Future Economics

According to futurists Rolf Jensen and Mika Aaltonen, we are currently "between dreams". We've managed to achieve many of our material goals, only to face ever-growing global competition in an ever-slowing economy. Here's the good news: With the rise of social media and online resources, consumers are growing more powerful. Individuals are exploring more options. And smart businesses are discovering more ways to appeal to this powerful new community. Welcome to The Renaissance Society.

According to futurists Rolf Jensen and Mika Aaltonen, we are currently "between dreams". We've managed to achieve many of our material goals, only to face ever-growing global competition in an ever-slowing economy. Here's the good news: With the rise of social media and online resources, consumers are growing more powerful. Individuals are exploring more options. And smart businesses are discovering more ways to appeal to this powerful new community. Welcome to The Renaissance Society.

Outlier: An exceptional person for whom excellence is merely a starting point toward a destination far beyond our normal definition of achievement. Ingredients of Young Outliers serves as a surrogate mentor for teens and young adults to achieve their most amazing future. Become a standout in a sea of peers. This humorous, authentic, and inspirational guide shows how to be a student colleges request and employers seek to hire.

The Complete Guide to NFTs and Crypto Assets is the most complete and accurate list you'll find of today's most popular cryptocurrencies. The crypto market is constantly in flux, and it can be hard to keep up with every new ICO and token that comes out. But with this resource, you'll get updates in seconds, not days or weeks. In the past, when people thought about investing in something, they typically considered stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Nowadays, there's a new way to invest your money called crypto assets.

As we emerge from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, what can we learn from other recoveries? Through interviews with experts, policymakers and community leaders, Andrew Wear examines past recoveries, exploring what went well, what we should do differently and what the lessons might be for the recovery ahead of us.

This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate.

Capitalism needs to transform, as its engine's real purpose - business - to solve society's problems and not profit from causing problems to the community. Everyone needs to feel a sense of justified belief in the capitalist system that offers an equitable share in the benefits. We need to move away from the new rentier capitalism into which we are gradually drifting into.

Le titre de cet essai est volontairement provocateur : en effet, en 2013, la France risque la récession et devrait atteindre les 11% de chômage, selon l'OFCE. Néanmoins, le diagnostic de la crise est maintenant bien établi. Et, comme on dit en mathématiques, un problème bien posé est à moitié résolu. Nos usines ferment. Nous ne sommes plus compétitifs. Jusqu'à présent, nous avons pu maintenir notre niveau de vie par l'endettement. Mais c'est fini.

The international media has been predicting the 21st Century as China's century. This book explains why. Subjects include international relations, the economy, trade, government, technology, and media.

Every generation has looked up from the Earth and wondered at the beauty of the moon. 50 years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse - with the whole world watching through their eyes. In this short but wide-ranging book, Oliver Morton explores the history and future of humankind's relationship with the moon. A counterpoint in the sky, it has shaped our understanding of the Earth from Galileo to Apollo. Its gentle light has spoken of love and loneliness; its battered surface of death and the cosmic.

Since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has been a cornerstone of British life—we are born into it, we are looked after by it, and quite often we die in it. From the sexual revolution of the '60s to the first test tube baby, from the Mental Health Act to the Coronavirus crisis, it has made history again and again—shaping our society and culture. But the NHS has also become a battleground for some of the fiercest political contests of our time; perceived as a national treasure that needs to be preserved at all costs, and as a lumbering piece of state machinery in need of renovation.

Will China be the leading global power of this century? Otto Tien-Pok Xing argues that China is set to be the dominant superpower in 10 years.

This book is meant to guide the listener on a journey of discovery through basic definitions and how they apply to the total financial picture. The author believes in the universal application of the principles therein. This is a book to be listened to and studied over and over for maximum benefit. You will certainly profit from your listenings. Managing finances is by far the most important personal activity in daily life. Everyone needs money to live and certainly wants enough to live comfortably now and into the future.

Quattordici racconti di persone, protagoniste di una trasformazione storica: la Quarta Rivoluzione Industriale. Uomini e donne, operai e tecnici, manager e imprenditori che vivono già nel futuro: non solo l'innovazione tecnologica, l'intelligenza artificiale, la fabbrica connessa, ma un mutamento culturale, sociale e umano molto più profondo e dirompente. Hanno in comune coraggio, curiosità per i cambiamenti. Sanno collaborare con gli altri e reagire alle sconfitte.