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Liberalism

a counter-history

One of Europe's leading intellectual historians deconstructs liberalism's dark side. In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher Domenico Losurdo argues that from the outset liberalism, as a philosophical position and ideology, has been bound up with the most illiberal of policies ...

The myth of America's decline

politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies

America-bashing predates America: French Enlightenment philosophies claimed that the colony was doomed and one critic reported that the colony's population was "astonishingly idiotic [and] enervated". As the United States became a superpower after the Second World War, a more virulent, politically charged form of ...

The undercover economist strikes back

how to Run or ruin an economy

A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses - all are in the headlines all the time. But how does ...

Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

the management of contemporary society

Samir Amin is, and remains, one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of capitalism, North-South relations and issues of development. In this highly prescient book, originally published in 1997, he provides a powerful analysis of the new and very different ...

The Wall Street Journal guide to information graphics

the dos and don'ts of pdesenting Data, facts, and figures

In today s data-driven world, professionals need to know how to express themselves in the language of graphics effectively and eloquently. Yet information graphics is rarely taught in schools or is the focus of on-the-job training. Now, for the first time, Dona M. Wong, a ...

Advanced financial reporting and analysis

This newtext is intended as a companion volume to the existing Wiley title Financial Reporting and Analysis by John Dunn , published in Jan 2010. Advanced Financial Reporting and Analysis will complement the existing book by offering the opportunity to continue into the third year with ...

Recursive models of dynamic linear economies

A common set of mathematical tools underlies dynamic optimization, dynamic estimation, and filtering. In Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies, Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas Sargent use these tools to create a class of econometrically tractable models of prices and quantities. They present examples from ...

Stitched up

the anti-capitalist book of fashion

Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned designs, Stitched Up delves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear. Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, the book explores consumerism, class and advertising to reveal the interests which benefit from ...

A guide to consumer Law

the easyway

Introduces the new consumer rights legislation of 2014 in a clear and concise way, updating a highly successful guide.

The locust effect

why the end of poverty requires the end of violence

World poverty is both an intractable and ever-mutable problem. It has afflicted humanity since the earliest times, but its basic features - aside from the constant, want - have evolved as history has moved from epoch to epoch. Today, there is broad recognition that a significant segment ...

Power to the people

energy in Europe over the last five centuries

Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy ...

Legal challenges in the global financial crisis

bail-outs, the Euro and regulation

The global financial and economic crisis which started in 2008 has had devastating effects around the globe. It has caused a rethinking in different areas of law, and posed new challenges to regulators and private actors alike. One of the emerging issues is the apparent ...

A handbook of statistical analyses using Stata

With each new release of Stata, a comprehensive resource is needed to highlight the improvements as well as discuss the fundamentals of the software. Fulfilling this need, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition has been fully updated to provide an introduction to ...

Rough justice

the International Criminal Court's battle to fix the World, one prosecution

The Nuremberg trials after World War II constituted a landmark in the development of international criminal justice: presided over by jurists from the victorious powers, it set new standards for defining international war crimes. Set in motion shortly after the creation of the United Nations ...

The ROI of pricing

measuring the impact and making the business case

As with executives and managers in so many other business functions, pricing specialists are being challenged more and more to substantiate the added value of their activities. Pricing is a core function of every business, and needs not only to contribute positively to short- and ...

Mergers, acquisitions, and other restructuring activities

Mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring transactions reveal the inner workings of our economy. Every student and professional should understand their parts, what they are intended to accomplish, and what their competitive, strategic, and value consequences are. In the 7th Edition of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring ...

The value of risk

Swiss Re and the history of reinsurance

Reinsurance is an invisible service industry which enables insurance companies to insure more risks and to make better use of their resources. Until recently, reinsurers were only known to a small minority outside the insurance community. Major disasters, especially those caused by natural catastrophes, have ...

Le categorie delle leggi

Le leggi, come tutti gli elementi del diritto, sono racchiuse in "categorie". Esse classificano e condizionano parole, concetti, enunciati, regole e ne vincolano l' interpretazione e l' applicazione. Le categorie, già studiate da Aristotele, quando sono riferite alle leggi, costituiscono i contenitori di sistemi normativi ...

Services of general economic interest, administrative courts and courts of audit

Manuale di notariato

Il volume, giunto alla terza edizione, illustra in modo esaustivo la complessa normativa, giurisprudenza, prassi ministeriale sviluppatasi intorno alla funzione di notaio. Sono esaminate le problematiche più importanti della professione, che concernono la competenza, la forma degli atti, gli adempimenti e le responsabilità nonché il ...