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Drawing on insights from social psychology, moral philosophy and behavioural economics, as well as a range of illuminating case studies, world-renowned economist Paul Collier shares a galvanizing vision for a more inclusive, prosperous world.

Great Britain? is a much-needed antidote to the pervading sense that Britain is going backwards rather than forwards. It is both a clear-eyed and rigorous diagnosis of the problems facing our country – a unique toxicity of huge inequality and stagnant economic growth – and a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future: by building an investment nation of good work, resilient communities and secure homes, a society in which both burdens and prosperity are shared.

Щоб втілити всі свої задуми та бажання, сучасна людина перш за все повинна досягти успіху в грошових питаннях, використовуючи принципи управління особистими фінансами, викладені на сторінках цієї книги у доступній та захопливій формі.Джордж Семюел Клейсон публікував нариси про економіку та фінансовий успіх, використовуючи форму історій та притч Стародавнього Вавилону. Ці твори набули широкого поширення серед персоналу банків та страхових компаній. Їх прочитали мільйони людей. Найбагатший чоловік у Вавилоні швидко став класикою мотиваційної літератури, корсним підручником з економіки, управління фінансами та одночасно із саморозвитку.

As a $3-trillion economy, India is on her way to becoming an economic superpower. Between 1991 and 2011, the period of our best growth, there was also a substantial decline in the number of people below the poverty line. Since 2011, however, there has been a marked retreat in the high growth performance of the previous two decades. What happened to the promise? Where have we faltered? How do we change course? As professional economists as well as former civil servants, Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah have spent most of their lives thinking about and working on these questions.

The dramatic story of an improbable gang of self-proclaimed “degenerates” who made WallStreetBets into a cultural movement that moved from the fringes of the internet to the center of Wall Street, upending the global financial markets and changing how an entire generation thinks about money, investing, and themselves.

The essential complement to the pathbreaking Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Competitive Advantage introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into activities, or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage.

In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability. His reporting takes listeners deep into the elaborate system, showcasing the triumphs and struggles of the human players who operate it—from factories in Asia and an almond grower in Northern California, to a group of striking railroad workers in Texas, to a truck driver who Goodman accompanies across hundreds of miles of the Great Plains.

MORE—The Microdose Diet gives you a step-by-step ninety-day plan to reclaim your power and your life. By using alternative medicines such as microdosing psychedelics, tapping, visualization, and journaling, you will feel MORE alive than ever before, aligned with the level of success, passion, and happiness you deserve but have never been able to obtain or sustain.

Che cos’hanno in comune una rivolta di pescatori corsi in un mare colorato di rosso, un volantino piegato in quattro trovato nella tasca di una giacca, un circuito elettrico nascosto da un controsoffitto, una telefonata nel cuore della notte e un testo poetico usato nel posto sbagliato? L’inizio di una storia. O di più storie, individuali e collettive, ma sempre con due protagonisti in comune: l’ex magistrato Gian Carlo Caselli e l’Italia.

Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development.