Beating the odds

jump-starting developing countries

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions ...

The city

London and the global power of finance

Radical insider's account of how the city of London really works The City, as London's financial centre is known, is the world's biggest international banking and foreign exchange market, shaping the development of global capital. It is also, as this groundbreaking book ...

Gracias, China

la influencia de China en el resto del mundo es decisiva en el siglo XXI

Agradecer a China todas sus aportaciones y su generosidad es sin duda un acto de justicia. Especialmente para Pedro Nueno, profesor de dirección de empresas y autor de este libro, quien ha encontrado en este país el mejor aliado para difundir por el mundo la ...

An economic history of Portugal, 1143-2010

This book offers a fascinating exploration of the evolution of the Portuguese economy over the course of eight centuries, from the foundation of the kingdom in 1143, when political boundaries began to take shape in the midst of the Christian Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula ...

Ideas chinas

el ascenso global de China y la teoría de las relaciones internacionales

Vivimos una era de cambio y un cambio de era determinado por la conformación de China como potencia global y su centralidad en el sistema internacional, que plantea la cuestión de si dicha emergencia y transformación va a conllevar simplemente un cambio de la estructura ...

Building the new american economy

smart, fair, and sustainable

In this passionate and powerful book-part manifesto, part plan of action-the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable development is a holistic approach that emphasizes economic, social, and ...

Iran

what everyone needs to know

Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its ...

China's Asian dream

empire building along the new silk road

'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared that the lion had awoken. Under his leadership, China is pursuing a dream to restore its historical position ...

The people's money

how China is building a global currency

Many of the world's major economies boast dominant international currencies. Not so for China. Its renminbi has lagged far behind the pound, the euro, and the dollar in global circulation-and for good reason. China has long privileged economic policies that have fueled development at ...

Las amenazas del TTIP y el CETA

los acuerdos comerciales como estrategia de dominación del capital

Te imaginas que te invitan a una partida de cartas en la que, pase lo que pase, siempre pierdes? ¿Te imaginas que te ofrecen un trato en el que, pase lo que pase, siempre saldrás perjudicada o perjudicado? ¿Aceptarías ese trato o jugar esa partida ...

One world mania

a critical introduction to free trade, financialization and over-globalization

In this much-needed survey, Graham Dunkley challenges the oft-repeated notion that free trade and global integration are the best means of development for all nations at all times - an idea that has proved even more misguided in the wake of the global financial crisis. By ...

Russia

what everyone needs to know

Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player. Russia: What Everyone Needs ...

Knowing China

a twenty-first century guide

Contemporary China appears both deceptively familiar and inexplicably different. China is a cauldron of forms of entrepreneurship, social organization, ways of life and governance that are at once new and unique, recognizably Chinese and generically modern. In analyzing and interpreting these developments, Frank N. Pieke ...

Unequal democracy

the political economic of the new gilded age

The first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. This revised and expanded edition includes two new chapters on the political economy of ...

Desigualdad y desequilibrio

la economía mundial antes de la crisis

En el momento en que los mercados financieros tomaron las riendas de la economía global, las reglas del juego cambiaron radicalmente. Las sociedades capitalistas se enfrentaban a un escenario inédito de consecuencias imprevisibles y, desde entonces, la desigualdad empezó a acentuarse a un ritmo vertiginoso ...

Open for business

the new cuban economy

90 miles off the coast of Florida a new revolution is afoot. This time instead of guerrillas marching through the streets of Havana, it is a global economy that will revolutionize Cuba. Now open to the world, how will this nascent economy develop? Open for ...

China moderna

una inmersión rápida

China es otro mundo. Su condición de Estado-continente, su demografía o su historia y cultura le aportan reconocidas singularidades propias. Inmersa en un largo proceso de modernización, hoy ansía cerrar el capítulo de decadencia iniciado hace dos siglos para situarse de nuevo en el epicentro ...

¿Cuándo se jodió Venezuela?

sobre cómo el país con las reservas petroleras más ricas del mundo acabó sumido en la ruina, otra vez

En el subsuelo venezolano se encuentra la mayor reserva mundial de petróleo. Desgraciadamente, el país lo gobierna un régimen disfuncional cuya mala gestión ha sembrado el caos económico y la ruina entre su población. ¿Cómo puede darse tal paradoja? Como atestigua Raúl Gallegos, espectador de ...

Más allá de la crisis

el reclamo del desarrollo

Coordinada por Rolando Cordera y con un prólogo de José Narro Robles, esta obra reúne los ensayos realizados a partir del Grupo Nuevo Curso de Desarrollo (GNCD) de la UNAM. Economistas en su mayoría, los investigadores aportan en cada trabajo un panorama amplio a la ...

La paradoja del poder alemán

Desde que comenzó la crisis del euro, Alemania se ha establecido como potencia dominante de Europa. En el curso de los últimos años, en los medios europeos se ha comparado a la canciller alemana Angela Merkel con Bismark e incluso con Hitler. Y sin embargo ...