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The Future of Payment Systems (Routledge International Studies In Money And Banking)
By Andrew G. Haldane, Stephen Millard, Victoria Saporta. 2008
Drawing on wide-ranging contributions from prominent international experts and discussing some of the most pressing issues facing policy makers and…
practitioners in the field of payment systems today, this volume provides cutting-edge perspectives on the current issues surrounding payment systems and their future.It covers a range of continually imThis book explores the relationship between the United States and the Malaysian economy, concentrating on the period 1870 to 1957,…
with particular focus on trade flows and foreign direct investment. This is the first book to examine, in depth, US economic involvement in colonial Malaya. Exploring the relationship between the United States and the MEin wesentlicher Anteil der in Deutschland benötigten Endenergien entfällt auf die Sektoren Industrie, Gewerbe, Handel und Dienstleistungen. Wegen der Vielfalt…
der dort eingesetzten Maschinen- und Anlagentechniken sowie Fertigungsverfahren stellen sich besondere Anforderungen an Fachleute, die mit den Aufgaben des Energieeinsatzes in Betrieben betraut sind. Das vorliegende Buch benennt zahlreiche Möglichkeiten der Energieeinsparung unter technischen Gesichtspunkten.The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power
By Jared A. Ball. 2020
This Palgrave Pivot offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has…
had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the United States. For generations Black people have been told they have what is now said to be more than one trillion dollars of "buying power," and this book argues that commentators have misused this claim largely to blame Black communities for their own poverty based on squandered economic opportunity. This book exposes the claim as both a marketing strategy and myth, while also showing how that myth functions simultaneously as a case study for propaganda and commercial media coverage of economics. In sum, while “buying power” is indeed an economic and marketing phrase applied to any number of racial, ethnic, religious, gender, age or group of consumers, it has a specific application to Black America.This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security…
in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the chapters in this volume combine solid empirical investigation with critical analysis of key concepts such as ‘scarcity’, ‘expert knowledge’, and ‘efficiency’. The central theme emerging from the contributions emphasizes the need to reevaluate accepted wisdom in resource studies that considers distributional conflicts over water usage as inherently zero-sum outcomes in which one player’s gains inevitably correspond to another player’s losses. Instead, the empirical and critical analyses in this book demonstrate that effective management of water resources can be re-conceptualized as the basis for regional cooperation and sustainable rural development.China's Economic Transformation
By Gregory C. Chow. 2015
Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, this established textbook provides a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the…
historical, institutional, and theoretical factors that have contributed to China’s economic success. Includes coverage of China’s foreign investments, trade with regional partners, Chinese human capital, and bureaucratic economic institutions Covers a diverse set of important issues, including environmental restraints, income distribution, rural poverty, the education system, healthcare, exchange rate policies, monetary policies, and financial regulation Accessibly written and intelligently organized to offer a straightforward guide to China’s economic evolution Written by a lauded economist, researcher, and advisor to government officials in mainland China and TaiwanChina's Economy: A Collection of Surveys (Surveys of Recent Research in Economics #13)
By Les Oxley, Iris Claus. 2015
This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from leading scholars in the area, writing…
on some of the key issues facing China, as they survey the present and future challenges of the Chinese economy Nine papers provide detailed discussion on key aspects of the past, present and future of the Chinese economy Leaders in their relevant fields of scholarship tackle some of the critical issues facing China Contributors identify common themes, including the household registration system, urbanization, demographic transition, inequality and the sustainability of economic growth Articles provide a critical review of the literature and discuss policy implications and areas for future researchAgent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VII: Post-Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2012 (Agent-Based Social Systems #10)
