Cracking the China conundrum

why conventional economic wisdom is wrong

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrarian view of China's ...

A world of three zeros

the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize ...

Crecer o no crecer

¿Es la única cuestión?. El bienestar económico en el siglo XXI

¿Es el bienestar económico importante para la sociedad?, ¿medimos adecuadamente el bienestar económico en la actualidad?, ¿es el crecimiento el objetivo primordial y único para mejorar el bienestar económico de una sociedad? Son preguntas que todos nos hacemos y que necesitaríamos poder responder. No nos ...

The rise and fall of american growth

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end ...

The struggle for development

The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world´s population live in poverty. Why are wealth and poverty two sides of the coin of capitalist development? What can be done to overcome this destructive dynamic? In this ...

CEO, China

the rise of Xi Jinping

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise ...

Pax Japonica

the resurrection of Japan

Japan, the world s third largest economy and its largest creditor nation, has been in crisis for more than two decades. Its economy has been depressed or in recession in much of that period, its banking sector in a critical state, and its public sector ...

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 financial diaries

how american families cope in a world of uncertainty

Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right ...

Por un crecimiento racional

de la Gran Recesión al estancamiento: soluciones para competir en un mundo digital

Testigo privilegiado de todos los acontecimientos políticos y económicos de las últimas décadas, Juan María Nin entiende como muy pocos el funcionamiento de la economía real y los mecanismos decisivos de la política económica no sólo nacional sino también internacional. Como resultado de este bagaje ...

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 ...

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 ...

Europe's growth challenge

In the wake of the Great Recession, Europe's economy has stagnated to a considerable degree-greater even than that of the United States. Forecasts suggest an abysmal annual growth rate of about one percent over the next five years, and it now appears that Europe ...

Introduction to international development

approaches, actors, issues, and practice

Introduction to International Development integrates the work of leading experts from disciplines as varied as geography, history, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and anthropology. Contributed chapters present foundational overviews as well as in-depth coverage of issues at the heart of today's most pressing ...

Cambio y crecimiento económico

La humanidad en los últimos siglos ha experimentado grandes cambios que han sido propiciados en gran medida por el crecimiento económico. Las personas de muy distintos países lo han conseguido. En economía es clave el capital humano, es la piedra angular, ya que han sido ...

Introducción al crecimiento económico y desarrollo

El libro es un breve tratado sobre el concepto y medida del crecimiento económico y el desarrollo. En él se explican de manera clara, accesible y rigurosa algunas ideas clave sobre el desarrollo económico y sus causas. Primeramente se exponen los conceptos introductorios acerca de ...

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 ...

Microfinance

battling a wicked problem

A school of thought hails microcredit as a social innovation, a messiah to enable people to help themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship. An opposing school of thought considers microcredit as a capitalist demon ensnaring the poor in poverty and debt. The layman and the ...

La búsqueda del desarrollo

el crecimiento económico, los cambios sociales y algunas ideas

¿Qué entendemos por desarrollo? ¿Qué pueden hacer los ciudadanos, los gobiernos, las empresas y la comunidad internacional para fomentar el desarrollo? Este libro analiza la evolución de nuestro entendimiento sobre cómo las naciones progresan en el tema económico y social. Muestra por qué necesitamos ir ...