными с открытием бизнеса, так и с проблемами, связанными с необходимостью взаимодействовать с людьми совсем другой культуры. Как же вести себя с китайцами, чтобы эффективно развивать свое дело и достичь поставленных целей?

Новая работа китаеведа Константина Батанова, автора бестселлера «Ни хао!», посвящена региональным особенностям Китая: в каждой провинции есть важные культурные нюансы, которые отражаются и на стиле ведения бизнеса. Основываясь на многолетнем опыте работы в Китае, автор дает важные подсказки о том, как общаться с китайскими партнерами и выстраивать рабочие процессы, на что обращать внимание, каких ошибок избегать. Константин Батанов собрал 101 историю о маленьком и большом китайском бизнесе.

Written by comedians James Schloeffel and Charles Firth, this business self-help guide teaches listeners how to outmanoeuvre their colleagues and climb the corporate ladder with nothing more than an obnoxious LinkedIn profile, a pack of Post-it Notes and the phrase 'circle back'. Spread over ten informative units, W*nkernomics covers essential workplace skills such as how to write a passive aggressive email, how to snow your colleagues with acronyms (HTSYCWA) and how to look like a genius in meetings when you don't know anything at all.

In this groundbreaking account, Elisabeth Braw explores the collapse of globalization and the profound challenges it will bring to the West. Drawing on interviews with prominent executives and policymakers from around the world, Braw poses the difficult questions all businesses and economies will face-and traces the intricate story of globalization from the exuberant 90s to the embattled present.

Diaspora Property Formula is a practical, step-by-step audiobook designed to help Nigerians and Africans in the diaspora invest safely, confidently, and profitably in Nigerian real estate — without falling victim to fraud, poor decisions, or costly mistakes. Every year, billions of dollars...

中国経済が失速して、株価が大暴落したのが２０１５年のこと。しかし、中国共産党による介入で再び不動産バブルが起こり、そのバブルが崩壊するのは時間の問題とされている。