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大貶值：黃金價格與貨幣震盪的全球大敘事

The Great Devaluation: How to Embrace, Prepare, and Profit from the Coming Global Monetary Reset

by 亞當．巴拉塔, Adam Baratta ...

Translated by 鄭婉伶, 鄭依如, 王婉茜, 陳羿彣 ...

Series series Catch-On
美元病了，聯準會也病了。請有意識地扭轉我們對投資、商業慣例與社會常態的看法★****金融世紀的預言大作．普羅大眾也該一讀的財經通史★當前世界正陷於各種危險跡象。戰爭、資產泡沫、債務擴張、社會不平等、貧富差距急劇擴大，這種緊張情勢下的全球貨幣走勢將會如何？財富將如何流動？在內幕與預測漫天的時刻，本書將述說一場可能的全球政經大轉變──而我們每個人都可能難以倖免！一場疫情讓全球的經濟應聲倒地，面臨了史無前例的大挑戰，不斷膨脹的債務和赤字，讓他們別無選擇，只能繼續花錢，積欠更多還不起的債務，再用貨幣貶值掩飾一切。就這麼惡性循環下，開始出現另一波無法控制的通貨膨脹，使得各國政府只能祭出升息策略。前好萊塢電影工作者亞當‧巴拉塔，繼全美暢銷巨作《華爾街不讓你知道的投資金律》後再次出擊，本書以生動的文字闡釋貨幣政策的概念；看完本書你將了解：聯邦準備政策促進政府債務擴張的原因及方法，以及他們如何以... ... Read more

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美元病了，聯準會也病了。請有意識地扭轉我們對投資、商業慣例與社會常態的看法★****金融世紀的預言大作．普羅大眾也該一讀的財經通史★當前世界正陷於各種危險跡象。戰爭、資產泡沫、債務擴張、社會不平等、貧富差距急劇擴大，這種緊張情勢下的全球貨幣走勢將會如何？財富將如何流動？在內幕與預測漫天的時刻，本書將述說一場可能的全球政經大轉變──而我們每個人都可能難以倖免！一場疫情讓全球的經濟應聲倒地，面臨了史無前例的大挑戰，不斷膨脹的債務和赤字，讓他們別無選擇，只能繼續花錢，積欠更多還不起的債務，再用貨幣貶值掩飾一切。就這麼惡性循環下，開始出現另一波無法控制的通貨膨脹，使得各國政府只能祭出升息策略。前好萊塢電影工作者亞當‧巴拉塔，繼全美暢銷巨作《華爾街不讓你知道的投資金律》後再次出擊，本書以生動的文字闡釋貨幣政策的概念；看完本書你將了解：聯邦準備政策促進政府債務擴張的原因及方法，以及他們如何以...
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The Evolution of African Armies

From Indigenous and Colonial Forces to Modern Military Forces

Edited by Andrew E.Yaw Tchie ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
This book investigates how African armies in post-conflict societies are evolving and adapting to new and emerging threats.In recent years, multiple extremely complex armed conflicts have contributed to chronic instability and vulnerabilities in several African states and regions. This book investigates several key case studies to assess the development, deployment and use of African armies in ... Read more

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This book investigates how African armies in post-conflict societies are evolving and adapting to new and emerging threats.In recent years, multiple extremely complex armed conflicts have contributed to chronic instability and vulnerabilities in several African states and regions. This book investigates several key case studies to assess the development, deployment and use of African armies in
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The Divide

Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets

by Jason Hickel ...

Global inequality doesn’t just exist; it has been created.More than four billion people—some 60 percent of humanity—live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and culture. It tells us that all we have to do is give a bit of aid here and there to help poor countries ... Read more

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Global inequality doesn’t just exist; it has been created.More than four billion people—some 60 percent of humanity—live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and culture. It tells us that all we have to do is give a bit of aid here and there to help poor countries
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Lohn, Preis und Profit (Kommentiert)

Erweiterte Ausgabe. Schriften zur Volkswirtschaftslehre: Mehrwerttheorie

by Karl Marx, Leonhard Viebrock ...

In "Lohn, Preis und Profit" entfaltet Karl Marx eine prägnante, polemisch geschärfte Analyse der kapitalistischen Produktionsweise, ausgehend von der Frage, ob gewerkschaftliche Lohnkämpfe die Preise notwendig erhöhen. In klarer, argumentativer Prosa verbindet der Text ökonomische Theorie mit politischer Intervention: Arbeitskraft, Mehrwert, Profitrate und Warenpreis werden in ihrem systematischen ... Read more

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In "Lohn, Preis und Profit" entfaltet Karl Marx eine prägnante, polemisch geschärfte Analyse der kapitalistischen Produktionsweise, ausgehend von der Frage, ob gewerkschaftliche Lohnkämpfe die Preise notwendig erhöhen. In klarer, argumentativer Prosa verbindet der Text ökonomische Theorie mit politischer Intervention: Arbeitskraft, Mehrwert, Profitrate und Warenpreis werden in ihrem systematischen
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Poor Economics

A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo ...

In this new edition of their classic work, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics upend the most common assumptions about how economics works, providing a “rich and humane” (Financial Times) examination of how poor people actually liveWhy do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free lifesaving immunizations but pay for unnecessary drugs? Why do children from poor families attend ... Read more

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In this new edition of their classic work, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics upend the most common assumptions about how economics works, providing a “rich and humane” (Financial Times) examination of how poor people actually liveWhy do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free lifesaving immunizations but pay for unnecessary drugs? Why do children from poor families attend
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The New Dealers

Power Politics in the Age of Roosevelt

by Jordan A. Schwarz ...