By Takao Terano, Shingo Takahashi, Tadahiko Murata. 2013
Agent-based modeling simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems It provides a bottom-up…
experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics management sociology and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities This book includes selected papers presented at the Seventh International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems held in Osaka Japan in 2012 At the workshop 24 reviewed full papers were presented and of those 17 were selected to be included in this volume The papers are divided into two groups as Fundamentals of Agent-Based Modeling and Applications of Agent-Based ModelingBioökonomie im Selbststudium: Grundlagen und Ausgangspunkte (Zertifikatskurs Bioökonomie)
By Joachim Pietzsch. 2020
Dieses Studienheft ist ein Teil des Springer Zertikfikatskurses Bioökonomie und wird als Material zum Selbstlernen eingesetzt.Historische Einordnung | Entstehung des…
Begriffs Bioökonomie | Verschiedene politische Strategien der Bioökonomie| Bioökonomie und Nachhaltigkeit | Kaskadennutzung und Kreislaufwirtschaft| Profilierte Bioökonomie-Regionen in Deutschland | Gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen | Die sieben Herausforderungen der Bioökonomie | Vorstellung beispielhafter Produkte | FallstudienEasy Economics: A Visual Guide to What You Need to Know
By Leonard Wolfe. 2012
Let's face it, economics can be boring…but we all need a decent understanding of the basics if we want to…
survive in these difficult and uncertain times. Let's make it more interesting. Easy Economics isn't packed with reams of text or stacks of numbers, this book is visual and engaging. The book aims to bring you up to speed, in a way that entertains while it informs, through a collection of many of the most frequently asked questions--plus some you probably haven't thought of--on the subject of economics. The topics range from: The difference between Debt and Deficit Causes and cures of recessions The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 explained Is globalization good or bad? How fiscal and monetary policies differ Bubbles and Busts Unlike so many other books on the subject, it explains through a Q & A format with entertaining and informative illustration, providing material that many people ordinarily find uninviting and even intimidating in an easy-to-digest, appealing way.Economics For Dummies
By Sean Masaki Flynn, Peter Antonioni. 2010
Untangle the jargon and understand how you're involved in everyday economics If you want to get to grips with the…
basics of economics and understand a subject that affects British citizens on a daily basis, then look no further than Economics For Dummies. This easy to understand guide takes you through the world of economics from understanding micro- and macroeconomics to demystifying complex topics such as capitalism and recession. This updated edition walks you through the history, principles and theories of economics as well as breaking down all the complicated terminology, leaving you clued up on economics in no time. Getting to grips – explore the science of economics and how people deal with scarcity Keeping an eye on it – learn all about macroeconomics and how economists keep track of everything Watch patterns emerge – understand why monitoring consumer behaviour is vital and all you need to know about microeconomics Your recession guide – expert advice on recessions and a detailed look at why they occur Open the book and find: Why you should care about economics and how it affects you Tools to help you understand a recession A guide to seductive economic fallacies All you need to know on monetary and fiscal policies How supply and demand can be made easy Why it's vital to track consumer choices An in-depth look at a profit-maximising firm and the core of capitalism Guidance on property rights and wrongs Learn to: Look through economic history and spot the trends Understand micro- and macroeconomics Get to grips with consumer behaviour and its influence on the economy Spot the signs of a recession and see how economic decisions affect youDie Zukunft der deutschen Wirtschaft: Visionen für 2030
By Schnieder Sommerlatte. 2010
"Die Zukunft der deutschen Wirtschaft" richtet sich an alle von uns, die sich für die Zukunft interessieren. Wissenschaftler, Manager, Berater…
und Politiker präsentieren ihre persönlichen Zukunftsvisionen für fast alle Bereiche unserer Wirtschaft. Dabei liefern sie eine Fülle von Ideen, wie die Zukunft aussehen wird und was wir dazu beitragen können, sie in eine gute Richtung zu steuern. Mit Beiträgen von Jörg Adolf (Shell), Carl-Albrecht Bartmer (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft), Volker Bellersheim (Arthur D. Little), Rainer Brüderle (FDP), Hans-Jörg Bullinger (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Ralf Christian (Siemens), Michael Diekmann (Allianz), Manfred Dietel (Charité), Jean-Pierre Dubois (Paris), Lord John Eatwell (Cambridge), Ralf Emmerich (Capgemini), Falko Fecht (European Business School), Michael Frenzel (TUI), Sigmar Gabriel (SPD), Gerald Gerlach (TU Dresden), Stefan Groß-Selbeck (XING), Thomas Gutberlet (tegut), Matthias K. Hartmann (IBM), Stefan Heidbreder (Stiftung Familienunternehmen), Markus Hofmann (NETWORK), Jürgen Hubbert (ehem. Daimler), Claudia Kemfert (DIW), Volker Kirchgeorg (Arthur D. Little), Andreas Knie (WZB, InnoZ), Gerhard Knies (DESERTEC), Hartmut Kreikebaum (European Business School), Kurt J. Lauk (CDU), Jörg Lennardt (ExperConsult), Meinrad Lugan (B. Braun Melsungen), Bernd Malmström (ehem. Deutsche Bahn, Schenker), Wolfgang Plischke (Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller), Marc Reinhardt (Capgemini), Andreas Renschler (Daimler), August-Wilhelm Scheer (BITKOM), Werner Schnappauf (BDI), Antonio Schnieder (Capgemini, BDU), Ulrich Schriek (Qiagen), Karl-Gerhard Seifert (Allessa), Gerhard Seitfudem (Publicis), Tom Sommerlatte (Osiris MIC), Thomas Theuringer (Qiagen), Christopher Ulrich (Arthur D. Little), Jürgen Valentin (NanoFocus), Mark Wahrenburg (Universität Frankfurt), Henning Wallentowitz (RWTH Aachen), Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl (Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung), Christoph Wollny (Siemens), Sebastian Ziegaus (Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung), Bernd Ziesemer (Handelsblatt).Debacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future
By John R. Lott, Grover Glenn Norquist. 2012
A provocative critique of the Obama administration's economic policies and an examination of America's difficult economic future During the 2008…
presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised "a net spending cut" to make government smaller in order to reduce the deficit. But this huge increase in government spending and debt, and the resulting prospect of higher taxes, will make America a poorer country. Are Americans happier because the government has determined where this money should be spent? According to John Lott and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, the answer is no, and in Debacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future they explain why. Obama's economic policies have raised unemployment, slowed economic growth, dramatically raised the national debt, squandered taxpayer money through poor investments, and damaged the housing market. The book explains why Obama's policies on spending, taxes, and regulation have all worked to harm the recovery, increase unemployment, and depress housing prices. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the deficits that President Obama proposes for the years from 2011 through 2020 come to a staggering $126,000 per family of four, and John Lott and Grover Norquist make clear why the costs outweigh the benefits Explains why Keynesian economics is more a way of transferring wealth to political constituencies than a legitimate economic theory for understanding how the economy operates Posits that Obama's economic policies were more an opportunity "to do big things" than to solve the country's economic problems Arguing that the policies of the Obama administration have created widespread economic chaos, Debacle is a bleak look at American finance from Grover Norquist.Der Wachstumzwang: Warum die Volkswirtschaft immer weiterwachsen muss, selbst wenn wir genug haben
By Mathias Binswanger. 2019
Mit dem Wirtschaftswachstum war über lange Zeit ein Heilsversprechen auf bessere Zukunft verbunden, das sich großenteils auch bewahrheitet hat. Doch…
aus diesem Heilsversprechen wird in neuester Zeit zunehmend eine Zwangshandlung. Für eine steigende Zahl von Menschen in reichen Ländern ist mehr materieller Wohlstand kein glaubhaftes Versprechen mehr auf ein noch besseres zukünftiges Leben. Deshalb wird Wachstum heute kaum noch mit diesem Argument begründet. Stattdessen hören wir, dass ein Land wie Deutschland bei geringem oder ausbleibendem Wachstum gegenüber anderen Ländern zurückbleibt, als Wirtschaftsstandort unattraktiv wird, an Innovationskraft einbüßt oder Arbeitsplätze verliert. Wir müssen wachsen, um wirtschaftlich erfolgreich zu bleiben, auch wenn wir gar nicht noch mehr materiellen Wohlstand wollen! Das Buch von Mathias Binswanger zeigt auf, woher dieser Wachstumszwang genau kommt. Begründet ist er letztlich in der Tatsache, dass Unternehmen insgesamt über längere Zeit nur Gewinne machen können, wenn auch ein Wachstum des BIP stattfindet. Und Gewinne sind wiederum notwendig, damit Unternehmen längerfristig überleben. In neuester Zeit ist daraus zunehmend eine Zwangshandlung geworden: Wir müssen wachsen, um wirtschaftlich erfolgreich zu bleiben, auch wenn wir gar nicht noch mehr materiellen Wohlstand wollen! Genau das ist der Wachstumszwang!Das neue Geld-Bewusstsein
By Walter Schmidt. 2018
Die Geldpolitik scheint an ihre Grenzen zu stoßen. Die Verschuldung der Staaten, Unternehmen und Banken hat abenteuerliche Dimensionen erreicht. Selbst…
der Privatsektor ist davon in starkem Maße betroffen. Die Zentralbanken werden der Situation nicht mehr gerecht. Das führt zur Verunsicherung, die längst den Alltag erreicht hat. Sparer erzielen kaum noch Zinserträge - im Gegenteil: Das Gespenst der Negativzinsen geht um. An den Börsen führt die Nervosität zu großen Schwankungen, wobei die Kursentwicklung per Saldo seit 2014 kaum vorangekommen ist. Auch die Kreditvergabe steigt nur langsam. Ist das Geld am Ende? Wohl eher nein. Am Ende dagegen erscheint die Art, wie Geld bisher erklärt und gehandhabt wurde. Es braucht eine neue Art: einfach und simpel und wirksam. Im privaten wie im geschäftlichen Alltag und in der Alltags-Kultur. Genau diesem Anliegen widmet sich das Buch von Walter Schmidt. Wir müssen lernen, Geld und Preis wieder anders zu denken, um den Kopf frei zu machen für ein anderes Handeln. Schmidt will durch eine gezielte Analyse den Blick weiten für neue Fragestellungen. Es werden in seinem Buch Anregungen für andere Sichten und Handlungsoptionen vermittelt, die sowohl im individuellen als auch im unternehmerischen und politischen Alltag von Bedeutung sein können. Wenn man Geld nicht länger als Tauschobjekt betrachtet, sondern als autorisiertes und akzeptiertes Dokument zur Besiegelung von Kaufverträgen - dann gehören Preis und Geld zum selben Prozess. Sie sind zwei Seiten derselben Medaille. Mit dem Preis wird die Vertragsverhandlung eröffnet. Und mit dem Geld der Kaufvertrag signiert. Getrennt voneinander sind Preis und Geld theoretische Konstrukte ohne praktische Spannung. Deshalb fällt auch die Bewertung von Produkten so schwer, wenn man sie nicht zum Verkauf anbietet. Das Geld bezieht seinen Wert aus den Gütern, die man sich dafür kauft. Nicht aus sich selbst. Walter Schmidts Buch ist in einfach verständlicher Sprache geschrieben. Viele Erzählungen und Geschichten erleichtern das Lesen. Am Schluss gibt es einen Ausblick zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Geld- und Preispolitik, die sich aus der veränderten Sicht ergeben.The Theory of Dynamic Efficiency
By Jesús Huerta De Soto. 2009
This book gathers a collection of English language essays by Jes‘s Huerta de Soto over the past ten years, examining…
the dynamic processes of social cooperation which characterize the market, with particular emphasis on the role of both entrepreneurship and institutions.Theories of Distributive Justice: Who Gets What and Why
By Jeppe Platz. 2020
How should we design our economic systems? Should we tax the rich at a higher rate than the poor? Should…
we have a minimum wage? Should the state provide healthcare for all? These and many related questions are the subject of distributive justice, and different theories of distributive justice provide different ways to think about and answer such questions. This book provides a thorough introduction to the main theories of distributive justice and reveals the underlying sources of our disagreements about economic policy. It argues that the universe of theories of distributive justice is surprisingly simple, yet complicated. It is simple in that the main theories of distributive justice are just four in number, and in that these theories each offer a distinct, well-defined theoretical approach to distributive justice; yet it is complicated in that the main theories disagree at several distinct, fundamental levels, and in that it is possible to spin innumerable new theories from the elements of the four main theories. Key Features: Covers the four major theories of distributive justice and their leading philosophers, elucidating the attractions and drawbacks of each: Friedrich A. von Hayek and right-liberalism; John Rawls and left-liberalism; Robert Nozick and libertarianism; Gerald A. Cohen and socialism. Explains why these four theories have come to dominate most philosophical discussions on distributive justice, highlighting the essential answer provided in each that is lacking in other theories. Written for any reader interested in the topic, with an annotated reading list at the end of each chapter and helpful glossary at the back of the book.The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
By Mark Spitznagel. 2013
As today's preeminent doomsday investor Mark Spitznagel describes his Daoist and roundabout investment approach, “one gains by losing and loses…
by gaining.” This is Austrian Investing, an archetypal, counterintuitive, and proven approach, gleaned from the 150-year-old Austrian School of economics, that is both timeless and exceedingly timely. In The Dao of Capital, hedge fund manager and tail-hedging pioneer Mark Spitznagel—with one of the top returns on capital of the financial crisis, as well as over a career—takes us on a gripping, circuitous journey from the Chicago trading pits, over the coniferous boreal forests and canonical strategists from Warring States China to Napoleonic Europe to burgeoning industrial America, to the great economic thinkers of late 19th century Austria. We arrive at his central investment methodology of Austrian Investing, where victory comes not from waging the immediate decisive battle, but rather from the roundabout approach of seeking the intermediate positional advantage (what he calls shi), of aiming at the indirect means rather than directly at the ends. The monumental challenge is in seeing time differently, in a whole new intertemporal dimension, one that is so contrary to our wiring. Spitznagel is the first to condense the theories of Ludwig von Mises and his Austrian School of economics into a cohesive and—as Spitznagel has shown—highly effective investment methodology. From identifying the monetary distortions and non-randomness of stock market routs (Spitznagel's bread and butter) to scorned highly-productive assets, in Ron Paul's words from the foreword, Spitznagel “brings Austrian economics from the ivory tower to the investment portfolio.” The Dao of Capital provides a rare and accessible look through the lens of one of today's great investors to discover a profound harmony with the market process—a harmony that is so essential today.The Contemporary Global Economy provides a lively overview of recent turbulence in the world economy, focusing on the dynamics of…
globalization since the 1980s. It explains the main drivers of economic change and how we are able to discern their effects in the world today. A lucid and balanced survey, based on extensive research in data and documents, accessible to the non-specialist Written by a renowned specialist in international economic relations with academic and government credentials Offers clear and engaging explanations of the main motors of economic change and how we are able to discern their effects in the world today The author assumes little knowledge of economic theory or financial markets Identifies the challenges for sustainable recovery and economic growth in the years aheadThe Political Economy of Desire: International Law, Development and the Nation State
By Jennifer Beard. 2007
Containing the best interdisciplinary work in international law, this book offers an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the genealogy of Western…
capitalist ‘development’. Putting forth ground-breaking arguments and challenging the traditional boundaries of thinking about the concept of development and underdevelopment, it provides readers with a new perspective on the West's relationship with the rest of the world. With Jennifer Beard’s departure from the common position that development and underdevelopment are conceptual outcomes of the Imperialist era, The Political Economy of Desire positions the genealogy of development within early Christian writings in which the Western theological concepts of sin, salvation and redemption are expounded. Drawing upon legal theory, anthropology, economics, historiography, philosophy of science, theology, feminism, cultural studies and development studies the author explores: the link between the writings of early theologians and the processes of modern identity formation – tracing the concept of development to a particularly Christian dynamic how the promise of salvation continues to influence Western ontology. An innovative and topical work, this volume is an essential read for those interested in international law and socio-legal theory.