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Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 158 pages).
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide to investing in the Telecommunications sector. Following a top-down approach to investing, Fisher Investments on Telecommunications can help readers make more informed decisions within the Telecom sector. It skillfully addresses how to determine optimal times to invest in Telecom stocks and which Telecom industries have the potential to perform well in various environments. Details how the sector works, reveals pertinent macroeconomic...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares an exposé of the relationship between the oil and banking industries while arguing that such environmental disasters as the Gulf oil spill and Exxon Valdez can be directly linked to corporate corruption and failed legislation.
"This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process---a story that spans the globe and decades. For Vultures' Picnic, investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent...
Author
Series
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 542) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This book is devoted to a systems-theoretical presentation of the main results of money and financial institutions by using the systemic yoyo model and relevant analytical tools. The author presents the main concepts and results of the subject matter in the language of systems science, which has in the past century brought forward revolutionary applications of systems research in various areas of the traditional disciplines. Because of the brand new...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 370 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language
English
Description
The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the events of the Bretton Woods accords, presents portaits of the two men at the center of the drama, and reveals Harry White's admiration for Soviet economic planning and communications with intelligence officers.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all too familiar. But the meeting at Bretton Woods in 1944 was different. It was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. Against all odds, they were successful. The system they set up presided over the longest, strongest and most stable period of growth the world economy has ever seen. Its...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A group of American patriots, all former military, are looking for a way to get their number one choice, Senator Ben Corn, elected president. The group's goal is to implement their own foreign policy and fundamentally restructure American society. Essential to this scheme is Greta Webb, a sophisticated and beautiful CIA agent who is an expert on how global dark money flows, not to mention skilled in lethal hand-to-hand combat.
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