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The Origins of Business, Money and Markets
Roberts, Keith
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231153263
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Understanding the origins of business is fundamental to grasping modern life, yet most historians look only to the nineteenth century to build their narratives. While the industrial revolution profoundly remade business practice and established much ...
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From Financial Crisis to Global Recovery
Desai, Padma
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231157865
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Using the same presentation and detail that has earned her such wide-ranging acclaim for her previous books, Padma Desai explains in a course-friendly way the complexities of economic policy and financial reform. She merges a ...
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The Most Important Thing "Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor"
Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful InvestorMarks, Howard
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231153683
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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"This is that rarity, a useful book."& mdash;Warren BuffettHoward Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to ...
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Reforming The International Financial System For Development
Swame Sudaram, Jomo
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231157643
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance and, though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Financial liberalization ...
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Useless Arithmetic
Pilkey, Orrin H.
Columbia University Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780231132138
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false ...
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The Gold Standard At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century "Rising Powers, Global Money, And The Age Of Empire"
Rising Powers, Global Money, And The Age Of EmpireBryan, Steven
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231152525
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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By the end of the nineteenth century, the world was ready to adopt the gold standard out of concerns of national power, prestige, and anti-English competition. Yet although the gold standard allowed countries to enact ...
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Economy, Difference, Empire: Social Ethics For Social Justice
Dorrien, Gary
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231149846
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Sourcing the major traditions of progressive Christian social ethics-social gospel
liberalism, Niebuhrian realism, and liberation theology-Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of social justice politics. In carefully reasoned essays, he focuses on three ... -
Craving Earth: Understanding Pica--The Urge To Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, And Chalk
Young, Sera
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231146081
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Humans have eaten earth, on purpose, for more than 2,300 years. They also crave starch, ice, chalk, and other unorthodox items of food. Some even claim they are addicted and "go crazy" without these items, ...
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East Asia Before The West: Five Centuries Of Trade And Tribute
Kang, David
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231153188
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors: Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These ...
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Workers, Unions, And Global Capitalism: Lessons From India
Hensman, Rohini
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231148009
- Páginas: 448
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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While it's easy to blame globalization for shrinking job opportunities, dangerous declines in labor standards, and a host of related discontents, the world's "flattening" has also created unprecedented opportunities for worker organization. By expanding employment ...
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The Invention Of International Relations Theory: Realism, The Rockefeller Foundation, And The 1954 Confe
Guilhot, Nicolas
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231152679
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The 1954 Conference on Theory, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, featured a "who's who" of scholars and practitioners debating what would become the foundations of international relations theory. Assembling his own team of experts, all ...
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Truth, Errors, And Lies: Politics And Economics In a Volatile World
Kolodko, Grzegorz
Columbia University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780231150682
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Grzegorz W. Kolodko, one of the world's leading authorities on economics and development policy, predicted our global economic crisis. In this book, he applies his far-reaching expertise to the past and future of the world ...
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Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy And Cultural Identity
Singh, J.P.
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231147187
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Our interactive world can take a cultural product, such as a Hollywood film, Bollywood song, or Latin American telenovela, and transform it into a source of cultural anxiety. What does this artwork say about the ...
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Stalking The Black Swan "Research And Decision-Making In a World Of Extreme Volatility"
Research And Decision-Making In a World Of Extreme VolatilityPosner, Kenneth A,
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231150484
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Kenneth A. Posner spent more than a decade tracking the volatile stock sector known as "specialty finance." A research analyst with Morgan Stanley, Posner monitored markets known for surprise shifts in volatility, including the stocks ...
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The Mutual Fund Industry "Competition And Investor Welfare"
Competition And Investor WelfareHubbard, Glenn R.
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231151825
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Mutual funds form the bedrock of retirement savings in the United States, and, considering their rapid growth over recent decades, are sure to become even more financially critical in the coming decades. Because the size ...
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Taxation In Developing Countries
Gordon, Roger
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231148627
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Taxes are a crucial policy issue, especially in developing countries. Just recently, proposals to raise middle-class taxes toppled the government of Bolivia, and plans to extend or increase the rates of the value added tax ...
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Sex Trafficking "Inside The Business Of Modern Slavery"
Inside The Business Of Modern SlaveryKara, Siddarth
Columbia University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780231139618
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of women and children are abducted, deceived, seduced, or sold into forced prostitution, coerced to service hundreds if not thousands of men before being discarded. These trafficked sex slaves form ...
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A Theory Of Narrative
Altman, Rick
Columbia University Press (2008)
- EAN: 9780231144292
- Páginas: 377
- Fecha de edición: 2008
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Narrative is a powerful element of human culture, storing and sharing the cherished parts of our personal memories and giving structure to our laws, entertainment, and history. We experience narrative in words, pictures, and film, ...
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Bailouts "Public Money, Private Profit"
Public Money, Private ProfitWright, Robert
Columbia University Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780231150552
- Páginas: 128
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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Today's financial crisis was caused by the dismal failures of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives, yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have ...
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The Value Of Money
Patnaik, Prabhat
Columbia University Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780231146760
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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Why is money more valuable than the paper on which it is printed? Monetarists link the value of money to its supply and demand, believing the latter depends on the total value of the commodities ...
