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The invisible handcuffs of capitalism

how market tyranny stifles the economy by stunting workers

Mainstream, or more formally, neoclassical, economics claims to be a science. But as Michael Perelman makes clear in his latest book, nothing could be further from the truth. While a science must be rooted in material reality, mainstream economics ignores or distorts the most fundamental ...

Hospitality marketing

principles and practice

"Hospitality Marketing: An Introduction" takes a unique approach to outlining marketing processes in the hospitality industry. Ideal for those new to the topic of marketing, this text contextualises the subject for the hospitality sector. This title discusses the eight elements of the marketing mix with ...

Inside the fed

monetary policy and its management, Martin thorught Greenspan To Bernanke

Stephen Axilrod is the ultimate Federal Reserve insider. He worked at the Fed's Board of Governors for more than thirty years and after that in private markets and as a consultant on monetary policy.With Inside the Fed, he offers his unique perspective on ...

The end of the West

the once and future Europe

Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is ...

Debtor nation

the history of America in Red Ink

Before the twentieth century, personal debt resided on the fringes of the American economy, the province of small-time criminals and struggling merchants. By the end of the century, however, the most profitable corporations and banks in the country lent money to millions of American debtors ...

Evidence

text and materials

Evidence: Text & Materials provides a 'one-stop', readily accessible resource for students studying the law of evidence. It offers an exceptionally clear and lucid presentation of the law, effectively introducing and guiding students through this challenging and stimulating subject. Interwoven with the author's incisive explanatory ...

Economic foundations of symmetric programming

The search for symmetry is part of the fundamental scientific paradigm in mathematics and physics. Can this be valid also for economics? This book represents an attempt to explore this possibility. The behavior of price-taking producers, monopolists, monopsonists, sectoral market equilibria, behavior under risk and ...

Nueva historia de la democracia

de Solón a nuestros días

Salvo en contadas excepciones residuales, la democracia es el régimen por todos aceptado, aunque con variantes de fondo muy grandes y con riesgos varios. Varía su relación con varios fenómenos políticos dentro de un mundo globalizado, pero diverso y contradictorio: fenómenos de unificación más o ...

La sociedad de la ignorancia

Eds. Gonçal Mayos, Antoni Brey ; Prol. Eudald Carbonell. ¿Qué peligros se ocultan detrás de las promesas de la «sociedad del conocimiento»? ¿Cuántos costes o «daños colaterales» la acompañan? La sociedad de la ignorancia es la cara oscura de la «sociedad del conocimiento» y plantea preguntas ...

Application of Foreign Law

Eds. Carlos Esplugues, José Luis Iglesias, Guillermo Palao. During the last decade Europe has undertaken an active and broad process of harmonisation of choice-of-law rules within the EU. However, this drastic movement towards a harmonised system has so far left aside a highly relevant issue ...

El Capital

un alegato a favor de la humanidad

Coincidiendo con la crisis financiera y el debate en torno al capitalismo, Reinhard Marx, arzobispo de Munich y Freising, que comparte apellido con el padre del comunismo, lanza este libro con el mismo título que hizo famoso a su homónimo. Estas coincidencias no significan que ...

Obtenga el sí

el arte de negociar sin ceder

Esta obra de referencia fue publicada hace más de dos décadas, y desde entonces, ha sido traducida a más de treinta idiomas y ha vendido cerca de ocho millones de ejemplares. Sus autores son los responsables del Harvard Negotiation Project (Proyecto Harvard de Negociación), la ...

Haz que funcione

una hoja de ruta hacia el éxito a través de la eficacia y la organización personal

Haz que funcione es el esperado libro, después de más de cinco años, del mayor especialista mundial en gestión del tiempo y organización personal e inventor del método GTD, usado por millones de personas, organizaciones y multinacionales en todo el mundo. Constituye una hoja de ...

La salida de la crisis de 2008

con optimismo fundado

El presente libro, La salida de la crisis de 2008, ofrece con optimismo fundado, una interpretación en torno a la cuestión que se plantea. Se trata, por tanto, de la recuperación de la economía europea y, en concreto, de la española. Los indicios de ello ...

La globalización del e-gobierno y la transparencia de la información pública

El presente libro tiene la finalidad de realizar una breve revisión teórica de uno de los conceptos más importantes e innovadores en nuestra actualidad y con un potencial de expansión hacia un futuro cercado de muchas Entidades Públicas en todos sus ámbitos, hablamos del #Gobierno ...

The audit process

principles, practice and cases

Now in its fifth edition, this market-leading text provides students on both undergraduate and professional courses in accounting with an essential introduction to the principles and practice of auditing. Completely updated to reflect recent changes in international accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards - and incorporating ...

Strategic management

competitiveness and globalization

Aut. Henk W. Volberda...[et al]. Volberda, Morgan and Reinmoeller have joined with Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson to develop a truly landmark strategic management textbook that is ideally suited for courses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as other global markets. With ...

Managing across cultures

concepts, policies and practices

"Managing across Cultures" introduces the concepts, policies and practices of managing resources in different socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts. It is structured on a country-by-country basis to allow a closer and more rigorous examination of the factors that influence labour market trends, organization and employment ...

Corporate communication

a guide to theory and practice

The Third Edition of this market-leading text has been updated and expanded with contemporary case material and more detailed coverage of the main topics and trends in corporate communication. New to the Third Edition: - New chapters on strategic planning and campaign management, research and measurement ...

Quantitative risk assessment

the scientific plataform

Quantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds a unifying scientific framework for discussing and ...