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Money for beginners

an illustrated guide

Money is mysterious. We love it, we hate it, but few people can tell you what the heck it really is. Wouldn't it be good to get out of the fog? This book will help you understand both the way money works and how ...

Eli and the octopus

the CEO who tried to reform one of the world's most notorious corporations

The poignant rise and fall of an idealistic immigrant who, as CEO of a major conglomerate, tried to change the way America did business before he himself was swallowed up by corporate corruption. At 8 a.m. on February 3, 1975, Eli Black leapt to ...

The project-state and its rivals

a new history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

A new and original history of the forces that shaped the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We thought we knew the story of the twentieth century. For many in the West, after the two world conflicts and the long cold war, the verdict was clear: democratic ...

Net zero business models

winning in the global net zero economy

Net Zero Business Models: Winning in the Global Net Zero Economy delivers a breakthrough approach to transition from business models contributing to climate disaster to Net Zero Business Models crucial to sustainability and profitability. Based on the authors' business advisory expertise and insights from their ...

Behavioral economics for leaders

research-based insights on the weird, irrational, and wonderful ways humans navigate the workplace

Every leader should know the surprising research and strange conclusions of behavioral economics--for fairness, teamwork and productivity You and your colleagues don't always make rational decisions. Sometimes that's a problem that leaders must address, and and sometimes that can be a good thing--when ...

The legal singularity

how artificial intelligence can make law radically better

Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie argue that the proliferation of artificial intelligence-enabled technology - and specifically the advent of legal prediction - is on the verge of radically ...

Constitutional culture, independence, and rights

insights from Quebec, Scotland, and Catalonia

"In Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights, Javier García Oliva and Helen Hall coin the term "constitutional culture" to encapsulate the collective rules and expectations which govern the collective life within a jurisdiction. Significantly, these shared norms have both legal and social elements, including matters as ...

The problem of democracy

America, the Middle East, and the rise and fall of an idea

Shadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy's merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world's most undemocratic regions. What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or ...

The Civil rights movement

a very short introduction

The Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African Americans, but it prefigured as well ...

Hannah Arendt

a very short introduction

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz philosophy in Germany, Karl Jaspers and Martin ...

Law

a very short introduction

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, the law often seems a highly technical, perplexing mystery, with ...

Wild democracy

anarchy, courage, and ruling the law

Wild Democracy calls for a more anarchic, more courageous democracy. This is an ethic for people who know the rights they hold, and who struggle to rule themselves. This is an ethic for unfinished revolutions; an ethic for those who will not be mastered. This ...

The invention of Marxism

how an idea changed everything

How did one man's critique of capitalism guide the course of modern history? When he died in 1883, Karl Marx left behind an intellectual legacy of formidable proportions and revolutionary potential, yet one that exerted limited actual political, social, or economic influence. The full ...

Clínicas jurídicas

otra forma de aprender. La experiencia en España, Italia y Estados Unidos

Esta obra tiene su origen en una Jornada organizada por la Clínica jurídica "Xustiza Social" de la Universidad de A Coruña en diciembre de 2022. El mundo de las clínicas jurídicas de las Universidades españolas es una realidad a la vez desconocida y pujante. Las ...

Análisis interdisciplinares sobre género e igualdad

Este libro recoge una variedad de temáticas sobre igualdad de género desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar con una amplia variedad de información y tiene como objetivo presentar la investigación especializadas de temas de género a través de sus respectivas investigaciones. No debemos olvidar que el objetivo ...

Oportunidades en el mundo empresarial pos-pandemia

un análisis multidisciplinar

Esta obra reúne una selección de capítulos escritos por destacados profesores de la prestigiosa EAE Business School, quienes, con su amplio conocimiento y experiencia, nos ofrecen una visión integral de las oportunidades emergentes en este nuevo escenario. Cada capítulo aborda aspectos cruciales de nuestros tiempos ...

El juez de vigilancia penitenciaria y su marco competencial específico

una guía de actuación ante los juzgados de vigilancia penitenciaria

Son escasos los estudios publicados en torno a la figura del Juez de Vigilancia Penitenciaria; por ello, la presente obra trata de llenar este vacío, ofreciendo una visión de conjunto teórico-práctica de aquel, fruto de la experiencia del autor, en el que se aúnan su ...

Planificación, estrategias y medios en la lucha contra el crimen organizado y en la recuperación de activos

La dimensión actual del crimen organizado, al amparo de la globalización y digitalización de la sociedad, han convertido a este fenómeno criminal en un riesgo claro para el Estado y para la buena gobernanza económica. Y por lo tanto exige de una respuesta eficaz, fundamentada ...

Jornadas. Vitoria-Gasteiz (25-26 mayo 2023). Estudios de la insolvencia del País Vasco

Novedades introducidas por la Ley 16/2022, de 5 de septiembre, de reforma del Texto refundido de la Ley concursal

Esta obra constituye el resultado académico de una nueva andadura, que son las Jornadas de Estudio de la Insolvencia del País Vasco, que en esta primera sesión se han celebrado en Vitoria y, después, tendrán lugar en Bilbao y San Sebastián. El hilo conductor de ...

Continente animal

Luna, ¿me cuentas un cuento?

Un poemario a través de los seis continentes, un viaje delicioso en compañía de la Luna para descubrir el mundo y alguno de sus peculiares habitantes. Si le pides a la Luna que te cuente un cuento te llevará por ciudades y bosques de Europa ...