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  • Knowledge is power

    The thirst for knowledge is superpower

    by Steve Mavridis ...
    This book is an easy, enjoyable read, ideal for people of all ages, because it covers topics that interest everyone such as politics, economics, society issues. It is the result of scientific and general knowledge, observation, personal study. Its easy way of writing, will make you finish it without pauses. I hope my book will entertain you, make you think and give you a new perspective on how you ... Read more

    Was 5,99 € Now 1,99 €

  • Οικονομική Διαχείριση Επιχείρησης

    FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR BEGINNERS, #2

    by KATERINA SKLIROU ...
    Series Book 2 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR BEGINNERS
    Το βιβλίο αυτό σκοπό έχει να εξηγήσει στη σύγχρονη γυναίκα επιχειρηματία τις βασικές αρχές οικονομικής διαχείρισης μιας επιχείρησης, στην καθημερινή πράξη.Για πρώτη φορά μαζεμένες σε ένα βιβλίο όλες οι σύγχρονες συμβουλές που προτείνουν φημισμένοι οικονομολόγοι και ειδικοί της τεχνολογίας, προσαρμοσμένες στις ανάγκες και στα προβλήματα της σημερινής εποχής.Ένα βιβλίο οδηγός για την γυναίκα που οι ... Read more

    Free

  • الخطوة الأولى نحو العمل الحر

    by د. طارق السويدان ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    Free

  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    Translated by 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... ... Read more

    16,84 €

  • Slow Down

    How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth

    by Kohei Saito ...
    A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024'ACCESSIBLE AND CONVINCING' - SALLY ROONEYCapitalism by its very nature puts us at odds with the environment. Therefore, argues award-winning Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito, the future must belong to a new form of communism, the only fair and humane existence the limits of nature can support.Drawing on a revelatory new reading of Karl Marx's enigmatic final writings ... Read more

    3,49 €

  • Globalisation and Poverty

    Channels and Policy Responses

    Edited by Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I Round ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors.The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This book addresses three core issues: 1) what are the main channels of effect? 2) what are the lessons to be ... Read more

    Free

  • Improving the Sustainable Development Goals

    Strategies and the Governance Challenge

    by Lars Niklasson ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    Improving the Sustainable Development Goals evaluates the Global Goals (Agenda 2030) by looking at their design and how they relate to theories of economic development. Adopted unanimously by the member states of the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the goals are remarkable for the global commitment on a set of targets to reach by 2030, but also for the lack of a strategy of implementation. The choice ... Read more

    31,74 €

  • Think Like a Freak

    The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

    by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and ... Read more

    9,64 €

  • How Economics Explains the World

    A Short History of Humanity

    by 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 ... Read more

    14,09 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finance and the Good Society

    by Robert J. Shiller ...
    The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance--he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this ... Read more

    21,40 €

  • Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    21,40 €

  • The Climate Book

    by Greta Thunberg ...
    *A Times, Financial Times, Observer and Nature Book of the Year*‘Spectacular ... this work is planetary in scale’ Independent‘It offers real, rich hope’ Observer, Books of the YearWe still have time to change the world. From the world's leading climate activist, this is the essential book for making it happen.Created by Greta Thunberg in partnership with ov... ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • Europe and problems of marketization: from Polanyi to Scharpf

    by Colin Crouch ...
    The author uses the theory of the 'Great Transformation' of the industrialisation of England developed by Karl Polanyi to describe the current situation in Europe. There is a strong marketisation of the economy and also of social life, but what is missing is the social policy that needs to accompany this process, if there are not to be major problems. From this perspective marketization and social ... Read more

    5,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having it all, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity

    by Robert Peston ...
    'Robert Peston's compelling account of global financial meltdown is a must-read.' ObserverWhat can we learn from the 2008 recession? ITV's political editor explains the global economic mess and how to escape it - in his characteristically straightforward way.'How do we fix this mess? I don't know. But don't stop reading now. Perhaps if we have a clearer understanding of what went wrong, we'll have ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Economics of Poverty

    by Kevin Furey ...
    The goal of this introductory economics textbook is to use economic analysis to determine the causes and solutions to one of the United States' most vexing social problems—poverty. Using examples of orthodox and heterodox economic theories, The Economics of Poverty fills a gap in the traditional discussion around poverty, focusing on how our economy contributes to and can solve the problem of ... Read more

    15,78 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Factfulness Illustrated

    Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - Why Things are Better than You Think

    by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund ...
    The international best-selling phenomenon in an updated illustrated edition'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATESFACTFULNESS: the stress-reducing habit of only having opinions for which there ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The New Global Economic Order

    Edited by Lili Yan Ing, Dani Rodrik ...
    As anti-globalization reshapes the world, the divide between East and West, developed and developing countries, and North and South, deepens, creating new challenges for economic policy and global governance. This book provides a nuanced and balanced analysis of economic transformation over the past century, exploring critical themes such as structural change, resource mobilization, and the future ... Read more

    Free

  • TripAdvisor : « Plan and book your perfect trip »

    Quand la révolution du secteur du voyage passe par l’e-tourisme

    by Charlotte Bouillot, 50minutes ...
    Series Book 2 - Business Stories
    Un guide pratique et accessible pour découvrir la Success Story de TripAdvisorQuelle histoire se cache derrière le succès international du hibou aux yeux bicolores de TripAdvisor ? Comment cette plateforme, aujourd’hui considérée comme la plus grande communauté de voyageurs au monde, s’est-elle hissée au rang de géant du secteur de l’e-tourisme, se faisant une place aux côtés de Booking ou d ... Read more

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation Networks and the New Asian Regionalism

    A Knowledge Platform on Economic Productivity

    by Hans-Peter Brunner ...
    The rise of Asia, as well as the future of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) the world over, will be profoundly influenced by the challenges of slowing productivity growth, increasing economic inequalities and systemic vulnerabilities. Such structural reform issues will require RCI policies that complement domestic policy reform. This unique book explains what drives the regional economic ... Read more

    Free

  • International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

    by Khalid Koser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents ... Read more

    7,27 €

  • Learning from Megadisasters

    Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Edited by Federica Ranghieri, Mikio Ishiwatari ...
    While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale ... Read more

    19,71 €

  • Institutional Barriers to Economic Development

    Poland's Incomplete Transition

    Edited by Jan Winiecki ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition
    Poland's transition from socialism to capitalism has largely been praised as a success story. In reality, however, according to this study, Poland's case is an 'incomplete' transition. Looking at the processes involved in economic transition, covering key issues including financial markets, labour markets, competition and intervention, social security, property rights and attitudes towards the ... Read more

    58,61 €

  • Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa

    by Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Tazeen Hasan ...
    The importance of property rights in providing the incentive to invest, work hard, and innovate has been recognized for centuries. Yet, many women in Africa do not have the same property rights or formal legal capacity enjoyed by men. Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa documents the extent to which the legal capacity and property rights vary for women and men, and ... Read more

    19,71 €

  • Climate-Resilient Development

    Participatory solutions from developing countries

    Edited by Astrid Carrapatoso, Edith Kürzinger ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
    The concept of resilience currently infuses policy debates and public discourse, and is promoted as a normative concept in climate policy making by governments, non-governmental organizations, and think-tanks.This book critically discusses climate-resilient development in the context of current deficiencies of multilateral climate management strategies and processes. It analyses innovative climate ... Read more

    57,39 €