Business Impacts of COVID-19
This book shares observations and conclusions from contemporary research and analyses, as well as from personal experiences in creating and implementing anti-crisis solutions in economies and enterprises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and its entities.
Terrible Beauty
A firsthand, trench-view story of the failure of the modern environmental movement--and an inspiring prescription for change.Something's gone badly awry with environmentalism. We faithfully separate our waste into different streams, but wonder whether it really makes a difference. Global companies announce their commitment to carbon negativity while simultaneously sponsoring oil conferences. American businesses, communities, and individuals assiduously measure their carbon footprints, then implement voluntary emissions-reduction programs, all while trumpeting their do-gooderism.The problem is, none of this--whether individual efforts or corporate sustainability tactics--will make a dent in solving the civilizational threat of climate change. We only pretend it will, at our peril.As sustainability veteran Auden Schendler argues in this provocative, powerful book, we're living a big green lie. The hard truth is that much of the modern environmental road map could have been written by the fossil fuel industry specifically to avoid disrupting the status quo. We have become somehow complicit.But there is another truth: while ineffective or duplicitous environmentalism has become standard practice, we all have friends and family we love and care about, whose future depends on solving the problem of climate change. Conscience tells us we have an obligation to repair the world. How can our common dreams be so at odds with our daily practice? And how might we meld our spirit and our passion to create a better future?Schendler meets this profound contradiction head-on--with a bracing critique, moving personal stories of parenthood and service, and innovative, real-world methods to tackle climate change at the corporate, community, and individual levels.Terrible Beauty is a unique and inspiring call for a new environmentalism, showing us that the key to saving the planet is to tap into our own humanity.
National Brands and Global Markets
Between Brexit, efforts to 'Make America great again' and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer choices has been brought to the fore. This book argues that the history of 'Made in' can be used to shed light on society at large.
The Split
China dominates manufacturing and is the world's largest retail market, but for companies outside of China, finding ways to do business in the country is increasingly uncertain in the face of rising US-China tension, combined with China's crackdowns on the tech and education sectors. Shaun Rein runs the China Market Research Group and has spent his career helping multinationals understand where the opportunities are in China. An American who's lived in Shanghai for 25 years, he has long been one of the biggest China bulls. He now argues that while China is not a must-go destination for all companies and investors, there are still many non-politically sensitive sectors where long-term opportunities can be sought. The Split analysis the geo-political split between the US and China, China's sharp turn towards socialism and how this will cut into fat margins in many sectors. It explains why corporations in sectors such as semiconductors and AI should stay clear of China and relocate to other countries like Vietnam, India and Mexico. Yet principally, Rein makes the case that that fears about China's shift are far overblown and that for most sectors it should remain the main growth driver for even the largest companies. Expert insights into China's national policy reforms, its rising middle class seeking to save and invest, and their focus on health and wellness, will inform the international strategic decisions for companies around the world in sectors such as finance, consumer goods and auto. China will soon eclipse the United States as the world's largest economy and companies will lose out if they do not know how to invest in China properly. No company has been able to get into China for 3 years. Shaun Rein hasn't left. He's therefore uniquely positioned to advise now that China is opening up again. The Split presents a unique and informed case for why the time is definitely now to capitalize on policy changes and trends in China that will support long-term opportunities for your business.
Queer Trades, Sex and Society
This book is the first scholarly works to explore male homosexual prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a contested position within interwar society. The book explores connections between male prostitution and criminal gangs prevalent during the interwar period, particularly the 'Whitehats'.
Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy
It will be an invaluable resource for students of international relations, Russian studies majors, researchers, and members of the general public who are trying to understand the evolution of the current antagonism between the US and Russia.
Eat Sh*t & Smile
Learn how to use your own internal GPS system to get through any problem!In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry G. Banks shares his remarkable journey overcoming personal and financial hardships to achieve extraordinary success in business and in life. Jerry's candid stories reveal how he transformed setbacks into opportunities, turning divorce and near-bankruptcy into stepping-stones for raising two daughters as a single dad, while also managing $2 billion in real estate transactions over his career. The success he makes out of temporary failures offers valuable lessons for anyone facing life's inevitable curveballs.Jerry's Internal GPS System gives readers a practical formula for learning resilience and triumphing over some of life's toughest circumstances. You'll discover how to persevere, adapt, and turn your dreams into reality. Whether you're starting a business, navigating personal challenges, or needing a kick-in-the-pants to keep moving forward, Eat Sh*t & Smile: Surviving and Thriving on the Roller Coaster of Life is the book for you.Join Jerry Banks as he shares the strategies and insights that helped him achieve a wildly successful life despite the odds. Discover how you, too, can turn life's detours to your advantage and live your best life now.Front Flap: After plenty of hard knocks, Jerry G. Banks realized that over decades of ups and down in life, he had learned how to tap into his own internal GPS system. This helped him navigate his way through near bankruptcy, a difficult divorce, and raising two daughters on his own.Now that Jerry has realized his biggest dreams as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur, and father, he wants to help you realize your dreams too. Through years of experimenting and testing, Jerry has identified five foundational inputs you need to know to help you get to your own dream destination. Using his 4Ds +1 formula: Dreaming, Decisions, Determination, Discipline + Resilience, you can maximize your results and your happiness in life-and with greater ease and speed than Jerry did!In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry shares extraordinary stories from his personal and professional life, all while teaching you the programming tricks you'll need to operate your own internal GPS. But first, you must believe! Ready to tap into the power of your GPS and achieve your best life? Then let's go!