This bold new analysis of the New Deal dramatically revises our vision of the Roosevelt legacy -- and of the new relation between government and business it made a central fact of American life. With impressive scholarship and narrative brio, Jordan A. Schwarz persuasively demonstrates that the New Deal's architects sought not merely to save an endangered American capitalism but to integrate ... Read more

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This bold new analysis of the New Deal dramatically revises our vision of the Roosevelt legacy -- and of the new relation between government and business it made a central fact of American life. With impressive scholarship and narrative brio, Jordan A. Schwarz persuasively demonstrates that the New Deal's architects sought not merely to save an endangered American capitalism but to integrate
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The Confounding Island

Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament

by Orlando Patterson ...

The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence.There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous ... Read more

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The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence.There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous
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SEO Strategies 2024

Learn search engine optimization with smart internet marketing strategies

by Abdellah Elhakimy ...

Learn SEO and rank at the top of Google with SEO 2024—beginner to advanced!Recently updated - EXPANDED & UPDATED March 2024No matter your background, SEO 2024 will walk you through search engine optimization techniques used to grow countless websites online, exact steps to rank high in Google, and how get a ton of customers.In this SEO book you will find:SEO explained in simple language, beginner ... Read more

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Learn SEO and rank at the top of Google with SEO 2024—beginner to advanced!Recently updated - EXPANDED & UPDATED March 2024No matter your background, SEO 2024 will walk you through search engine optimization techniques used to grow countless websites online, exact steps to rank high in Google, and how get a ton of customers.In this SEO book you will find:SEO explained in simple language, beginner
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Land and Freedom

The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

by Leandro Vergara-Camus ...

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots ... Read more

$28.99 USD

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots
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This Side of Home

by Renée Watson ...

Does growing up have to mean growing apart? From Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a poignant novel about love for home and for ourselves, embracing change, and what it means to grow up.Identical twins Maya and Nikki have always agreed on the important things-their friends, the right boys, their plans for college and the future. But before senior year ... Read more

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Does growing up have to mean growing apart? From Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a poignant novel about love for home and for ourselves, embracing change, and what it means to grow up.Identical twins Maya and Nikki have always agreed on the important things-their friends, the right boys, their plans for college and the future. But before senior year
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The Entrepreneurial Imperative

How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life)

by Carl J. Schramm, PhD ...

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China Road

A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

by Rob Gifford ...

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book ... Read more

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Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book
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The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century

Paving a New Silk Road

by Richard Pomfret ...

This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014. Richard Pomfret examines the countries’ relations with external powers and the possibilities for development offered by infrastructure projects as well as rail links between China and ... Read more

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This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014. Richard Pomfret examines the countries’ relations with external powers and the possibilities for development offered by infrastructure projects as well as rail links between China and
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China's Economy

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Arthur R. Kroeber ...

Series series What Everyone Needs to Know
China's economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to ... Read more

$10.49 USD

China's economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to
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The Essential Hirschman

by Emma Rothschild, Amartya Sen, Albert O. Hirschman ...

Some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkersThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the ... Read more

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Some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkersThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the
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Mission Economy

A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism

by Mariana Mazzucato ...

Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York TimesAn award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York TimesAn award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing
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More Urban Less Poor

An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

by Goran Tannerfeldt, Per Ljung ...

A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Read more

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A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and
... Read more
Sustainability and Sustainable Development

An Introduction

by Lisa Benton-Short ...

The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international ... Read more

$60.99 USD

The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international
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A History of West Africa

by Toyin Falola ...

Series series Routledge Global Africa Textbooks
This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social, cultural, economic and political history of West Africa, through prehistory, revolutions, ancient empires, thriving trade networks, religious ... Read more

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This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social, cultural, economic and political history of West Africa, through prehistory, revolutions, ancient empires, thriving trade networks, religious
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Raised to Obey

The Rise and Spread of Mass Education

by Agustina Paglayan ...

Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? In Raised to Obey, Agustina Paglayan offers an unsettling answer. The introduction of broadly ... Read more

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How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? In Raised to Obey, Agustina Paglayan offers an unsettling answer. The introduction of broadly
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Nature, Choice and Social Power

by Erica Schoenberger ...

We are at an environmental impasse. Many blame our personal choices about the things we consume and the way we live. This is only part of the problem. Different forms of social power - political, economic and ideological - structure the choices we have available. This book analyses how we make social and environmental history and why we end up where we do.Using case studies from different ... Read more

$73.99 USD

We are at an environmental impasse. Many blame our personal choices about the things we consume and the way we live. This is only part of the problem. Different forms of social power - political, economic and ideological - structure the choices we have available. This book analyses how we make social and environmental history and why we end up where we do.Using case studies from different
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Child Labor and the Urban Third World

Toward a New Understanding of the Problem

by Subrata Sankar Bagchi ...

The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and other basic amenities required for decent living. The problem of child labor has also been exacerbated to an unprecedented level in the urban areas ... Read more

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The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and other basic amenities required for decent living. The problem of child labor has also been exacerbated to an unprecedented level in the urban areas
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After Piketty

Edited by Heather Boushey, J. Bradford DeLong, Marshall Steinbaum ...

Are Thomas Piketty’s analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty, a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty, in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right. ... Read more

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Are Thomas Piketty’s analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty, a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty, in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right.
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China Dream And The China Path, The

by Tianyong Zhou ...

Series Book 4 - Series On Chinese Economics Research
Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author proposes a development path and reform strategies for China in the next three decades.This book ... Read more

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Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author proposes a development path and reform strategies for China in the next three decades.This book
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