An incisive look at the global economic crisis, our flawed response, and the implications for the world’s future prosperity. The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which was exported across the globe with devastating consequences. The crisis has sparked an essential debate about America’s economic missteps, the soundness of this country’s economy, and even the appropriate shape of a capitalist system. Few are more qualified to comment during this turbulent time than Joseph E. Stiglitz. Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, Stiglitz is “an insanely great economist, in ways you can’t really appreciate unless you’re deep into the field” (Paul Krugman, New York Times). In Freefall, Stiglitz traces the origins of the Great Recession, eschewing easy answer

A groundbreaking book that offers approaches for changing the hidden biases in the workplace This is an eye-opening examination of the causes and dynamics of bias in the workplace, offering a psychological, political, and societal analysis of the actual cost of bias to the bottom line. The authors make the hurdles that women and minorities face in the workplace as personal to the reader as they are to those who face them. Giving Notice is filled with sensible approaches for solving the current imbalance and challenges us to rethink unconscious ideas about stereotypes and commonly accepted business practices. Freada Kapor Klein (San Francisco, CA) is an internationally noted consultant and diversity expert. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and on the Today show, Nightline, and NBC Nightly News. Kimberly Allers (Bayshore, NY) was a writer at Fortune magazine and is a frequent guest speaker at professional development and women-orie

During a 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization, Rivoli, an economics professor at Georgetown, looked on as an activist seized the microphone and demanded, "Who made your T-shirt?" Rivoli determined to find out. She interviewed cotton farmers in Texas, factory workers in China, labor champions in the American South and used-clothing vendors in Tanzania. Problems, Rivoli concludes, arise not with the market, but with the suppression of the market. Subsidized farmers, and manufacturers and importers with tax breaks, she argues, succeed because they avoid the risks and competition of unprotected global trade, which in turn forces poorer countries to lower their prices to below subsistence levels in order to compete. Rivoli seems surprised by her own conclusions, and while some chapters lapse into academic prose and tedious de*ions of bureaucratic maneuvering, her writing is at its best when it considers the social dimensions of a global economy, as in chapters on the social networks of African used-clothin

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their morns? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and childrearing--and whose conclusions turn conventional wisdom on its head. Frealfonornics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, t

EconoPower will provide you with a firm understanding of the influence of modern economics and how it can be used to improve the world we live in. It offers practical advice on numerous personal financial matters—earning, saving, investing, and retiring—based on the breakthrough contributions of behavioral economists. And it looks at how economists are working successfully on issues such as public education, crime, and global warming. EconoPower also examines how a new economic philosophy may dominate the new millennium.

Do economics and statistics succeed in explaining human socialbehaviour? To answer this question. Leland Gerson Neuberg studiessome pioneering controlled social experiments. Starting in the late1960s, economists and statisticians sought to improve social policyformation with random assignment experiments such as those thatprovided income guarantees in the form of a negative income tax.This book explores anomalies in the conceptual basis of suchexperiments and in the foundations of statistics and economics moregenerally. Scientific inquiry always faces certain philosophicalproblems. Controlled experiments of human social behaviour,however, cannot avoid some methodological difficulties not evidentin physical science experiments. Drawing upon several examples, theauthor argues that methodological anomalies prevent microeconomicsand statistics from explaining human social behaviour as coherentlyas the physical sciences explain nature. He concludes thatcontrolled social experiments are a frequently overrate

This book is a timely and much-needed attempt to provide a new, unique, and non-condescending framework for recreating an ethical dimension to Asian business. This should be required reading for all Asian business school students in the hope that history will not repeat itself? - Ho Kwong Ping, Chairman, Wah Chang International Corporation Pte Ltd Everyone has something worthwhile to say about ethics. The difficulty is that words are not deeds. And words are rarely converted into action unless they are proselytized with zeal, carried with passion, sustained by conviction and fortified by faith. This groundbreaking work skillfully edited by Frank-J rgen Richter and Pamela C.M. Mar provides compelling motivation to live a life that is formed by truth and gripped by integrity. - Dr. Y.Y. , Founder and Chairman, The Wyuy Capital Group This is a timely volume. Its broad sweep reveals an entire region coping with an ethical void, one which has deepened since the Asian financial crisis. What sets this

A family business prospers through a series of brutal consolidations and rational growth. Then senseless internal conflicts lead to a long line of demented CEOs, monumental expansion, and foolish diversification—at a high cost in shattered lives. In the end, a series of reverse takeovers leaves the once-proud but now overextended and corrupt parent company at the mercy of less-civilized operations that previously cringed at the grandeur of the corporate brand. Enron? WorldCom? Try Rome, whose rise and fall carry a moral that lingers to this day for the managers, employees, and students of any global enterprise. Stanley Bing—whose satirical business books are as savagely funny as they are insightful—mingles business parable and cautionary tale into an ingenious, often hilarious new telling of the story of the Roman Empire.

Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In "The Ascent of Money", Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of all human progress and the lifeblood of history. From the cash injection that funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that sparked the French Revolution, from the bonds that fueled Britain's war effort to the Wall Street Crash and today's meltdown, this is the story of boom and bust as it's never been told before. Whether you're scraping by or rolling in it, there's no better time to understand the ascent of money.

Offers readers their first, in-depth look at the vast e-commerce opportunities opening up in Asia Electronic commerce is transforming the face of Asian business. Written by a leading Asian business expert and consultant with the prestigious Boston Consulting Group, the world's leading e-commerce consultancy, this book provides e-managers and e-entrepreneurs in the West with their first coherent, in-depth look at the Asian e-commerce revolution and the wealth of opportunities it presents. With the help of numerous case studies, David C. Michael explores the nature of the Asian e-commerce revolution and provides powerful insights on how e-commerce strategy in the East differs from that in the West, as well as what those differences imply for Western business interests. Michael also offers his informed predictions about the future of e-commerce in Asia. David C. Michael (Hong Kong, PRC) is a Vice President and Director for The Boston Consulting Group, Hong Kong. He is also one of the leaders of BCG's H

The statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data is becoming increasingly important within health and medical research. Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data provides a practical book that synthesises the huge amount of research that has taken place in the area over the last two decades. Comprising an up-to-date overview of the statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data, the book is supported by numerous worked examples from the author’s own experience. It has been written in a style suitable for medical statisticians and health care professionals alike. Key features include: an overview of statistical methods used in the analysis of cost-effectiveness data. coverage of Bayesian methodology. illustrated throughout by worked examples using real data. suitability for health care professionals with limited statistical knowledge. discussion of software used for data analysis. An essential reference for biostatisticians and health economists engaged in

Adeptly address today's business challenges with this powerfulnew book from web analytics thought leader Avinash Kaushik. WebAnalytics 2.0 presents a new framework that will permanently changehow you think about analytics. It provides specific recommendationsfor creating an actionable strategy, applying analytical techniquescorrectly, solving challenges such as measuring social media andmultichannel campaigns, achieving optimal success by leveragingexperimentation, and employing tactics for truly listening to yourcustomers. The book will help your organization become more datadriven while you become a super analysis ninja! 向数据驱动型决策转变以及如何利用网站数据来获得竞争优势。 在过去几年中，互联网、在线营销以及广告经历了巨大的变革，然而大家处理数据的方式跟几十年前相比还是大同小异，停滞不前。网站分析领域的领跑者avinashkaushik通过《精精通Web Analytics2.0：用户中心科学与在线统计

The Business Game--here's how you can win Are you a businessowner, manager, or employee who struggles with: Taxes, cash flow,sales, and profits Marketing and advertising effectiveness Hiring,motivating, and managing talent The economy, stock market, andcompetitors Bosses, boards, stockholders and partners Never-endingto-do lists and sacrificing your quality of life to succeed? If youanswered "yes" to any of these, you've been playing The BusinessGame and suffering the consequences. Even if you're rolling inprofits right now, there are hidden costs you're paying to earnthat money--money that's always at risk. You learned "the rules"and you've been faithful to them, thinking you can win. But youcan't really win The Business Game, because it's "designed" to beunwinnable--that is, as long as you play by the rules you weretaught. The only way to truly win is to bust loose from the "old"game and start playing a new game with a new set of rules. Thisbook helps you discover who you really are, what you're reallycapa

As the dollar continues to weaken against other currencies, it is increasingly clear that this event will have a significant impact on investors and consumers around the world. Never before has the "reserve currency of the world" been so burdened by debt or suffered from such serious structural imbalances. The Demise of the Dollar . . . And Why It’s Great for Your Investments examines the reasons for the dollar’s current slide and offers an up-close look at the Federal Reserve’s attempts to "manage" the dollar’s value. Filled with in-depth insights, wry wit, and sound advice, this intriguing text offers an inside glimpse of the reality of today’s dollar and its impact on the world’s economies as well as readers’ personal portfolios.

Praise for INTERMARKET ANALYSIS "John Murphy has done itagain. He dissects the global relationships between equities,bonds, currencies, and commodities like no one else can, and laysout an irrefutable case for intermarket analysis in plain English.This book is a must-read for all serious traders." -Louis B.Mendelsohn, creator of VantagePoint Intermarket Analysissoftware "John Murphy's Intermarket Analysis should be on the desk ofevery trader and investor if they want to be positioned in theright markets at the right time." -Thom Hartle, President, MarketAnalytics, Inc. ( www.thomhartle.com ) "This book is full of valuable information. As a dailypractitioner of intermarket analysis, I thought I knew most aspectsof this invaluable subject, but this book gave me several newideas. I thoroughly recommend it for beginners and professionals."-Martin Pring, President of Pring.com and editor of the IntermarketReview Newsletter "Mr. Murphy's Intermarket Analysis is truly the most efficientand u

