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43) Emerging markets in an upside down world: challenging perceptions in asset allocation and investment
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, map
Language
English
Description
The world is upside down. The emerging market countries are more important than many investors realise. They have been catching up with the West over the past few decades. Greater market freedom has spread since the end of the Cold War, and with it institutional changes which have further assisted emerging economies in becoming more productive, flexible, and resilient. The Western financial crisis from 2008 has quickened the pace of the relative rise...
Author
Publisher
Academic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
China's economic growth has been more robust in some regions than others. In a country as large as China, examinations of regional differences can provide a viable way to learn about the economy as a whole. Rongxing Guo provides a systematic introduction to the economies of China by describing their external and internal drivers and by placing them within geopolitical and even socio-cultural boundaries. His pairings of case studies and empirical techniques...
51) What would the great economists do?: how twelve brilliant minds would solve today's biggest problems
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. Davidson shows readers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers. The twentieth-century economy of scale has given way in this century to an economy of passion. Though the adjustment has brought measures of dislocation, confusion, and even...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxviii, 227 pages)
Language
English
Description
China Versus the West is an innovative book. The author, a leading specialist on the international and Asian economy and business, presents the most comprehensive picture of the changing power balance between the emerging superpower China and the "old" developed economies of the West: mainly the US, Europe and Japan. The reader can clearly see in what areas and to what extent China has become the world leader, in what areas it is catching up and in...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In [this book], author and economist Tim Harford paints an epic yet intimate picture of economic change by telling the stories of the ideas, people, and tools that have had far-reaching and unexpected consequences for all of us. Drawing on his hugely popular BBC radio program and podcast ..., Harford expands on them with fascinating glimpses into the inventions that have transformed the ways, we work, play, and live. From the plow to artificial intelligence,...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're saving enough pennies for a pizza party or are already flush with cash, everyone needs to be smart with money. No matter where you live in the world, it affects pretty much everything in your day-to-day life. Find out why it pays to learn about money now, plus how to use your creativity and smarts to turn your dimes into dollars!"--
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