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Aspirando revelar la compleja relación entre la economía, el bienestar y la felicidad, y contestar ciertas preguntas (¿El crecimiento económico es la base del progreso y desarrollo humano?, ¿Por qué el capitalismo es exitoso, mientras que el comunismo ha fracasado estrepitosamente? y ¿Cuál es el vínculo entre el auge económico, el bienestar y la felicidad, considerando la paradoja de Easterlin?), se ha estructurado este libro en tres secciones.En...
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First published in 1930, "The Fur Trade in Canada" is a book by Harold Innis that draws sweeping conclusions about the complex and frequently devastating effects of the fur trade on aboriginal peoples; about how furs as staple products induced an enduring economic dependence among the European immigrants who settled in the new colony and about how the fur trade ultimately shaped Canada's political destiny.
Covers the fur trade era in Canada from the...
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This is a collection of summaries featuring books written by one of our greatest financial journalist: Michael Lewis. It includes the #1 New York Times Bestsellers:Flash Boys, Liar's Poker, The Big Short. The summaries provide insight to investments and securities trading in the US equity market leading to the crash.FLASH BOYS: A WALL STREET REVOLT SUMMARY: This is a summary of a #1 New York Times Bestseller that focuses on the rise of high-frequency...
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The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar's Poker.Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush.This is a Summary of Michael Lewis' book "Liar's Poker...
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Die Corona-Pandemie hat uns eindringlich gezeigt: Ethische Fragen werden in der Ökonomie immer wichtiger. Der Lockdown zum gesundheitlichen Schutz der Bevölkerung hat die ökonomischen Aktivitäten notwendigerweise mehrheitlich heruntergefahren. Die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung musste gegen das ökonomische Wohl abgewogen werden. Bereits vor der Corona-Krise war die moderne Ökonomie zunehmend mit wirtschaftsethischen Problemen beschäftigt:...
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David Murray-Hundley, known as "The Grumpy Entrepreneur," provides a meticulously detailed account of the Dotcom Era, portraying a pivotal period marked by ingenuity, ambition, and the unbridled growth of the Internet. This book serves as an invaluable historical repository, replete with nuanced insights from someone who not only witnessed but also actively participated in the transformative Dotcom boom of the late '90s.Embark on a scholarly exploration...
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Dieser Band beschreibt die Entwicklung der modernen Konsumgesellschaft von ihren Anfängen in den vorindustriellen Gesellschaften des 17./18. Jahrhunderts bis heute. Stephan Wallaschkowski zeigt auf, wie sich die industrielle Revolution und der fortschreitende Konsumwandel im Sinne einer steten Konsumexpansion immer wieder gegenseitig beeinflussen und befördern. Dazu beschreibt der Autor zunächst die historische Entstehung unserer heutigen Konsumgesellschaft...
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