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A wake-up call for middle class Americans who feel trapped in a post-crisis economic slump, The Unfair Trade is a riveting exposé of the vast global financial system whose flaws are the source of our economic malaise. Our livelihoods are now beholden to the workings of its imbalances and inequities. The trillions of dollars that make up the flow of international finance - money often steered away from people who deserve it most - have not just undermined the lives of working and middle class Americans.

A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America.

In "Deregulation: The Good and Bad of Cutting Red Tape" readers are thrust into the heart of one of the most consequential economic shifts of our time. This eye-opening exploration peels back the layers of deregulation, revealing its profound impact on industries, markets, and everyday life. From soaring airline competition to tumultuous energy markets, each chapter unravels a new facet of this complex phenomenon, challenging preconceptions and illuminating the intricate dance between freedom and oversight. Through meticulously researched case studies and expert analysis, the book navigates...

"Economics" may not have been written by Aristotle. The author provides examples of methods used by the state to raise money including debt, currency devaluation, commodity controls, tariffs, sales tax, fines, violence and sacrilege.

Barbarians of Wealth examines how the greedy, self-serving decisions of a select group of politicians and financial institutions negatively impacts the economy, and ultimately, destroys America's prosperity and the American way of life. Barbarians of Wealth is a must-listen for hard-working Americans concerned with their prosperity, as well as for those fascinated with the inner workings of Washington and Wall Street.

Ein neues Land - das klingt wie eine Verheißung. Tatsächlich ist es längst da, dieses neue Land, nur muss es endlich sichtbar werden. Verena Pausder entwirft in ihrem Buch eine faszinierende Skizze der Zukunft, mutig und konsequent. Es ist der Entwurf eines Landes, das nicht mehr auf den Wohlstand der Vergangenheit setzt, sondern mit neuen Technologien, neuen Lebensentwürfen - und vor allem neuen Ideen das Leben von uns allen verändern wird.

Do we always make rational choices? In other words: Are all human’s homo economicus? Certainly not. But this was not so obvious until the beginning of XX century, when the behavioral economics was developed. Behavioral economics is a group of concepts which put into question the rational character of people’s financial decisions.

The industrial civilization, which began roughly 150 years ago, is entering a decisive phase as the resources needed to satisfy its ravenous appetite are running scarce. Human societies living an industrialized life have used up resources that took nature millions of years to create. How long we can continue to support this reckless behavior is a question that concerns each one of us who lives anywhere upon the planet today, as the crumbling of this colossal system is becoming more apparent with each passing day.

Eric Mielants provides a fresh, interdisciplinary interpretation of the origins of modernity in general and of capitalism in particular. He argues that, contrary to established thinking, the "Rise of the West" should not be examined through the lens of the Industrial Revolution or of the colonization of the New World but viewed through long-term developments that began in the Middle Ages.

Written over ten chapters tackling the most important issues (Brexit, debt, the City, immigration, manufacturing, levelling up, public services) Wallace asks in clear, jargon-free prose what the problems are, and what we can do to solve them. He offers a ten-point plan to get our economy back and track, building on its most resilient aspects. Part-primer, part passionate argument, Tanked is the perfect book for anyone who wants to know their quantitative easing from their bond market, and to understand the how Britain devalued itself.

日本の本当の「実力」は、日本人が聞き及んでいるよりもはるかに高い。しかしその力の発揮は、誤った思考法による誤った認識で妨げられているのだ。（本文より）「日本はジリ貧」「国際競争力は地に落ちた」――根拠なき絶望感に囚われず、危機の時代をどう乗り越えるか？

“மீண்டும் சிறப்பாக கட்டியெழுப்புவதற்காக” — மேலும் எதிர்வரும் காலத்தில் ஏற்படவிருக்கும் நான்காம் ரீஹ்ஹில் இருந்து நம்மை காப்பாற்றிக் கொள்வதற்காக ரூஸ்வெல்ட் ஆண்டுகளின் சிந்தனைகள், வெற்றிகள் மற்றும் உத்வேகங்களைப் பின்பற்றி, “அமைப்பை மீண்டும் மகத்தானதாக ஆக்குதல்” முதலாளித்துவத்தின் அஸ்திவாரங்களைத் தோண்டி எடுக்கிறது.

The Number That Killed Us finally tells the "greatest story never told": how a mysterious financial risk measurement model has ruled the world for two decades and how it repeatedly, and severely, caused market, economic, and social turmoil. This model was the key factor behind the unleashing of the cataclysmic credit crisis that erupted in 2007 and which the effects are still being felt around the world.

In this book, the listener will learn why the gap between the rich and everyone else grows wider. In this book, the listener will get an explanation of why savers are losers. In this book, the listener will find out why debt and taxes make the rich richer. In this book, the listener will learn why traditional education actually causes many highly educated people, such as Robert's poor dad, to live poorly.

You're about to discover crucial information about Bitcoin. Millions of people have made the jump into the cryptocurrency world, and it is only growing each and every day. It can be overwhelming if you are looking into taking the plunge because of all the various options and misinformation out there. You also need to understand the risks and benefits of using Bitcoin because people begin without even considering many of the important factors.

Generation Y faces the bleakest economic landscape in modern history. The recent spikes in unemployment and debt, alongside a drop in marriage, home-buying, and childbearing rates, will have long-term consequences for a group that had no hand in creating the financial crisis. For these young adults, the American Dream is moving farther out of reach. Worse still, leaders aren't doing anything about it.

Why life is harder on American families than it's been in decades? This book takes the blame away from moms and puts it where it really belongs. Pressed for time and money, unable to find decent affordable daycare, wracked with guilt at falling short of the mythic supermom ideal-working and non-working American mothers alike have it harder today than they have in decades, and they are worse off than many of their peers around the world. Why? Because they're raising their kids in a family-unfriendly nation.

In What’s Yours Is Mine, internationally acclaimed technologist Tom Slee argues the so-called sharing economy damages development, extends harsh free-market practices into previously protected areas of our lives, and presents the opportunity for a few people to make fortunes by damaging communities and pushing vulnerable individuals to take on unsustainable risk.

"The Poverty of Philosophy" is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where he lived in exile from 1843 until 1849. This work is a scathing criticism of the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's "The Philosophy of Poverty".

VULTURE CAPITALISM There are true Vulture Capitalists operating in the world and they are the partners of the vampire capitalists. Vulture capitalists thrive on the economic remains of what has been destroyed by exploitive economic activity. Just like a scavenger in nature that survives by consuming carrion left over from kills or natural death, vulture capitalists thrive on financial destruction. VAMPIRE CAPITALISM : economic behavior under the umbrella of capitalism that consists of primarily financial based activities that are largely disconnected from actual capital goods creation and ...