Working after the war, Hayek's writing was very much against the tide of mainstream Keynesian economic thought. But in the 1970s and 1980s - the eras of Thatcherism and Reaganomics - he was championed as a prophet of neo-liberalism by those who were... Zobraziť viac
Oxford University Press: In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall... Zobraziť viac
As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a... Zobraziť viac
In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar.. Zobraziť viac
It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department ... Zobraziť viac
A gripping expose of the way inequality is built into our everyday world - and who profits. Zobraziť viac
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution... Zobraziť viac
A powerful examination of how property shaped the modern world - and why it now threatens the freedoms and stability it was meant to sustain. Property carries a great promise: that it will make you rich and set you free. Zobraziť viac
Vintage: Billionaire Warren Buffet, currently the third wealthiest man in the world, paid the lowest rate of tax among his... Zobraziť viac
In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work... Zobraziť viac
After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a “reeducation” camp—manufacturing the products... Zobraziť viac
From the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling co-author of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist's craft. Zobraziť viac
A powerful argument that our current path toward progress, based on continual economic expansion and inefficient use of resources, runs contrary to three foundational scientific laws. In this compelling, cogently argued, and acclaimed book, Tom... Zobraziť viac
A consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market Zobraziť viac
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. Zobraziť viac
The new European edition of Mankiw's bestselling and highly readable text communicates the theories and models of macroeconomics in a concise and accessible way, with real-world examples, discussions and case studies. The text is... Zobraziť viac
From the inability of wealth to make us happier, to our catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, "Economyths" reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets ... Zobraziť viac
An investigative journey into the ways the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, The Looting Machine sheds light on the shadowy networks that connect Goldman Sachs, BP, the Hong Kong underworld and the murderous cabals that rule some oil states... Zobraziť viac
In this timely book, Michael Bhaskar unravels the art of selection as one of the most relevant techniques for businesses and individuals in a world increasingly overwhelmed by information... Zobraziť viac
