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Empleo sostenible

edad, trabajo y alternativas al retiro en la sociedad 4.0

Trabajar, jubilarse, ser mayor, envejecer no tienen los mismos significados en la actualidad que los que tenían en el siglo XX. Sin embargo, buena parte de las percepciones, actitudes, comportamientos y decisiones de muchas personas, organizaciones y poderes públicos continúan anclados en modelos mentales, suposiciones ...

General equilibrium

The theory of general equilibrium offers a simplified guide to how real economies function: it describes how price, demand, supply and production interact in multiple markets and tend towards a state of equilibrium. The first attempt to model this interaction was made in the late ...

Meeting globalization's challenges

policies to make trade work for all

Leading economists propose solutions to the problems of globalization Globalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luís Catão and Maurice Obstfeld bring together some of today's top economists to assess the ...

Chicago Price Theory

An authoritative textbook based on the legendary economics course taught at the University of Chicago Price theory is a powerful analytical toolkit for measuring, explaining, and predicting human behavior in the marketplace. This incisive textbook provides an essential introduction to the subject, offering a diverse ...

Uberland

how algorithms are rewriting the rules of work

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and Internet platforms. Upending our understanding ...

Empowering the great energy transition

policy for a low-carbon future

At a time when climate-change deniers hold the reins of power in the United States and international greenhouse gas negotiations continue at a slow crawl, what options are available to cities, companies, and consumers around the world who seek a cleaner future? Scott Victor Valentine ...

The marginal revolutionaries

how austrian economists fought the war of ideas

A group history of the Austrian School of Economics, from the coffeehouses of imperial Vienna to the modern-day Tea Party The Austrian School of Economics-a movement that has had a vast impact on economics, politics, and society, especially among the American right-is poorly understood by ...

Virtual competition

the promise and perils of the algorithm-driven economy

Shoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching are changing the nature of market competition ...

Pollution, politics, and power

the struggle for sustainable electricity

The electric power industry has been transformed over the past forty years, becoming more reliable and resilient while meeting environmental goals. A big question now is how to prevent backsliding. Pollution, Politics, and Power tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the electric power ...

The case for community wealth building

Guinan and O'Neill argue that traditional economic strategies waste billions and the transformational effects of community wealth building would be preferable.

Why austerity persists

The ongoing appeal of austerity to the right-wing and centre-right governments across the globe in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is considered in relation to austerity's evident ineffectiveness and tyranny.

The debt delusion

living within our means and other fallacies

The basic public understanding of how a government should handle its debt is debunked as misinformed in this primer for people looking to cut through the rhetoric and misinformation.

The new local economy

how the future's big businesses will grow out of small communities

Apple, Starbucks, Zara, McDonald’s – these are some of the brands and companies that are at the forefront of today’s global economy. They are embedded in virtually every city and town. But when the global economy goes wrong (as in 2008), it can leave ...

Frontlines

stories of global environmental justice

Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Revealing our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Nick Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional places. 'In his wide-ranging journalism and writing, Nick ...

Whatever it takes

the battle for post-crisis Europe

For generations, Europeans have become accustomed to rising prosperity, an increasingly supportive social safety net and the expectation that each generation will fare better than the last. Europe has built a social model that is second to none, and fashioned a continent of disparate nations ...

Criptomonedas

qué son, cómo utilizarlas y por qué van a cambiar el mundo

Los peligros que entraña un sistema monetario centralizado ya son imposibles de ocultar. Los bancos crean cada vez más dinero, lo cual genera una deuda creciente para poder mantener el flujo normal de la economía. Los países, a su vez, reciben dinero de los bancos ...

Basel accords, bank capital and portfolio risk behavior

With the endorsement of the Basel III contracts on the supervision of the banking industry, management of capital buffers throughout the business cycle have attained crucial importance for the reinforcement of financial stability in the banking system. This book departs from previous studies through its ...

Money in a human economy

A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and the sexual economy of luxury goods); its ...

The great reversal

how America gave up on free markets

In this much-anticipated book, a leading economist argues that many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism or the inevitabilities of globalization but to the concentration of corporate power. By lobbying against competition, the biggest firms drive profits ...