An engaging look at the road to a sustained economic recoveryThe global finance system can be regulated to prevent massive …
In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 33,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would …
The politics of major banking crises has been transformed since the nineteenth century. Analyzing extensive historical and contemporary evidence, Chwieroth …
This text provides a survey of the energy resources for the foreseeable future and argues that there is not, nor …
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The business end of IoT -- IoT tech defined from a value perspective -- …
The period of Turkish history from the foundation of the Republic in 1923 to the depression in 1929 was characterised …
The conventional picture of industry and industrial relations in Japan is of a number of very large firms providing extremely …
By many measures, London is now the leading financial center in the world, outpacing New York City and Hong Kong. …
Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution …
"What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success."--Provided by the publisher.With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor …
The book explores technological advances in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), which is based on a variety of technologies such …
India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging work, distinguished …
Using formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the Soviet administrative command system, this study concludes that …
This volume contains papers presented at the Materials Innovations in an Emerging Hydrogen Economy Conference in Februrary 2008 in Cocoa …
Self-enhancing and self-improving motivations were investigated in North American (Canadian and American) and Japanese university students. Conceptually replicating much of …
Front Cover; Praise for Reinventing Collapse; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Preface to Second Edition; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Soviet …
I really only read the first 1/2 of this book, which provided a nice history of Saudi Arabia & the …
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger …
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why …
The title of this book is Reinventing Collapse, and I have to say that's exactly what this book manages to …
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty | Includes Analysis Preview: Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is …
In the past quarter century, the importance of Asia in international relations has grown exponentially. This Handbook gathers the most …
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Morishima Lecture, LSE June 8, 2011 Acemoglu and Robinson have …
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, …
"Against Capital in the Twenty-First Century makes a formidable-and highly original-contribution to the literature. The central themes and arguments advanced …
This gripping insider's look at the contemporary American trade union movement shows that reports of organized labor's death are premature. …
By now the story is familiar. A once-booming midwestern city whose growth was fueled by manufacturing is now struggling with …
With economies and organizations undergoing change, understanding the nature of work and its significance to people presents a critical intellectual …
Over the last decades, mass-tourism and the emergence of the holiday package have transformed recreational travel from a "luxury for …
This book illustrates how global economic progress has reached its upper limit under the current economic paradigm, and how the …
How do national identities affect the world economy? Building on the insight that nationalisms and national identities endow economic policy …
The world of fiber optic connections reaching neighborhoods, homes, and businesses will represent as great a change from what came …
