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A classic, insightful, financial, motivational guide that has led many generations to monetary and personal success. Be all that you are capable of, as you fill your conscious and subconscious mind, heart, and soul, with positive energy and life-enhancing ideas. Start your journey of self-discovery and be on your way to accumulating all of the riches that you desire.
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Friedman and McNeill draw on recent research in evolutionary game theory and behavioral economics to explore the relationship between our moral codes and our market systems. They show how imbalance between morals and markets is at the root of the recent corporate scandals in the US as well as the global financial crisis the world continues to face.
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Ce livre explore l'histoire de la monnaie et expose à travers l'oeuvre de Gabriel Tarde, sa définition, sa nature, son pouvoir, ainsi que les effets psychologiques du règne de la monnaie.
« L'avènement de la monnaie a enrichi le cœur humain de sentiments nouveaux et de vices nouveaux. Nous lui devons l'orgueil financier, la béatitude spéciale du milliardaire appuyé sur son portefeuille, comme l'orgueil d'un capitaine se fonde sur son armée....
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Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by positioning itself as the green car company par excellence. These trends suggest that antisocial corporate behavior has its costs, especially in terms of...
5) Rica mente
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Hay algo que desconoces y limita tu riqueza
Rica Mente es algo más que una forma de pensamiento positivo, es SER, SABER, CREER. Tu mente puede crear cualquier cosa: pobreza o riqueza. Elige el nivel de tus finanzas.
Los ricos piensan diferentes, por eso consiguen resultados diferentes. Únete al club de las mentes libres, sabias y ricas.
Con la lectura de este libro pretendo crear en ti una mentalidad de valores positivos que te permitan percibir...
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Do governments actively create economic inequality? The A-Z of Inequality outlines the many absurdities and inequalities in the UK's tax, fiscal and financial systems and proposes radical but simple reforms. Each letter of the A-Z shows how government policy is both inefficient and favours the wealthy, by imposing heavy burdens on those who work but subsidising those who own property, shares and land. It explains how the young are paying for the rich,...
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PURPOSE MATTERS... and for more than 25 years, it's been the animating force of Pamela Landwirth's career. As leader of one of the country's most well-respected nonprofits, she has dedicated her life to helping children and families. With the release of On Purpose: How Engagement Drives Success, Landwirth. establishes herself as an indispensable voice in the campaign for corporate responsibility and the search for personal fulfillment. On Purpose...
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"Have you ever wondered why Bernie Madoff thought he could brazenly steal his clients' money? Or why investors were so easily duped by Elizabeth Holmes? Or how courageous people like Jeffrey Wigand are willing to become whistleblowers and put their careers on the line? Fraud is everywhere-from Nigerian "princes," embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. And fraud is costly. Each year, consumers, small businesses,...
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The Right to Know is a timely and compelling consideration of a vital question: What information should governments and other powerful organizations disclose? Excessive secrecy corrodes democracy, facilitates corruption, and undermines good public policymaking, but keeping a lid on military strategies, personal data, and trade secrets is crucial to the protection of the public interest. Over the past several years, transparency has swept the world....
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"Nuestro sistema bancario no era el "más sólido del mundo" y menos el "mejor supervisado", ya no digamos el "mejor estructurado", sino un antimodelo neocorporativista, parasitario y ultradimensionado, seriamente debilitado por la incompetencia, la corrupción y la criminalidad. Tuvo que solicitar ayuda financiera que se condicionó, para vergüenza de todos, a un diagnóstico de un consultor externo bajo la supervisión de las autoridades internacionales...
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Timeless secrets for building lasting wealth and prosperity. “The Richest Man in Babylon”, written by George S. Clason, is a compilation of pamphlets providing financial advice that were distributed by banks and insurance companies in the 1920s. The book, termed as an essential guide to financial understanding, presents timeless principles for managing money, increasing wealth, and protecting assets in the form of rules and guidelines such as...
12) 52 Weeks to Prosperity: What Your Accountant, Banker, Broker and Financial Adviser Might Not Tell
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When an unscrupulous stock broker took Peggy Doviak's mother to the cleaners, Peggy did not just get mad-she changed careers. She became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (TM)-vowing to ensure that what happened to her mother would never happen to anyone else. From the very first day, Peggy committed to putting her clients first through a fiduciary relationship, not realizing then that this was optional and unpopular to many so-called financial advisers....
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An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.
Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how shareholder value thinking endangers not only investors...
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Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum (1810-91) is best known for forming the circus that came to be known as The Greatest Show on Earth. A brash, larger-than-life entrepreneur, he transformed the nature of commercial entertainment in the nineteenth century, from his private museum of curiosities to his big-top extravaganzas. Towards the end of his illustrious career, the renowned showman shared the secrets to his success in The Art of Money Getting or, Golden...
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"It began with a promising cancer drug, the brainchild of a gifted researcher, and grew into an insider trading scandal that ensnared one of America's most successful women. The story of ImClone Systems and its "miracle" cancer drug, Erbitux, is the quintessential business saga of the late 1990s. It's the story of big money and cutting-edgescience, celebrity, greed, and slipshod business practices; the story of biotech hype and hope and every kind...
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We proudly present this collection of classic self-help works on how to attract success and money in your life.
CONTENTS:
1. Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
2. Benjamin Franklin - The Way to Wealth
3. Charles F. Haanel - The Master Key System
4. Florence Scovel Shinn - The Game of Life and How to Play it
5. Wallace D. Wattles - How to Get What You Want
6. Wallace D. Wattles - The Science of Getting Rich
7. Wallace D. Wattles - The Science of...
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Institué au milieu des années 1970, l'Islamic Banking est un ensemble d'instruments sensés ne pas faire appel à l'intérêt et ce, par référence à la proscription du Riba dans la Loi musulmane. Le monde musulman n'a pas une lecture définitive consensuelle du Riba : intérêt nominal, intérêt réel ou intérêt usuraire. Le label donné à certains instruments dans l'Islamic Banking n'est pas mérité au regard de la doctrine retenue basée...
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How do I start a business on a budget? How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k? How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that's keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate blueprint for building your own business. With no network, no capital and no previous experience, Nafisa built her business from scratch and...
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For every person with a bank account
Against all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services industries. Its revelations rocked the nation. Even defenders of the banks were blindsided.
Few people were more instrumental in bringing about the commission than journalist Adele Ferguson. Through her exposes in print and on television, she pursued the truth about funds mismanagement, fraud, lack of probity, and the...
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