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In today's economic and political climate, protecting yourself means asking the right questions. You can't ask the right questions if your mind's encumbered by what you think you may understand. Who's the man behind the curtain? What's this thing we call money? It's not what you think. We've burdened the government with all our problems but do they have the capacity to solve them? Do we want them to?
What's the difference between freedom "of" and...
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The global economy is entering an era of protracted stagnation, similar to what Japan has experienced for over a decade.
That is the message of this brilliant and controversial summary of our current economic predicament from an internationally respected consultant and commentator on financial markets, who predicted the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The author challenges the assumption that growth can be perpetual and questions the ability of...
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre les mécanismes de l'inflation
S'il est bien une chose à laquelle veille la majorité des ménages et des entreprises, c'est leur pouvoir d'achat. Et celui-ci dépend en grande partie de la fluctuation des prix. Que ce soit pour maintenir son niveau de vie, pour investir en tant que tel, pour faire fructifier un patrimoine ou pour préparer sa retraite, intéressez-vous au phénomène de l'inflation...
224) The Growth Deficit
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During the 1980s and 1990s, European economies went through a period of slowing economic growth and high unemployment, what some economists described as "secular decline." On the other side of the Atlantic, the United States enjoyed a robust recovery during those years by reducing taxes, eliminating regulations on business, and tightening monetary policy. Now, after two decades of subpar growth, the question is whether or not the American economy...
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El autor narra en primera persona la historia política y social del presente argentino, que comienza con el colapso económico del macrismo, hasta llegar a la pandemia, las decisiones de Alberto Fernández y el conflicto geopolítico por las vacunas. Con datos precisos y estilo descontracturado, empatiza con el sujeto social de su tiempo, "los vecinos que deben expensas o alquiler. Esos que suspendieron la prepaga, recortaron el cable o llegaron...
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We have reached the bottom of the bear market; the bleakest days are behind us. So we can see clearly what the future holds.
However, we don't know exactly what the next catalyst will be to trigger the bull market. We can only position our portfolio to take advantage of the run-up in asset prices.
We can buy high-yielding bonds that will also increase in price as interest rates decrease. Now is an excellent time to purchase high-yielding dividend...
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Most entrepreneurs are fixated on their competition and on external conditions, they can't control. To them, cash flow is a constant source of worry. What they don't realize is that their success isn't actually about them at all. It's about who they can create value for and what those people aspire to.
Entrepreneurs who know exactly how they create value can cross over a line where cash flow becomes certain, and the model they've created continually...
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Economic agents all over the world are trying to maximize their returns given their efforts, resources, and opportunities. They come together in markets that ultimately allocate goods and services among many competing interests. We can readily see how individual markets behave; it's more difficult, but exponentially more important, to recognize the general equilibrium across all markets.
Disturbances in one market have implications for others. These...
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Este libro condensa en cinco secciones y un epílogo gran parte de la enorme experiencia que Guillermo Heras, a caballo entre dos continentes, se ha ido forjando a lo largo de estos años en una de las áreas más olvidadas y sin embargo más imprescindibles de las artes escénicas: la gestión. Festivales, circuitos, centros culturales, teatros, programas públicos y políticas culturales son abordados desde cada uno de los artículos, a través...
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La economía argentina es un clásico de la literatura económica acerca del desarrollo argentino. La primera edición apareció a principios de 1963 y desde ese momento se han agotado treinta reimpresiones, más de cien mil ejemplares, y ha sido traducida al inglés, al portugués y al japonés.
La aplicación de un enfoque histórico para el estudio de las distintas etapas del proceso económico nacional, en conexión con la evolución del sistema...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para descubrir cómo invertir sin perder de vista la inflación, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Descubrir en qué consiste el fenómeno de la inflación, cuáles son los factores que la provocan y cuáles son sus consecuencias tanto para los hogares como para las empresas
• Utilizar las predicciones de la inflación...
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Is life getting better? At the accelerating rate of advancing technologies? Food availability, income, and life span are up for the lucky few while disease, child mortality, and violence are barely improving for the rest all across the globe. The world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper but are still not accessible for the vast majority. Population growth is slowing but is exploding in the poorest countries and...
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Understand inflation in no time! Find out everything you need to know about making informed investment choices with this practical and accessible guide.
Inflation is an important consideration for anyone looking to make a smart investment, as it will affect the real value of the money involved and can also have a direct effect on interest rates. However, many investors fail to take it into account, even though the mechanisms of inflation are fairly...
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Volume I of “Economics and All That” explains fundamental concepts of economics to both students and members of the lay audience who want to learn more about such things as markets and money and banks and finance. The title of this book is borrowed from the tongue-in-cheek thousand-year history of England called “1066 and All That”, which has been a classic for almost a century.
The book uses humorous examples to help readers understand many...
235) Titans
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"Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres...
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Vision Black Home Entertainment
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[2013]
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the 40 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., how far have African Americans advanced in American society? This film touches on the socioeconomic status of Blacks in America, the election of Barack Obama, and explores the question "does racism still exist?"
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Portfolio / Penguin
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[2016]
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ix, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Indentured tells the dramatic story of a loose-knit group of rebels who decided to fight the hypocrisy of the NCAA, which blathers endlessly about the purity of its "student-athletes" while exploiting many of them: The ones who get injured and drop out because their scholarships have been revoked. The ones who will neither graduate nor go pro. The ones who live in terror of accidentally violating some obscure rule in the four-hundred-page NCAA rulebook,"--Amazon.com....
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Center Street
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2018.
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First edition.
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viii, 287 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
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Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci tells the inside story of how Donald J. Trump, a billionaire living on Fifth Avenue, identified the struggle of blue-collar Americans, and won the Presidency. This is the comeback story for America and Americans. Both Wall Street and Main Street are now thriving and will continue to do so under our current president and his economic policies. Scaramucci shares his insights and stories from his long-term relationship...
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One Signal Publishers/Atria
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2023.
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First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
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227 pages : map ; 24 cm
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"Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins. Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated market dominated by private industry and off-the-grid trafficking. These commercial efforts prey on an insatiable market for medical and scientific innovation...
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Want to understand what causes financial crises so you can protect your nest egg? Learn more about the global economy to prepare yourself for what's coming. Does the crash of 2008 still give you nightmares? Want to stay ahead of future collapses? Rogue economist Khafra K. Om-Ra-Seti can help you do just that. After studying global finance for decades, his revolutionary take on the economy may be just what you need to keep you ahead of future monetary...
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