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Decades of slashing immigration, off-shoring manufacture, preventing house-building and stalling ambitious infrastructure projects like high-speed rail means America has a shortage of workers, houses, innovative products and climate-change solutions. It's a story repeated across the Western World. To progress on the greatest challenges of our time, from housing to climate change, healthcare to infrastructure, progressives need a vision of abundance, and the ability and willingness to enact transformative strategies.

An insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us. ‘A fascinating examination of the failures of modern economics, and how these failures are harming us all' Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism ‘Easily one of the most compelling economics communicators of our...

Brought to you by Penguin. How can we create a better future – one that truly prioritises health and happiness? For too long, economic thinkers have left out acts of care - written off as 'women's work' for centuries - from their calculations. The result? Terrible real-world consequences today...

With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives. It is a framework of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic and out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing, clustered in early-modern England. Astute observers began to notice these changes and consider their effects. Those in power began to harness these new practices to the state, enhancing both.

Elite networks are informal social networks between politicians in power and top executives of politically connected firms where personal ties and long-term interactions build trust and loyalty between involved actors. Both groups draw benefits from these interactions; politicians stay in power, and corporate executives extract rents for their firms. Firms reward connected executives with higher salaries thus widening the dispersion of earnings in society. In Elite Networks, Vuk Vukovic offers a different perspective on the long-run origins of inequality.

The eighteenth century was a time of cultural friction: individuals began to assert greater independence and there was a new emphasis on social equality. In this surprising history, Lynn Hunt examines women's expanding societal roles, such as using tea to facilitate conversation between the sexes in Britain. In France, women also pushed boundaries by becoming artists, and printmakers' satiric takes on the elite gave the lower classes a chance to laugh at the upper classes and imagine the potential of political upheaval.

All About Bitcoin: The King of Crypto – The Past, The Present, The Future is an essential guide for anyone looking to understand the history, significance, and future potential of Bitcoin. Whether you’re new to cryptocurrency or a seasoned investor, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of Bitcoin’s evolution, impact, and role in the financial world.

'This book did nothing less than make me re-see the world . . . Original, and very clever' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the...

“Superb. Hiltzik makes a compelling case that California is the heartbeat of our nation.”—Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring Revolution From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California—from the Spanish conquistadors to...

Viola MacMillan had it all: success, money, and respect. Influence, even. But in 1964, after three decades in the mining industry, one of the most fascinating women in Canadian business history was the central character in one of the country's most famous stock scandals. MacMillan, who started out as a prospector in the '30s, had developed lucrative mines and put together big deals. But she still wanted "a major discovery." Early in July 1964, shares in Windfall Oil and Mines, a company she and her husband controlled, traded for around 56 cents. Then one day, the stock took off.

The Gilded Revival takes listeners on a journey through America’s renewed celebration of financial success, ambition, and exclusivity. By examining the cultural forces behind this transformation, it presents a thought-provoking analysis about how wealth, prestige, and entrepreneurial energy are redefining modern aspirations.

This is a study of Economic Policy from 1990-1998 in Canada. A rough time for Canadian Economics after a high deficit and sovereign debt issue. History tens to repeat itself and policies in in the 1990's may offer solutions in similar future circumstances.

Einleitung: Die Welt des Einkaufens hat sich in den letzten Jahren radikal verändert. Während früher das traditionelle Geschäft in der Fußgängerzone das Zentrum des Handels war, erlebte das Online-Shopping in den 2000er-Jahren einen wahren Boom. Doch die digitale Entwicklung hat hier nicht Halt gemacht. Das klassische E-Commerce, wie wir es lange kannten, wird mittlerweile ergänzt und teilweise sogar ersetzt durch eine neue, faszinierende Form des Handels: den Social Commerce.

Voilà bientôt deux ans que le monde entier vit avec l’IA générative. Cette technologie est entrée dans nos vies fin 2022 avec le phénomène ChatGPT, ce robot conversationnel qui répond à toutes nos questions ou presque en quelques secondes. Sa facilité d’utilisation, ses attributs...

The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure.

With over twenty-five contributions by some of the nation's most influential progressive voices, Labor's Partisans brings to life a history of labor that is of immediate relevance to our own times. Introduced and edited by leading labor historians Nelson Lichtenstein and Samir Sonti, this essential volume reveals the powerful currents and debates running through the labor movement, from the 1950s to today.

In this book, Patrick Bolton and Haizhou Huang offer a novel perspective, viewing monetary economics through the lens of corporate finance. They propose a richer theory, where money can be seen as the equity capital of a nation, playing a similar role as stocks for a company. This innovative framework integrates the real and monetary sides of the economy, with a banking sector and debt at its core.

Many hands have built our great nation, and many of them have come far from home to do it. I'd like you to please discover more about how migration has helped shape modern America. America’s history is rich with the stories of brave people with big dreams who have come here searching for opportunities—and in doing so, they’ve helped to shape both our economy and our culture. What drove these people? What challenges did they face along the way? There’s so much more to American history than the history books have told you.

A brilliant investigation into the most powerful institution you’ve never heard of. “An absorbing and thorough examination.” —Reuters The Bank for International Settlements is the bank for central banks. It is one of the world’s most secretive—and most influential—global financial...

An authoritative, insightful, and highly engaging history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the listener from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914–45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.