Economics
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Adventures Of A Modern Renaissance Academic In Investing And Gambling, The: William T Ziemba (UBC): 12 (World Scientific Series in Finance)
This book tells the story of how financial markets have evolved over time and became increasingly more complex. The author, a successful and experienced trader, who among other things won the 2015 battle of the quants futures contest held in New York, shares how one can navigate today’s dangerous financial markets and be successful. Readers at all levels will benefit from his analysis and many real life examples and experiences. The coverage is broad and there is considerable discussion on ways to stay out of trouble, protect oneself and grow one’s assets. The author was the first one to do turn of the year January effect trades in the futures markets starting in the beginning of S&P 500 futures trading in 1982. That has been successful and the author explains his ideas and experiences from the beginning in simple markets to the current, very complex markets we have in 2017.
The author discusses the various ways that traders and investors lose money in the financial markets. Many examples are provided, including Long Term Capital Management, ENRON, Amarath, Neiderhoffer’s funds and many major companies such as Lehman Brothers, Society Generale, Saloman Brothers. This is invaluable to understanding ways to avoid such losses.
The author discusses great investors and their methods and evaluation and the authors work with several of them. Risk arbitrage and mean reversion strategies are described through actual use. Asset-liability models for pension funds, insurance companies and other financial institutions devised by the author are described. The author uses racetrack bias ideas in behavorial finance in trading index futures and options. Large stock market crashes that can be predicted are discussed with several models of the author and others. Eight mini crashes including the January-February 2016, Brexit and the Trump election that are plausible but largely unpredictable are described and how they were dealt with successfully.
Along with ways to deal with them, investment in top quality racehorses, oriental carpets, real estate and other interesting investments are covered. The author was instrumental in viewing racing as a stock market. The ideas are used by the top racing syndicates as well as hedge funds.
The book proceeds by weaving these aspects of the financial markets in the modern era into a story of the author’s academic, professional and personal life. This is told through the people he met and worked with and the academic and personal travel he had all over the world this past half century. The text is simply written with details, sources and references in the notes of each chapter. Details of various important events and how they evolved are described. There are numerous color and black and white photos in the text plus graphs, tables etc. in the notes to tell the story. The teaching and research into various financial and gambling markets takes the reader to interesting places around the world. These include the US and its many stock market ups and downs, Japan when they were ruling the financial world and then they collapsed, the UK visits with lectures, teaching and research work at their great Universities including Cambridge and Oxford, Europe with many activities in France, Italy, Germany and other places, to Asia including discussions about travels to Persia, Turkey, Singapore, Korea, China, Afghanistan, Russia and other countries. His work with horse racing syndicates took him to Australia and Hong Kong. Crises like those in Greece, US housing and internet and the flash crash are discussed.
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BLM: Breathe, Learn, Maneuver: A Strategical Approach To Overcoming Oppression
Breathe, Learn, Maneuver: A Strategical Approach To Overcoming Oppression,
Best Selling Author Terry Wayne“I like the solution-based approach to overcoming the hands we are dealt. It gives hope, courage, and motivation for creating the world we see and live in. Life CAN suck, period. But it doesn’t have to. BLM is a book of empowerment but relative to anyone living in today’s society.”
-Katrina B., ASDS, Educator,& TV Personality“This book was very inspirational. There are some very good suggestions and tips to help you be more productive in every area of your life. I look forward to hearing more from Terry Wayne.”
-M.S., Business Executive, Youth Pastor, Little League CoachSelf-empowerment is the transformative concept that realigns and reignites the energy needed for change and leads us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Ridding yourself of self-sabotaging beliefs requires tapping into your deeply rooted beliefs instilled by the things we pick up consciously—and, more importantly, subconsciously. Harnessing the pain and frustration that come from being held back allows you to channel it into the very outlet that becomes your way out.
There’s a war going on, and the battle begins within. Turn your energy inward; gaining discipline over your characteristics and behaviors, and create a new course of action. Armed with your new game plan, get up, take action, and never look back. New levels require long journeys, but if it’s truly fulfilling, nothing is out of your reach.If you’re like me and don’t feel the need to change, have the urge to fight, or are just flat-out comfortable with where you are, study this book to learn and fight like the lion you need to so you can live like the lamb that you are.
The first book for us, by us.
About The Author
Terry Wayne is the author and co-author of more than five books that deal with personal growth, including the Amazon Kindle bestsellers Take The Leap and CoronaProof. He loves what he does; inspiring other parents, entrepreneurs, and dreamers across the world to keep growing and discover a life that’s truly fulfilling.Coming out ahead can seem impossible, especially when the system is rigged against you. The knowledge I share through these pages offers practical examples of what exactly to do when you find yourself in a “fixed” game. The answer, “Don’t whine about it. Climb up out it.”
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Central Asia in World History (New Oxford World History)
A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the -pivot of history, – a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed its borders, including pre-modern Europe, the Middle East, and China. In Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden provides an engaging account of this important region, ranging from prehistory to the present, focusing largely on the unique melting pot of cultures that this region has produced over millennia. Golden describes the traders who braved the heat and cold along caravan routes to link East Asia and Europe; the Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan and his successors, the largest contiguous land empire in history; the invention of gunpowder, which allowed the great sedentary empires to overcome the horse-based nomads; the power struggles of Russia and China, and later Russia and Britain, for control of the area. Finally, he discusses the region today, a key area that neighbors such geopolitical hot spots as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.
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Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves with passion to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution at hand, which is the Green New Deal. Putting meat on the bones of the Green New Deal starts with a single simple idea: we have to absolutely stop burning fossil fuels to produce energy within the next 30 years at most; and we have to do this in a way that also supports rising living standards and expanding opportunities for working people and the poor throughout the world. This version of a Green New Deal program is, in fact, entirely realistic in terms of its purely economic and technical features. The real question is whether it is politically feasible. Chomsky and Pollin examine how we can build the political force to make a global Green New Deal a reality.Read more
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Disease (Giants: A New Beveridge Report)
In 1942 life expectancy at birth was 66 for women and 60 for men. Death was usually due to degenerative and infectious diseases. The greatest postwar success in the fight against disease was the establishment of the NHS and care that was free at the point of delivery. Life expectancy rose dramatically, but since 2011 incremental improvements have stalled and even, in some regions, begun to reverse. Infant mortality rates have crept up and the postcode lottery of health provision underscores the level of social inequality in the UK.
Good health is not simply the absence of disease. It is the collective of physical, social and mental well-being. It is the product of nutrition and genetics, of healthy lifestyles and preventative health interventions. It is the interaction between the conditions in which we live, work, play and age. Yet access to many of the things that make and keep us healthy are not evenly distributed in the population. Achieving good health is then deeply entwined with all aspects of society and cannot simply be solved by policies in one area alone.
In our rediscovery of Beveridge, the shadow of the pandemic looms large. It is has never been more urgent to address the underlying causes of Disease. And it has never been clearer that these determinants are not only social or physiological, but also political.
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Economics For Dummies, 3rd Edition (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
Understand the science of wealth and prosperity
- Find FREE quizzes for every chapter online
- Learn about good markets, bad monopolies, and inflation
- Decode budget deficits and trade gains
This book gives you everything you need to understand our rapidly evolving economy―as well as the economic fundamentals that never change. What’s the best way to fight poverty? How can governments spur employment and wage growth? What can be done to protect endangered species and the environment? This book explains the answers to those questions―and many more―in plain English.
Inside…
- Get the fascinating scoop on behavioral economics
- Understand the model of supply and demand
- See how governments use monetary and fiscal policy to fight recessions
- Discover game theory and the secrets of cooperation
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Economics For Dummies: Book + Chapter Quizzes Online
Learn the basics of economics and keep up to date on our ever-changing economy
Whether you’re studying economics in high school or college, or you’re just interested in taking a peek into the complexities of how money moves, Economics For Dummies is the go-to reference that transforms complex economic concepts into easy-to-understand reading. With the simple explanations in this book, you’ll master key topics like supply and demand, consumer behavior, and how governments and central banks attempt to avoid―or at least ameliorate―business downturns and recessions. Plus, you’ll learn what’s going on these days with inflation, interest rates, labor shortages, and the Federal Reserve. Studying for an exam? This Dummies guide has your back, with online practice and chapter quizzes to help you get the score you need. It’s time to recon econ, the Dummies way.
- Get a grasp on the unchanging fundamentals of economics
- Dive into behavioral economics and consumer decision making
- Learn what drives economic growth and inequality
- Solidify your knowledge with practice questions and quizzes
Economics For Dummies is an approachable reference book for students, as well as an informative guide for anyone interested in learning more about today’s economy.
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Follow the Money: ‘Gripping and horrifying… witty and brilliant. Buy it’ The Times
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep’ The Times
‘The antidote to naivety that our political class needs’ Sunday Times, Book of the Week
‘A treasure trove of killer facts’ Guardian
‘Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works’ Laura Kuenssberg
‘If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this’ Robert Peston
Paul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account – without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims. This is a forensic examination – by the man best placed to do so – of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it goes to, how that has changed and how it needs to change.
