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Are You Looking to Start Your Own Business, but Are Still Unsure of What to Do and What Type of Market You Wish to Enter? Let Me Tell You About Freight Brokerage!
With the continual expansion of existing markets, people are finding it difficult to enter, much less manage a successful business.
Are you familiar with freight brokerage?
You have probably seen six-wheelers and eight-wheelers pass the streets or being unloaded at the side of a store.
Those...
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From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism
Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change-or at least it's supposed to. But when Thomas Frank set out in 2009 to look for expressions of American discontent, all he could find were loud demands that the economic system be made...
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Why are some people so rich and some people so poor? Why do some have so much and others have so little? What, if anything can, or should be, done about it? In many ways, these are the most important questions confronting us as a nation. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy examines the different ways that advocates of Capitalism and advocates of Socialism answer these crucial questions. It begins by exploring the history of economic systems and how,...
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The verdict is in: Free enterprise has lifted billions of people out of abject poverty all over the world and provided a higher quality of life than has ever been thought possible. But a growing case is forming in public opinion against free markets, and for a significantly larger command &, control management of the economy. Whether you call it socialism or progressive leftism, more and more people are turning away from the forces of freedom and...
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An accessible introduction to the author of Capital and coauthor of The Communist Manifesto, with a focus on his relevance in today's world.
Few thinkers have been declared irrelevant and out-of-date with such frequency as Karl Marx. Hardly a decade has gone by since his death in which establishment critics have not announced the death of his theory. And yet, despite their best efforts to bury him, Marx's specter continues to haunt his detractors...
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Climate change is here and capitalism is implicated: it's programmed to privilege profit and growth over human communities and the living earth. We need to change this system-and we need to do it now. Six Capitals charts the rise of four movements designed to overthrow capitalism, as we know it: multi-capital accounting, for society, nature, and profit; the push for a new corporation legally bound to benefit nature and society while making a profit;...
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In The Struggle for a Better World, Peter J. Boettke explores how the social sciences and political economy in particular, help us understand society and its institutions of governance. Boettke advances an approach for understanding, articulating, and pursuing a coherent and consistent vision of a society of free and responsible individuals who may prosper through voluntary participation in the market and their communities. In this volume, a collection...
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In a collection of essays, renowned historians, economists, political scientists, and other leading scholars examine free-market capitalism, socialism, and hybrid systems to assess how well each contributes to social and economic prosperity. Free-market capitalism, characterized by private ownership and market-determined allocation of goods and services, is often credited with generating economic growth and high average income. But in an era of widening...
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Why are we selling off the impressive public enterprises we often battled as a nation to create?
In the early 1900s, thousands of Canadians battled wealthy interests, winning control of Niagara Falls and creating a public power company. Another popular movement succeeded in creating Canada's public broadcasting system to counter American dominance of the airwaves. And a Canadian doctor established a publicly owned laboratory that saved countless...
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Modern capitalism can get traced back to the 18th century. It is characterized by innovation and love to protect personal wealth. To understand modern capitalism, we will analyse the varieties of capitalism, the family under capitalism, tensions with democracy as seen by Buchanan and Olson, contradictions of post-industrial society, capitalism and nationalism as seen by Ernest Gellner, Herbert Marcuse and the new left critique, and end of communism,...
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Permanent Revolution concisely describes the development and workings of capitalism and its influence on the broader society. In the developed world-Europe, North America, and parts of East Asia-capitalism is ubiquitous, and as such, often taken for granted. Discussion usually focuses on specific aspects of the system that individuals appreciate or dislike, ignoring the larger picture. The notion of millennials denouncing capitalism on Facebook and...
52) Omnibus: Two Books In One. Kickass Kickstarter Gods: Experts Reveal Their Pathways to Millions Th
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Kickass Kickstarter Gods: Experts Reveal Their Pathways to Millions Through Crowdfunding and Hacking Kickstarter, Indiegogo: How to Raise Big Bucks in 30 Days: Secrets to Running a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign on a Budget. HACKING KICKSTARTER/INDIEGOGO/GOFUND ME:2017 REVISED EDITION WARNING: DO NOT LAUNCH YOUR CROWD-FUNDING PROJECT BEFORE READING THIS BOOKFACT: Over 65% of crowdfunding projects fail. Why? Top 5 Reasons For Failure: 1) Campaign...
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El Buen Capitalista es un libro de empresas que creen en las personas y personas que creen en las empresas. Después de leerlo tu visión sobre la economía actual y las posibilidades del libre mercado cambiarán para siempre.
El Capitalismo ya no es lo que era
- ¿Sabías que hay empresas que se definen como "personas usando los negocios como fuerza de bien"?
- ¿O que hay marcas que te piden que compres menos?
- ¿Conoces el fenómeno del Activismo...
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Focusing on the experiences of people in Russia and Ukraine, Staging Democracy shows how some national leaders' seeming popularity rests on local economic compacts. Jessica Pisano draws on long-term research in rural communities and company towns, analyzing how local political and business leaders, seeking favor from incumbent politicians, used salaries, benefits, and public infrastructure to pressure citizens to participate in command performances.
Pisano...
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What makes a society innovative?
Tracing the story of five great civilizations, from
ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the Middle East, Europe, the United States
and China, this book will tell you. History offers us a model and lessons for
what can be done right, and it shows how once mighty and innovative societies
can fall. The story here departs from pundits who believe that the Western or
American-style political and legal system is universally...
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A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home.
As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as...
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Has the time come to throw out capitalism and replace it with socialism? Will socialism bring about equality and remove greed? Aren't the Nordic countries successful examples of socialism?
In this book, you will learn:
-What the pillars of any economic system are and what the Bible has to say about the pillars of capitalism and socialism.
-The connections among socialism, communism, and fascism.
-What a fair reading of the evidence has to say about...
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Friedrich List is the father of economic nationalism and the historical school of economics. Responding to Adam Smith's free market apologetics, in The National System of Political Economy List provides a theoretical basis for state intervention in the economy. But he does much more than this-as part of a wider trend in European thought, List affirms the primacy of history in developing our worldview. The National System of Political Economy does...
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Built, Not Born is for current or aspiring business owners who feel nervous about the risks of entrepreneurship. Tom Golisano, self-made billionaire and founder of Paychex, believes starting a business isn't as risky as you might think and provides no-nonsense, often humorous advice on how to succeed in all phases of business ownership.
Starting a business can often feel like performing a high-wire act for the first time, without a safety net. After...
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