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This elaboration of the writings and statements of Milton Friedman is intended to create an economic system that moves the subject along theory-, fact-, and policy-oriented lines. In addition, some of the author's experiences dating back to the 1950s are used to reconstruct theory and bring in some topics Friedman did not consider.

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Africa: Envisioning Tomorrow explores the major socio-economic trends that will define the face of the sub-Saharan continent in the next three decades. It mainly focuses on the need to massively create jobs due to unseen demographic growth. The book combines economic analysis with stories of own investment experiences on the ground.

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There is no such thing as money: it is only an agreement of society to use something as a medium of exchange. The author argues that this agreement is being placed under huge strain by a range of social and political issues, and suggests solutions.

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Is globalization leading us toward a world of fewer and fewer currencies and, consequently, simplified monetary management This book argues that this view is wrong. It demonstrates that the global population of currencies is set to expand greatly, not contract, making monetary governance more difficult, not less.

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Featuring world leaders, Nobel Prize-winning economists, award-winning writers and opinion formers The Future of Money brings together the finest thinking to suggest solutions to this global predicament.

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Shows that changes in the intellectual and social environment and the institutional background in which knowledge was generated and disseminated brought about the Industrial Revolution, followed by sustained economic growth and continuing technological change.

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This engaging and accessible book is a must-read for every economics student. It explores what the global economy is, how it developed and how it operates today, and why certain aspects of it have become controversial.

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The conventional wisdom is that this new international economy is the natural outcome of market forces and cannot be resisted except at great cost to economic and social welfare. This book challenges that argument by bringing a clear historical perspective to the study of the world economy since 1944.

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Marshaling a great deal of new information in a highly readable manner, the author explains the reasons for the dramatic expansion of arms sales during the past decade and clearly traces such trends as the rise in sophistication of weapons being sold so as to include the most advanced technologies, and the shift in sales to unstable parts of the Th

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The transformation and growth of capitalism in third world countries is examined by first looking at the beginnings and growth of capitalism in the developed industrialized world and at the various stages in which it is transplanted to less developed countries.

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A risk-prone, privatised profit-driven economic model overseen by a largely unaccountable, greedy and arrogant elite has resulted in one of the worst financial crises in history. The over-paid heroes of Wall Street and the City worshipped the gods of globalisation, financialisation and speculation.

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Examines why Americans are overcome by self-doubt, confusion, and discontentment, arguing that we have become disillusioned by our success.

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Illustrates the consequences of debt and austerity for ordinary Irish people and explains why austerity can't work. This title shows that history offers numerous useful models for Irish recovery - provided we open our eyes to them.

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How the 401(k) has come to dominate the American family's long-term investment portfolio, why it is inadequate-and what to do about it

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The Great American Bank Robberymaps out in detail exactly how Washington social engineers and their accomplices reshaped banking regulations and housing policies and gutted time-tested underwriting standards that led to the worst financial calamity since the 1930s, one that has robbed American households of $14 trillion in net worth.

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A legendary journalist exposes how the very architects of our financial calamity now engineer the recovery program

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The great crash of 2008 was one that no one saw coming, or, if they did, they ignored the warning signs. This title takes us through the boom and the global imbalances that led to the bust. It presents a whole-world view of reasons for the downturn, from good, old-fashioned greed and rampant speculation, to the imbalances in global capital flows.

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Depicts a period when widespread poverty, hunger, and misery were assuaged by innovative public programs and the arts.

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Once Britain's pensions system was admired around the world. Now it is in tatters. What on earth went wrong The author finds out how politicians bent on penny-pinching, a bullied and ineffectual civil service, and highly placed but unscrupulous individuals all played their part in fatally undermining a 100-year-old system.

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This devastating critique by the authors of The Deindustrialization of America documents how the economic policies of the Reagan era have damaged the American standard of living and suggests how this trend may be reversed.