Showing titles in International

In State Capitalism, Joshua Kurlantzick ranges across the world - China, Thailand, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and more - and argues that the increase in state capitalism across the globe has, on balance, contributed to a decline in democracy. He isolates some of the reasons for state capitalism's resurgence: the fact that globalization favors economies of scale in the most critical industries and the widespread rejection of the Washington Consensus in the face of the problems that have plagued the world economy in recent years.

The reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater; many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives. In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story about how the fusion of big finance and tech requires 'cloudmoney'—digital money underpinned by the banking sector—to replace physical cash.

Build a day-trading strategy that stands the test of time. So, you want to make money from stocks.... It isn’t as hard as many believe...but choose your instructor wisely - namely, choose instructor Leigh Vernon! The complete Day Trading for a Living Series will equip you with all you need for swift success: Expert trading systems, the psychology inherent to killer trading, and keys to mastering Forex.

Timing the Market: How to Profit in the Stock Market Using the Yield Curve, Market Sentiment, and Cultural Indicators is the first definitive guide to understanding and profiting from the relationship between the stock market and interest rates. It's well established that interest rates significantly impact the stock market. This is the first book that definitively explores the interest rate/stock market relationship and describes a specific system for profiting from the relationship.

Amazon and Walmart, with more than half a trillion in revenues annually, are the two largest companies in the world. They have not only redefined the retail industry—Walmart in the 1980s/1990s and Amazon since 2000—but have also been the benchmark for business best practices (e.g., the use of IT, supply chain, data analytics, customer orientation). This year, it is anticipated that Amazon will dethrone Walmart as the world's largest company, a position that Walmart has occupied for more than two decades.

In this groundbreaking treatise, best-selling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to world economic prosperity and what we need to do to overcome them. Batra takes on falling minimum wages, corporate scandals, rocketing oil prices, and many of the other crises facing the world economy. He offers an expansive, optimistic vision of how the international community can address them and bring about something historically unprecedented: true global economic prosperity.

In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy examines how the United States has balanced its potentially conflicting national security and economic interests in its relationship with the People's Republic of China (PRC). To do so, Hugo Meijer investigates a strategically sensitive yet under-explored facet of US-China relations: the making of American export control policy on military-related technology transfers to China since 1979.  

The World Trade Organization (WTO) began in 1995, but even in the first 10 years of its existence it generated debate, controversy, and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact of the WTO on peoples' everyday lives means that it is not just an institution of interest to economists, but to everyone.

This book will educate you in export, import, international trade, international procurement, supply chain, e-commerce, dropshipping, and merchant trading.

Peu de gens en dehors des crypto-communautés savaient ce que c'étaient et beaucoup pensaient que c'était juste une nouvelle tendance qui allait s'amenuiser au bout de quelques années. La valeur d'un bitcoin n'était que de quelques centimes alors évidemment, cela ne valait pas beaucoup. Pour cette raison, il a été ignoré par la plupart des gens. Il y avait des investissements beaucoup plus rentables que l'on pouvait se faire, après tout.

In the 16th Century, a Japanese warrior by the name of Miyamoto Musashi, wrote a treatise on sword fighting which became a classic in Japan. Musashi, legend tells us, was undefeated throughout his lifetime, and his book, Go Rin No Sho (A Book of Five Rings) is still avidly read to this day. It’s full of Musashi’s teachings covering the skills and strategies he learned and applied throughout his life, teachings that made him the person that the Japanese to this day call The Sword Saint. In the 20th Century, his book was rediscovered by businessmen in Japan who realized that running a ...

Trading course inclusive actual trading strategy with indicators. Well suited to trade Futures and Forex. Basic trading knowledge required.

Making Futures brings together 18 young entrepreneurs from 14 countries doing incredible work across the continent. Their stories are both inspirational and aspirational, providing a template for listeners who might be interested in embarking on their own entrepreneurial journey, and allowing others to see the incredible energy and work that is happening across the continent.

For trading success, not only do you have to master your strategy, you must, crucially, master yourself. You need to know yourself inside and out if you are to succeed in this endeavor. You need to put in a lot of work in examining your beliefs about money, success, and what it is you want in life. Remember, if there’s a block in any of this, you will not be successful in trading, no matter how good your technical skill is.

The first-ever Bitcoin transaction established a baseline price for the currency of around two cents per Bitcoin. As of August 2017, each Bitcoin is worth more than $4,000 and still climbing. Those who got in early were able to reap the multi-million-dollar benefits, but that doesn’t mean the door is closed on making a profit from Bitcoin. If you are looking for a way to capitalize on this emerging market then, Bitcoin: The Ultimate Guide from Beginner to Expert is the audiobook you have been waiting for.

Luego de haber superado los desafios que generaron las condiciones necesarias que permitieron que el comercio digital dominicano despertara de su letargo.

Clearly, the fate of the global economy depends on developments in these two countries and on the relationship between them. Recent discussion about strategic partnership and strategic competition obscures the longer relationship between these two economies. Professor Rithmire's lecture explains the past, present, and future of economic interdependence of China and the US, making sense of its role in the global financial crisis of 2008 and the adjustments taking place in its wake.

The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding is the definitive text for businesses eager to jump on the Internet expressway.

Jim Rogers and his fiancie, began their "Millennium Adventure" on January 1, 1999. They traveled through 116 countries, including many where most have rarely ventured, such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, and Angola. They saw the real world from the ground up - the only vantage point from which it can be truly understood - economically, politically, and socially and have saw the world and understood it as it really is.

You've heard of the burgeoning consumer markets in China and India that are driving the world economy. But do you know enough about these new consumers to convert them into customers? In The $10 Trillion Prize, bestselling author Michael J. Silverstein and The Boston Consulting Group colleagues in China and India provide the first comprehensive profile of the emerging middle class, primed to transform the global marketplace.