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"The euro crisis, Japan's sluggish economy, and partisan disagreements in the United States about the role of government all have at least one thing in common: worries about high levels of public debt. Nearly everyone agrees that public debt in many advanced economies is too high to be sustainable and must be addressed. There is little agreement, however, about when and how that addressing should be done--or even, in many cases, just how serious the...
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Transcurridas más de dos décadas desde la implementación de las reformas estructurales, el Perú es considerado, con justicia, un referente de fortaleza macroeconómica. Pero el desempeño es desigual. Existen importantes rezagos en empleo, productividad y distribución (de ingresos, accesos y oportunidades). Estos indicadores, normalmente llamados los "pilares del bienestar", son los que más afectan la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos. Los autores...
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La economía no funciona en un vacío, sino en una realidad concreta con características institucionales, políticas, sociales, etc. Los resultados económicos deben servir para mejorar la calidad de vida de los habitantes, pues son un medio y no un fin. ¿Qué hemos visto en el Perú entre 1995 y 2012? Turbulencia económica y política entre 1995 y 2000, y un ciclo de crecimiento entre 2002 y 2012. La disciplina en el manejo macroeconómico interno...
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Afirmar que se es exclusivamente técnico es ignorar la complejidad del mundo y cómo conocerlo, soslayar a quien se sirve o callar sobre los verdaderos intereses a los cuales se responde. En este libro hay una forma de ver esa realidad desde una perspectiva determinada. Aquí, ni la metodología ni la ideología se ocultan son plenamente transparentes. Un paradigma de política económica es una forma de ver la realidad. De seleccionar, como dice...
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The must-read summary of Robert J. Shiller's book: "The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do About It".
This complete summary of "The Subprime Solution" by Robert J. Shiller, Nobel Laureate and economist, outlines his explanation of how the subprime mortgage crisis arose and his solutions to resolve it. He believes that a restructuring of the institutional foundations of the financial system is necessary...
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The must-read summary of George Soros' book: "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means".
This complete summary of "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets" of George Soros, a prominent businessman and political activist, shows that we are currently in the midst of the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In his book, the author explores the reasons behind this new crisis...
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The must-read summary of William Bonner and Addison Wiggin's book: "Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis".
This complete summary of "Empire of Debt" by William Bonner and Addison Wiggin, two bestselling financial authors, presents the writers' in-depth look at the economic position of the US and explain what led to the situation where government control of the economy, deficit spending and fearless military adventurism have replaced...
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“To the Brink of Destruction” exposes how America's rating agencies helped generate the global financial crisis of 2007 and beyond, surviving and thriving in the aftermath. Despite widespread scrutiny, rating agencies continued to operate on the same business model and wield extraordinary power, exerting extensive influence over public policy.
Timothy J. Sinclair brings the shadowy corners of this story to life by examining congressional testimony,...
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The Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 was supposed to be the death knell for the developmental state. The International Monetary Fund supplied emergency funds for shattered economies but demanded that states liberalize financial markets and withdraw from direct involvement in the economy. Financial liberalization was meant to spell the end of strategic industry policy and the state-directed "policy lending" it involved. Yet, largely unremarked...
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The must-read summary of Katrina vanden Heuvel's book: "Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover".
This complete summary of "Meltdown" by Katrina vanden Heuvel, a renowned American editor, presents a collection of contributions on the financial crisis and analyses what the Obama administration may be able to do to ensure a more secure future for everyone.
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The must-read summary of Joel L. Fleishman's book: "The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World".
This complete summary of "The Foundation" by Joel L. Fleishman presents his examination of private wealth and private foundations, a lesser-known sector in the US. He highlights their strengths and weaknesses and illustrates how they could vitally spur on the economy.
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13) Europe's Century of Crises Under Dollar Hegemony: A Dialogue on the Global Tyranny of Unsound Money
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This book showcases written dialogue from Brendan Brown and Philippe Simonnot on the subject of European monetary turmoil past and present and what hope there could be for future reform. Starting with the collapse of the gold standard in 1914, proceeding to the brief gold-dollar standard of the mid inter-war years, on to the collapse of Bretton Woods and the heyday of the Deutsche mark and ultimately discussing the euro, this book looks at a broad...
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Silicon Valley has become shorthand for a globally acclaimed way to unleash the creative potential of venture capital, supporting innovation and creating jobs. In The Venture Capital State Robyn Klingler-Vidra traces how and why different states have adopted distinct versions of the Silicon Valley model.
Venture capital seeks high rewards but is enveloped in high risk. The author's deep investigations of venture capital policymaking in East Asian...
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Climate scientists have determined that we must act now to prevent an irreversible and catastrophic climatic tipping point, beyond which neither our own nor many other species can be assumed likely to survive. On the way to that bleak ending, moreover, extreme socio-economic injustice and associated political breakdown-now well underway in nations already hard-hit by environmental crisis-can be expected to hasten as well.
The time has thus come to...
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Economics is regarded as a branch of applied physics.* Wealth is defined exact quantitatively as wealth ring. Wealth ring consists of production sector, exchange sector, consumption sector, and environmental sector. This is a logical expansion of traditional economics of supply and demand. Money is defined as a universal exchanger.
By extending the conservation laws in physics to economics, a fundamental exact quantitative theorem has been found...
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The must-read summary of Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven's book: "Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day".
This complete summary of "Portfolios of the Poor" outlines the authors' assessment of how the world's poorest billion people find solutions to living on such a small income. They demonstrate that they are surprisingly resourceful and usually employ financial tools that are linked...
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The must-read summary of Niall Ferguson's book: "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World".
This complete summary of "The Ascent of Money" by Niall Ferguson, a renowned historian, presents his argument that money is now more important than ever. In his book, the author provides a historical look at the world's biggest financial events and the impact they had. According to Ferguson, this historical account will show you that finance...
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"Winner of the Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association" Jerome Roos is an LSE Fellow in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics. He regularly provides commentary on world politics and current affairs for various international media.
How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries-and the dangers this...
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The must-read summary of Neal Boortz and John Linder's book: "The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS".
This complete summary of "The FairTax Book" by Neal Boortz and John Linder outlines their proposal for a new way of raising revenue in the US with FairTax, a flat-rate sales tax. They explain the concept of FairTax, how it differs from the current tax regime and how it could bring huge benefits by transforming the bureaucracy...
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