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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were
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Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this book is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that violates all that we hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well-being, all under the veneer...
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This little book should be used as a template for those who just have to break out and become their own master.
It is in fact a procedural manual for those starting out with no money, but with the hope and determination that will lead them to a richer, happier life through financial security.
It gives a blow by blow account of how this was done by one couple, and how this can be emulated by others.
It supplies dates and the sums involved to demonstrate...
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With a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.
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Have you ever pictured your life as a secret shopper? Do you share my old attitude of 'that's a job for a bored homemaker's pin money' or 'that's all a scam'? Surprise! It's neither, if you know how to play your cards right.
True Secret Shopper Diaries is a tell all book that paints a picture in words of what a secret shopper actually does; where one has to live; what special tools and skills are required; how to make more than pin money shopping;...
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Se trata de una descripción y revisión crítica de cómo funcionan las organizaciones de nuestro tiempo.
Los dos primeros capítulos están dedicados a delimitar la sociología de las organizaciones y a precisar el contexto de su emergencia.
Los siguientes se orientan al examen de diferentes modelos de organización, desde el burocrático industrial hasta nuevas formas más flexibles y menos formales.
Tal examen se hace desde la óptica de la...
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El best seller internacional que explica cómo la libertad de los trabajadores desata el éxito de las empresas.
Existe una fórmula para que las empresas aumenten la productividad, las ganancias y el crecimiento que sorprendentemente no cuesta nada: ni tiempo ni dinero. Se basa en la creencia de que cuando las personas actúan con libertad por el interés de su empresa los resultados se vuelven espectaculares.
Freedom, Inc. revela los secretos...
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En los actuales momentos de globalización económica, una de las principales estrategias que pueden adoptar los países del mundo y en particular los países de América Latina para obtener un crecimiento económico sostenible en el largo plazo, es estimular la creación de empresas de base tecnológica basada en la innovación, con el fin de generar encadenamientos productivos extensos y empleos formales. En este sentido, este libro plantea un...
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Also known as "the free market economy" or " freeenterprises", capitalism represents and economic systemwhich encompasses factories, production lines, shippingagencies and many other work fields where severalpeople can own their private practices while employingothers. Even the world "capital" is interconnected withall the different types of resources, such as human andmaterial resources.This book will present the reader with a brief history of theconcept...
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Our nation was, founded on basic principles of capitalism, independence and most importantly, democracy (one person, one vote). But in the last forty years (since President Ronald Reagan), we have gradually seen our democratic form of government erode; replaced by a cabal of huge moneyed corporations, special interest groups, lobbyists and the ultra-wealthy, all of them free to spend whatever it takes to get our elected officials to do their bidding....
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Summary, Analysis and Review of George Akerlof's and et al Phishing for Phools by Instaread Preview: In Phishing for Phools, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller explain the economics of fraud by incorporating fraudulent and unfair transactions into free-market economic models. Conventional economic models that presuppose a free market often assume that customers make decisions based on their long-term interests. They posit that the market moves toward...
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Are the rich bad for society? The author of this book, a successful Canadian entrepreneur who made his fortune and created 3000 jobs, has written a manifesto celebrating the achievements of people who have earned their wealth. He says that many of the critics are overlooking one crucial thing: We need business people to build companies and generate wealth to keep the economy going. That's the only way to generate the wealth that pays for government...
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'When I had to give up my university studies 35 years ago I was so angry that I wanted to leave South Africa, get military training and an AK47 and come back to kill evil white people ... I'm just as angry now as I feel my economic freedom is under threat, but I'm staying to fight for what I believe in.'When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president in 1994, Herman Mashaba thought his struggle for personal and economic freedom was over, the battle...
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There are two types of people on planet earth today.
• Native Analogs: These are Baby Boomers and Gen Xers born anywhere from the 1940s all the way up to the early '80s.
• Native Digitals: These are Millennials and Gen Zers born between the early 1980s to as recently as the 2010s.
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Two educated, experienced people start a new business. Both are well-funded, in good locations and advertise brilliantly. One grows; the other fails. After 40 years of small business ownership, and observing other small businesses, Fran learned the most important factor for business survival is attitude. Fran shares what inspires her business "survive & thrive" attitude.
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Are You Looking to Start Your Own Business, but Are Still Unsure of What to Do and What Type of Market You Wish to Enter? Let Me Tell You About Freight Brokerage!
With the continual expansion of existing markets, people are finding it difficult to enter, much less manage a successful business.
Are you familiar with freight brokerage?
You have probably seen six-wheelers and eight-wheelers pass the streets or being unloaded at the side of a store.
Those...
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Modern capitalism can get traced back to the 18th century. It is characterized by innovation and love to protect personal wealth. To understand modern capitalism, we will analyse the varieties of capitalism, the family under capitalism, tensions with democracy as seen by Buchanan and Olson, contradictions of post-industrial society, capitalism and nationalism as seen by Ernest Gellner, Herbert Marcuse and the new left critique, and end of communism,...
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Why are some people so rich and some people so poor? Why do some have so much and others have so little? What, if anything can, or should be, done about it? In many ways, these are the most important questions confronting us as a nation. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy examines the different ways that advocates of Capitalism and advocates of Socialism answer these crucial questions. It begins by exploring the history of economic systems and how,...
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Permanent Revolution concisely describes the development and workings of capitalism and its influence on the broader society. In the developed world-Europe, North America, and parts of East Asia-capitalism is ubiquitous, and as such, often taken for granted. Discussion usually focuses on specific aspects of the system that individuals appreciate or dislike, ignoring the larger picture. The notion of millennials denouncing capitalism on Facebook and...
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Climate change is here and capitalism is implicated: it's programmed to privilege profit and growth over human communities and the living earth. We need to change this system-and we need to do it now. Six Capitals charts the rise of four movements designed to overthrow capitalism, as we know it: multi-capital accounting, for society, nature, and profit; the push for a new corporation legally bound to benefit nature and society while making a profit;...
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