Economy & Finance

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers

True Colors, written by Keith Recker, presents the work and vision of 26 natural dye artists from around the world, opening a window into their culture, their lives, and the power of colour. The artist‿s stories are organized by colour and begin with white, traveling through the spectrum to blues, purples, reds, pinks, golds, arriving at varying hues of green. The colours are as extraordinary as the artists themselves: Handmade paper dyed with indigo in Ghana. Rare greens from a fungus-infested plant that grows in the Peruvian jungle. Blues that adorned ancient Briton warriors rediscovered in a Norwich studio. Purples from shellfish collected along the western coast of Mexico. Vivid coral dyes obtained from mushrooms foraged in northern California. New to this paperback edition is a chapter about Heartwear, a collaborative of artists and fashion designers who have created and supported indigo-dyeing projects from Benin to Morocco to India and beyond. Natural pigments aren‿t limited to cloth dyeing. They find their way into ceramic tile, glassware, pottery, artists‿ paints and pastels, all explored in Recker‿s lyrical narrative. Keith Recker is the perfect person to collect and share these timeless stories. His years of global travel, working with artisan groups and individuals as well as connecting them to influential designers in the fashion and interiors industries, put this book right on trend. Gorgeous, carefully curated photography connects the colours to ancient traditions and to the artists. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information.

This edition of Ronald Miller and Peter Blair's classic textbook is an essential reference for students and scholars in the input-output research and applications community. The book has been fully revised and updated to reflect important developments in the field since its original publication. New topics covered include SAMs (and extended input-output models) and their connection to input-output data, structural decomposition analysis (SDA), multiplier decompositions, identifying important coefficients, and international input-output models. A major new feature of this edition is that it is also supported by an accompanying website with solutions to all problems, wide-ranging real-world data sets, and appendices with further information for more advanced readers. Input-Output Analysis is an ideal introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of fields, including economics, regional science, regional economics, city, regional and urban planning, environmental planning, public policy analysis and public management.

"[Sowell's] take on how culture, geography, politics and social factors affect how societies progress"or don't"will rile those addicted to political correctness but leave everyone else wiser."-Forbes

Those who control the world's commanding economic heights, buttressed by the theories of mainstream economists, presume that capitalism is a self-contained and self-generating system. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this pathbreaking book-winner of the Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Principles of Financial Accounting. Well-written and straightforward, Principles of Financial Accounting is a needed contribution to open source pedagogy in the business education world. Written in order to directly meet the needs of her students, this textbook developed from Dr. Christine Jonick's years of teaching and commitment to effective pedagogy.Features: Peer reviewed by academic professionals and tested by students Over 100 charts and graphs Instructional exercises appearing both in-text and for Excel Resources for student professional development

Do you have a repeatable investing process to help you manage your portfolio in arguably the most uncertain market environment in history?With 47.25 million unemployment claims in the US alone...Household names like Hertz, Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney declaring bankruptcy... And the Fed''s balance sheet now sitting at over $7 Trillion...A full blown recession is now a matter of when, and not if.Now, the average person losses 33% of their wealth in a recession. And in the 2008 financial crisis, the stock market dropped a whopping 57% in just 2 years. Which means if you''re relying on the market, or a pension fund for your nest egg. You need to be prepared for what is coming. Fortunately, inside this book we lay out the straight facts (spoiler alert: there is no V-shaped recovery). As well as giving you practical advice on how to protect, and even growth your wealth in a recession.Because, in the seed of crisis, comes great opportunity.And investing legend Porter Stansberry (who correctly predicted the demise of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and General Motors) said this about the current times we''re in."Now is an unbelievable opportunity to establish a position in high-quality ''forever'' businesses"Here''s just a fraction of what you''ll discover inside:┬╖      If you currently have even a single ounce of gold or silver stored in a bank safe deposit box, it is at risk of being legally confiscated by the US government. This sounds absurd but it''s happened before under similar conditions to what we''re facing right now. Read why on page 94┬╖      How to get all the protection of owning US Government bonds with nothing more than your regular brokerage account - Page 134┬╖      2 "beginner friendly" low-risk options strategies to protect your portfolio and gain extra monthly income - Page 142┬╖      The #1 asset to own during a market crash. And no, it''s not gold, silver or Bitcoin. - Page 137┬╖      The "bargain hunter" problem. How ordinary investors lost over $500 million betting on oil prices. And how you can avoid the same fate - Page 74┬╖      The #1 Gold Investment you can make today. During the last gold bull market this investment grew more than 500%. This time it''s poised to go even higher - Page 93┬╖      Should you include cryptocurrency in your portfolio? If yes, which ones? - Page 139┬╖      The 3 industries hit hardest in a bear market. If too much of your portfolio is in these sectors, you''re at risk of massive losses - Page 122┬╖      A unique way to buy your favorite blue chip stocks like Coca-Cola, Microsoft or Amazon at massive discounts - Page 63...and much, much more.Plus $135 worth of free bonuses inside.This is not a dense, theory-packed book with no practical advice. Written in plain English, it only contains strategies that you can implement with your regular brokerage account. So if you''re serious about your wealth. Then this book is a no-brainer. The decisions you''ll make as a result of reading it will pay for the book 10x over.To get your copy today, scroll up and click "add to cart"

Trend Following Mindset brings to life the timeless conversations between Tom Basso and Michael Covell - Tom shares with Michael his deep wisdom on trading, business, life, and the how and why of his mindset.

This Visitor Log Book notebook is a perfect and ideal way you can track and keep record of your visitors sign in and out.

This ambitious and thought-provoking new work offers an overarching analysis of decision-making in all walks of life.

A primer for how to be an anti-capitalist in the 21st century

An innovative approach to examining the history and culture of development which has been an essential component of the 'idea of Africa' in western discourses since the early 1800s, this engaging coursebook provides detailed case study analysis to enhance understanding of key theoretical and historical concepts.

Successful investment strategies are specific implementations of general theories. An investment strategy that lacks a theoretical justification is likely to be false. Hence, an asset manager should concentrate her efforts on developing a theory rather than on backtesting potential trading rules. The purpose of this Element is to introduce machine learning (ML) tools that can help asset managers discover economic and financial theories. ML is not a black box, and it does not necessarily overfit. ML tools complement rather than replace the classical statistical methods. Some of ML's strengths include (1) a focus on out-of-sample predictability over variance adjudication; (2) the use of computational methods to avoid relying on (potentially unrealistic) assumptions; (3) the ability to "e;learn"e; complex specifications, including nonlinear, hierarchical, and noncontinuous interaction effects in a high-dimensional space; and (4) the ability to disentangle the variable search from the specification search, robust to multicollinearity and other substitution effects.