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Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Economics Book
From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work. Easy-to-follow graphics, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text throw light on the applications of economics, making them relatable through everyday examples and concerns. Employing DK's trademark visual approach, The Economics Book takes a frequently confusing subject and makes sense of it, clearly highlighting both historically important and emerging ideas in this critical field of science.
Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. The Big Three in Economics traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, representing laissez faire; Karl Marx, reflecting the radical socialist model; and John Maynard Keynes, symbolizing big government and the welfare state.
Deciphering Economics
This guide offers a thorough and understandable overview of basic economic concepts and principles, providing building blocks for understanding the systems of economics in today's complex world. It then explores contemporary, economics-related topics, issues, and challenges that exist within local communities, the U.S. economy, and the global economy.
Disorder : Hard Times in the 21st Century
Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century explains the historical origins of the political shocks of the past decade, showing how the Covid-19 crisis blew apart fault lines in western democracies, the US-China relationship, NATO, and the European Union that had been accumulating for decades.The book tells three historical stories.The geopolitical story begins with the inherent difficulties the United States faced as an ascendant non-Eurasian power in the early twentieth century, especially in the Middle East, and culminates in the American turn away from China in a world in which the United States is simultaneously adeclining military power and a resurgent energy and financial power.The economic story begins in the 1970s and explains how the rise of the Eurodollar system and the decade's energy crises remade the monetary world and the European Union, and how the Federal Reserve and China's response to the 2007-8 crash in preventing an economic collapse let lose a succession ofeconomic and energy problems that cannot now be resolved.The final story situates the present instability in the need for democracies to maintain 'losers' consent' and to be repaired when they become unbalanced. It also shows why such repair is so difficult under present geopolitical and economic conditions.
Financial Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Crowdfunding
Financial technologies, known as "FinTech", have brought disruptive changes to virtually every aspect of financial services, and is currently revolutionizing the whole financial industry (Goldstein, et al., 2019). Driven by start-ups and technology firms, FinTech covers a wide range of applications from cryptocurrency, mobile payments, marketplace financing, robo-advisors, to smart contracts and even decentralized autonomous organizations (Böhme, et al., 2015; Yu, et al., 2017). FinTech has received significant attention among not only practitioners, investors, regulators but also consultants and academia who are curious about how these novel technologies and changes impact organizations and even broader financial system (Stanko, et al., 2017; Libra, 2019; Chong, et al., 2019). In a world that is increasingly focused on integrating digital technology innovations into normal people's lives, accustoming users to FinTech is capable of creating long-lasting and valuable effects and helping firms gain sustainable competitive advantages. FinTech helps to reduce the costs, to increase the reachability of customers, and to manage risks in a more efficient way. In this special issue, several key emerging areas of FinTech, such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, crowdfunding, are theoretically and empirically examined, and the FinTech's social consequences on inclusive finance are also explored.
Global Economy in Turbulent Times
A leading authority's answer to today's global economic challenges. In Global Economy in Turbulent Times, Harvard economist Dr. See-Yan Lin offers his timely and incisive views on today's key economic issues. Adapted from his hugely popular column in the Malaysia Star newspaper, these articles offer fresh and entertaining perspectives on perennial economic problems. The discussion covers the world economy, with particular attention to the US, EU, Japan, and the international monetary system, as Dr. Lin explains how the economy is broken and offers multiple paths to repair. Coverage includes emerging East Asia, ASEAN (especially Malaysia), and BRICS nations, plus the author's own views on global demography, the need for quality education, corporate governance in Malaysia, and more. Dr. Lin's expertise in strategic and financial issues is renowned and actively sought in the academic, economic, banking, and business realms. In this book, he presents his observations and analysis of the global economy, and the most pressing issues facing the world's financial future. Consider the issues faced by the world's leading economies. Examine the factors underlying inadequacy of political will to act. Gain insight into the middle class that's emerging across the globe. Get new perspective on CSR and management from a leading authority. Opinions on the world's economic problems are abundant, but seldom do they come from such an authoritative source. Dr. Lin draws upon decades of economic experience and the knowledge gained through three post-graduate Harvard degrees to give you a deeper understanding of the current state of the economy. Gain the insight of a multi-awarded scholar and economist with the deep discussion and expert analysis in Global Economy in Turbulent Times.
An Introduction to Algorithmic Finance, Algorithmic Trading and Blockchain
The purpose of An Introduction to Algorithmic Finance is to provide a broad-based accessible introduction to three of the presently most important areas of computational finance, namely, option pricing, algorithmic trading and blockchain. This will provide a basic understanding required for a career in the finance industry and for doing more specialized courses in finance. An Introduction to Algorithmic Finance breaks down into three parts. The first part provides the necessary theoretical background to Derivatives, Options and Stochastic Dominance. The second part covers various algorithmic issues of finance, discussing specific algorithms, their applications and consequences. The third part of the book is devoted to blockchain and cryptocurrency which complements the first two parts. An Introduction to Algorithmic Finance is an interesting, important read for anyone interested in or invested in the finance industry & it highlights and explains current phenomena in algorithmic finance in an articulate manner.
Principles of Business: Economics
Provides students and researchers with easy-to-understand entries on hundreds of important terms, principles and concepts allowing readers to develop a deeper understanding of the field. The study of economics involves understanding and predicting the behavior of economies, markets, and economic variables. With engaging, comprehensive entries written by experts in the field, Principles of Business: Economics is an invaluable resource for those seeking an introduction to economics with a focus on its relevance to business. This volume includes 100 accessible entries that provide readers with a solid understanding of the topic, including: The US Financial Crisis of 2007-2010, Managerial Economics Business Cycle, Economic Growth, Principles of Macroeconomics, Evolution of Economic Thought, Globalization of Emerging Markets, Economics of Business Regulations, Market Failure Money, Banking and the Economy. Principles of Business: Economics covers essential topics that will be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about what is involved in running a business, keeping accounts, or for those who are considering starting a business of their own.
Public Law and Economics
This comprehensive textbook applies economic analysis to public law. The economic analysis of law has revolutionized legal scholarship and teaching in the last half-century, but it has focused mostly on private law, business law, and criminal law. This book extends the analysis to fundamental topics in public law, such as the separation of government powers, regulation by agencies, constitutional rights, and elections. Every public law involves six fundamental processes of government: bargaining, voting, entrenching, delegating, adjudicating, and enforcing. The book devotes two chapters to each process, beginning with the economic theory and then applying the theory to a wide range of puzzles and problems in law. Each chapter concentrates on cases and legal doctrine, showing the relevance of economics to the work of lawyers and judges. Featuring lucid, accessible writing and engaging examples, the book addresses enduring topics in public law as well as modern controversies, including gerrymandering, voter identification laws, and qualified immunity for police.