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How Economics Explains the World

A Short History of Humanity

par Andrew Leigh ...

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world—all in under 200 pagesOne of The Economist's Best Books of the YearIn How ... En savoir plus

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“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world—all in under 200 pagesOne of The Economist's Best Books of the YearIn How
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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate

par Dani Rodrik ...

New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world’s leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three ... En savoir plus

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New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world’s leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three
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Mission Economy

A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism

par Mariana Mazzucato ...

Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York TimesAn award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing ... En savoir plus

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Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York TimesAn award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing
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Place Branding for Small Cities, Regions, & Downtowns

par Bill Baker ...

THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO PLACE BRANDING FOR SMALL CITIES, REGIONS & DOWNTOWNSWidely recognized as a definitive book on place branding. It has guided communities worldwide for more than 17 years. This Fourth Edition (2023) is extensively updated with 90+ pages of new content, addressing today's most critical challenges in city branding, destination marketing, tourism marketing, regional development, ... En savoir plus

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THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO PLACE BRANDING FOR SMALL CITIES, REGIONS & DOWNTOWNSWidely recognized as a definitive book on place branding. It has guided communities worldwide for more than 17 years. This Fourth Edition (2023) is extensively updated with 90+ pages of new content, addressing today's most critical challenges in city branding, destination marketing, tourism marketing, regional development,
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The Economics of Poverty

History, Measurement, and Policy

par Martin Ravallion ...

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities in access to key resources threaten to stall growth and poverty reduction in many places. The world's poorest have made only a small absolute gain over those 30 years. Progress has been slow against relative ... En savoir plus

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There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities in access to key resources threaten to stall growth and poverty reduction in many places. The world's poorest have made only a small absolute gain over those 30 years. Progress has been slow against relative
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

par Thomas Piketty ...

Traduit par Arthur Goldhammer ...

A New York Times #1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal #1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the British Academy MedalFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award“It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Ce... ... En savoir plus

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A New York Times #1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal #1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the British Academy MedalFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award“It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Ce...
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A Very Different Land

Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya

par Hilary Sunman ...

In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father's work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the 'White Highlands', race, colonial leadership, and the rise ... En savoir plus

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In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father's work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the 'White Highlands', race, colonial leadership, and the rise
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The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law

Modifié par Daniel Bethlehem, Donald McRae, Rodney Neufeld, Isabelle Van Damme ...

Collections series Oxford Handbooks
Over the past 10 years, the content and application of international trade law has grown dramatically. The WTO created a binding dispute settlement process and in resolving disputes, the judicial organs of the WTO have built up a substantial amount of new international trade law. Emerging from this new WTO process is an international trade law system that is in some respects self-contained and in ... En savoir plus

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Over the past 10 years, the content and application of international trade law has grown dramatically. The WTO created a binding dispute settlement process and in resolving disputes, the judicial organs of the WTO have built up a substantial amount of new international trade law. Emerging from this new WTO process is an international trade law system that is in some respects self-contained and in
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The Third Pillar

How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind

par Raghuram Rajan ...

**Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardFrom one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.**Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010 FT-Goldman-Sachs Book ... En savoir plus

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**Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardFrom one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.**Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010 FT-Goldman-Sachs Book
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Belleville

A Popular History

par Gerry Boyce ...

Belleville, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, traces its beginnings to the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists. For 30 years the centre of the present city was reserved for the Mississauga First Nation. White settlers who built dwellings and businesses on the land paid annual rent to them until the land was "surrendered" and a town plot laid out in 1816. The new town quickly became an ... En savoir plus

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Belleville, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, traces its beginnings to the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists. For 30 years the centre of the present city was reserved for the Mississauga First Nation. White settlers who built dwellings and businesses on the land paid annual rent to them until the land was "surrendered" and a town plot laid out in 1816. The new town quickly became an
... En savoir plus
China and Globalization

The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society

par Doug Guthrie ...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the ... En savoir plus

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the
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L'effondrement (du monde) n'aura (probablement) pas lieu

par Antoine Buéno ...

L’apocalypse écologique est-elle inéluctable ? L’économie mondiale va-t-elle se disloquer ? Allons-nous droit vers un effondrement de la civilisation ? De plus en plus de gens en sont convaincus, et c’est ce qu’affirment collapsologues et survivalistes. Pourtant, tenter de répondre à ces questions sans verser dans le catastrophisme ni le déni de principe, en les passant au crible de l’analyse ... En savoir plus

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L’apocalypse écologique est-elle inéluctable ? L’économie mondiale va-t-elle se disloquer ? Allons-nous droit vers un effondrement de la civilisation ? De plus en plus de gens en sont convaincus, et c’est ce qu’affirment collapsologues et survivalistes. Pourtant, tenter de répondre à ces questions sans verser dans le catastrophisme ni le déni de principe, en les passant au crible de l’analyse
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The Economic Statecraft of the Gulf Arab States

Deploying Aid, Investment and Development Across the MENAP

par Karen E. Young ...

