Novedades

When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center on the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers.

The Great Depression was a period of severe economic suffering in the United States that lasted from 1929 to 1941. It was the country's longest and most severe economic downturn in history. The book describes the events and conditions that led to the Great Depression and the long-term consequences it had on generations of Americans. This book is an excellent resource for anybody interested in learning more about this pivotal period in American history. The book takes an in-depth look at the individuals and places touched by this tragic event.

What happens when the promise of upward mobility becomes a trap? In Unclaimed Promises, a sharp and unflinching analysis of America’s most enduring myth, this book traces the slow erosion of the American Dream—from its Enlightenment-era origins to its current form as a hollow performance of success backed by debt, burnout, and disillusionment. Through thirty tightly structured chapters, the author dismantles the illusion that hard work leads to security. From Jefferson’s contradictions and industrial labor exploitation to Reaganomics, student debt, and the gig economy, each chapter ...

What is happening is the most massive operation of invasion and colonization of human history, that would dwarf the mythologies of Genghis Khan or Hitler's delusions of grandeur, but even that does not fear the competition history of colonialism of the past centuries. It is not an exaggeration, especially if we consider that while those facts and historical phenomena had the "light banners", or you know more or less exactly who attacked whom and which areas occupied today this aggression is "stateless and without flags" . The conquerors of today are big corporations and mutual funds that ...

Every country provides some form of direct cash transfer to people in need, and this provision of money reaches hundreds of millions of people worldwide. But these provisions are often accompanied by heated debates on whether and how such assistance should be provided. Seeking a way to better understand the current global debates on cash transfers, Timely Cash provides a historical overview of the concept.

Con un enfoque interdisciplinario, el libro analiza las profundas transformaciones del sector inmobiliario en las últimas décadas, con énfasis en el impacto de crisis globales como la de 2008 y la pandemia de COVID-19, así como en la aparición de nuevas dinámicas impulsadas por PropTechs, FinTechs y modelos digitales de urbanización.

In Top 10 Richest Companies in the World That Are Still Family Owned, Cassian Rose uncovers the stories behind ten global giants that remain under family control. From agriculture to luxury fashion, food production to discount retail, these companies generate vast revenues and own incredible assets. You may have driven their cars, used their cosmetics, or shopped in their stores—without ever knowing the dynasties behind them. This book explores how these businesses began, how they grew, and how their founding families continue to shape their destiny today.

This book examines the ideas of Adam Smith for stimulating foundational reimaginations of economics that are intellectually rooted in Islam. As a moral philosopher with a broad range of ideas, Adam Smith is demonstrated here to be the culminating figure of the sentimentalist school of Scottish ethics, the progenitor of a new English rhetoric, a key figure in the conjectural method of stadial history, as well as a keen theorist of modern scientific methods. The first part of the book lays out the coherence of a system that Smith’s oeuvre provides when read together, whereby his famous ...

Dies ist ein wissenschaftliches Referenzwerk, das sich der kritischen Analyse des Konsumismus als historisches, wirtschaftliches und kulturelles Phänomen widmet. Mit einem interdisziplinären Ansatz und theoretischer Strenge untersucht das Buch die tiefen Wurzeln und die strukturellen Mechanismen, die den Konsum zu einer zentralen Säule moderner kapitalistischer Gesellschaften gemacht haben. Ausgehend von der Industriellen Revolution und über die Jahrhunderte hinweg, bis ins 20. und 21.