The late 1990s witnessed a boom in companies investing in multimillion dollar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, comprehensive technologies that increase efficiency and profitability by placing all business transactions under one inclusive system. Yet the benefits of ERP systems come with a larger degree of risk. Supply-chain links to other companies, employee access to a greater amount of business information, and newer extract reporting features likewise introduce new risk factors that must be managed. With most Fortune 500 companies and other large organizations now depending on SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and other ERP systems as key components to their strategic growth, it is critical for companies to reduce risk and ensure that their ERP systems operate at maximum efficiency. Integrated Auditing of ERP Systems presents a structured methodology designed to automate the drudgery of implementing an ERP system and provides organized approaches to problem-solving by listing, diagramming, and doc

Grasp the history, principles, theories, and terminology ofeconomics with this updated bestseller Since the initial publication of Economics For Dummies in 2005,the U.S. has endured a number of drastic changes and events thatsent its economy into a tailspin. This newly revised editionpresents updated material about the recent financial crisis and thesteps taken to repair it. Packed with refreshed information and relevant new examples fromtoday's economy, it gives you a straightforward, easy-to-graspunderstanding of how the economy functions-and how it influencespersonal finances.

A Brief History of Economics illustrates how the ideas of the great economists not only influenced societies but were themselves shaped by their cultural milieu. Understandingthe economists' visions - lucidly and vividly unveiled by Canterbery - allows readers to place economics within a broader community of ideas. Magically, the author linksAdam Smith to Isaac Newton's idea of an orderly universe, F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to ThorsteinVeblen, John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath to the Great Depression, and Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities to Reaganomics. Often humorous, Canterbery's easy style will make the student's first foray into economics lively and relevant. Readers will dismiss "dismal" from the science.

The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and research that could be undertaken by public and private organizations. This book contains work presented at a conference held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department of Commerce. The goals of the conference were to assess current research on the digital economy, to engage the private sector in developing the research that informs investment and policy decisions, and to promote better understanding of the growth and socioeconomic implications of information technology and electronic commerce. Aspects of the digital economy addressed include macroeconomic

Supercycles, according to international economist andstrategist, Arun Motianey, are the continuous, long waves of boomand bust that undulate through the global economic and financialsystems. More often than not, they are the result of policymakers'well-intentioned but misguided attempts to achieve price stability.In Supercycles, Motianey surpasses the traditional business cyclemodel ("Boom and Bust"), to provide a detailed, objective, and attimes surprising explanation of global economics. Drawing heavily on history and informed by cautious readingsof a wide range of economic thought, Motianey critiques the waymacroeconomics has been practiced by the major powers' centralbanks through the years. Specifically, it was the banks' intervention, ostensibly inthe quest for price stability that actually served to entrenchprice instability. Further, he makes a compelling case for the newtools we'll be using to manage the post-meltdown global economy,and even advises on investor portfolios to prot

It is in Books IV and V of The Wealth of Nations that AdamSmith offers his considered response to the French Physiocrats,perhaps the first great school of economic theorists, and assessesthe nature of the mercantile system, particularly the colonialrelationship with America, whose achievements could have been evenmore spectacular if conditions of free trade and economic union hadexisted. Even on the eve of the Declaration of Independence, Smithfamously predicted that America "will be one of the foremostnations of the world." It is also here that he develops the casefor a limited state role in economic planning, notably to combatmarket failure and induce efficiency in areas such as education,public works, justice, and defense. His pioneering analysis stillprovides many subtle and penetrating insights into one of today'smost vital and controversial policy debates. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Andrew Skinner

The microfinance revolution, begun with independent initiatives in Latin America and South Asia starting in the 1970s, has so far allowed 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy insurance. This comprehensive survey of microfinance seeks to bridge the gap in the existing literature on microfinance between academic economists and practitioners. Both authors have pursued the subject not only in academia but in the field; Beatriz Armendariz founded a microfinance bank in Chiapas, Mexico, and Jonathan Morduch has done fieldwork in Bangladesh, China, and Indonesia. The authors move beyond the usual theoretical focus in the microfinance literature and draw on new developments in theories of contracts and incentives. They challenge conventional assumptions about how poor households save and build assets and how institutions can overcome market failures. The book provides an overview of microfinance by addressing a range of issues, includi

In The Wind of the Hundred Days, a new collection of public policy essays, Jagdish Bhagwati applies his characteristic wit and accessible style to the subject of globalization. Notably, he argues that the true Clinton scandal lay in the administration's mismanagement of globalization -- resulting in the paradox of immense domestic policy success combined with dramatic failure on the external front. Bhagwati assigns the bulk of the blame for the East Asian financial and economic crisis -- a disaster that prompts him to use as his title the poet Octavio Paz's image of devastation "I met the wind of the hundred days" -- to the administration's hasty push for financial liberalization in the region. The administration, Bhagwati claims, has also mishandled the freeing of trade. The administration-hosted WTO meeting in Seattle ended in chaos and the launch of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations was dashed. Bhagwati shows how the administration's failure to get Congress to renew fast-track authority