Modern Finance

In The Company, the largely unknown history of the joint-stock company is presented by the editors of Economist. One of history's greatest catalysts, the joint-stock company has dramatically changed the way human beings live, work, and conduct business. With companies now affecting the world on a global scale, it is more pressing than ever before to understand this driving force.

Tiny homes aren’t for everyone. Living in a tiny home is a passion that some people just don’t have, but you do! Tiny homes have become so popular because it creates a simple way of living. Not only are they so much cheaper than building a standard house, but they have more authenticity, more personality, and double the fun! Venturing into real estate can be hard but with tiny homes, it can be as simple as one, two, three! You are probably out there in the world trying to find ways to build your wealth.

Are you looking for a way to generate a steady stream of income from your investments? Income investing may be the solution you're looking for. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn everything you need to know to get started with income investing, including the types of investments available, the risks and rewards of each, and how to evaluate investments based on fundamentals and financial ratios.

This powerful, easy-to-follow guide reveals the best modern methods for generating passive income in today’s fast-changing world. Instead of outdated advice, you’ll find actionable steps tailored to today’s opportunities—so you can start seeing results faster, with less guesswork.

Fragen Sie sich gelegentlich auch warum alles ständig teurer wird? Warum Wohnraum in den letzten Jahren unbezahlbar geworden ist, und weshalb Ihr Geld auf der Bank täglich weniger wird? Mit dem enormen technologischen Fortschritt, den wir erreicht haben, sollten wir eigentlich ein Leben in Glückseligkeit, Frieden und Gelassenheit genießen. Die Geldschöpfung im 21. Jahrhundert ist mittlerweile äußerst komplex geworden, und Sie werden nur mit erheblichem Zeitaufwand und größter Anstrengung durchschauen, wie sie im Detail funktioniert.

The financial crisis was no doubt a recession, and some would say a depression; everyone wants to sugarcoat it. Academics want to nitpick and perform magic tricks with the numbers and say it was only a recession. The reality is, no one has seen this before. It was clear, the game had changed. The old definition of what a recession was is no longer sufficient to express what happened. But yet, nothing has really changed. Proof of this can be seen in how the financial world has handled the crisis.

Modern portfolio theory has failed investors. A change in direction is long overdue. In Getting Back to Business, dividend-investing guru Daniel Peris proposes a radical new approach - radical in that it does away with MPT in favor of a more intuitive, common-sense approach practiced by business people in their own affairs everyday: cash returns on cash investments.

According to McCloskey, our modern world was not the product of new markets and innovations but rather the result of shifting opinions about them. An utterly fascinating sequel to her critically acclaimed book The Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity is a feast of intellectual riches from one of our most spirited and ambitious historians - a work that will forever change our understanding of how the power of persuasion shapes our economic lives.

Designed for renters, city dwellers, suburban families, and those without acreage, The Simplicity Blueprint reimagines self-reliance for the 21st century. Blending timeless homesteading skills with modern minimalism, community resilience, and psychological depth, this book delivers an actionable framework for building a life that’s sovereign, sustainable, and soulfully yours.

A unique hybrid of dual expert guidance, wake-up call motivation, and compelling memoir, The Health and Wealth Sisters’ 360° Action Plan is for the modern woman who needs a swift kick in the pants in order to stop taking a back seat to her own life.

Transcending Capitalism explains why many influential mid-century American social theorists came to believe it was no longer meaningful to describe modern Western society as "capitalist", but instead preferred alternatives such as "postcapitalist" society, "postindustrial" society, or the "technological" society.

Here is a bold, new account of the lives and ideas of the great economists - Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, and many others - all written by a top free-market economist and presented in an entertaining and persuasive style. Professor Mark Skousen tells a powerful story of economics with dozens of anecdotes of the great economic thinkers.

Over the course of the 1850s and 1860s, during the first era of globalization, the world experienced an unprecedented economic boom. Fueling this expansion was an explosion in borrowing through the global bond market, which provided financing for the century's most costly and transformative innovation: the railroad. At the hub of the bond market stood one family—the Rothschilds.

The other half of the “Modern Money Mindset” duology, The Modern Investor is a step-by-step guide to dispelling confusion about and getting immediate hands-on experience with 5 kinds of investing, intended to be read in under 2 hours, for all financial backgrounds. Longtime investor Brian Zuniga breaks down the inner workings and mechanics behind finance and investing, to show how to use your disposable income to grow your wealth and plan for your retirement.

Here is a bold new history of economics, the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built a rigorous social science without peer.

It is no secret; housing has reached unprecedented levels of unaffordability. Anybody participating in or paying attention to this market has likely been taken aback by the current state of affairs. Why is this happening? Who is to blame? Can we expect it to settle down? These are but a few of the questions answered in this exciting book about the current state of the housing market. Filled with both analytical data and anecdotes alike, you can come away with a new depth of understanding into the differing aspects affecting our housing market.

In Behold the Leviathan: The Unusual Rise of Modern India, Saurabh Mukherjea and Nandita Rajhansa provide a gripping picture of how 1.5 billion Indians are combining to spectacular effect to create a range of social and economic outcomes which have no precedent in any emerging economy. For example, India now has as many chess grandmasters as the United States, and the expertise of its scientists has guided India's space modules to the dark side of the moon, a feat no other country has achieved.

Business as usual gets a new life in Customer Service Is Just Foreplay. This information-packed guide is filled with relevant, modern practices and principles that can be applied to any agent or agency in the insurance industry. Client interactions have made a major shift over the past decade. Merely providing good customer service has been surpassed by digital tools and strategies that make up a great customer experience. Mobile apps, online chat, and payment systems - as well as 24/7 accessibility - aren't just extras anymore.

America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, median wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before they get better. Certainly, the multidecade stagnation is not yet over. How will we get out of this mess?

One half of the “Modern Money Mindset” duology, The Modern Saver is an indispensable and insightful guide to achieving financial freedom for all ages and financial backgrounds. Drawing from his extensive expertise in business and finance, Zuniga skillfully navigates listeners through the fundamental principles of personal budgeting with clarity and precision.