Global Finance

Gender inequality in the fields of education, law, employment and wages lead to incalculable social and political disparities. These disparities in turn give rise to endemic poverty and violence, to individual frustration, social instability, and cultural disaffection. When women are deprived of their rights, economies are eroded, democracies weakened, and the fabric of societies radically undermined. This pioneering book shows, once and for all, the direct correlation between the freedoms given to women and the prosperity enjoyed by all.

Financial version of Arab spring? Or just another populist wave? This book reviews the short squeeze of GameStop shares in simple terms to make sense of what happened and what lessons it has for your investment decisions. At the start of 2021 GameStop shares (a company selling games, think: EB Games, Micromania, ThinkGeek stores) went all the way up to $500 from being less than $20 within days.

By 2030, the youngest of the Baby Boom Generation will reach retirement age, yet the majority have no defined retirement plan, nor adequate finances to give them a good quality of life for the statistical average of 14 years in retirement. C.B. McGee was able to retire at the age of 50. He knows what it takes to retire and how to live in retirement. This book is a companion guide to the Baby Boomer's Guide to Retirement and sets out to talk about the gig economy, and how to earn extra money to supplement your current earnings, as well as provide an income for you in retirement.

Tips for Successfully Passing the Real Estate Exam addresses all of the questions you should know before signing up for a real estate course. John D. Mayfield, school owner and instructor of Global Real Estate will share with you information on how to prepare for the course, study for the exam, take the test, find the right broker to work for, and generate income in your first 90 days.

L'eredità della crisi che ha sconvolto l'economia globale a partire dal 2008 è stata pesante: crescita inadeguata, disoccupazione, disuguaglianze nella distribuzione dei redditi, crollo degli investimenti pubblici. Le contromisure adottate dai governi sono state nel complesso inefficaci. Si è evitata l'implosione del sistema finanziario, ma si sono sottovalutate sia la natura strutturale della crisi, sia le gravi conseguenze sociali e politiche che essa avrebbe provocato.

Chris realized that the American dream of formal education, work, buy a house, work some more, and try to raise a family, wasn’t leading where he wanted to go. He loved his wife and kids, they were comfortable, but it wasn’t the life he hoped for. He knew deep down there was another level. And that wasn’t the worst part.

Investors Guide to Online Trading- Trade Market Secrets Unveiled will give you thorough knowledge on the topic, along with all the necessary means to start operating independently. Before investing in something, you need to invest some time to understand it. This practical and complete guide explains how to do online trading from scratch, quickly, and starting with a little budget to help you have a profitable and rewarding investment.

Discover how baby boomers like you can get their portfolios booming with crypto, even with zero experience. Are you looking to make money online with crypto? This method seems to be the ideal strategy to earn passive income, but all the moving parts make it easy to feel overwhelmed. It can be frustrating, but the good news is that with the right action-based guide and mindset, you’ll soon be on the path to achieving your financial goals. C.B. McGee has all the answers you’re looking for, and you’ll benefit from his methods.

Dr. Henry Kaufman is the most famous economist Wall Street has ever seen, renowned well beyond the financial industry. He was the subject of New Yorker cartoons, had cameos in drama productions and two seminal literary works of the 1980s, was subject to death threats, and enjoyed the nickname "Dr. Doom." His pinnacle of influence arrived on August 17, 1982. That single day turned out to be the beginning of the world that we now live in.

The greatest challenge of any start-up and growth company is the transition from an early stage start up to a robust organization complete with a driving culture, contemporary leadership, organizational infrastructure and twenty-first-century operating methodologies. Ralf Specht provides inspiration, wisdom, and learnings gleaned from his role and experience in creating and scaling Spark 44, a Jaguar Land Rover joint venture from concept to an award-winning global marketing communications company with well over a thousand employees in eighteen countries in a few short years.

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality, and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power.

The world has changed. Asia and the West have converged, and the old borders, rules and ways of working no longer apply. This is the new global reality, and to succeed in it you need to understand how the other half of the world thinks, talks and acts. As individuals, businesses, nations and a species, our biggest challenges and opportunities are now unarguably global. The key skill of the 21st century will be the ability to interact effectively across the Asia/West intersection and the new blended world.

The world is awash with economic information. Governments release reports. Pundits give their interpretation on television. And the stock market may go its own way, confusing everyone. How can you better understand what it means for you? Big Picture Economics, a new book by award-winning columnist and futurist Joel Naroff and veteran journalist Ron Scherer, says the thread that ties everything together is "context".

A powerful book that shows the step-by-step evolution of a new kind of global technology powerhouse, The Lenovo Way is an indispensable guide for leaders and managers who deal with strategy, innovation, branding, and HR at any kind of company. It also tells the remarkable story of how two women from very different backgrounds rose to become leaders in Lenovo's journey to the top.

Este libro está escrito para ayudarlo a entender qué son las acciones de centavo, cómo negociarlas en el día a día, dónde negociarlas y cómo evitar las trampas que desperdician la inversión de muchos principiantes. En el interior, los autores Bill Sykes y Timothy Gibbs revelan cómo cualquier persona puede operar en el día con acciones de centavos con gran éxito de manera consistente.