Guilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They were sometimes viewed as efficient institutions that guaranteed quality and skills. But they also excluded... Zobraziť viac
The 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's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for... Zobraziť viac
Maintaining the concise exposition, precise presentation, this title focuses on interesting and relevant concepts, and teaching package that is the extensive in the industry... Zobraziť viac
Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today... Zobraziť viac
Since the financial collapse the Flat White Economy has spawned four times more jobs than the City lost in the crisis.... Zobraziť viac
As the current recession ends, many workers will not be returning to the jobs they once held--those jobs are gone. In The New Division of Labor, Frank Levy and Richard Murnane show how computers are changing the employment landscape and how the right... Zobraziť viac
What would a fair and equal society look like? The world-renowned economist and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis presents his radical and subversive answer... Zobraziť viac
Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy paints the epic picture of economic change in an intimate way, by telling the stories of tools and ideas that had far-reaching and unexpected consequences. Zobraziť viac
What do Pixar, Google and the San Antonio Spurs basketball team have in common? The answer is that they all owe their extraordinary success to their team-building skills. In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle, ... Zobraziť viac
Designed for students and managers who are approaching the subject from a non-finance background, "Accounting for Non-Accountants" guides readers through the maze of financial terms, ... Zobraziť viac
The data-driven guide to empower women to make choices that will reclaim their time, energy and joy, written by a leading economics professor Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men... Zobraziť viac
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen major advances in recent years. While machines were always central to the Marxist analysis of capitalism, AI is a new kind of machine that Marx could not have anticipated. Contemporary machine-learning... Zobraziť viac
From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities Zobraziť viac
An entertaining collection of biographical portraits of history's most influential and inspiring economists from Aristotle to Keynes, and Karl Marx to Friedrich Hayek and what they can teach us about the world today... Zobraziť viac
We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating technology and global interconnection hold more promise – and more peril – than any other time in human history... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on numerous interviews with high-ranking and founding members of the European Central Bank (ECB), Karl Kaltenthaler identifies and explains the factors that shape the bank's domestic and international monetary strategies. The policy-making... Zobraziť viac
This book accessibly surveys the conceptual advances in economics for a broad social sciences audience. Zobraziť viac
This book serves as a compact introduction to the economic analysis of law and organization. It is aimed at undergraduate economics students who are interested in law and organization, law students as well as business and public policy students who... Zobraziť viac
