How trade imbalances spurred on the global financial crisis and why we aren't out of trouble yetChina's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are undergoing a critical rebalancing of the world economies. Debunking popular misconceptions, Pettis shows that severe trade imbalance...

Your IQ can be developed dramatically. This book shows how a high IQ can be developed, how governments try to stop you succeeding in school, and how you can be a very successful student in school, college and university.

A comprehensive guide to diagnosing and relieving your dog's painYou love your dog, and hate to see him in pain. But you don’t want to head to the vet’s office for hundreds of dollars worth of tests that might prove useless. Dr. Mike Petty understands this. He’s a “pain vet” – working with cutting-edge research to find the best way to relieve your pet's pain. In this book, he guides readers in three critical points:How to determine whether a dog i...

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the causes of financial crises. He examines recent financial crises in emerging market countries along with the history of international lending since the 1820s to argue that the ...

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the causes of financial crises. He examines recent financial crises in emerging market countries along with the history of international lending since the 1820s to argue that the ...

This book shows you how to boost your IQ significantly.It also shows you how to become an A+ student in school, college or university/The author, Dr. Michael Petty, carried out some of the earliest seminal research into IQ in 1980. He is a former professor and currently a social scientist.This book is scientific and is completely valid and reliable.

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers“The authors weave a complex tapestry of monetary, fiscal and social policies through history and offer opinions about what went right and what went wrong . . . Worth reading for their insights into the history of trade and finance.”—George Melloan, Wall Street Jou...

A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers.Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees.Klein and...

The West was never just wild—it was cursed.In the dust-choked crossroads of pulp grit and supernatural dread, seven tales ride hard into the heart of the Weird West. Inside this anthology, silver bullets don’t always save you, and salvation is just another gamble in a rigged deck.From cursed elixirs and demonic cults to jackalope riders, mutant lawmen, and undead steamboat soldiers, Gunsmoke & Hexes delivers a shotgun blast of horror, heroism, and frontier ...

A Village, A Murder, A Mystery. And a Keen-eyed Amateur Detective.In a quiet Dartmoor village, ex-corporate troubleshooter Dan Corrigan is a fish out of water. He's also an excellent amateur investigator.Dan never walks away from a mystery, so when a murder is committed, he knows what he must do.He's determined to solve the mystery, whatever the risks. The murderer must not go unpunished. Justice must be done.But first, Dan must untangle a web of deceit, beca...

Dan Corrigan wants to disappear, but life has other ideas.Burnt out by the pressures of London life, Dan escapes to a Devonshire village, but he soon discovers an intriguing mystery.An ancient legend, a coded message carved in stone, and a secret swept beneath the carpet by an upper-class family: all compelling clues.And then a crime is committed.Dan promises to solve the case, along with his new neighbour and unlikely ally, Alan, but they uncover a hidden hist...

A concise guide to the Japanese attack on Hawaii that plunged America into WWII, with facts, maps, historical significance, and more.As America prepared for WWII, everything changed on December 7, 1941—described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a "date which will live in infamy"—when Japan launched a successful surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack crippled the fleet, while showing the world the new dominance...