Collections series Middle East Institute Policy Series
This book is a study of a shift in the politics and finance of development from one centered in the institutions and ideas of the post-World War II global political economy to the emergence of South-South economic ties and the rise of authoritarian or state capitalism as an alternative model of development. This is a study of the economic statecraft of the Gulf Arab states, specifically the ... En savoir plus

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This book is a study of a shift in the politics and finance of development from one centered in the institutions and ideas of the post-World War II global political economy to the emergence of South-South economic ties and the rise of authoritarian or state capitalism as an alternative model of development. This is a study of the economic statecraft of the Gulf Arab states, specifically the
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Grand Transitions

How the Modern World Was Made

par Vaclav Smil ...

From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... En savoir plus

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From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which
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The Great Reset

How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

par Richard Florida ...

We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late nineteenth century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society and to generate whole new eras of economic growth and prosperity. In terms of innovation, invention, ... En savoir plus

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We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late nineteenth century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society and to generate whole new eras of economic growth and prosperity. In terms of innovation, invention,
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Top Incomes

A Global Perspective

Modifié par A. B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty ...

A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries. They have a long time span, ... En savoir plus

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A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries. They have a long time span,
... En savoir plus
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

par Dan Ariely ...

The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics ... En savoir plus

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The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics
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Crashed

How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

par Adam Tooze ...

**WINNER OF THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One of the great strengths of Tooze's book is to demonstrate the deeply intertwined nature of the European and American financial systems."--The New York ... En savoir plus

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**WINNER OF THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One of the great strengths of Tooze's book is to demonstrate the deeply intertwined nature of the European and American financial systems."--The New York
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The Bottom Billion : Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

par Paul Collier ...

Global poverty Paul Collier points out is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states the bottom billion whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. In The Bottom Billion Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first ... En savoir plus

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Global poverty Paul Collier points out is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states the bottom billion whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. In The Bottom Billion Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first
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Louder Than Words

Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence

par Joe Navarro, Toni Sciarra Poynter ...

“Louder Than Words takes us from an understanding of nonverbal behavior to an understanding of something far more valuable for success—nonverbal intelligence.” — Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice“Joe Navarro brings together the art and science of nonverbal communications for the business sector with the edge of a former FBI agent and the insight of a world-class ... En savoir plus

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“Louder Than Words takes us from an understanding of nonverbal behavior to an understanding of something far more valuable for success—nonverbal intelligence.” — Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice“Joe Navarro brings together the art and science of nonverbal communications for the business sector with the edge of a former FBI agent and the insight of a world-class
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الخطوة الأولى نحو العمل الحر

par د. طارق السويدان ...

Collections Livre 1 - سلسلة تأسيس المشاريع
أبارك لك أنك فكرت في قراءة هذا الكتاب فهذه الخطوة تدل على بداية الاستعداد للانتقال نحو العمل الحر، وتدل كذلك على تفكير جاد للانتقال من الوظيفة التقليدية إلى بناء مشروعك الخاص. هذه الخطوة ليست هينة وبسيطة، بل قد تكون أهم خطوات حياتك (بعد الزواج) وقد تغير كل مسار حياتك. يشجع الكتاب على الانتقال خطوة نحو العمل الحر، بنبذ التردد والرد على الأعذار الشائعة، كما يساهم في تأصيل المفاهيم الأساسية والتعاريف ... En savoir plus

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أبارك لك أنك فكرت في قراءة هذا الكتاب فهذه الخطوة تدل على بداية الاستعداد للانتقال نحو العمل الحر، وتدل كذلك على تفكير جاد للانتقال من الوظيفة التقليدية إلى بناء مشروعك الخاص. هذه الخطوة ليست هينة وبسيطة، بل قد تكون أهم خطوات حياتك (بعد الزواج) وقد تغير كل مسار حياتك. يشجع الكتاب على الانتقال خطوة نحو العمل الحر، بنبذ التردد والرد على الأعذار الشائعة، كما يساهم في تأصيل المفاهيم الأساسية والتعاريف
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Capital and Ideology

par Thomas Piketty ...

Traduit par Arthur Goldhammer ...

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think ... En savoir plus

$43.39 CAD

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

par Klaus Schwab ...

World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... En savoir plus

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World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are
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Capitalism in America

An Economic History of the United States

par Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge ...

**From "the pre-eminent economic policymaker of his time" (The New York Times) and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian comes the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.Shortlisted for the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**From even ... En savoir plus

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**From "the pre-eminent economic policymaker of his time" (The New York Times) and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian comes the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.Shortlisted for the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**From even
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