2008
A definitive look at how the financial crisis of 2008 actually happened, peeling away years worth of misdirection from the expert class.Over 15 years after the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the American public still lacks a clear understanding of what caused the housing bubble that led to the most serious panic since the Great Depression.Many have pointed to deregulation, but have failed to show how a gradual trend of deregulation could have caused either the sudden spurt in housing prices that triggered the bubble or the discrete turning points thereafter. Others have pointed fingers at the Fed, but have yet to explain why the bubble began prior to the Fed's "easy money" policies or why prior periods of easy money didn't also lead to housing bubbles. Still others have blamed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but have failed to explain why so much of the financing that fueled the bubble also came from major commercial and investment banks.In 2008: What Really Happened, Todd Sheets presents comprehensive original research that unravels these apparent contradictions and shows what spawned the housing bubble, why it grew to such dangerous proportions, and how this created the potential for a panic. He then details the missteps that triggered the panic, the factors that caused the financial markets to seize up, and the specific responses that finally returned the markets to equilibrium. In addition to debunking numerous myths, Sheets also exposes the history behind the people and institutions that drove these events and sets forth measures to help investors, executives, directors, regulators, and policy makers avoid repeating the mistakes that led to the worst financial crisis in nearly a century.
China's Modern Economic Statecraft
This compelling exploration delves into President Xi Jinping's ambitious efforts to restore China to its historical role as a global leader through innovative economic means. Xi's approach is a unique synthesis of Marxist-Developmentalist ideas, aiming to convert China's accumulated national wealth into great power status.
Trade Policy Disaster
The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent economic crisis. The recent economic crisis--with the plunge in the stock market, numerous bank failures and widespread financial distress, declining output and rising unemployment--has been reminiscent of the Great Depression. The Depression of the 1930s was marked by the spread of protectionist trade policies, which contributed to a collapse in world trade. Although policymakers today claim that they will resist the protectionist temptation, recessions are breeding grounds for economic nationalism, and countries may yet consider imposing higher trade barriers. In Trade Policy Disaster, Douglas Irwin examines what we know about trade policy during the traumatic decade of the 1930s and considers what we can learn from the policy missteps of the time. Irwin argues that the extreme protectionism of the 1930s emerged as a consequence of policymakers' reluctance to abandon the gold standard and allow their currencies to depreciate. By ruling out exchange rate changes as an adjustment mechanism, policymakers turned instead to higher tariffs and other means of restricting imports. He offers a clear and concise exposition of such topics as the effect of higher trade barriers on the implosion of world trade; the impact of the Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930; the reasons some countries adopted draconian trade restrictions (including exchange controls and import quotas) but others did not; the effect of preferential trade arrangements and bilateral clearing agreements on the multilateral system of world trade; and lessons for avoiding future trade wars.
Financial Literacy and Ageing in Developing Economies
Building upon on the experiences of ten developing Asian economies with a focus on India, this original volume is a first-time attempt to provide an in-depth account of financial literacy and its association with savings behavior, old age planning, wealth accumulation, healthcare and wellbeing in older age.
Unemployment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policies
A new approach for introducing unemployment into the New Keynesian framework. The past fifteen years have witnessed the rise of the New Keynesian model as a framework of reference for the analysis of fluctuations and stabilization policies. That framework, which combines the rigor and internal consistency of dynamic general equilibrium models with such typically Keynesian assumptions as monopolistic competition and nominal rigidities, makes possible a meaningful, welfare-based analysis of the effects of monetary policy rules. But the conspicuous absence of unemployment from the standard New Keynesian model has given rise to both criticism and attempts to rectify this anomaly. In this book, Jordi Gal穩, one of the major contributors to the New Keynesian literature, offers a new approach to introducing unemployment into that framework. Gal穩's approach involves a reinterpretation of the labor market in the standard New Keynesian model with staggered wage setting (rather than a modification or extension of the model, as has been proposed by others). The resulting framework preserves the convenience of the representative household paradigm and allows one to determine the equilibrium levels of employment, the labor force, and hence the unemployment rate conditional on the monetary policy in place. Gal穩 develops the basic model, embedding it in a standard New Keynesian framework with staggered price and wage setting; revisits the relationship between economic fluctuations and efficiency through the lens of the new model, developing a measure of the output gap; and analyzes the relation between unemployment and the design of monetary policy.
Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry
This book is intended to provide an overview of sustainable practices within the hospitality business and provides context for the future development of Makkah hotel buildings. Evaluating the extent to which these establishments adhere to sustainable principles presents a nuanced challenge. Aspirations toward sustainable hotel buildings in Makkah might encounter a multitude of obstacles that warrant meticulous investigation. These challenges could encompass cultural and regulatory complexities, operational management and infrastructural limitations, economic considerations, and the balance between tradition and modern catering, as well as meeting the needs of both visitors and government plans, while adhering to sustainability principles.
Globalisation for Sale
First published in 2001. Understanding and managing global financial flows and their impact of social spaces and people, is one of the most complex and difficult tasks facing politicians and social theorists today. Helping to meet the challenges posed by these changes, this important volume focuses on three question central to the interplay between globalisation, valorisation and marginalization.
Influence of Organizations on Their Employees' Health
The modern working world, characterized by a VUCA-world, digitalization, and demographic change, is transforming the way of working, offering benefits like increased flexibility but also bringing uncertainty, constant change, and new tasks. These developments pose new challenges to leaders and employees, reflected in rising sick days in Germany. Given the financial damage of presenteeism and absenteeism for individual companies and the German economy, organizations must find ways to maintain their employees' mental and physical health. Despite the growing importance of health in the corporate context, in Germany the potential of workplace health promotion is not yet fully exploited. This book highlights how modern behavioral economic incentive systems, using psychological insights on people's real decision-making behavior, can enhance corporate health promotion. Jennifer Potthoff designed the MIND-THE-GAP-toolbox for organizations to motivate their employees to eat healthier, improve physical activity, and reduce stress at work. Additionally, the book discusses how leaders can support employee health through a health-oriented leadership style characterized by self-care, mindfulness, staff-care, appreciation, empathy, trust, communication, fairness, and a balance between scope for action and task orientation.
From Reversal of Fortune to Economic Resurgence
This book examines Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and most populous country, and five selected Asian countries in comparative development and sectoral perspectives. It employs quantitative and qualitative methods, including case studies and statistical/econometric methods, to analyze factors that separate the sample countries that made rapid economic progress in "catching up" and those that tend to be stagnating and "falling behind."
Capital, Interest, and Waiting
Prominent economists including Nassau Senior, Eugene von Bӧhm-Bawerk, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, Walter Eucken, and Robert Dorfman have recognized or toyed with the idea of waiting as a factor of production, but this concept has not yet been explored in its entirety until now. In this book, Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke dive into the economic theory behind waiting and contextualize its relevance to modern-day monetary policy. Capital, Interest, and Waiting challenges economists to reconsider capital theory. The arguments presented within the book embrace extant literature on capital theory, including the numerous controversies, puzzles, and debates crowding the subject. These debates range from the Cambridge controversies triggered by Joan Robinson's work to the famous "reswitching" problem to a broader array of important problems in capital theory that were laid out by Walter Eucken, among others. Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke present, discuss, and resolve these many complexities of capital theory. Chapters break new ground again and again by demonstrating how waiting is a factor of production and interest is its price. Those who read this book will challenge long-held beliefs relevant to monetary economics and reconsider their approach to capital theory.
From Reversal of Fortune to Economic Resurgence
This book examines Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and most populous country, and five selected Asian countries in comparative development and sectoral perspectives. It employs quantitative and qualitative methods, including case studies and statistical/econometric methods, to analyze factors that separate the sample countries that made rapid economic progress in "catching up" and those that tend to be stagnating and "falling behind."
Getting Out of Darkness
Many policies from the Trump administration (2017-2020) were controversial and stirred the political landscape. Discover which policies deviated from orthodox theories, causing confusion and division among the American electorate. Gain insights into 21st-century socialism and the threats it poses to capitalism in the USA and globally. Evaluate the extent of these threats and how they may mislead voters into making poor choices, avoid that using this book as a beacon to navigate the darkness of misinformation.
Getting Out of Darkness
Many policies from the Trump administration (2017-2020) were controversial and stirred the political landscape. Discover which policies deviated from orthodox theories, causing confusion and division among the American electorate. Gain insights into 21st-century socialism and the threats it poses to capitalism in the USA and globally. Evaluate the extent of these threats and how they may mislead voters into making poor choices, avoid that using this book as a beacon to navigate the darkness of misinformation.
