World Economics

Ever wondered how the world’s economy really works? Capitalism Explained: A Simple Guide to How the World Works breaks down the complex system of capitalism into easy-to-understand concepts, real-world examples, and fun activities. Whether you’re a student, a curious listener, or someone looking to better understand the forces shaping your daily life, this book is your go-to guide. From private property and free markets to competition and profit motives, this book explores the key principles of capitalism and how they impact everything from your favorite products to global industries.

Economics and comic books seem to be a world apart. But in the hands of economics professor and comic hero aficionado J. Brian O'Roark, the two form a powerful alliance. With brilliant deadpan enthusiasm, he shows how the travails of superheroes can explain the building blocks of economics and how the laws of economics explain the mysteries of superhero behavior. Why Superman Doesn't Take Over the World: What Superheroes Can Tell Us About Economics probes the motivations of our favorite heroes and considers what it would look like if their stories played out in reality.

Through economics, our politicians have the power to transform people's lives for better or worse. Think Deng Xiaoping who lifted millions out of poverty by opening up China; Franklin D Roosevelt whose 'New Deal' helped the USA break free of the Great Depression; or Peron and his successors in Argentina who brought the country to the brink of ruin. In this magisterial history, economist and politician Vince Cable examines the legacy of 16 world leaders who transformed their countries' economic fortunes and who also challenged economic convention.

Solving the world’s biggest problems - from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corporate malfeasance - requires, more than anything else, coming up with new ways to manage the powerful interactions that surround us. In The Spirit of Green, Nobel Prize-winning economist William Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large part by accounting for the spillover costs of economic collisions.

What if Latin America Ruled the World? deftly braids together the histories of North and South America from the exploits of Hernán Cortés to the political showmanship of Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales. Scholar Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is an ideal guide for a searching portrait of the Latin America that we rarely hear about.

A spirited and incisive survey of economic geography, A World Made for Money begins with the author stopped at a red light in Norman, Oklahoma. Observing the landscape of drugstores and banks, and for that matter the stoplight and roads themselves, Bret Wallach observes, "Everything I see has been built to make money" or, at the very least, to facilitate making money. This, he argues, is a global phenomenon that nonetheless has occurred only within the past hundred years or so.

The second book in the Easy Money trilogy discusses how the global financial system evolved in the aftermath of the First World War and how that finally led to the dot-com crash in the United States, in the early 2000s. It gives an overview of how in the aftermath of the First World War, Europe was in major trouble. The book also analyzes how the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which was once the premier nation of the world, lost out to its former colony, the United States of America.

Historian and geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse, Asia is a fractured region threatened by stagnation and instability. Here he provides a comprehensive account of the economic, military, political, and demographic risks that bedevil half of our world, arguing that Asia, working with the United States, has a unique opportunity to avert catastrophe - but only if it acts boldly.

An Indien scheiden sich die Geister. Obwohl oder gerade weil kaum jemand im Westen dieses widersprüchliche Land versteht. Zwischen Slums und Prunk, zwischen Yoga und Hightech, zwischen Bollywoodkultur und Kastenwesen ist uns das Land, dessen Bedeutung für die Weltgemeinschaft immer größer wird, ein Rätsel geblieben.

From farms and oil in the United States, we travel with Captain Karim to London, where we join the Arsenal fans as they face a new disappointment. We remember, as we get out of the car, not to use the Egyptian pound, so as not to anger the driver, but as we remember Egypt, we see the great Nile River flowing in front of the Emirates Stadium, sweeping away the entire scene, and Britain exits the European Union.

In this entertaining romp through recent economic and financial history, bestselling author Addison Wiggin traces the primary trends that have led up to rapid economic growth and innovation while keeping an eye on the inevitable downturn. The current edition has been revised, adapted, and reimagined, enlightening listeners about what's happening behind today's top headlines.

Noch gehört Deutschland zu den reichsten Ländern der Welt. Ob Eurokrise, Flüchtlingswelle, Corona-Pandemie und Beginn des Ukrainekriegs – die deutsche Wirtschaft zeigte sich robust. Doch die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, es geht immer weiter abwärts. Überall. Und das hat nicht nur mit externen Krisen zu tun. Der wirtschaftliche Niedergang und der Kaufkraftverlust, der weite Teile der deutschen Bevölkerung trifft, ist hausgemacht.

In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, The New York Times best-selling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a just recovery.

When Corporations Rule the World explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets and detached them from accountability to the human interest. It documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of these corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere on the planet to serve their own narrow ends.

Una storia di mutevoli rapporti di forza tra uomini della moneta, della spada, del lavoro, dei libri, fra élite economiche ed élite politiche. Questi capitoli descrivono una parabola che attraverso il feudalesimo, il nazionalismo, l'imperialismo, il socialismo, la democrazia e la finanziarizzazione dell'economia, giunge al tempo nuovo dell'information technology. Grazie agli algoritmi dopo secoli di subalternità dell'economia al potere politico, si è passati al conflitto per la guida della società, che vede prevalere gli "uomini della moneta" con una vittoria.

Westerners today grow up with abundant opportunities to determine their own values, identities, and roles in society. But for generations, millions who lived under Soviet rule in the USSR had these essential freedoms withheld, determined instead by a central authority that claimed the right to choose for them and enforce their compliance. Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s decisive collapse, the old communist paradigm continues to limit those who come of age in a post-Soviet world.

Saga Brasileira, a luta de um povo por sua moeda, de Miriam Leitão, é um audiolivro definitivo sobre a história da economia recente do país. Misturando análise econômica com relatos individuais, Miriam traça a trajetória da moeda no Brasil desde a hiperinflação, passando por variadas indexações, congelamentos, confisco de poupança e planos econômicos diversos. A autora mostra ainda como a busca pela estabilidade monetária tornou-se elemento fundamental na construção de um caráter nacional.

In recent years, small Greece, often associated with ancient philosophers and marble ruins, whitewashed villages and cerulean seas, has been at the center of a debt crisis that has sown economic and social ruin, spurred panic in international markets, and tested Europe's decades-old project of forging a closer union. In The Full Catastrophe, James Angelos makes sense of the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present.

This is the first book of its kind to combine the challenges of socio-economic disparity with the spiritual values of equality and compassion. You’ll discover a vision for a new socio-economic reality and a viable, practical solution to the collective problems that we face. There has never been a more important time in history for this work to be brought forward. Combining cryptocurrency with spiritual leadership, we are presented with a promising path to a future where many of the byproducts of an unjust world are addressed and overcome.

Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. But is this really the case? In Fewer, Richer, Greener, author Laurence B. Siegel reveals that the world has improved - and will continue to improve - in almost every dimension imaginable.