Government decisions determine the welfare of the poor and the elderly, the state of the health service, the effectiveness of our children’s education, and how prepared we are for the future: whether that is a pandemic or global warming. As a society, we are a reflection of what the government spends.
Johnson looks at what happened following the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the austerity years that followed. He examines the way that the government tackled the economy during Covid – when the UK budget shot up to over a trillion for the first time – and he analyses prospects for our future as we grapple with looming recession and the cost of living crisis.
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Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose
In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key ‘development bargain’, whereby a country’s elites shift from protecting their own positions to gambling on a growth-based future. Despite the imperfections of such bargains, China is among the most striking recent success stories, along with Indonesia and more unlikely places, such as Bangladesh, Ghana and Ethiopia. Gambling on Development is about these winning efforts, in contrast to countries stuck in elite bargains leading nowhere. Building on three decades’ experience across forty-odd countries, Dercon winds his narrative through Ebola in Sierra Leone, scandals in Malawi, beer factories in the DRC, mobile phone licences in Mozambique, and relief programmes behind enemy lines in South Sudan. Weaving together conversations with prime ministers, civil servants and ordinary people, this is a probing look at how development has been achieved across the world, and how to assist such successes.Read more
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Getting Started in Technical Analysis: 19
Revered by many, reviled by some, technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering price activity to better understand market behavior and identify trading opportunities. In this accessible guide, Jack Schwager-perhaps the most recognized and respected name in the field-demystifies technical analysis for beginning investors, clearly explaining such basics as trends, trading ranges, chart patterns, stops, entry, and exit and pyramiding approaches. The book’s numerous examples and clear, simple explanations provide a solid framework for using technical analysis to make better, more informed investment decisions and as the basis for mechanical trading systems. Along with Schwager’s invaluable trading rules and market observations culled from years of real-world trading experience, Getting Started in Technical Analysis offers in-depth coverage of:
* Types of charts-bar, close-only, point-and-figure, candlestick.
* Chart patterns-one-day, continuation, top and bottom formations, the importance of failed signals.
* Trading systems-trend-following, counter-trend, pattern recognition.
* Charting and analysis software-price data issues, time frame/trading style considerations, software research.
* he planned trading approach-trading philosophy, choosing markets, risk control strategies, establishing a trading routine.Read more
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Green New Deal, The: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
While the Green New Deal has become a lightning rod in the political sphere, there is a parallel movement emerging within the business community that will shake the very foundation of the global economy in coming years. The key sectors that make up the infrastructure of the economy are fast-decoupling from fossil fuels in favor of solar and wind energies that are becoming ever-cheaper. New studies are sounding the alarm about the prospect of 100 trillion dollars in stranded assets that are creating a carbon bubble likely to burst by 2028 – causing the collapse of the fossil fuel civilisation. The marketplace is speaking and governments will need to respond if they are to survive and prosper. In The Green New Deal, New York Times bestselling author and renowned economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin delivers the political narrative and economic plan for the Green New Deal that we need at this critical moment in history. The concurrence of a stranded fossil fuel assets bubble and a green political vision opens up the possibility of a massive shift to a post-carbon ecological era, in time to prevent a temperature rise that will tip us over the edge into runaway climate change. With twenty-five years of experience implementing Green New Deal-style transitions for both the European Union and the People’s Republic of China, Rifkin offers his vision for how to transform the global economy and save life on Earth.Read more
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Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition
The revival of a classic work of journalism which exposes the gap between the official story and reality
Proxy wars, it seems, are more openly practiced than ever–and yet one of the worst of these was suppressed and “forgotten” even in its own time. At the height of the McCarthy era and the inception of the Cold War, the great journalist I.F. Stone released The Hidden History of the Korean War, a courageous work of investigative journalism that demolished the official story of America’s so-called “forgotten war.” As the war spiraled to its conclusion, Stone closely analyzed openly available U.S. intelligence narratives on the war’s official start, and the actions of key players like John Foster Dulles, General Douglas MacArthur, and Chiang Kai-shek. The result of his investigations was a controversial book that raised questions about the origin of the war, made a case that the U.S. government had manipulated the United Nations, and gave evidence that the U.S. military and South Korean oligarchy dragged out the war by sabotaging peace talks. With a new introduction by Tim Beal and Greg Elich, 70 years after its initial publication The Hidden History of the Korean War remains a powerful dissemination of the ‘hidden history’ behind the dominant historical narrative, as relevant as ever.