The Future of Success
If you think it's getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we're paying a steep price: we're working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting. With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that although we have more choices as consumers, and investors, the choices themselves are undermining the rest of our lives. It is getting harder for people to be confident of what they will be earning next year, or even next month. At the same time, our society is splitting into socially stratified enclaves--the wealthier walled off and gated, the poorer isolated and ignored. Although the trends he discusses are powerful, they are not irreversible, and Reich makes provocative suggestions for how we might create a more balanced society and more satisfying lives. Some of his ideas may surprise you; all should spark a healthy-and essential-national debate.
Lectures in Production and Supply
Production and supply analysis are core components of applied microeconomics. Taken together with considerations of demand and marketing, production and supply complete the nexus of what comprises modern applied economics.Lectures in Production and Supply presents the core components of modern theories of production and market conditions from the supply side. Analysis under conditions of perfect information is initially considered to demonstrate key concepts in production. The focus is on applied empirical models of production within an economic context. Production under conditions of uncertainty and risk aversion is then considered in a comprehensive manner. Mechanisms for the management of production risk, particularly to insurance, are then developed in detail.Household production is also a key consideration in production analysis. Most purchased goods undergo additional production at the household level prior to consumption and this production complicates the analysis of market relationships. The demand for leisure and the concomitant supply of labor and allocation of time are key considerations in household models.Finally, the multitude of policies that impact market relationships are important to any analytical consideration of market relationships. A particular focus is given to agricultural policies and related markets. The coupling of support mechanisms to production decisions is a key consideration in any policy deliberation. Hence, these mechanisms are given careful consideration within the context of policy analysis.
Vienna
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens--every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by Vienna. The city of Freud, Wittgenstein, Mahler, and Klimt was the melting pot at the heart of a vast metropolitan empire. But with the Second World War and the rise of fascism, the dazzling coteries of thinkers who squabbled, debated, and called Vienna home dispersed across the world, where their ideas continued to have profound impact. Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of this extraordinary story. Tracing Vienna's rich intellectual history from psychoanalysis to Reaganomics, Cockett encompasses everything from the communist rebels of Red Vienna to the neoliberal economists of the Austrian School. This is the panoramic account of how one city made the modern world--and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.
Lectures in Production and Supply
Production and supply analysis are core components of applied microeconomics. Taken together with considerations of demand and marketing, production and supply complete the nexus of what comprises modern applied economics.Lectures in Production and Supply presents the core components of modern theories of production and market conditions from the supply side. Analysis under conditions of perfect information is initially considered to demonstrate key concepts in production. The focus is on applied empirical models of production within an economic context. Production under conditions of uncertainty and risk aversion is then considered in a comprehensive manner. Mechanisms for the management of production risk, particularly to insurance, are then developed in detail.Household production is also a key consideration in production analysis. Most purchased goods undergo additional production at the household level prior to consumption and this production complicates the analysis of market relationships. The demand for leisure and the concomitant supply of labor and allocation of time are key considerations in household models.Finally, the multitude of policies that impact market relationships are important to any analytical consideration of market relationships. A particular focus is given to agricultural policies and related markets. The coupling of support mechanisms to production decisions is a key consideration in any policy deliberation. Hence, these mechanisms are given careful consideration within the context of policy analysis.
Macroeconomics
At the cutting edge of the subject area, the authors bring the macroeconomics that researchers and policymakers use today into focus. By developing a coherent set of tractable models, the book enables students to explore and make sense of the pressing questions facing global economies. Carlin and Soskice connect students with contemporary research and policy in macroeconomics. The authors' 3-equation model--extended to include the financial system and with an integrated treatment of inequality--equips students with a method they can apply to the enduring challenges stirred by the financial crisis and the Great Recession. Digital formats and resourcesThis title is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats and is supported by online resources. The e-Book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-assessment activities, multimedia content, and links that offer extra learning support. For more information visit: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks/ This title is supported by a range of online resource for students including multiple-choice-questions with instant feedback, interactive Animated Analytical Diagrams, access to The Macroeconomic Simulator, web appendices which develop chapters 1, 4, 7, and 18, In addition, lecturers can access PowerPoint slides to accompany each chapter and answers to the problems and questions set in the book.
Transformations in History
The book uses the main body of Lovejoy's work to speak to core African and economic history issues. It thoroughly examines Lovejoy's contributions to the study of Africa, particularly in exploring issues around production and exchanges at local, regional and international levels. The book offers readers a fresh perspective on the discourse of slavery and colonialism while simultaneously introducing them to the quality of work already accomplished by a stellar scholar. As the book argues, Lovejoy presents verifiable historical data that nudges us to reconsider our perception of Africa's growth trajectory, especially before its encounter with the Americas. A chapter examines the various ways by which the people experienced slavery before it became proliferated during the time Europeans entered into the business. Another chapter addresses questions about the progressive efforts of slave traders to access the interior to drive more victims who would be shipped to the Atlantic for the business of servitude to advance the European economy. Alongside this exploration, a provides the background as to the contributions of Africans to ensure the continuity of this business. Lovejoy notes, for instance, that Muslims were found in every region in the Americas during slavery, which indicates that they were being taken there through transatlantic slavery. While Muslims were found in these areas, it was not true that they were there in large numbers. This is underscored by their resistance to all forms of forced extraction of the people from their homeland. In essence, they challenged the system in ways that redefined their participation in the exercise. The book analyzes how Muslims ensured that economic and political power were withdrawn from the hands of the victims and how they systematically created institutions that promoted that very inequity. Lovejoy's extensive knowledge allows us to develop theories and establish applicable methodologies for understanding African reality since the precolonial era. He presents original perspectives about addressing issues of African-American engagements and the roles of critical voices in the diaspora. Consequently, the book is an invaluable educational resource, particularly for people who want to deepen their understanding of African social and economic history.
Absolute Essentials of Environmental Economics
This shortform textbook provides a concise overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics. It focuses on how economic forces affect the natural environment and how economic policies and behaviors may be altered to improve environmental quality.
Renewable Energy Finance
Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice, Second Edition integrates the special characteristics of renewable energy with key elements of project finance. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-life examples, readers learn how renewable energy project finance deals mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering and environmental issues. This book investigates the economics of large-scale green power production and incentive mechanisms and how they fit into the global energy industries. It also examines how distributed energy resources such as residential solar and batteries can be financed at the scale needed to play a significant role in the future energy mix. The authors examine how renewable energy projects get financed and built using modern non-recourse project finance structures. It also highlights recent innovations such as Green Bonds and Sustainability Linked Loans that have emerged in the context of ESG investments. The scope of the book is global, and it illustrates how renewable energy project finance has evolved in various places (such as the tax-equity structures used in the United States, due to the corporate tax incentives used there) to cope with local regulatory and policy environments.
The Healing Code
Heal. Transform. Repeat. The Healing Code is your roadmap to revolutionizing healthcare through innovation and collaboration. This book provides a step-by-step guide to developing and implementing cutting-edge healthcare solutions, empowering you to: vHeal: Improve patient outcomes and experiences through technology-driven carevTransform: Revolutionize healthcare delivery and operations with innovative solutionsvRepeat: Continuously improve and refine your approach through data-driven insights and collaborationEmpowering CIOs and CTOs to lead the charge, this book makes healthcare more affordable and accessible, transforming lives through technology.Driven by a quest to transform healthcare through innovation and technology, this book embodies the expertise and vision of Nilesh Maheshwari. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare technology, he has consistently developed cutting-edge solutions that enhance patient care. As the CEO of Emorphis Technologies and a seasoned leader, his passion lies in empowering healthcare entrepreneurs and innovators to leverage technology effectively. In The Healing Code, he shares valuable insights to make healthcare more accessible, efficient, and compassionate.
Ours Was the Shining Future
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behind The New York Times's "The Morning" newsletter. "With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country's most-respected voices on economics, David Leonhardt illuminates the inside history of the players and missteps that have stolen so many Americans' futures."--Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? And what happened to the "American dream"--the promise of a happier, healthier, more prosperous future--which was once such an inextricable part of our national identity? Drawing on decades of writing about the economy for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Leonhardt examines the past century of American history, from the Great Depression to today's Great Stagnation, in search of an answer. To make sense of the rise and subsequent fall of the American dream, Leonhardt tells the story of the modern American economy as an ongoing battle between two competing forms of capitalism: one that envisions prosperity for most, and one that serves the individual and favors the wealthy. In vivid prose, Ours Was the Shining Future traces how democratic capitalism flourished to make the American dream possible, until the latter decades of the twentieth century when, bit by bit, the dream was corrupted to serve only the privileged few. Ours Was the Shining Future is a sweeping narrative full of innovation and grit, human drama and hope. Featuring the trailblazing figures who helped shape the American dream--Frances Perkins, Paul Hoffman, Cesar Chavez, Robert Kennedy, A. Philip Randolph, Grace Hopper, and more--this engaging history reveals the power of grassroots democratic movements from across the political spectrum. And though the American dream feels lost to us now, Leonhardt shows how Americans--if they commit themselves to transforming the economy, as they did in the past--have the power to revive the dream once more.
