Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed old political fault lines in the United States. Disorder: ...

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.The twenty-first century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilized the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed oldpolitical fault line...

This book explains the place of oil in the economic and political predicaments that now confront the West. Thompson explains the problems that the rising cost of oil posed in the years leading up to the 2008 crash, and the difficulties that a volatile oil market now poses to economic recovery under the conditions of high debt, low growth and quantitative easing. The author argues that the 'Gordian knot' created by the economic and political dynamics of supply and demand oil in the present ...

This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies. Unlike many discussions of democracy that treat authority as a problem primarily of domestic politics or normative values, this book puts the international economy at the centre of the analysis.This volume shows how changes in the international economy from the inter-war years to the end of the twentieth century impacted upon the success and failures of democracy. It makes the argumen...

This book is your ultimate Joseph McCarthy resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Joseph McCarthy's whole picture right away. Get countless Joseph McCarthy facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Joseph McCarthy Handbook is the single and largest Joseph McCarthy reference book. This compendium ...

與《晶片戰爭》齊名，入圍《金融時報》2022年度最佳商業書在通貨膨脹時代，一窺能源如何徹底打亂了今日的金融秩序全球失序時代不可多得的地緣政治鉅作！獨家收入臺灣版序「在大國競爭的當代，能源基礎不但是經濟發展的重要支柱，更是掌握國家安全與產業永續的關鍵利器。綠色能源與ESG早已是先進科技的重要指標，理解過去化石能源如何波動全球板塊，更能讓我們掌握風險與評估布局──《能源賽局》正是這樣一本重要且不可多得的著作。」──中美矽晶暨環球晶圓董事長、太陽能光電協會理事長 徐秀蘭中國覬覦中南海、俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭，在通貨膨脹的時代，能源成為護國之盾！歐洲啟動淨零碳排、綠能投資成為主流，能源才是波動地緣政治的關鍵！石油在上個世紀主宰了世界的經濟發展，從日常用品、交通運輸到糧食生產，石油點燃了文明生活，也將美國推上世界強權。二十世紀美國運用了強大的石油資源，結合海陸空的制霸能力，幾乎掌控了全球的石油命脈，並進一步奪取了金融強權的關鍵地位，聯準會的一舉一動，都將波動世界的金融局...

L’histoire du XXe et du début du XXIe siècle demeure impénétrable si l’on ne comprend pas ce qui a découlé de la production, de la consommation et du transport du pétrole et du gaz. Si la Grande-Bretagne s’est hissée au sommet pendant l’ère du charbon, si les États-Unis ont dominé celle du pétrole et du charbon, la nouvelle ère énergétique qui dépend des métaux et des minerais appartiendra à la Chine. Quant à l’Union européenne, les énergies vertes seront pour elle le moyen d’échapper au m...

The real and private correspondence of a Birmingham working-class teenager who joined the RAF during wartimeMany previously unpublished and very rare photographsA Lancaster gunner’s personal perspective on the hardships and realities of RAF life, training and active operationsMore than just an RAF story: a love and family story with an unpredictable and emotional conclusionThe story behind the story – the discovery of these fascinating letters,...

This book is a study of power. In particular, it is a study of governmental power in Britain and France. Its focus is the changing relationship between the government and the central bank in the two countries, and it examines the politics of this relationship since the time when the Bank of England and the Bank of France were first created. The book begins by considering the issue of governmental control generally. It then focuses on monetary policy making, and asks what has been the role ...

Spreading the news of scientific breakthroughs in the eighteenth centuryHistories of Science shows how different forms of media communicated scientific breakthroughs during the long eighteenth century, bringing together eighteen humanities scholars to discuss the representation, reception, and application of natural philosophy in the Atlantic world. In particular, the authors focus on descriptions of scientific discoveries in popular print, with essays on ...

Location, location, location … intelligence.Learn how to use the world’s premier data analysis software to make smarter decisions with site selection, gain insights into potential customers, easily visualize your location-based data, and more.Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Business Analyst guides you through fundamental and advanced workflows using 20 skills that take about 45 minutes each to learn. The book’s chapters cover both ArcGIS Busines...