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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds-from aging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens. Hobbled by short-term thinking and ideological dogma, democracies risk falling prey to nationalism and...
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Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the succession of technological developments that brought about economic changes in the United States from the time of the American Revolution up to the end of the twentieth century.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 -- or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 -- just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece's chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing nothing more than trying to accurately report the size of his country's economy?...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson-one of our leading public voices on economic issues- the twenty-first-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers. Drawing on the stories...
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English
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"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
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Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"We are living in a strange world--Salmon calls it "the New Not Normal." The Phoenix Economy explores the ramifications of the pandemic years, many of which are surprisingly positive. He examines the critical aspects of our lives that have been transformed in three parts: Time and Space, Mind and Body, and Business and Pleasure. Salmon's keen observations are backed by a deep understanding of financial markets and the quirks of human behavior. His...
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Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An epic history of the people and institutions that have built the global economy since the Great Depression"--
"An epic history of the people and institutions that have built the global economy since the Great Depression. In this vivid landmark history, the distinguished economic historian Martin Daunton pulls back the curtain on the institutions and individuals who have created and managed the global economy over the last ninety years, revealing...
30) Fake: fake money, fake teachers, fake assets : how lies are making the poor and middle class poorer
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Publisher
Plata Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Robert Kiyosaki author of the #1 Personal Finance book of all time has built a legacy around simplifying complex and often-confusing subjects like money and investing. He continues to challenge conventional wisdom and asks the questions that will help readers sift through today's information overload to uncover ways to assess what's real and what isn't. And use truth and facts as a foundation for taking control of their financial lives.In this new...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen. From even the start of his fabled career, Alan Greenspan was duly famous for his deep understanding of even the most arcane corners of the American economy, and his restless curiosity to know...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Binyamin Appelbaum traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization. Some leading figures are relatively well-known, such as Milton Friedman, the elfin libertarian who had a greater influence on American life than any other economist of his generation, and Arthur Laffer, who sketched a curve on a...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions. First, the demographic transition changed the total numbers, dynamics, structure, and residential pattern of populations. The agricultural and dietary transition led to the emergence of highly productive cropping and animal husbandry (subsidized by fossil energies and electricity), which eliminated famines, reduced malnutrition, and improved the...
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Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The 10 Rules of Successful Nations offers a pithy guide to real-world economics, adapted from the New York Times bestseller The Rise and Fall of Nations. A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, The 10 Rules of Successful Nations is a slim primer full of pioneering insights on the political, economic, and social habits of successful nations. Distilled from Sharma's quarter century traveling...
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English
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Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, numbers None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from...
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Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Turkey stands at the crossroads of the Middle East―caught between the West and ISIS, Syria and Russia, and governed by an increasingly forceful leader. Acclaimed writer Kaya Genç has been covering his country for the past decade. In Under the Shadow he meets activists from both sides of Turkey's political divide: Gezi park protestors who fought tear gas and batons to transform their country's future, and supporters of Erdoğan's conservative vision...
40) Zero hour: turn the greatest political and financial upheaval in modern history to your advantage
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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Predicts that the 2020s will bring a major financial crash and global upheaval with low points in multiple political, economic, and demographic cycles, and provides practical guidance on how to weather this "economic winter."
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