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Finance serves the rich and powerful We need to democratize it

Our democracy has gone profoundly wrong Economists have failed us Politicians have lied to us Things must change This fearless new book will help make it happen Owen Jones An explosive call for change packed with original research a case study for the question we should all be asking since the crash how have the elites in Westminster in the City in economics stayed in charge Aditya Chakrabortty Guardian Utterly compelling and sobering Ha Joon Chang A century ago the idea of the economy didn t exist Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time with its own rules and language The trouble is most of us can t speak it This is damaging democracy Dangerous agendas are hidden inside mathematical wrappers controversial policies are presented as proven by the models of economic science Government is being turned over to a publicly unaccountable technocratic elite The Econocracy reveals that economics is too important to be left to the economists and shows us what we can do about it A rousing wake up call from a collective of dissident graduate students technically assured well argued and informative Robert Skidelsky If war is too important to be left to the generals so is the economy too important to be

Los estudios sociológicos sobre la formación de las sociedades modernas consideran que la transición a la vivienda independiente, como forma material de separación entre la esfera pública y privada, desempeña un papel central en la transicion a la sociedad burguesa. En reste sentido, el libro es un analisis de Sobre la cuestion de la vivienda, de Engels (y de sus limites en el contexto del siglo XXI) y al mismo tiempo un estudio de la situacion actual y de las posibles estrategias para sacar la vivienda del mercado (al menos parcialmente). El texto engancha con el debate sobre la estructura de la propiedad, y tambien con las iniciativas politicas que se han desarrollado en torno a la vivienda: sindicatos de inquilinas, cooperativas de viviendas, accion institucional, organizacion autonoma, etcetera.

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It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics politics and society Ha Joon Chang author of 23 Things They Don t Tell You About CapitalismOver the past fifty years the way we value what is good and right has changed dramatically Behaviour that to our grandparents generation might have seemed stupid harmful or simply wicked now seems rational natural woven into the very logic of things And asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book it s economics that s to blame Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world and how a handful of key ideas from free riding to Nudge seeped into our decision making and indeed almost all aspects of our lives Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values Economics has corrupted us But if this hidden transformation is so recent it can be reversed Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin

This book demonstrates the concept of CSR and how it is included as an element of valuebased marketing Using research from the Polish market the author explores the concept of valuebased marketing how organisations are implementing CSR and analyses the effect on consumer behaviour

What makes the modern world work The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four grand transitions of civilization in populations agriculture energy and economics which have transformed the way we live Now a fifth transition is underway the environmental changes that will determine the success or eventual failure of the preceding transitions that have made the world we inhabit today

John Maynard Keynes is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the 20th century He ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx and his impact on how economics was practiced from the Great Depression to t

Economics and the Left presents interviews with 24 leading progressive economists whose life work has been dedicated to both interpreting the world and changing it for the better They all deploy the technical tools of their trade the dismal science in various ways Much more importantly they are all people dedicated to the principles of egalitarianism democracy and ecological sanity The result is a combustible brew of ideas commitments and reflections on major historical events including the COVID 19 pandemic and resulting global economic recession Interviewed are Michael Ash Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho James K Boyce Ha Joon Chang Jane D Arista Diane Elson Gerald Epstein Nancy Folbre James K Galbraith Teresa Ghilarducci Jayati Ghosh Ilene Grabel Costas Lapavitsas Zhongjin Li William Milberg Leonce Ndikumana Ozlem Onaran Robert Pollin Malcolm Sawyer Juliet Schor Anwar Shaikh William Spriggs Fiona Tregenna Thomas Weisskopf

Behavioral Finance What Everyone Needs to Know provides an overview of common shortcuts and mistakes people make in managing their finances

Instant Economics pulls together all the pivotal economic knowledge and thought into one concise volume

This easy to understand and fully illustrated handbook teaches essential economic concepts so you can confidently apply economic reasoning in daily situations and discussions Economics may seem inaccessible and complicated but in reality we live in an economy all the time and use economic principles every day Economic insight and knowledge can easily and quickly solve a curiosity or problem avoid a minor catastrophe or even help provide support for your own economic hunch or theory With Everyday Economics Made Easy economics comes down from the ivory tower and into the real world You ll review the most important basic economic concepts history debates areas and ways of thinking about economic issues all while helping you apply these ideas in your everyday life This book will introduce you to The tools and theoretical approaches economists use The rich history of economic thought and its continued relevance today The contributions of notable economists The areas of microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis Complete with colorful graphics intriguing sidebars and easy to follow examples Everyday Economics Made Easy is a calm and patient tutor to help you appreciate the how and why of economic thinking and analysis its importance and its application to c

A tale of cloak and dagger intrigue intense rivalries and political machinations you d expect in a spy thriller Engineering & TechnologyGross Domestic Product is failing For decades it has rewarded environmental destruction and obscured inequality Its formula can be and has been gamed to the detriment of developing countries In this powerfully argued book now updated with a new chapter science writer Ehsan Masood shows how GDP fell from the path envisaged by its architects and how its long term misapplication has kept large parts of the world in poverty while helping accelerate global warming and biodiversity loss As the world rebuilds after the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying global recession our need for a more sustainable and inclusive measure of economic growth has never been greater Change must come if we are to break the cycle With clarity and passion Masood shows how we can update GDP for a better future previously published as The Great Invention in North America

An introduction to the lives and works of the most influential economists of modern times

La obra presenta y valora críticamente las «teorías heterodoxas» más importantes del pensamiento económico situándolas en su contexto histórico, resaltando su contribución al debate científico y exig

Este libro resume de forma clara y concisa el pensamiento que subyace en la literatura económica, en aquella que contenía propuestas y recomendaciones y que se escribió en Europa desde mediados del siglo XVI hasta mediados del siglo XVIII. Se ofrece una vision historiografica del termino mercantilisimo y un analisis de las distintas manifestaciones nacionales del fenomeno.