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Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. Armed with this knowledge, democratic societies face a defining challenge: fending off a new aristocracy. For years Piketty has wrestled with this problem in his monthly newspaper column, which pierces the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath.

Transform Your Data Into Decisions—One Slide at a Time Tired of building slides that confuse more than they clarify? Storytelling Charts is your ultimate guide to creating impactful PowerPoint presentations using the power of vertical logic and clear data storytelling. Whether you're a consultant, executive, analyst, or student, this hands-on playbook teaches you to create presentations that do more than look good—they tell a story, support decisions, and drive action with every slide. Inside You'll Discover: ✓ The 5-Step Universal Framework (5SUF) to structure any slide in your ...

There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways - the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy.

Seeing the Unseen: Behind Chinese Tech Giants' Global Venturing delves into the fascinating world of Chinese logic that shapes how tech leaders make and implement decisions, many of which are seldom seen outside China.

In Competition Is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new framework to control capitalism from the inside in order to make it work for the many and not just the few. Meagher has spent years campaigning against these multi-billion- and trillion-dollar mammoths that dominate the market and prioritise shareholder profits over all else; leading to extreme wealth inequality, inhumane conditions for workers and relentless pressure on the environment.

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.

This introduction to the economic history of the global economy and the process of globalization since 1850 tracks and explains changes in international trade, migration, and capital flows. All key indicators of globalization rose between 1850 and 1914 during the first wave of globalization. Between 1918 and 1939 the global economy stagnated, suffering a momentous collapse during the Great Depression. After World War II, the global economy re-emerged and integration deepened.

When you are looking into becoming an options trader just like with anything else in your life you will have things that you need to know and this audiobook has been able to give you that information in spades to make sure that you be a successful options trader. We have given you the best information and the most accurate information so that you can use this to your advantage. Through this audiobook you will have learned about the economy and been able to adopt the right mindset which is an important aspect to option trading and in life.

The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the "commanding heights" of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration.

Do you want to take advantage of one of the largest global markets that offer investors flexibility, high liquidity, and the potential for great returns on investment? Have you discovered that Forex trading is a great opportunity for investing? In this audiobook, we take an in-depth look at the basics of Forex trading. In addition, the detailed strategies provided on risk management will go a long way in ensuring that once you start trading in Forex you are in control of your trading capital and in a position to make maximum possible returns on your investment.

For centuries, Westerners have tried to ‘fix’ African economies. From the abolition of slavery onwards, missionaries, philanthropists, development economists and NGOs have arrived on the continent, full of good intentions and bad ideas. Their experiments have invariably gone awry, to the great surprise of all involved. In this short, bold story of Western economic thought about Africa, historian Bronwen Everill argues that these interventions fail because they start from a misguided premise: that African economies just need to be more like the West.

When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle.

SMA Scalping is a simple, yet effective scalping trading technique using Simple Moving Averages to produce steady and quick profits.

Most managers already know that cultural differences are important when they're dealing with business partners from other countries. They understand that the current business environment is increasingly global. What today’s managers don’t fully get is that they must learn and use global management skills in every interaction they have. With this book, managers will be able to make sense of common situations that they do not understand.They will be able to recognize, assess, react to, and solve complex management situations where diverse styles, personalities, and cultures are in play.

Mazzucato and Collington expertly debunk the myth that consultancies always add value to the economy. With a wealth of original research, they argue brilliantly for investment and collective intelligence within all organizations and communities, and for a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good. We must recalibrate the role of consultants and rebuild economies and governments that are fit for purpose.

When Corporations Rule the World explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets and detached them from accountability to the human interest. It documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of these corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere on the planet to serve their own narrow ends.

Do you want to become a day trader and understand which are the mistakes to avoid? Do you want to know which is the right psychology to start making money? Even if it may seem difficult, don't worry! Day trading can also be stressful, however, the factor of stress will be remove once you are equipped with the needed knowledge. In this audiobook you will find some simple and basics techniques that will help you you for the very start of your day trading career.

"The Pensionado Path" by Sid thoroughly examines the growing trend among North American retirees seeking a better quality of life through retirement visas in Latin America. The book is divided into sections covering fundamental and technical analysis. It explores the reasons behind the popularity of Pensionado visas among fixed-income retirees, detailing the requirements for obtaining these visas in countries such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Colombia. Additionally, it discusses expat hubs like Oaxaca, Boquete, San José, Medellín, and Cuenca, highlighting the differences ...

Winner Take All is about the commodity dynamics that the world will face over the next several decades. In particular, it is about the implications of China’s rush for resources across all regions of the world. The scale of China’s resource campaign for hard commodities (metals and minerals) and soft commodities (timber and food) is among the largest in history.

Have you ever been in a situation where a series of winning trades have caused you to start increasing the size of your investments? Only for the next couple of trades to lose and wipe out all of your profit? Have you ever been in a situation where the frustration of losing has caused you to start chasing your losses? I will explain the role that mass psychology plays in determining the direction of market movement and the role that our individual psychology plays when it comes to processing information and interpreting chart data. I will explain many other things in this audiobook.