Eat Sh*t & Smile
Learn how to use your own internal GPS system to get through any problem!In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry G. Banks shares his remarkable journey overcoming personal and financial hardships to achieve extraordinary success in business and in life. Jerry's candid stories reveal how he transformed setbacks into opportunities, turning divorce and near-bankruptcy into stepping-stones for raising two daughters as a single dad, while also managing $2 billion in real estate transactions over his career. The success he makes out of temporary failures offers valuable lessons for anyone facing life's inevitable curveballs.Jerry's Internal GPS System gives readers a practical formula for learning resilience and triumphing over some of life's toughest circumstances. You'll discover how to persevere, adapt, and turn your dreams into reality. Whether you're starting a business, navigating personal challenges, or needing a kick-in-the-pants to keep moving forward, Eat Sh*t & Smile: Surviving and Thriving on the Roller Coaster of Life is the book for you.Join Jerry Banks as he shares the strategies and insights that helped him achieve a wildly successful life despite the odds. Discover how you, too, can turn life's detours to your advantage and live your best life now.Front Flap: After plenty of hard knocks, Jerry G. Banks realized that over decades of ups and down in life, he had learned how to tap into his own internal GPS system. This helped him navigate his way through near bankruptcy, a difficult divorce, and raising two daughters on his own.Now that Jerry has realized his biggest dreams as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur, and father, he wants to help you realize your dreams too. Through years of experimenting and testing, Jerry has identified five foundational inputs you need to know to help you get to your own dream destination. Using his 4Ds +1 formula: Dreaming, Decisions, Determination, Discipline + Resilience, you can maximize your results and your happiness in life-and with greater ease and speed than Jerry did!In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry shares extraordinary stories from his personal and professional life, all while teaching you the programming tricks you'll need to operate your own internal GPS. But first, you must believe! Ready to tap into the power of your GPS and achieve your best life? Then let's go!
Reframing Italian Economic History, 1861-2021
This book surveys the development of the Italian economy over the 150 years since unification, integrating economic analysis with an economic and social history of Italian society. The book challenges several key assumptions about the growth of the Italian economy, including the notion that Italy has 'caught up' with its main Western partners and arguing that in long-run perspective the Italian economy has performed disappointingly. In particular, the book highlights how the role of cultural values, beliefs and preferences are just as important as institutions and institutional change in explaining the trajectory of the economy, arguing that a widespread 'growth-averse' culture exists in Italian society that diverges from the dominant market paradigms of the Western world. Rather than treating the twenty years after WWII - the period of rapid growth known as Italy's 'economic miracle' years - as an indicator of Italy's success, the author analyses these years as an anomaly where capitalist processes like creative destruction and innovism were briefly permitted to flourish. The book draws out key questions, for example exploring why institutional reforms have not led to sustained rates of growth, and why other markers of quality of life have improved in Italy while economic performance has remained slow. This book will be a fascinating read for scholars of economics and economic history, as well as non-specialist readers looking for a comprehensive understanding of Italian socio-economic conditions since the country's unification.
The Poverty of Economics
This book improves the alignment of economics with the idea of justice, the first virtue of any social institution, according to Rawls. To this aim, it provides the analytical framework necessary to ensure a just economy. While today's notion of economics favours the economics of extortion, this book proposes a model that transcends Lionel Robbins' canonical relationship between ends and means, as it proposes a broader notion of rationality incorporating the range of human attributes. In contrast to Robbins' economic rationality, economic choices must be based on adequate and good reasons, as Rescher claims, because both the means and the ends require rational deliberation. As a result, the book challenges Robbins' hope of turning general concepts like scarcity, costs, etc. into universal economic principles guiding human behavior in a vacuum. It disputes the idea that, through the application of the abstract formulation of economic statements unconnected to reality, economics can be rationalized in a morally neutral space, based on empty rationality. By contrasting the three rival versions of economics -formalism (axiomatic), empiricism (technocratic-consequential), and institutionalism (axio-ideological)- the book shows that it is not possible to switch between them as they refer to segmented mental universes of abstraction.
Development and Economic Growth in India
Notwithstanding the improved growth performance of India, development disparity across its states has widened in the first two decades of the 21st Century. This book examines development drivers of Indian states and what the necessary course corrections could be to achieve balanced regional growth.
The Economics of Growth in Russia
This book presents an investigation of economic growth in Russia. The sharp decline in the national production that Russia endured in the 1990s resulted in Russia plunging into the poverty trap. The goal of this book is to determine whether and how Russia manages to overcome the poverty trap and initiate and sustain economic growth.
The Economics of Biodiversity
We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen production; and provide us with spiritual fulfilment and opportunities for recreation and recuperation, which can enhance our health and well-being. Nature's constituents such as ecosystems and the biodiversity that are embodied in them are therefore assets. Yet Nature is more than an economic good: many recognise its intrinsic worth and argue that it has moral worth too. This landmark report explains the current state of play in relation to biodiversity loss and outlines a sustainable path to deal with this problem, one that will require us to change how we think, act and measure success. The report was originally commissioned and published by HM Treasury.
