Economics & Finance
Economics & Finance
The unprecedented trade in the stock market has produced an endless demand for more and more financial information and has spawned a plethora of highly paid "experts" to supply it. On television and the Net, and in a...
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...
Consumers in industrialized countries purchase huge numbers of products every year. Yet, the way the raw materials for these items are manufactured, distributed, consumed, and disposed of is killing the planet....
Beginning in 1985, Champion International, one of the largest and oldest U.S. industrial companies, began a change process that transformed it from an underachieving tradition-bound organization into a competitive...
Before the Great Depression, investing was uncharted territory for most ordinary people. In Taming the Beast, author Larry Light explores the history behind each major investing system since the Great...
The world is a fundamentally changed place in which the old Cold War paradigms have disappeared. As the world moves beyond interdependency to the wholly new phenomenon of globalization, these changes are most evident...
Beginning with a set of 12 financial rules that reflects the harsh lessons of the 1980s, Lowenstein brings purpose and good sense to corporate finance. The book follows two fictional business executives (a CEO and a...
We may work at different professions, but ultimately, we all sell something for a living -- whether it's a brand, a vision, an education, a direction, or a service...
An in-depth analysis of the U.S. political and economic climate over the past two decades. Drawing from an array of studies, Luttwak reveals the root causes of America ’s declining standard of living, the decay of U.S...
Personal preparation is what distinguishes the successful stock picker from the chronic loser. Defining your objectives and clarifying your attitudes are important first considerations. Logic is most helpful in picking...
