Why have global financial crises become so complicated? This book identifies the root causes, the products that exacerbate financial contagion, and gives recommendations for measures which could limit the magnitude and severity of future crises.
This book equips students and practitioners with the analytical skills to represent a client in a civil federal tax dispute. Using the Code, Regulations, and case law, you will learn to identify and analyse procedural issues from a tax controversy’s inception through litigation.
Rationality in Economics
A critical look at how scientists model human rationality. This book traces today’s complex mathematical models of choice back to their flawed, unpragmatic roots in medieval thought, offering a new taxonomy for understanding how we decide.
This book is an in-depth exploration of modern Situation Centers (SCs)—essential components of national security. It examines their foundations and strategic role, focusing on the integration of big data and AI, cybersecurity, military applications, and future developments.
Therapeutic Journalism
This book shows how emotional literacy and clinical psychology can create a therapeutic form of journalism. It presents a new model to analyze information through an emotional lens, empowering students to inform with empathy and see a shattered world with a fresh pair of eyes.
While favorable to the New Deal’s motives, this book is critical of its implementation. It argues the Great Depression was caused by a technological shock that gapped productivity and income. The New Deal sought to close this gap, but its policies were doomed from the start.
Dealing with Econometrics
A practical guide to the fundamentals of econometrics. Learn the statistical tools to analyse cross-sectional data and evaluate socio-economic relationships. It features theoretical summaries, practical exercises with real-world data, and solutions using Excel or Gretl.
A Treatise on the Capitalist Society
This book explains the formation of capitalist society from the perspective of language and media. It argues that language is the basis for private property, market exchange, and the wage labor system. Arguing against Marx, it asserts this system is cooperative.
This book examines important issues in tort and free speech, including asset freezing orders, contributory negligence, robotic speech, disinformation, and social media platform censorship.
Active sports tourism is a rapidly developing sector. Less expensive, with greater economic impact and more respect for the environment, it includes everything from extreme sports to ‘slow adventure’. This book provides a complete international picture of the phenomenon.
This collection of essays examines the contemporary crisis facing human rights. Bringing together academics and practitioners, it links austerity and the rise of the far-right to a crucial question: are human rights rights at all?
This book fuses journalism with psychology to show how primal literacy is the key to covering high-risk environments. In high-stress situations where reality can be manipulated, learn how to avoid propaganda and report the truth safely. These methods apply in war and peace.
As rising inflation puts pressure on households, this book explores what inflation is and how we measure it. It recounts the history of price rises and how pensions, pay and benefits have been affected, examining the political and economic factors driving government responses.
Spanning 118 years, this history of Nigeria’s public debt uncovers lessons from past successes and failures. It finds that political leadership is a decisive factor for sustainability, offering guidance for Nigeria and all developing economies.
Macroeconomics of Impractical Prescriptions
This work addresses gross anomalies in Macroeconomics, where theories lack the time dimension. The iconic IS-LM model suffers from Dimension Aberration and Reverse Causation, mismatching stock and flow variables. It offers new perspectives for post-graduate readers.
Iconic movies offer insight into our culture, revealing what we value, fear, or hope to become. Does the rise of superheroes suggest Americans feel powerless? What does it mean that movies have gotten darker? Without data, it’s just speculation. This book uses data analytics.
This book analyzes the financial, economic, educational, and technological drivers of environmental sustainability from a global perspective. It presents findings and recommendations useful for researchers and policy-makers to advance sustainable development.
Amid Ireland’s self-destruction, a radical new future for these isles is proposed. This book argues for a Celtic confederation, uniting Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England to replace a broken order with a beautiful new possibility of true belonging.
This book provides a comprehensive picture of China’s Sci-Tech Innovation Board (STAR), a key stock market reform. It explains the STAR system, discusses investment opportunities by valuing representative enterprises, and is indispensable for investors and academic researchers.
This book is a technical tool-kit for understanding airline economics. Starting with key industry language, it breaks down demand, revenue, and costs to analyze how airlines maximize profit, and explores competition, regulations, and the economics of jet fuel.
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