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From an award-winning professor of economics, an accessible and comprehensive introduction to what causes, and what can address, increases in the cost of living.

Un análisis valiente, claro y con propuestas alternativas de la inflación y los demás problemas de la economía mundial tras la Covid-19 y la guerra de Ucrania Una guía para entender con sencillez la inflación actual y la crisis que viene La economía internacional va encadenando una crisis...

The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure of Progress, Diane Coyle argues that the framework underpinning today's economic statistics is so outdated that it functions as a distorting lens, or even a set of blinkers. When policymakers rely on such an antiquated conceptual tool, how can they measure, understand, and respond with any precision to what is happening in today's digital economy?

In Consequences: The Rise of a Fractured World Order, William Priest, David Roche, and Alex Michailoff deliver an engaging, timely, and insightful analysis of identifying the sources and challenges facing liberal democracies and their ability to confront autocracies and autocratic behavior. The authors identify and address structural flaws present in both democracies and autocracies.

Mensen gebruiken wereldwijd meer dan 160 verschillende munteenheden, elk met hun eigen monopolie binnen de landsgrenzen. De meeste verliezen echter snel aan waarde en zijn buiten hun eigen gebied nauwelijks bruikbaar. Geboren worden in het 'verkeerde' land kan sparen daardoor onnodig moeilijk maken. In Geldnood kijken we naar de geschiedenis van geld door de bris van technologische vooruitgang. Politiek speelt lokaal en tijdelijk een rol, maar uiteindelijk is het technologie die structurele, wereldwijde veranderingen aanjaagt.

Here we find the roots of growing public resentment. Despite headlines heralding growth and prosperity, most Americans have fallen behind. They’re working harder year upon year not to get ahead but merely to stay apace. For them, the American dream appears to be slipping farther and farther away. Beneath the resentment is something else: The misleading statistics that shape our understanding of reality are steering powerful policymakers to make misguided decisions at the federal, state, and local levels alike. And, for most Americans, the results continue to be catastrophic.

During the twentieth century, Vietnam and Poland were both victims not only of devastating wars, but also of socialist planned economies that destroyed whatever war hadn’t already. In 1990, Vietnam was still one of the poorest countries in the world, while Poland was one of the poorest in Europe. But in the three decades since then, both countries have drastically improved their citizens’ standards of living and escaped the vicious cycle of national poverty.

Un relato en primera persona del caso bancario que conmocionó a España El 7 de mayo de 2012, Rodrigo Rato anunció su dimisión como presidente de BFA y de Bankia para dar paso a José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, banquero de prestigio. Ese mismo día había amanecido con varias noticias en medios...

Мы живем, когда согласованно функционируют все клетки нашего организма, когда их слаженная работа дает нам возможность чувствовать себя здоровым и полным сил. Вот и наше общество – такой же социальный организм, где все роли взаимосвязаны и все винтики образуют открытую систему, которую называют экономикой! Экономика – это способ жизни общества. Неудивительно в таком случае и следующее равенство: здоровая экономика = здоровое общество.

Ein kurzes Buch über eine lange Geschichte Dieses Buch erzählt eine große Geschichte, die Jahrtausende alte Geschichte der Wirtschaft. Vom Beginn der landwirtschaftlichen Revolution bis zur Digitalisierung deckt es die verborgenen wirtschaftlichen Kräfte hinter Krieg, Innovation und sozialem...

Inflation is back, and its impact can be felt everywhere, from the grocery store to the mortgage market to the results of elections around the world. Yet the conventional wisdom about inflation is stuck in the past. Since the 1970s, there has only really been one playbook for fighting inflation: raise interest rates, thereby creating unemployment and a recession, which will lower prices. But this simple story hides a multitude of beliefs about why prices go up and how policymakers can wrestle them back down, beliefs that are often wrong, damaging, and have little empirical basis.

For the past several decades, politicians and economists thought that high levels of inequality were good for the economy. But because America’s middle class is now so weak, the US economy suffers from the kinds of problems that plague less-developed countries. As Hollowed Out explains, to have strong, sustainable growth, the economy needs to work for everyone and expand from the middle out. This new thinking has the potential to supplant trickle-down economics―the theory that was so wrong about inequality and our economy―and shape economic policymaking for generations.

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping. We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma. The...

Today's shopping culture is turning the shopper into a zombie—and the thrill of the hunt into the robotic management of inventory. For millions of us, the sizzle of a daily shopping experience has devolved into a relentless acquisition of the okay, available, and cheap. Why are we willing to...

Whether you want to introduce a new product or jumpstart your existing marketing plans, this friendly guide can help. Packed with expert tips, from identifying customers to using online resources to size up competitors, this updated edition of Marketing For Dummies leads you step by step through...

An intimate glimpse into the world of the financial elite and their unique network of personal relationships. FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI SuperHubs is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system and the powerful personal networks through which it is run, at the centre of which...

A recent poll showed 43% of Americans think more socialism would be a good thing. What do these people not know? Socialism has killed millions, but it’s now the ideology du jour on American college campuses and among many leftists. Reintroduced by leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria...