A radical examination by a leading financial analyst, commentator and investor of the ills of capitalism and how they can be fixed
What went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir Sharma’s explanation is u
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field. What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevita
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history.
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From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility
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An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular undergraduate lecture series 'What is Politics?'
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Before Amsterdam another North Sea city was the hub of the known world. Antwerp, writes Michael Pye, 'rapidly became a world city, a centre of stories published across Europe, a sensation like ninete
One of the characteristic facts concerning the “catching-up countries” is the exceptionally large variation in their per capita annual rate of growth, from about zero to about 10%. The papers publish
Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have liv
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens
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In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
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From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effecti
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving awa
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'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'
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Seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West. In wartime such information was classified and after a b
Skąd się biorą kryzysy finansowe? Aby odpowiedzieć na to pytanie, trzeba postawić kilka innych: kto kontroluje emisję waluty? Kto zyskuje na inflacji? Komu zależy na drukowaniu papierowego pieniądza
Po co stworzono Międzynarodowy Fundusz Walutowy? A przede wszystkim: w jaki sposób prowadzona jest globalna wojna o pieniądz?
Song Hongbing, chiński analityk finansowy, stara się odpowiedzieć na t
We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating technology and global interconnection hold more promise – and more peril – than any other time in human history. The fossil fuels that h
This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome
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Tematem niniejszej książki jest transfer potężnych środków finansowych z zachodnich banków do pokonanych po I wojnie światowej Niemiec. Środki te pozwoliły na budowę międzynarodowych karteli chemiczn
Tematem niniejszej książki jest ścisły związek pomiędzy niektórymi międzynarodowymi firmami bankowymi z Nowego Yorku a komunistycznymi rewolucyjnymi ruchami, które przejęły władzę w carskiej Rosji i
Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around th
SONG HONGBING to światowy ekspert w dziedzinie finansów, trafnie przewidział kryzys na amerykańskim rynku kredytów hipotecznych subprime w 2007 roku, a także gospodarcze tsunami, które nadeszło w rok
When planning for the future we often ask, "What will the economy be doing this time next year?" Or, "What will be different ten years from now?" But forecasting is hard. The important events that wi