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Law Express Revision Guide: Family Law
Give your revision the edge with this text from the bestselling law revision series
Family Law, 9th edition, by Jonathan Herring, is a revision text designed to prepare you for exams by encouraging you to think about how the law works and consolidating your understanding of legal concepts. The text covers such subject areas as marriage and civil partnership, cohabitation, children’s rights and child protection. Each chapter teaches you how to approach and assess the subject by drilling into the key cases, statutes, and legal terms.
This edition contains tools and resources to strengthen your exam skills, including advice and sample questions with tips to help you impress your examiner.
With its wide range of features to assist your revision, this textbook is an excellent aid for those studying law that takes your understanding to the next level.
This text also features a companion website.
See all resources available from Law Express here.
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Law Express: English Legal System
Revise with the help of the UK’s bestselling law revision series.
Designed for students, this book will help you:
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Understand how to review essential cases, statutes, and legal terms
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Learn how to assess and approach the subject by using expert advice
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Learn how to lead further discussions
Find additional support on our Law Express companion website, which contains a host of extra resources to provide you with pre-exam guidance.
Visit go.pearson.com/uk/lawexpress
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski are authors of a number of bestselling and student-friendly resources.
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Macroeconomics For Dummies – UK: UK Edition
An accessible and engaging introduction to the big picture of UK and international economicsAre you studying macroeconomics, but don’t know inflation from stagflation? Have no fear! This easy-to-understand guide, written specifically for the UK market, is packed with real-world examples and cases that easily illustrate the key concepts you’ll need to know to fully grasp macroeconomics and ace your exams. Taking a fun, step-by-step approach to the topic, this great guide provides an engaging introduction to macroeconomics and then delves into more specific topics, such as business cycles, inflation, unemployment, domestic output, monetary policy, and much more.
When it comes to the interaction of politics, business decisions, consumer actions, and monetary policy, the study of economics is international in scope. That means you must understand not just the economies of nations, but also the interrelatedness of national economies throughout the world. This easy, accessible guide will help you:
- Find out how many different financial, business, consumer, and political factors interact to create the overall economic reality of nations
- Understand business cycles, economic growth, and fiscal and monetary policies
- Study the relationships of various economic indicators, such as inflation, unemployment, and domestic output
- Gain a solid understanding of macroeconomics by building on microeconomic principles and using real-world examples
If you’re struggling with your economics course or you need to get up to speed on the topic of macroeconomics quickly, Macroeconomics For Dummies has you covered!
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Macroeconomics for Emerging East Asia (Elements of Paleontology)
Macroeconomics for Emerging East Asia presents a distinctive approach to the study of macroeconomic theory and policy. The author develops a unique analytical framework that incorporates: (1) both internal and external balance as aspects of macroeconomic stability; (2) both the exchange rate and the interest rate as monetary policy instruments, (3) government debt sustainability as a concern of fiscal policy, and (4) global capital flows as a force to be reckoned with. The framework provides students with the foundational knowledge to analyze macroeconomic issues common to emerging economies. Concepts are illustrated using the latest empirical data and extensive case study analysis for thirteen economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia (Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam). The book’s lucid exposition accommodates students of differing levels of preparation.Read more
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Money: Know More, Make More, Give More: Learn how to make more money and transform your life
Do you want to get to the stage – soon – where you are truly financially independent, able to use your money in the way you’d like, and be completely confident in your ability to take care of yourself and your family?
That is a universal desire, but many of us regard wealth and financial independence as a goal which we’ll likely never achieve – there are just too many bills that need paying and there is a widespread belief that the money game is rigged. Even people who win the lottery or inherit money often seem to wind up losing it. The evidence suggests you can’t win a game that you don’t understand – even if you start out winning – because you never understood the game in the first place.
So how can you win with money? How can you create independent wealth and hold on to it? This inspiring book by self-made multi-millionaire Rob Moore explains the rules of the game, shares simple tricks for managing money better, details how to create a plan for an ambitious future, and shows you the very best way to become a millionaire – to think and behave like one!
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My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Business: Third Edition
Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence.
My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Business: Third Edition will help you:
– Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction
– Develop your subject knowledge by making links between topics for more in-depth exam answers
– Improve subject-specific skills with an exam skills checkbox at the end of each chapter
– Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with examiner tips
– Practise and apply your skills and knowledge with exam-style questions and frequent questions with answer guidance online
– Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary
– Build quick recall with bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapterRead more
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My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level Business Second Edition
Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence.
