Economy & Finance

What if the way we understand the world is wrong? What if it is not politicians and world events that have fundamentally transformed our everyday lives but business deals made in secret? In Done: The Secret Deals that are Changing Our World, Jacques Peretti tells the story of the secret history of the deals that are changing our world.

This tenth part of Robert Leeson's collaborative biography of Friedrich August von Hayek explores Hayek's thought on the free market and democracy.

This book provides a fully revised and up-to-date analysis of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). By focusing on monetary issues the book offers a better understanding of macroeconomic policies and international policy cooperation, and, by extension, provides a thorough economic assessment of the EMU as an institution as it stands today.

Structural vector autoregressive (VAR) models are widely used in many fields of economics. This book traces the evolution of the structural VAR approach and reviews its econometric foundations. It provides guidance to empirical researchers as to the most appropriate methods of estimating and evaluating structural VAR models.

What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on.

Drawing on the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world's largest social justice INGOs, this book tests ideas on 'How Change Happens' and sets out the latest thinking on how citizens and others can drive progressive change.

A controversial look at the end of globalisation and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order

Crafting an engrossing journey from the Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's Middle East, Crude Volatility shows how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Robert McNally explains how oil became so central to our world and why it is subject to such extreme price fluctuations.

Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movement's rise and fall, showing how the women at the heart of the movement developed theories and practices of lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability that continue to resonate today.

Build a Better Vision Statement combines decades of scientific research on vision statements with practical advice from thirty leaders of well-known and award-winning companies. This book is a must-have for any business leader or entrepreneur looking for a low-cost, high-impact, proven approach for growing a business.

A discussion-based learning approach to corporate finance fundamentals Lessons in Corporate Finance explains the fundamentals of the field in an intuitive way, using a unique Socratic question and answer approach. Written by award-winning professors at M.I.T.

Above all, Levinson shows that we must understand the economic disaster of the 1970s if we want to overcome the problems we face today: the sluggish growth and political polarisation that define our time had their origins in the crisis of the post-war economy.

Crabtree and Durand explore how the Peruvian elite and foreign mining interests have been able to entrench their position and marginalise the left, even as leftist governments have risen to power elsewhere on the continent.

Inequality what is it, exactly? How is it measured? Why should we care? Why did inequality rise in the United States? Is rising inequality an inevitable feature of capitalism? What should we do about it? Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know answers these questions and more in a comprehensive yet easily-understood introduction to the topic of economic inequality.

Britain's number-one guide to mastering the art and science of bookkeeping Accurate bookkeeping is crucial to the success of every business but few people relish in this highly detailed task.

An invaluable textbook for any introductory survey course on the science and policy of climate change, for both non-science majors and introductory science students. The second edition has been thoroughly updated with the most recent science from the latest IPCC reports, and reflects advances in the political debate.

Despite much attention given to the topic over the last 50 years, business and environmental sustainability are not natural bedfellows. Strategy and Sustainability encourages readers to move beyond the hype and takes a pro-business, fact based point of view, recognizing the complexity of the issues and the strategic choices businesses can make.

Helps you teach MBA-level learners and future professionals how to use economics most effectively to solve business problems. This book covers traditional material using a problem-based approach built around common business mistakes. It is suitable for future or current professionals pursuing business careers.

A gripping expose on the hidden global trade networks of the fast-fashion and clothing recycling industry.

An analysis of the investment approach of the world's top investors, showing how to achieve market-beating returns. It is possible to beat the market. Taking this as a starting point, this book sets out to explore how exactly the most famous investors in the world have done it, year after year, sometimes by huge margins.

Suitable for anyone who wants to make money in the markets, this book focuses on stock market investing that you can actually enjoy, packed with real-life trading examples and full of candid advice. It gives you the lowdown on what you need to make money from markets without having to sit at a screen all day or swallow a financial dictionary.

Why we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others. With an updated Afterword, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence.

Is it a coincidence that the US witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the recession - that the total amount of debt for American households doubled between 2000 and 2007 to $14 trillion? Definitely not. The authors reveal that excessive household debt leads to foreclosures and makes people spend less and save more.