Failed

Failed

Author: Mark Weisbrot

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0195170180

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Failed argues that some of the most important economic developments of recent years, including prolonged economic failures and alternatives, are widely misunderstood. Topics include the Eurozone, growth in the developing world, Latin America's "second independence" in the 21st century, and the International Monetary Fund's policies and loss of influence.


Economy, Business and Uncertainty: New Ideas for a Euro-Mediterranean Industrial Policy

Economy, Business and Uncertainty: New Ideas for a Euro-Mediterranean Industrial Policy

Author: Jaime Gil-Lafuente

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-10-13

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 3030006778

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents original research articles addressing various aspects of economics, management and optimization. The topics discussed include economics, finance, marketing, resource allocation strategies, fuzzy logic, and network-based techniques for the analysis of economics, management and mathematical optimization. Combining the input of contributing professors and researchers from various Spanish, Italian and Latin American universities, the book will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners, as well as members of the general public interested in the world of Economics and Management.


The Winner-Take-All Society

The Winner-Take-All Society

Author: Robert Frank

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1996-09-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0140259953

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Disney chairman Michael Eisner topped the 1993 Business Week chart of America's highest-paid executives, his $203 million in earnings roughly 10,000 times that of the lowest paid Disney employee. During the last two decades, the top one percent of U.S. earners captured more than 40 percent of the country's total earnings growth, one of the largest shifts any society has endured without a revolution or military defeat. Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook argue that behind this shift lies the spread of "winner-take-all markets"—markets in which small differences in performance give rise to enormous differences in reward. Long familiar in sports and entertainment, this payoff pattern has increasingly permeated law, finance, fashion, publishing, and other fields. The result: in addition to the growing gap between rich and poor, we see important professions like teaching and engineering in aching need of more talent. This relentless emphasis on coming out on top—the best-selling book, the blockbuster film, the Super Bowl winner—has molded our discourse in ways that many find deeply troubling.


Translation and Identity

Translation and Identity

Author: Michael Cronin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1134219148

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Michael Cronin looks at how translation has played a crucial role in shaping debates about identity, language and cultural survival in the past and in the present. He explores how everything from the impact of migration on the curricula for national literature courses, to the way in which nations wage war in the modern era is bound up with urgent questions of translation and identity. Examining translation practices and experiences across continents to show how translation is an integral part of how cultures are evolving, the volume presents new perspectives on how translation can be a powerful tool in enhancing difference and promoting intercultural dialogue. Drawing on a wide range of materials from official government reports to Shakespearean drama and Hollywood films, Cronin demonstrates how translation is central to any proper understanding of how cultural identity has emerged in human history, and suggests an innovative and positive vision of how translation can be used to deal with one of the most salient issues in an increasingly borderless world.


The Foreign Policy of the European Union

The Foreign Policy of the European Union

Author: Federiga M. Bindi

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0815722524

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Explores European foreign policy and the degree of European Union success in proposing itself as a valid international actor, drawing from the expertise of scholars and practitioners in many disciplines. Addresses issues past and present, theoretical and practice-oriented, and country- and region-specific"-- Provided by publisher.


Spain and the European Union

Spain and the European Union

Author: Carlos Closa

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2004-06-19

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780333753392

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Spain's membership of the European Union since 1986 has had a major impact. Driven primarily by political concerns to secure democracy, membership has also served as a catalyst to dynamic economic development in Spain. This book analyzes how the EU has helped shape the political process in Spain, focusing on the key institutions and the policy process. At the same time, Spain's increasingly proactive role within the EU is also explored, with particular attention given to the country's international position in post-Cold War Europe.


Spain and Portugal in the European Union

Spain and Portugal in the European Union

Author: Paul Christopher Manuel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1135757836

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal. Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership in the European Community in 1986. Drawing on research by established scholars, Spain and Portugal in the European Union offers an original series of analyses of the development of Iberian politics, sociology and economics since the accession to the European Union.


Balancing the Banks

Balancing the Banks

Author: Mathias Dewatripont

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0691168199

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the US swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. This book draws critical lessons from the causes of the crisis and proposes important regulatory reforms.


Hormones and Neural Aging: Lessons From Experimental Models

Hormones and Neural Aging: Lessons From Experimental Models

Author: Isabel Varela-Nieto

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2019-01-23

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 2889457087

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How can we slow the signs of aging? Although aging is a natural process for all living things, doing so without dramatic alterations of health and well-being is an important aim in health care. Understanding this gradual but continuous process is fundamental in order to avoid, or at least improve, aging associated illnesses and conditions. The reviews and studies compiled here address various aspects of the relationship between systemic and central changes during the aging process, with hormonal signals as the important liaison.