My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level Business: Second Edition will help you:
– Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction
– Develop your subject knowledge by making links between topics for more in-depth exam answers
– Improve subject-specific skills with an exam skills checkbox at the end of each chapter
– Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with examiner tips
– Practise and apply your skills and knowledge with exam-style questions and frequent questions with answer guidance online
– Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary
– Build quick recall with bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapterRead more
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Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe: Markets, Techniques, and Deals
Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe: Markets, Techniques, and Deals, Third Edition introduces private equity, investments and venture capital markets while also presenting new information surrounding the core of private equity, including secondary markets, private debt, PPP within private equity, crowdfunding, venture philanthropy, impact investing, and more. Every chapter has been updated with new data, cases, examples, sections and chapters that illuminate elements unique to the European model. With the help of new pedagogical materials, this updated edition provides marketable insights about valuation and deal-making not available elsewhere.
As the private equity world continues to undergo many challenges and opportunities, this book presents both fundamentals and advanced topics that will help readers stay informed on market evolution.
- Provides a unique focus on Europe for equity investors and long-term investments
- Contains theoretical knowledge put into practice using with real-world cases and the language and the methodologies of practitioners
- Presents structured topics that help readers understand increasing levels of difficulty
- Includes learning tools such as mini-cases, call-outs and boxes that recall previously presented definitions throughout chapters
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Robert Greene Collection 4 Books Set (The Art of Seduction, Mastery, The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature)
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:Robert Greene Collection 4 Books Set:
The Art Of Seduction:
Which sort of seducer could you be: *Siren? *Rake? *Cold Coquette? *Star? *Comedian? *Charismatic? or *Saint? This book will show you which. ‘Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once.Mastery:
Around the globe, people are facing the same problem – that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. To see our uniqueness expressed in our achievements, we must first learn the rules – and then how to change them completely. Charles Darwin began as an underachieving schoolboy, Leonardo da Vinci as an illegitimate outcast.The 48 Laws Of Power:
Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way. Law 1: Never outshine the master Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies Law 3: Conceal your intentions Law 4: Always say less than necessary.The Laws of Human Nature:
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all – understanding people’s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves.Read more
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Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
The New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller.As seen on Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett.
From the author of the multi-million copy selling The Psychology of Money…
Same As Ever will arm you with a powerful new ability to think about risk and opportunity, and navigate the uncertainty of the future. When planning for the future, we often ask something like, “What will the economy be doing this time next year?” Or we want to know, “What will be different ten years from now?”
But forecasting is hard. The important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable.
Instead, we should be asking a different question: What will be the same in the future as it is now?
Knowledge of the things that never change is more useful, and more important, than an uncertain prediction of an unknowable future.
In Same As Ever, bestselling author Morgan Housel shares 24 short stories about the ways that life, behaviour, and business will always be the same.
As you see familiar themes repeat again and again in the years ahead, you’ll find yourself nodding and saying, “Yep, same as ever.”
With this new knowledge and confidence, you will be on the path to living a good life.
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Structural Econometric Modeling in Industrial Organization and Quantitative Marketing: Theory and Applications
A concise and rigorous introduction to widely used approaches in structural econometric modeling
Structural econometric modeling specifies the structure of an economic model and estimates the model’s parameters from real-world data. Structural econometric modeling enables better economic theory–based predictions and policy counterfactuals. This book offers a primer on recent developments in these modeling techniques, which are used widely in empirical industrial organization, quantitative marketing, and related fields. It covers such topics as discrete choice modeling, demand modes, estimation of the firm entry models with strategic interactions, consumer search, and theory/empirics of auctions. The book makes highly technical material accessible to graduate students, describing key insights succinctly but without sacrificing rigor.
• Concise overview of the most widely used structural econometric models
• Rigorous and systematic treatment of the topics, emphasizing key insights
• Coverage of demand estimation, estimation of static and dynamic game theoretic models, consumer search, and auctions
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The Balanced Scorecard: Turn your data into a roadmap to success (Management & Marketing)
Turn your data into a roadmap to success ! This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Balanced Scorecard, providing you with the essential information and saving time. In 50 minutes you will be able to : – Evaluate company performance and management efficiency – Focus on all perspectives of the business at once – Successfully apply the Balanced Scorecard to your business ABOUT 50MINUTES. COM| Management & Marketing 50MINUTES. COM provides the tools to quickly understand the main theories and concepts that shape the economic world of today. Our publications are easy to use and they will save you time. They provide both elements of theory and case studies, making them excellent guides to understand key concepts in just a few minutes. In fact, they are the starting point to take action and push your business to the next level.Read more
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The Deal Paradox: Mergers and Acquisitions Success in the Age of Digital Transformation
The Deal Paradox explores what successful dealmaking looks like in the age of digital transformation, drawing on interviews with top dealmakers and M&A experts sharing their stories, triumphs, and challenges.
