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
Discover more than 60 of the most important economic ideas, theories, and people in this innovative, accessible guide. This book is the perfect introduction to the subject of economics and economic ideas through history... Zobraziť viac
In this fifth edition of Basic Economics , Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on common sense economics... Zobraziť viac
The world is changing. It's time for a new financial playbook... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeThe MacArthur grant–winning environmental justice activist’s riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for America’s most vulnerableA Smithsonian Magazine Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020Catherine... Zobraziť viac
With The Total Money Makeover, you’ll be able to design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt,---from cars to houses and everything in between---recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths, and secure a big, fast nest egg for emergencies and... Zobraziť viac
The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic... Zobraziť viac
As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty... Zobraziť viac
From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation... 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
A bold new account of the state of globalization today―and what its collapse might mean for the world economy.After the Cold War, globalization accelerated at breakneck speed. Manufacturing, transport, and consumption defied national borders, companies... Zobraziť viac
In this groundbreaking text, two world-renowned experts present statistical methods for studying causal effects: how can we learn about the expected effect of an intervention or a change in environment? The authors discuss how we can assess such... Zobraziť viac
The first Industrial Revolution inaugurated 200 years of unparalleled material development for humankind. But the costs and the consequences are now everywhere evermore apparent: the living systems on which we depend are in retreat. Forests, topsoil,... Zobraziť viac
The business of imperial conflict: Why capitalism needs war... Zobraziť viac
This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its citizens. However, the provision of welfare is... Zobraziť viac
During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery... Zobraziť viac
From the former Treasury Secretary comes the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression. STRESS TEST reveals a side of Timothy... Zobraziť viac
An important and compelling new way to understand human behaviour revealing how our identities - and not just incentives - influence our economic decisions. New in paperback. Zobraziť viac
Every month, surveys around the world ask people to tell them what they are really thinking. The results are at times reassuring, some-times chilling and often unexpected. In The Next Crisis, leading UK geographer Danny Dorling unpacks polling data and... Zobraziť viac