The Legacy of Robert Higgs
For over half a century, Robert Higgs has been a trailblazer in the fields of economics and political economy, challenging the conventional paradigm of government intervention with incisive critique and rigorous theoretical and historical analysis. As the founding editor of The Independent Review, Higgs carved out an intellectual space for a freer exploration of pressing issues in political economy and policy. Over the course of a distinguished academic career, including professorships at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, and Seattle University, Higgs has authored more than a dozen influential books and over 100 scholarly articles, reviews, and policy studies.Higgs's scholarship provides unique insight into the nature and impact of real-world government policy, revealing how policies that are justified as serving the public interest can also be discriminatory and coercive. He explores the tensions and balance between safety and freedom, the manipulative use of fear to achieve policy goals, and the perils of entrusting societal well-being to "experts." Higgs's "ratchet effect" framework explains how crises can lead to permanent expansions of government power, and his concept of "regime uncertainty" offers a fresh understanding of prolonged economic stagnation during the Great Depression.This volume gathers essays contributed by esteemed colleagues and scholars that demonstrate the relevance of Higgs's ideas and insights to today's most pressing issues. The volume explores matters of oppression and repression, of market competition and empowerment, and of the warfare state's costs and consequences. The Legacy of Robert Higgs will be of interest to students, to scholars, and to anyone with a stake in human freedom and flourishing.
Become a Globalist
Discover the secrets of entrepreneurial expatriation with Fatih AK, financial engineer and experienced entrepreneur. This book, designed for both beginners and seasoned entrepreneurs, offers an in-depth and practical analysis to succeed internationally. You will learn: - The motivations and steps of entrepreneurial expatriation, as well as managing the necessary resources. - How to choose a country for expatriation based on your business goals and tax advantages. - The procedures for setting up and managing a business abroad, with concrete examples and case studies. - Practical aspects of living and working in different countries, including the cost of living, healthcare systems, and education. - The importance of strategic planning and consulting with local experts to minimize risks. - Future trends in entrepreneurial expatriation, including digitalization and tax developments. You'll get bonuses such as: - Detailed evaluation guide for expatriation destinations (25 essential criteria) - List of offshore banks by country - Expatriation checklist: administrative steps - Complete table of tax havens This book aims to turn you into a true global citizen, with a worldwide vision by breaking down geographical barriers and limits to fully leverage international potential. By following the advice in this guide, you will be ready to successfully execute your entrepreneurial expatriation and manage a thriving business internationally. Invest in your future, and let this book become your trusted companion for a successful expatriation.
A Modern Economic History of Emerging Markets (1950-2020)
This book offers a comprehensive economic history of emerging market economies post-WWII and identifies a complex web of sustainability problems that face the EMEs going forward. It seeks to present a truly global perspective on the development of EMEs and the long-term trends that have brought EMEs to a critical economic juncture. The first section of the book charts how EMEs became tightly integrated into the global economy at rapid pace, analysing economic achievements as well as imbalances and sustainability issues that have been generated over time. It considers how EMEs have withstood episodes of complex structural transitions and financial shocks, and offers comparative perspectives on patterns of dispersion within the EME landscape from the end of WWII to the present. The second part of the book seeks to understand how EMEs might cope with the volatility brought about by a new 'age of disruption' defined by major structural challenges to the neo-liberal economic order. It considers which EMEs are best positioned to respond to issues of economic inequality, financial excess, technological disruption and climate change, what a global historical understanding of the EMEs can offer to policymakers, and the impact on the EME investment landscape. This book will be of interest to a broad audience including researchers of economic history and political economy, as well as policymakers, investment professionals, and the general reader interested in global economic development.
Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals
The implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs or SDGs) is often discussed in terms of governmental policy or the contributions by global, multinational organisations, but what role does the informal economy have to play in SDG implementation? The chapters collected here by a range of scholars explore this question in detail; exploring the ideas, interventions and challenges faced by the informal sector in contributing to the SDGs. With a wide range of chapters encompassing diverse topics such as food security, financial inclusion, waste management, gender disparity, and the impact of digital transformation, Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals offers a comprehensive exploration of the informal sector's role in various contexts and its potential for contributing to sustainable development. By examining case studies and presenting empirical evidence based on both qualitative and quantitative assessment, the contributors shed light on the challenges faced by informal workers and the interventions needed to address these challenges. Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals appeals to a range of readers such as researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to understand and address the complex dynamics of informal economies and their alignment with sustainable development goals.
Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Slovakia
Following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Republic emerged as an independent nation and embarked on a journey of economic transition and reform. During the thirty early years of independence, Slovakia faced many challenges, including establishing new economic policies, institutions, and legal frameworks. Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Slovakia analyses various aspects of Slovakia's economy, including recent developments and events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine. The chapters also highlight issues that arise from the current economic model, making it difficult for Slovakia to revitalize and adapt the economy to new circumstances. This volume is a must-read for professionals and academics who wish to comprehend the basis of Slovakia's growth and forecast its viability in the coming years. Entrepreneurship and Global Economic Growth presents modern examinations of economic growth at national, regional, and global levels. Each book in this series discusses different dimensions of the changing economic and industrial contexts and examines in detail their impact on the nature of growth and development.