Taking a dynamic storytelling approach, The Deal Paradoxnavigates the transition from traditional and ingrained methods to new techniques, showing how AI, big data, and machine learning can be used to generate new opportunities and enable diversity. It walks through the attributes and skills needed in this new landscape and how M&A professionals can build them into their approach, from finding and executing deals to making sure they deliver the desired outcomes.
The Deal Paradox draws on 60 years’ combined experience of cutting-edge deal making, built on landmark deals ranging from Morgan Stanley’s IPO at the height of the 1980s banking boom and Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury to key tech deals including the £1bn sale of financial data intelligence company Acuris to ION. Chapters are richly illustrated throughout with real-world examples featuring organizations such as Apple, Google, BP and SoftBank Vision Fund.
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The Finance Curse: How global finance is making us all poorer
This is a book that none of us can afford to ignore – an agenda-setting, campaigning investigation that shows how global finance works for the few and not the many.
** A Financial Times Book of the Year **
‘Essential reading’ YANIS VAROUFAKISWe need finance – but when finance grows too big it becomes a curse.
The City of London is the single biggest drain on our resources, sucking talent out of every sphere, siphoning wealth and hoovering up government time. Yet to be ‘competitive’, we’re told we must turn a blind eye to money laundering and appease big business with tax cuts.
Tracing the curse back through economic history, Nicholas Shaxson uncovers how we got to this point. Moving from offshore tax havens to the bizarre industry of wealth management, he tells the explosive story of how finance established a stranglehold on society – and reveals how we can begin to break free.
‘A radical, urgent and important manifesto for improving our country’
Oliver Bullough, Observer‘Superbly written… A must-read’
Misha Glenny, author of McMafia‘Hard-hitting, well written and informative’
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America really took over the world
***THE WORD OF MOUTH INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NOW UPDATED WITH 15 EXPLOSIVE NEW CHAPTERS***
False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, deception, coups, assassinations and unbridled military power. These are the tools used by the ‘corporatocracy’ – a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments and rich and powerful individuals – to ensure that they retain and expand their wealth and influence, growing richer and richer as the poor become poorer.
In his original, post 9/11 book, John Perkins revealed how he was recruited as an economic hit man in the 1970s, and exposed the corrupt methods American corporations use to spread their influence in the developing world, cheating countries out of trillions of dollars. In this new, extensively updated edition he lays bare the latest, terrifying evolution of the economic hit man, and how the system has become even more entrenched and powerful than ever before.
In New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins provides fresh and chilling evidence of how the corporatocracy has grown its influence to every corner of the globe, making us all unwitting slaves to their regime. But he also provides advice on how we can end our unconscious support of the system and its self-serving, lethal economy.
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“Perkins has, once again, made a substantial contribution to a world that needs whistle-blowers to open its eyes to the true sources of political, social, and economic power” – Yanis Varoufakis
“It comes from the heart. I highly recommend it.” – Michael Brownstein
“it’s all here in toe-curling detail’ – Guardian
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The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific: Conflict and Cooperation in the Asian Century
Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a region undergoing dramatic changes. Based on new research and offering fresh interpretation, this edition evaluates the prospects for continuing US dominance in the ‘Asian Century’. Whilst presenting evidence for a multifaceted ‘Beijing Strategy’, which aims to counter the US by building an alternative regional order, it also explains Japan’s definitive departure from its limited military role. Providing an introductory guide for the main frameworks needed to understand the region, including realism, liberalism and critical theory, this new edition is reader-friendly, and offers sophisticated competing explanations. Key content includes:
- Intra-regional conflicts in the South China Sea and the Korean peninsula,
- The different responses within the Asia-Pacific to the globalization of Western ideas of democracy and political economy,
- The underappreciated success of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in building a regional identity,
- The European Union’s soft power in the region.
A highly topical account, which offers an overview of the main actors, institutions and contemporary issues in the Asia-Pacific, the book will be essential reading for undergraduate students of Asian Studies, International Politics, and anyone interested in the region.
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture.Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe.
Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.
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