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Retreat from a Rising Sea "Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change"
Pilkey, Keith C. Pilkey, Orrin H. Pilkey-Jarvis, Linda
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231168458
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to ...
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Democracy and the Welfare State "The Two Wests in the Age of Austerity"
Kessler-Harris, Alice Vaudagna, Maurizio
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231180351
- Páginas: 424
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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After World War II, states on both sides of the Atlantic enacted comprehensive social benefits to protect working people and constrain capitalism. A widely shared consensus specifically linked social welfare to democratic citizenship, upholding greater ...
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Ethical Asset Valuation and the Good Society
Gollier, Christian
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231170420
- Páginas: 217
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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For all of their focus on asset prices, financial economists rarely ask if assets are priced ethically'that is, if their prices are compatible with the public good. Yet in a world facing major, possibly catastrophic ...
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Modern Slavery "A Global Perspective"
Kara, Siddarth
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231158466
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world. He has documented the dark realities of modern slavery in order to reveal the degrading and dehumanizing systems that strip ...
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Charlie Munger "The Complete Investor"
Griffin, Tren
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231170994
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"'a ...
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Sovereign Wealth Funds in Resource Economies "Institutional and Fiscal Foundations"
Alsweilem, Khalid Rietveld, Malan
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231183543
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have reached a transitional moment. Created as a way to direct excess wealth toward economic development and long-term financial returns, some countries are now seeing a decline in revenue from sources ...
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Big Money Thinks Small "Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing"
Tillinghast, Joel
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231175708
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Investors are tempted daily by misleading or incomplete information. They may make a lucky bet, realize a sizable profit, and find themselves full of confidence. Their next high-stakes gamble might backfire, not only hitting them ...
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Sociology and Social Policy "Essays on Community, Economy, and Society"
Gans, Herbert J.
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231183055
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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This collection of recent essays by the influential sociologist Herbert J. Gans brings together the many themes of Ganss wide-ranging career to make the case for a policy-oriented vision for sociology. Sociology and Social Policy ...
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How Much Inequality Is Fair? "Mathematical Principals for a Moral, Stable, and Optimal Capitalist Society "
Venkatasubramanian, Venkat
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231180726
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Many in the United States feel that the nations current level of economic inequality is unfair and that capitalism is not working for 90% of the population. Yet some inequality is inevitable. The question is: ...
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Venture Investing in Science
Jamison, Douglas W. Waite, Stephen R.
Columbia University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780231175722
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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Over the past decade, software companies have increasingly monopolized the flow of venture capital, starving support for scientific research and its transformative discoveries. New medicines, cheaper and faster personal computers, and other life-changing developments all ...
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The New Frontiers of Sovereign Investment
Rietveld, Malan Toledano, Perrine
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231177504
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) can be effective tools for national resources revenue management. These state-owned investments, funded by commodity exports, foreign exchange reserves, or other national assets, are adaptable to the challenges posed by financial ...
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Rational Investing "The Subtleties of Asset Management"
Langlois, Hugues Lussier, Jacques
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231177344
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Many investors believe that success in investing is either luck or clairvoyance. In Rational Investing, finance professor Hugues Langlois and asset manager Jacques Lussier present the current state of asset management and clarify the conundrum ...
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The Activist Director "Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation"
Millstein, Ira M.
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231181341
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, ...
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Building the New American Economy "Smart, Fair, and Sustainable "
Sachs, Jeffrey D.
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231184045
- Páginas: 152
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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In this passionate and powerful book-part manifesto, part plan of action-the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable ...
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Crude Volatility "The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices"
Mcnally, Robert
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231178143
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey ...
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Endangered Economies "How the Neglect of Nature Threatens Our Prosperity "
Heal, Geoffrey
Columbia University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780231180849
- Páginas: 242
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more ...
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Frontier Investor "How to Prosper in the Next Emerging Markets"
Dimitrijevic, Marko
Columbia University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780231170444
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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Where are the next decade's greatest investment opportunities? Veteran investor Marko Dimitrijevic argues that they can be found in frontier markets, which account for seventy-one of the world's seventy-five fastest-growing economies and 19 percent of ...
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Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy "Guiding Resources, Learning, and Technology for Sustained Growth"
Noman, Akbar
Columbia University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780231180504
- Páginas: 528
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, ...
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A Theory of Imperialism
Patnaik, Prabhat Patnaik, Utsa
Columbia University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780231179799
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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In A Theory of Imperialism, economists Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik present a new theory of the origins and mechanics of capitalism that sounds an alarm about its ongoing viability. Their theory centers on trade ...
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A Brief History of Entrepreneurship "The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World "
Carlen, Joe
Columbia University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780231173049
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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A Brief History of Entrepreneurship charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So ...
