The system that governs how money works, with its brokers and middlemen, has stayed roughly the same for centuries. Now there's an alternative, and it puts us on the cusp of a revolution that could reshape our world. At the heart of this lie ... Zobraziť viac
Michael Lewis, the Master of the Big Story, is back with Flash Boys. If you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again... Zobraziť viac
This book discusses creative industries from the perspectives of economics, management, psychology, law, geography, and policy. The book combines views on how creativity is turned into economic, business and social value, as well as contemporary trends... Zobraziť viac
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook presents detailed financial data for central, state, and local governments of countries across the globe. Data tables are presented in three types: world, country, and international... Zobraziť viac
Designed to help readers analyze and interpret research data using IBM SPSS, this user-friendly book shows readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design, perform intermediate statistics, including multivariate statistics, ... Zobraziť viac
Many of our global economic problems started in 1971...when President Richard Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard. Throughout history, when a government went off the gold standard, an age of turbulence began... Zobraziť viac
This book is a revised edition of the very well-received “Derivatives and Hedge Accounting” book published in 2016. This revision is necessitated mainly by the fact that IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement has been partially... Zobraziť viac
'A masterpiece' Rory Sutherland, author of AlchemyWhat if everything you’ve been told about money is wrong?Have you ever been told that cutting your spending is the key to financial freedom?Or that only a fool would try to make money by picking stocks?... Zobraziť viac
TV and radio money-agony-aunt Claer Barrett is the voice of reason in the cost of living crisis, teaching us what we need to know about money, in an accessible way that anyone can understand... Zobraziť viac
In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day... Zobraziť viac
Spolu s nastupujícími trendy v oblastech IT, digitalizace a cloud bankingu prochází globální bankovnictví v posledních letech dynamickým vývojem. Předkládaná... Zobraziť viac
This is the question Demi Skipper set out to answer in May 2020, when she posted an ordinary bobby pin to trade on Facebook Marketplace. She had two rules: no trading with anyone she knew... Zobraziť viac
Learn how to create and profit from NFTsThe NFT Handbook is a detailed guide on how to create, sell and buy non-fungible tokens without the need for a technical background. Learn exactly what NFTs are, how they evolved, and why they have value. We’ll... Zobraziť viac
A History of Interest Rates presents a very readable account of interest rate trends and lending practices over four millennia of economic history. Despite the paucity of data prior to the Industrial Revolution, authors Homer and Sylla provide a highly... Zobraziť viac
Reinsurance: Actuarial and Statistical Aspects provides a survey of both the academic literature in the field as well as challenges appearing in reinsurance practice and puts the two in perspective. The book is written for researchers with an interest... Zobraziť viac
For Rupert Russell, the shock of the Trump-Brexit victories was only the latest in a decade full of them: the unstoppable war in Syria, huge migrant flows into Europe, beheadings in Iraq, children caged at the US border... Zobraziť viac
They were masters of the financial universe. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees, and be forced to fight to save the system – and themselves... Zobraziť viac
The story of how the dollar rose to global dominance in the twentieth century - and an assessment of what the future holds for the world`s most important currency... Zobraziť viac
What should be the role of government in society? How should it design its programs? How should tax systems be designed to promote both efficiency and fairness? Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and new co-author Jay Rosengard use their... Zobraziť viac
Strategic Public Finance takes a multidisciplinary approach to public finance. It considers the nature of public finance and its symbiotic relationship with economy and society... Zobraziť viac