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  • Poverty in a Rising Africa

    by Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis ...
    Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on "Africa rising" and an "African 21st century." Two decades of unprecedented economic growth in Africa should have brought substantial improvements in well-being. Whether or not they did, remains unclear given the poor quality of the data, the ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Preparing the Next Generation in Tanzania

    Challenges and Opportunities in Education

    Edited by Arun R. Joshi, Isis Gaddis ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    Human capital encompasses a broad range of knowledge, skills, and capabilities for success in life and work; quality education is the prerequisite for such capital accumulation. Investment in quality education provides a nation with the workforce equipped to achieve increased productivity and growth. Tanzania has established the goal of attaining middle-income country status by 2015. The country ... Read more

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    The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles:The Wealth of Nations – Adam SmithAn Essay on the Principle of Population – Thomas MalthusThe Wealth of Nations was published in 1776 by Adam Smith and it is one of the most important economic works in economic history since the date. What set Adam Smith’s work apart was the follows:He believed in that ... Read more

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  • Makers and Takers

    How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street

    by Rana Foroohar ...
    **Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America?"A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times**In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held ... Read more

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  • Changing Jobs

    The Fair Go in the New Machine Age

    by Mike Quigley, Jim Chalmers ...
    Series series Redback
    An essential guide to the future of work in Australia.For many Australians, rapid progress in artificial intelligence, robotics and automation is a growing anxiety. What will it mean for jobs? What will it mean for their kids’ futures? More broadly, what will it mean for equality in this country?Jim Chalmers and Mike Quigley believe that bursts in technology need not result in bursts of inequality ... Read more

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  • The Buyout of America

    How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

    by Josh Kosman ...
    An authoritative exposé of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equityFew people realize that the top private equity firms, such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, have become the nation’s largest employers through the businesses they own. Using leveraged buyouts that load their acquired companies with loans, private equity firms have generated ... Read more

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  • The Declining Significance of Race

    Blacks and Changing American Institutions

    by William Julius Wilson ...
    When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class. This new edition of the seminal book includes a new afterword in which William Julius Wilson not only reflects on the debate surrounding the book, but also presents a ... Read more

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  • Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles

    by José A. Scheinkman ...
    Series series Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series
    As long as there have been financial markets, there have been bubbles—those moments in which asset prices inflate far beyond their intrinsic value, often with ruinous results. Yet economists are slow to agree on the underlying forces behind these events. In this book José A. Scheinkman offers new insight into the mystery of bubbles. Noting some general characteristics of bubbles—such as the rise ... Read more

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  • The Vega Factor

    Oil Volatility and the Next Global Crisis

    by Kent Moors ...
    How oil volatility is affecting the global political scene, and where the oil market is headingThe world is rapidly moving towards an oil environment defined by volatility. The Vega Factor: Oil Volatility and the Next Global Crisis takes an in-depth look at the most important topics in the industry, including strategic risk, why traditional pricing mechanisms will no longer govern the market, and ... Read more

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  • The Mess We're In

    Why Politicians Can't Fix Financial Crises

    by Guy Fraser-Sampson ...
    An insightful analysis by the bestselling author Guy Fraser-Sampson of the reasons why politicians have put the world into financial ruin and have found no way outAround the world, countries are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the 2007–08 banking crisis, hefty budget deficits, the threat of ongoing recession, and the rising costs of pension provision. The news is full of doom and gloom ... Read more

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  • Economic Policy

    Theory and Practice

    by Pierre Jacquet, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Benoît Coeuré ...
    Written by four recognized experts with senior experience in research and government, this text is the first comprehensive survival kit for students and practitioners of economic policy. It is set to become an indispensable resource for everyone involved or interested in modern economic policy. Academic scholars willing to engage in policy discussions and students at graduate or advanced ... Read more

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  • IP, Big Data, and Society (Entering the Shift Age, eBook 10)

    by David Houle ...
    We are leaving the Information Age and transitioning into the Shift Age, a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. In Entering the Shift Age, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that have shaped our world and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He shows how the Shift Age means a world fully global yet ... Read more

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