The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard — breaking... Zobraziť viac
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans.... Zobraziť viac
Tim Harford's incredibly successful radio programme, podcast and book is now back for an extra fifty things. From the QWERTY keyboard and the humble brick to the bicycle, the beehive and the spreadsheet... Zobraziť viac
In Back to Work, Bill Clinton addresses the urgent economic challenges facing the United States and offers a plan to get America "back into the future business." He details how to get out of the current economic crisis and lay a foundation... Zobraziť viac
Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology that powers Bitcoin. But it is much more than that, too. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person controls. It allows for companies and individuals ... Zobraziť viac
This book examines the economic theories and policies that underline the governance of the European Union. Through exploring the history of European economic governance and how this framework has evolved over time... Zobraziť viac
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and No.1 international bestselling author of The World is Flat, an essential and entertaining field guide to thriving in the twenty-first century... Zobraziť viac
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome... Zobraziť viac
The world is changing. It's time for a new financial playbook... Zobraziť viac
Traversing 2,500 years of global history, Ulbe Bosma shows how sugar, once a luxury reserved for Eastern emperors, stoked a mania in the West, transforming diets and ecosystems, destroying and creating cultures, and shaping the history of bondage and... Zobraziť viac
How shipping is central to the very fabric of global capitalism. Zobraziť viac
A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, ... Zobraziť viac
The 5th Edition of Health Economics and Policy (with Economic Application), International Edition thoroughly demonstrates how microeconomic principles apply to health care delivery and its policies... Zobraziť viac
We fed the monster until it blew up ... While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune... Zobraziť viac
Experimental methods in economics respond to circumstances that are not completely dictated by accepted theory or outstanding problems. While the field of economics makes sharp distinctions and produces precise theory, ... Zobraziť viac
Changes within the travel industry, such as globalization, consumerism, and advancements in technology, have transformed travel agencies into highly competitive businesses. To remain successful, new business approaches and models must be... Zobraziť viac
Economic Policy provides a unique combination of facts-based analysis, state-of-the art economic theory, and insights from first-hand policy experience at the national and international levels to shed light on current domestic and international policy... Zobraziť viac
The measurement of tourism, for example analysing competitiveness and evaluating tourism projects, is not an easy task. Now in its third edition, The Economics of Tourism Destinations: Theory and Practice provides a succinct guide to the economic... Zobraziť viac
How China's economic and political strategies aim to ultimately weaken,divide, and overtake the West... Zobraziť viac
From acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, the case for why government is needed to restore confidence in the economy... Zobraziť viac
