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  • Let Them Eat Carbon

    The Price of Failing Climate Change Policies, and How Governments and Big Business Profit From Them

    Climate change is big business. Much of the money so-called green policies cost us goes straight into the pockets of a bewildering range of special interests. Around the world companies are making billions out of the schemes governments have put in place saying they will curb global warming and protect us from the threat of climate change. There is little evidence that those policies are an ... Altre info

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  • Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    Britain and Europe’s Dysfunctional Relationship

    In the noise of the debate about the EU, it is rare for fundamental questions to be asked. For example, for what purposes should we have international institutions at all? Does the EU meet those purposes and, if not, is reform possible? This book considers these questions. An international team of renowned authors looks at each area of economic policy in which the EU has an interest, as well as at ... Altre info

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  • Audiolibro

    Ancient Time | How Often Did Tudor People Actually WASH?

    Narrato da Matthew Sinclair ...

    Integrale

    1 ora 45 minuti

    Step into sixteenth-century England to shatter the myth of squalor and uncover the fascinating history of daily hygiene. Perfect for an educational commute or an afternoon of historical discovery, this immersive journey walks you through the streets, manors, and artisan workshops of the era. You will explore a world where staying clean meant much more than climbing into a steaming wooden tub ... Altre info

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  • Dead Aid

    Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

    di Dambisa Moyo ...
    In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse—much worse.In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and ... Altre info

    9,77 €

  • Economics: The User's Guide

    A Pelican Introduction

    di Ha-Joon Chang ...
    Serie series Pelican Books
    What is economics?What can - and can't - it explain about the world?Why does it matter?Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian. The Observer called his book 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, which was a no.1 bestseller, 'a witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy.' He won the W... ... Altre info

    9,49 €

  • Dog Days

    Australia After the Boom

    di Ross Garnaut ...
    Serie eBook 3 - Redback
    A blueprint for the nation after the boom.Australians have just lived through a period of exceptional prosperity, but, says influential economist Ross Garnaut, the Dog Days are on their way. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?In Dog Days, Garnaut explains how we got here, what we can expect next and the tough choices we need to make to survive the new economic conditions. Are we clever enough – ... Altre info

    7,49 €

  • The Corruption of Capitalism

    Why rentiers thrive and work does not pay

    di Guy Standing ...
    Politicians, financiers and bureaucrats claim to believe in free competitive markets, yet they have built the most unfree market system ever created. In this Gilded Age, income is funnelled to the owners of property – financial, physical and intellectual – at the expense of society. Wages stagnate as labour markets are transformed by outsourcing, automation and the on-demand economy, generating ... Altre info

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  • The European Union

    Economics and Policies

    The European Union has established itself as a leading text that provides readers from all disciplines with a sound understanding of the economics and policies of the EU. Its wealth of information, detail and analysis has ensured that previous editions have been read by a generation of students, researchers and policy makers. It covers all major EU policy areas as well as theories of economic ... Altre info

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  • A Time Traveller's Guide to Our Next Ten Years

    di Frans Cronje ...
    Picture South Africa ten years from now: Are the angry poor rising up and seizing land and businesses? Or has economic reform created jobs and growth? Is an increasingly desperate government clamping down on freedoms? Or do the middle classes still braai in suburban bliss? South Africa is at a tipping point, and small shifts in political and economic conditions can bring about dramatic changes. ... Altre info

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  • A Manifesto for Social Change

    How to Save South Africa

    A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles.Architects of Poverty (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans’ misery.Advocates for Change (2011) showed that there were short-term to medium-term ... Altre info

    7,17 €

  • The Scramble for Africa in the 21st Century

    “[This new edition of] The Scramble for Africa uses tools of international political economy to clarify the challenges of development in today’s Africa from managing mounting demand for the region’s natural resources and land, to navigating the turbulence of global capital and trade flows. It critically analyses the sources and sustainability of the current African growth path and explains why ... Altre info

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  • The New Zealand Experiment

    A World Model for Structural Adjustment?

    di Jane Kelsey ...
    Jane Kelsey’s was a questioning and challenging voice when she wrote this passionate critique of New Zealand’s economic policies in the 1980s and 90s. The social and economic consequences of a decade of market-based reforms are laid bare in this statistically rich and rhetorically powerful work.Drawing on a wide array of sources, Kelsey’s analysis delves into every aspect of the structural reforms ... Altre info

    7,79 €