Globalization

Why are houses so expensive? Is our banking system going to collapse again? Should we be worried that robots are going to take all our jobs? And just what exactly is the economy anyway? Economists and politicians would have you believe it is a rarified...

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is also one of the most contentious...

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China's grab for super power status, and predictions for China's tech dominance in just 10 years.The rise of China's tech companies and intense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538572Author Felipe Larrain B.Format PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 19mm

An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism. In Hyper-Capitalism, cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global, privatising, market-worshipping hyper-capitalism is threatening...

What Globalization Now Means for Your BusinessExecutives can no longer base their strategies on the assumption that globalization will continue to advance steadily. But how should they respond to the growing pressures against globalization? And what can...

A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwidePrior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of "international" contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists...

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of "aid" is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st...

"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas...

As anti-globalization reshapes the world, the divide between East and West deepens, creating new challenges for economic policy and global governance. This book provides a nuanced and balanced analysis of economic transformation over the past century,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647254100Author Mitchel SeifertFormat HardbackPage Count 265Imprint NY Research PressPublisher NY Research PressWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641726924Author Gabriel LucasFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

In two interwoven trips around the globe-one in 2010 and another in 2030-this book discovers Bogota, Cartagena, Detroit, New York, Abuja, Cairo, Dammam, Abu Dhabi, Marseille, Hanover, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Shenzhen, Beijing, and other cities...

This book charts the way towards a better, repurposed globalization, which it calls 'reglobalization', and shows how this can be built, incrementally but realistically, via reforms to the partial and fragile existing structures of global governance.In...

Immigration is shaking up electoral politics around the world. Anti-immigration and ultranationalistic politics are rising in Europe, the United States, and countries across Asia and Africa. What is causing this nativist fervor? Are immigrants the cause...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937114114Author Michael RoachFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Diamond Cutter PressPublisher Diamond Cutter PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm)...

The 21st century era of globalization has opened up many investment alternatives for Africa. There is now a rush by governments and private companies to expand in the rapidly growing region, to the extent that we can begin to talk of a process of...

In Global Taiwanese, Fiona Moore explores the different ways in which Taiwanese expatriates in London and Toronto, along with professionals living in Taipei, use their shared Taiwanese identities to construct and maintain global and local networks. Based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633699618Author Peter F DruckerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Harvard Business Review PressPublisher Harvard Business Review Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782957576838Author Paul CudenecFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Paul CudenecPublisher Paul CudenecWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 18mm

A book of two halves, Decarbonomics first sets the scene of current global economics, outlining the effect of the pandemic, the trade war between the US and China and the resulting fragmentation of globalisation. In the second half of the book, leading...

*A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Pick* *A Newsweek & Refinery29 Most Anticipated Book of 2021*"Timely and urgent." -The New York Times"Moving and powerful." -Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Discover the truth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593240533Author Rana ForooharFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

An ambitious and shocking expose of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow In the early 1920s, Americans owned 80 percent of the world's automobiles and consumed 75 percent of the world's rubber...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892563524Author Chin-ning ChuFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 530gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 25mm

From a brilliant Brookings Institution writer, a vivid, timely, and insightful examination of the critical role that oceans play in the daily struggle for global power, in the bestselling tradition of Robert Kaplan's The Revenge of Geography.For...

More than four billion people-some 60 percent of humanity-live in debilitating poverty, on less than $5 per day. The standard narrative tells us this crisis is a natural phenomenon, having to do with things like climate and geography and culture. It...

The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined...

A remedy for the gap between micro and macro data, making measures of inequality and national income consistent with each otherIncreasing inequality, the impact of globalization, and the disparate effects of financial regulation and innovation are...

Societal grand challenges have taken a toll on humanity, which finds itself at a crossroads. The concentration of wealth and economic inequality, the dominance of Big Tech firms, the loss of privacy and free choice, and the overconsumption and abuse of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047937Author Olaf GrothFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 22mm

Large western companies are accelerating their expansion into emerging economies, while relying on oversimplified frameworks to make decisions and complex matrix organizations to make things happen. When critical events do happen (such as terrorist...

In this crucial expansion and update of his landmark bestseller, renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz addresses globalization's new discontents in the United States and Europe. Immediately upon publication, Globalization and Its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914498763Author Eben MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Clink Street PublishingPublisher Clink Street PublishingWeight(grams)...

Leading economists propose solutions to the problems of globalizationGlobalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luis Catao and Maurice...

The world economy today is at an historical inflection point. The neoclassical (industrial) model of economics is self-destructing while a new life-mimicking model, based on radically different assumptions, is emerging. Although rarely acknowledged in...

Malkin follows the money and motives to show that how we're falling victim to a massive immigration scam.About the Author MICHELLE MALKIN is a mother, wife, blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, and bestselling author of six books. She founded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943702855Author Steven HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Caliente PressPublisher Caliente PressWeight(grams) 191g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223825678Author Sergio RijoFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Sergio RijoPublisher Sergio RijoWeight(grams) 186g

As our workplaces become increasingly global and diverse, being a culturally intelligent leader isn’t just a bonus—it’s essential.Whether you’re negotiating a contract with a supplier on the other side of the world, managing an increasingly diverse...