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  • Spills and Spin

    The Inside Story of BP

    par Tom Bergin ...
    In April 2010, the world watched in alarm as BP's Macondo well suffered a fatal explosion and a catastrophic leak. Over the next three months, amid tense scenes of corporate and political finger-pointing, millions of barrels of crude oil dispersed across the Gulf of Mexico in what became one of the worst oil spills in history.But there is more to BP's story than this. Tom Bergin, an oil broker ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Free Lunch Thinking

    8 Economic Myths and Why Politicians Fall for Them

    par Tom Bergin ...
    Countries with smaller governments grow faster.Tobacco taxes are the best way to cut smoking.Government regulation discourages entrepreneurshi****p.Award-winning investigative journalist Tom Bergin digs into eight mantras widely accepted by Western governments and, by talking to the people who promote those ideas and the workers, businesspeople and consumers who have felt their impacts, finds they ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

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    Free Lunch Thinking

    8 Economic Myths and Why Politicians Fall for Them

    par Tom Bergin ...
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    9 heure 33 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Economic theories and models shape our everyday lives. They are relied on by politicians when tax rises or cuts are being considered. They inform debates about everything from bonuses for CEOs to minimum wage rates to the level of job protection enshrined in law. They determine what levels of tobacco or petrol duty are charged, and influence government approaches to ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Brett Kebble

    The Inside Story

    par Barry Sergeant ...
    In September 2005, corporate South Africa was rocked by the violent murder of mining maverick Brett Kebble. In life, he was known as a billionaire patron of the arts, compassionate philanthropist, champion of black economic empowerment, urbane raconteur and generous host. But within six months of his death, Kebble was exposed as the architect of one of the biggest and most convoluted frauds seen ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Inequality

    What Can Be Done?

    Winner of the Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton UniversityAn Economist Best Economics and Business Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Economics Book of the YearInequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of ... En savoir plus

    $25.29 CAD

  • The Corruption of Capitalism

    Why rentiers thrive and work does not pay

    par Guy Standing ...
    Politicians, financiers and bureaucrats claim to believe in free competitive markets, yet they have built the most unfree market system ever created. In this Gilded Age, income is funnelled to the owners of property – financial, physical and intellectual – at the expense of society. Wages stagnate as labour markets are transformed by outsourcing, automation and the on-demand economy, generating ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

    Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes? Why isn't land and location taught or seen as important in modern economics? What is the relationship between the financial system and land?In this accessible but provocative guide to the economics of land and housing, the authors reveal how many of the key challenges facing modern economies - including housing crises, ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Ship of Fools

    How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger

    par Fintan O'Toole ...
    Between 1995 and 2007, the Republic of Ireland was the worldwide model of successful adaptation to economic globalisation. The success story was phenomenal: a doubling of the workforce; a massive growth in exports; a GDP that was substantially above the EU average. Ireland became the world's largest exporter of software and manufactured the world's supply of Viagra.The factors that made it ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Blunders of Our Governments

    Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps – with a new introduction from Sir Ivor Crewe covering Brexitblunder /ˈblʌndə(r)/, n.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness.There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of us realize – and it’s growing. With ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Free Lunch

    Easily Digestible Economics

    par David Smith ...
    'Free of jargon, obfuscation and interminable subordinate clauses, his prose is just the job' The TimesA fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide.The economy has never been so relevant to so many people as it is now. 'There's no such thing as a free lunch' is the one phrase everyone has heard from economics. But why not? What does economics tell us about the price of lunch - and ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Shredded

    Inside RBS: The Bank That Broke Britain

    par Ian Fraser ...
    An award-winning journalist details the near-collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the late 2000s.For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh-based giant—having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin—crashed to ... En savoir plus

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  • Them And Us

    Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society

    par Will Hutton ...
    The suddenness and depth of the recession has raised questions about the workability of capitalism not seen since the 1930s. One of the constraints on recovery is the growing belief that if the old model did not work there is no new one on offer. This book sets out to provide one, arguing that reconstructing a bust financial system is not just a technical question. It cannot be done without a ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD