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“claude turmes”

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  • Energy Transformation

    An Opportunity for Europe

    by Claude Turmes ...
    The European Union has powerful resources at its disposal to tackle global warming; together, the countries of the EU are global leaders in the use of renewables. Why, then, has there been such slow progress in actually enforcing energy policy changes?Energy Transformation reveals the bitter political battles fought inside EU institutions over the past fifteen years between the architects of ... Read more

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    Power and Politics on the Front Lines of Climate and Clean Energy

    by Jeremy Leggett ...
    “A brilliant page turner, alternately daringly funny, coldly sobering, starkly terrifying – poetic, personal, beautiful and intensely urgent." Josh Fox, Emmy-winning film director“Great fun to read; kind, tough, and often very funny.” Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics“We can rely on Jeremy Leggett to provide an interesting and insightful perspective.” Richard Branson, Virgin Group“A ... Read more

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  • Building the New American Economy

    Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

    by Jeffrey D. Sachs ...
    The influential economist offers a persuasive strategy for a more just and sustainable economy—with a forward by Bernie Sanders.The New York Times has said that Jeffrey D. Sachs is "probably the most important economist in the world." Now, in a book that combines impassioned manifesto with a plan of action, Sachs charts a path to move America toward sustainable development. Sustainable development ... Read more

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  • GDP

    A Brief but Affectionate History - Revised and expanded Edition

    by Diane Coyle ...
    How GDP came to rule our lives—and why it needs to changeWhy did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013—or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008—just as the world’s financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece’s chief statistician charged with treason in ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • The Betrayal of American Prosperity

    Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era

    by Clyde Prestowitz ...
    CONSIDER THIS SHOCKING FACT: while China’s number one export to the United States is $46 billion of computer equipment, the number one export from the U.S. to China is waste—$7.6 billion of waste paper and scrap metal.Bestselling author Clyde Prestowitz reveals the astonishing extent of the erosion of the fundamental pillars of American economic might—beginning well before the 2008 financial ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Red Alert

    How China's Growing Prosperity Threatens the American Way of Life

    by Stephen Leeb ...
    "I would caution readers to dismiss Stephen Leeb's warnings only at their peril." -- Thomas Kaplan, chairman, Tigris Financial GroupThe American Dream is close to being replaced by a living nightmare:Key commodities that are essential to our daily lives and that are widely believed to be abundant are running critically short. Even worse, the Chinese are doing what they can to monopolize the world ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Outrageous Fortunes

    The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy

    by Daniel Altman ...
    A Harvard-trained economist's startling predictions reveal critical challenges in the decades ahead, helping individuals, businesses, and governments to make smarter decisionsAs individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look ... Read more

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

    by 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. ... Read more

    $14.69 USD

  • Uprising

    Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy?

    by George Magnus ...
    Emerging markets are big news. But after the financial crisis, what does the future really hold for them? And what does this future mean for global business?George Magnus, one of the world's most respected economic analysts, is your guide through the challenges and opportunities for emerging markets and those doing business in them.This magisterial book looks in detail at China and India – the big ... Read more

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  • Is China Buying the World?

    by Peter Nolan ...
    China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largest exporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchange reserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world's largest companies. ‘China's Rise' preoccupies the global media, which regularly carry articles suggesting that it is using its financial resources to ‘buy the world'.Is there any truth to this idea? Or is ... Read more

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  • Make It In America, Updated Edition

    The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy

    by Andrew Liveris ...
    The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEOAmerica used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades, ... Read more

    $11.00 USD

  • Renewables

    The Politics of a Global Energy Transition

    by Michael Aklin, Johannes Urpelainen ...
    A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power, mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy.Wind and solar are the most dynamic components of the global power sector. How did this happen? After the 1973 oil crisis, the limitations of an energy system based on fossil fuels created an urgent need to experiment with alternatives, and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD