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In Western societies, the capitalist system is facing a level of distrust not seen in decades. Economic inequality is rampant. Life expectancy is falling. The environment is being destroyed for profit. Political power is wielded by wealthy elites and big business. For capitalism's critics, it is clear that the system is not designed to help average people. Their solution is a top-to-bottom reform of the "free market" along more socialist and democratic...
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With a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.
23) Government 2.0
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This book uses some common sense analysis of both technological advances and people's changing attitudes toward the role of government. The author also looks at the way the banks have controlled the government up to this point. This financial model is shown to be at the breaking point for various reasons. The author gets the reader to see that we are at a tipping point whether we are ready for it or not. Rather than a doom and gloom book this is an...
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Pasamos gran parte de nuestra vida en el trabajo y es importante no solo que aprendamos a sentirnos felices en él sino realizados. Debemos sentir que progresamos, que estamos en el sitio correcto, que nos valoran, que aportamos y que, llegado el tiempo, podremos dejar un legado cuando nuestra vida laboral haya concluido.
Pero la realidad, con frecuencia, no se ajusta a estas expectativas. ¿Por qué? Porque, en muchos casos, no sabemos cómo solicitar...
25) Freedom, Inc
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El best seller internacional que explica cómo la libertad de los trabajadores desata el éxito de las empresas.
Existe una fórmula para que las empresas aumenten la productividad, las ganancias y el crecimiento que sorprendentemente no cuesta nada: ni tiempo ni dinero. Se basa en la creencia de que cuando las personas actúan con libertad por el interés de su empresa los resultados se vuelven espectaculares.
Freedom, Inc. revela los secretos de...
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Summary, Analysis and Review of George Akerlof's and et al Phishing for Phools by Instaread Preview: In Phishing for Phools, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller explain the economics of fraud by incorporating fraudulent and unfair transactions into free-market economic models. Conventional economic models that presuppose a free market often assume that customers make decisions based on their long-term interests. They posit that the market moves toward...
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En los actuales momentos de globalización económica, una de las principales estrategias que pueden adoptar los países del mundo y en particular los países de América Latina para obtener un crecimiento económico sostenible en el largo plazo, es estimular la creación de empresas de base tecnológica basada en la innovación, con el fin de generar encadenamientos productivos extensos y empleos formales. En este sentido, este libro plantea un análisis...
28) Ways to be Rich
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This little book should be used as a template for those who just have to break out and become their own master.
It is in fact a procedural manual for those starting out with no money, but with the hope and determination that will lead them to a richer, happier life through financial security.
It gives a blow by blow account of how this was done by one couple, and how this can be emulated by others.
It supplies dates and the sums involved to demonstrate...
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"Seamos realistas: pidamos lo imposible", aquella consigna inspiradora del Mayo francés, perdió en las últimas décadas una sílaba y todo su sentido. Hoy, la mayoría de la clase dirigente en los países occidentales suscribiría a la módica aspiración de negociar lo posible. ¿Negociar con quién? La cultura del capital financiero domina desde hace décadas la política, la economía y el sentido común, y ha logrado convencer a buena parte...
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Have you ever pictured your life as a secret shopper? Do you share my old attitude of 'that's a job for a bored homemaker's pin money' or 'that's all a scam'? Surprise! It's neither, if you know how to play your cards right.
True Secret Shopper Diaries is a tell all book that paints a picture in words of what a secret shopper actually does; where one has to live; what special tools and skills are required; how to make more than pin money shopping;...
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Se trata de una descripción y revisión crítica de cómo funcionan las organizaciones de nuestro tiempo.
Los dos primeros capítulos están dedicados a delimitar la sociología de las organizaciones y a precisar el contexto de su emergencia.
Los siguientes se orientan al examen de diferentes modelos de organización, desde el burocrático industrial hasta nuevas formas más flexibles y menos formales.
Tal examen se hace desde la óptica de la...
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Also known as "the free market economy" or " free enterprises", capitalism represents and economic system which encompasses factories, production lines, shipping agencies and many other work fields where several people can own their private practices while employing others. Even the world "capital" is interconnected with all the different types of resources, such as human and material resources.
This book will present the reader with a brief history...
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Our nation was, founded on basic principles of capitalism, independence and most importantly, democracy (one person, one vote). But in the last forty years (since President Ronald Reagan), we have gradually seen our democratic form of government erode; replaced by a cabal of huge moneyed corporations, special interest groups, lobbyists and the ultra-wealthy, all of them free to spend whatever it takes to get our elected officials to do their bidding....
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Are the rich bad for society? The author of this book, a successful Canadian entrepreneur who made his fortune and created 3000 jobs, has written a manifesto celebrating the achievements of people who have earned their wealth. He says that many of the critics are overlooking one crucial thing: We need business people to build companies and generate wealth to keep the economy going. That's the only way to generate the wealth that pays for government...
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In a long history of ruination and destruction, neoliberalism is the most recent and virulent form of capitalism. This book is a call to action against the most persistent and pestilent disease of our time. Translated into over twenty different languages, the book offers a call to action that transcends local contexts and speaks to the violent global conditions of our neoliberal age.
Fuck Neoliberalism: Translating Resistance is a worldwide middle...
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In the heart of Africa's quest for progress and prosperity, a groundbreaking solution emerges to combat the age-old adversaries of greed and corruption. "The AI Solution: The Rise of AI Against Greed and Corruption" embarks on a gripping journey that fuses cutting-edge technology with Africa's indomitable spirit. Through the captivating lens of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this book unravels the historical roots of corruption and wealth disparities,...
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There are two types of people on planet earth today.
• Native Analogs: These are Baby Boomers and Gen Xers born anywhere from the 1940s all the way up to the early '80s.
• Native Digitals: These are Millennials and Gen Zers born between the early 1980s to as recently as the 2010s.
The difference?
Native Analogs grew up in a time when technology was an addition, or better yet, a distraction from their real lives. Whereas Native Digitals grew...
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The world is in danger of plunging into the abyss of another world war. This time it will be even more terrible than the two world wars that had wreaked so much havoc and misery in the past. This time, it may be a nuclear holocaust and the end of human civilization.In many countries around the world, including many that claim to be democratic, political power is largely concentrated in the political elite and the group of powerful capitalists. The...
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'When I had to give up my university studies 35 years ago I was so angry that I wanted to leave South Africa, get military training and an AK47 and come back to kill evil white people ... I'm just as angry now as I feel my economic freedom is under threat, but I'm staying to fight for what I believe in.'When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president in 1994, Herman Mashaba thought his struggle for personal and economic freedom was over, the battle...
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Imagine a capitalist paradise. An island utopia governed
solely by the rules of the market and inspired by the fictions
of Ayn Rand and Robinson Crusoe. Sound far-fetched? It may not
be. The past half century is littered with the remains of such
experiments in what Raymond Craib calls
"libertarian exit." Often dismissed as little more than the
dreams of crazy, rich Caucasians, exit strategies have been
tried out from the southwest Pacific to the Caribbean,...
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