The Economics of Over-The-Counter Markets
An essential primer on an important yet understudied type of financial market Many of the largest financial markets in the world do not organize trade through an exchange but rather operate within a decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) structure. Understanding how these markets work has become increasingly important in recent years, as illiquidity in certain OTC markets has appeared as the first signs of trouble--if not the cause itself--of the past two financial crises. However, standard models of financial markets are not suitable for studying the causes of illiquidity in OTC markets, nor the optimal policy response. The Economics of Over-the-Counter Markets proposes a unified search-theoretic framework designed to explicitly capture the key features of OTC markets, confront the growing set of stylized facts from these markets, and provide guidance for policies designed to promote liquidity and resiliency. This incisive book covers empirical regularities that are common across OTC markets, develops the methodological tools to analyze the benchmark theoretical models in the academic literature, and extends these models to confront the latest issues facing these markets.Covers a broad range of topics, including asset pricing, liquidity, transaction costs, asymmetric information, financial crises, and market designAn ideal textbook for graduate students in economics and financeAn invaluable resource for policymakers seeking a framework to assess the impact of new developments in fixed-income and short-term funding markets
Public Spending Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
In low- and middle-income economies, public spending policies diverge significantly from those of industrialized nations due to structural differences. Low- and middle-income economies often make long-term commitments based on short-term economic conditions, leading to mismatches between spending maturity and economic cycles. These mismatches can exacerbate fiscal imbalances and hinder economic growth by forcing compositional changes in public spending. Public Spending Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: When Cyclicality Meets Rigidities describes significant cyclical behavior variations in low- and middle-income markets. Contrary to Keynesian principles, public spending in these economies tends to be procyclical during economic booms, driven by increased borrowing and political pressures to address social deficits, but policy makers are unable or unwilling to retrench during economic busts. This approach not only amplifies macroeconomic volatility but also plants the seeds for fiscal distress, which is typically addressed by diminishing the quantity and quality of public investment--with serious consequences for long-term growth. Labor market informality further complicates matters, rendering automatic stabilizers like unemployment insurance impractical. Instead, governments rely on public employment and social transfer programs, which are downwardly rigid and can contribute to the expansion of government size over time. Addressing these anomalies requires policy interventions beyond traditional recommendations. Implementing fiscal rules to restrain overspending during economic upturns, enhancing the efficiency of public goods provision, and establishing mechanisms to adjust social programs during economic fluctuations are suggested approaches. In addition, measures to protect public investment and mitigate biases against pension benefits could aid in fostering long-term economic sustainability and welfare improvement. Public Spending Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean will be of interest to policy makers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in developing mechanisms for helping low- and middle-income economies weather economic storms.
China's Belt and Road Initiative at Ten
The last ten years have seen China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) go through a difficult transition. With various developments in mind, the chapters attempt to assess BRI at ten through examining a series of country experiences in the Americas, the Pacific, and Asia.
The New Silk Road and the Innovation Economy in China
This book provides deep insight into the emergent Chinese innovation economy, as we head towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It describes, discusses and analyzes the period from China's opening up to foreign investment in the 1980s until the New Silk Road project, from 2013 onwards.
The Economy of Goodness
This book, "The Economy of Goodness" by Dr. Rey-Sheng Her, offers a comprehensive faith-based and philosophical perspective on economic activities throughout human history. It explores how cross-cultural ethics and philosophies, particularly Eastern and Western, shape our economy. The book delves into applying altruism to economic spheres, demonstrating how good motivations and means lead to good outcomes. Key themes include defining 'goodness' as altruism, harmony, and common goodness, and addressing fairness and justice in production, consumption, trade, and finance. Highlighting enterprises that embody these ideals, the book also presents ten principles for fostering altruistic business practices, aiming to guide society toward common wealth and goodness. This engaging and insightful work is essential for those interested in economics, ethics, and the philosophy of altruism.
The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook
Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements. The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook demonstrates this to be a myth - one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives. In this fully updated and expanded edition of their celebrated book, Professors Rod Hill and Tony Myatt lay out the essentials of each topic in the standard texts in a clear and concise way, before presenting an 'anti-text' analysis and critique. Challenging the assumptions, arguments, and models, Hill and Myatt provide the essential guide to decoding the textbooks, and show that real economics is far more interesting - and subversive - than the simplistic version presented to students.
A New Economic Anthropology
Traditionally economic anthropology has been studied by sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers. However, anthropological questions have remained largely untreated in economics. This book argues for a new economic anthropology which goes beyond the conflict of economics and anthropology to show the complementarity of the approaches.
