World Finance

Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a complete mystery

Winning Across Global Markets examines how 145-year-old Nokia grew from a paper mill in Finland to a multinational telecommunications leader. Why are Nokia's lessons critical for other companies and industries? While multinationals based in large countries benefit from inherent advantages - such as a home base that often accounts for 30 to 50 percent of their revenues - multinationals based in smaller countries such as Nokia, enjoy no such competitive edge. Nokia, in fact, generates less than 1% of its revenues in its home base.

In this guide, you'll discover my journey to home ownership. It includes how I was able to use real estate as an investment to build wealth, gain access to credit hacks, and discover home buyer programs that allow you to purchase with $0 down.

In this entertaining romp through recent economic and financial history, bestselling author Addison Wiggin traces the primary trends that have led up to rapid economic growth and innovation while keeping an eye on the inevitable downturn. The current edition has been revised, adapted, and reimagined, enlightening listeners about what's happening behind today's top headlines.

Fruto del espectacular avance de la ciencia en los últimos decenios, la globalización está transformando de forma radical el orden social y económico del siglo XXI. En un mundo más pequeño y conectado, el progreso y el bienestar llegan hasta el último rincón del planeta, rescatando de la miseria a cientos de millones de personas. Sin embargo, la nueva economía virtual, sumada a la progresiva sustitución del trabajo humano por robots y computadoras, ha generado también un incremento de la desigualdad de tal dimensión que preocupa incluso a quienes no la padecen.

When Corporations Rule the World explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets and detached them from accountability to the human interest. It documents the devastating human and environmental consequences of the successful efforts of these corporations to reconstruct values and institutions everywhere on the planet to serve their own narrow ends.

By the end of this book, you will discover the tools to make tons of passive income working from home.

In Bad Money, Phillips describes the consequences of our misguided economic policies, our mounting debt, our collapsing housing market, our threatened oil, and the end of American domination of world markets. America's current challenges (and failures) run striking parallels to the decline of previous leading world economic powers - especially the Dutch and British.

Award-winning author Navi Radjou delivers an incisive and engrossing treatment of how human beings facing climate change can reconcile our built-in drive to "do more" and "be better" with our planet's finite resources. You'll discover how we can thrive within planetary boundaries while achieving sustainable growth for generations to come.

"Богат татко, беден татко" е нещо повече от аудиокнига - това е преживяване, което променя живота ви и може да промени финансовото ви мислене. Този международен бестселър представя два противоположни подхода към богатството: начина на мислене на "бедния татко" на Кийосаки, неговия биологичен баща, който е ценял традиционното образование и сигурността на работното място, и неговия "богат татко", ментор, който му отваря очите за финансовата независимост и предприемачеството.

Club Wealth’s World Class Buyer Agent is a book meant for real estate agents at all levels of their career, including team leaders who want a guide specific to working with buyers. We encourage team leaders who want to improve their team's per-agent closing count to suggest this audiobook to their agents.

The World Is Curved reveals how today's risky environment came to be - and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of potentially far more devastating trouble. He wrestles with the two questions on everyone's mind: How bad could things really get in today's volatile economy? And what can we do about it?

World 3.0 reveals how we're not nearly as globalized as we think we are, and how people around the world can secure their collective prosperity through new approaches to cross-border integration. Provocative and bold, this new audiobook will surprise and move you, no matter where you stand on globalization.

Timeless and effective business lessons from 21 top CEOs. Every business leader - from manager to entrepreneur - wants to know the ideas that motivate and inspire the world's most successful CEOs. Boss Talk presents expert advice on critical issues from a wide range of CEOs including Michael Dell, Jeff Bezos, Tina Brown, Ian Schrager, Steve Ballmer, and Sanford Weill.

In The Little Book of Impact Investing: Aligning Profit and Purpose to Change the World, veteran investor and author Priya Parrish delivers a timely, inspiring, and practical exploration of an investing discipline that is rapidly taking center stage in contemporary finance. In the book, you'll explore how and why impact investing has become an essential strategy for retail and institutional investors around the world and how it can help you build and manage high-performing portfolios while making a positive difference in the world around you.

Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. But is this really the case? In Fewer, Richer, Greener, author Laurence B. Siegel reveals that the world has improved - and will continue to improve - in almost every dimension imaginable.

The second book in the Easy Money trilogy discusses how the global financial system evolved in the aftermath of the First World War and how that finally led to the dot-com crash in the United States, in the early 2000s. It gives an overview of how in the aftermath of the First World War, Europe was in major trouble. The book also analyzes how the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which was once the premier nation of the world, lost out to its former colony, the United States of America.

Saga Brasileira, a luta de um povo por sua moeda, de Miriam Leitão, é um audiolivro definitivo sobre a história da economia recente do país. Misturando análise econômica com relatos individuais, Miriam traça a trajetória da moeda no Brasil desde a hiperinflação, passando por variadas indexações, congelamentos, confisco de poupança e planos econômicos diversos. A autora mostra ainda como a busca pela estabilidade monetária tornou-se elemento fundamental na construção de um caráter nacional.

The future of blockchain is unknown, but it appears that blockchain technologies are beginning to take over some major industries utilized by the general public. And being able to use this technology will place you a step above those who do not understand the technology.

'위기는 기회다'라는 오래된 말이 있다. 위기라는 말은 기존 질서가 도전을 받아 해체될 위험에 빠졌고 이제 새로운 질서가 형성된다는 의미이기도 하다. 위기가 닥쳤는데도 과거 질서에 매달려 변화를 거부하는 이들은 낙오할 것이고 재빨리 새로운 질서를 파악해 이를 선제적으로 준비하는 이들은 기회를 잡을 것이다.