Economics & Finance
Economics & Finance
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in reforming the organization and delivery of health systems in developed countries, including the United States. While health economists recognize the need for government...
The recent financial crisis has caused many people to ask fundamental questions about the way the economy is organized and the way it fits in with the kind of society people want to live in. In The Economics of...
In The Devil’s Casino, Vicky Ward examines the leadership behind Lehman from its start as an independent firm in the mid 1990s to its fall in 2008. The Lehman Brothers was one of the most infamous and...
The Death of Money details the movement of money from a government-mandated equivalent to a new electronic form that is nothing more than a configuration of ones and zeros-the fundamental units of...
Most Americans assume that the economy will continually operate in a way that is both effective and orderly. However, recent economic, environmental, and energy-related trends have emerged which challenge this...
In The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements, Lita Epstein presents a guide for business owners to gain a better working knowledge of what exactly goes into the three...
An exposé of the behind-the-scenes machinations, scandals, and power plays of The Big Six accounting firms. The subversion of their professionalism as they rose to prominence and success is the...
Corporate scandals, under-funded pensions, and the arrest of top executives are all a part of modern corporate culture. But, it has not always been this way, and it does not have to be this way today. In The...
There is a serious need to rethink old methods of reporting, particularly accounting-based methods which are used for important decision-making processes of a company. Accounting-based reporting...
In the investment world, the term “alpha” refers to returns in excess of expected risk, earned by fund managers who succeed in accurately forecasting the behavior of financial markets and other “beta” macroeconomic...
