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Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this book is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that violates all that we hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well-being, all under the veneer...
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En los actuales momentos de globalización económica, una de las principales estrategias que pueden adoptar los países del mundo y en particular los países de América Latina para obtener un crecimiento económico sostenible en el largo plazo, es estimular la creación de empresas de base tecnológica basada en la innovación, con el fin de generar encadenamientos productivos extensos y empleos formales. En este sentido, este libro plantea un análisis...
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Se trata de una descripción y revisión crítica de cómo funcionan las organizaciones de nuestro tiempo.
Los dos primeros capítulos están dedicados a delimitar la sociología de las organizaciones y a precisar el contexto de su emergencia.
Los siguientes se orientan al examen de diferentes modelos de organización, desde el burocrático industrial hasta nuevas formas más flexibles y menos formales.
Tal examen se hace desde la óptica de la...
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For almost 10,000 years of recorded history, most people had to eke out a living in pain and difficulty. But today, the deep poverty that was the global norm for most of human history is almost entirely foreign to citizens of the developed world. What caused this burst of prosperity? What has been its impact?
In Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing, Edd S. Noell, Stephen L. S. Smith, and Bruce G. Webb make a comprehensive...
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Pasamos gran parte de nuestra vida en el trabajo y es importante no solo que aprendamos a sentirnos felices en él sino realizados. Debemos sentir que progresamos, que estamos en el sitio correcto, que nos valoran, que aportamos y que, llegado el tiempo, podremos dejar un legado cuando nuestra vida laboral haya concluido.
Pero la realidad, con frecuencia, no se ajusta a estas expectativas. ¿Por qué? Porque, en muchos casos, no sabemos cómo solicitar...
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With a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.
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Our nation was, founded on basic principles of capitalism, independence and most importantly, democracy (one person, one vote). But in the last forty years (since President Ronald Reagan), we have gradually seen our democratic form of government erode; replaced by a cabal of huge moneyed corporations, special interest groups, lobbyists and the ultra-wealthy, all of them free to spend whatever it takes to get our elected officials to do their bidding....
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Are the rich bad for society? The author of this book, a successful Canadian entrepreneur who made his fortune and created 3000 jobs, has written a manifesto celebrating the achievements of people who have earned their wealth. He says that many of the critics are overlooking one crucial thing: We need business people to build companies and generate wealth to keep the economy going. That's the only way to generate the wealth that pays for government...
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There are two types of people on planet earth today.
• Native Analogs: These are Baby Boomers and Gen Xers born anywhere from the 1940s all the way up to the early '80s.
• Native Digitals: These are Millennials and Gen Zers born between the early 1980s to as recently as the 2010s.
The difference?
Native Analogs grew up in a time when technology was an addition, or better yet, a distraction from their real lives. Whereas Native Digitals grew...
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'When I had to give up my university studies 35 years ago I was so angry that I wanted to leave South Africa, get military training and an AK47 and come back to kill evil white people ... I'm just as angry now as I feel my economic freedom is under threat, but I'm staying to fight for what I believe in.'When Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president in 1994, Herman Mashaba thought his struggle for personal and economic freedom was over, the battle...
11) Economics and All That: From Firms and Industries to Labor, Government and the International Economy
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Volume 2 of “Economics and All That” explains fundamental concepts of economics to both students and members of the lay audience who want to learn more about such things as labor issues, the role of government in economics, and international economy. The title of this book is borrowed from the tongue-in-cheek thousand-year history of England called “1066 and All That”, which has been a classic for almost a century.
The book uses humorous...
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Are You Looking to Start Your Own Business, but Are Still Unsure of What to Do and What Type of Market You Wish to Enter? Let Me Tell You About Freight Brokerage!
With the continual expansion of existing markets, people are finding it difficult to enter, much less manage a successful business.
Are you familiar with freight brokerage?
You have probably seen six-wheelers and eight-wheelers pass the streets or being unloaded at the side of a store.
Those...
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Climate change is here and capitalism is implicated: it's programmed to privilege profit and growth over human communities and the living earth. We need to change this system-and we need to do it now. Six Capitals charts the rise of four movements designed to overthrow capitalism, as we know it: multi-capital accounting, for society, nature, and profit; the push for a new corporation legally bound to benefit nature and society while making a profit;...
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In a collection of essays, renowned historians, economists, political scientists, and other leading scholars examine free-market capitalism, socialism, and hybrid systems to assess how well each contributes to social and economic prosperity. Free-market capitalism, characterized by private ownership and market-determined allocation of goods and services, is often credited with generating economic growth and high average income. But in an era of widening...
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The verdict is in: Free enterprise has lifted billions of people out of abject poverty all over the world and provided a higher quality of life than has ever been thought possible. But a growing case is forming in public opinion against free markets, and for a significantly larger command &, control management of the economy. Whether you call it socialism or progressive leftism, more and more people are turning away from the forces of freedom and...
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Why are some people so rich and some people so poor? Why do some have so much and others have so little? What, if anything can, or should be, done about it? In many ways, these are the most important questions confronting us as a nation. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy examines the different ways that advocates of Capitalism and advocates of Socialism answer these crucial questions. It begins by exploring the history of economic systems and how,...
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Permanent Revolution concisely describes the development and workings of capitalism and its influence on the broader society. In the developed world-Europe, North America, and parts of East Asia-capitalism is ubiquitous, and as such, often taken for granted. Discussion usually focuses on specific aspects of the system that individuals appreciate or dislike, ignoring the larger picture. The notion of millennials denouncing capitalism on Facebook and...
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What makes a society innovative?
Tracing the story of five great civilizations, from
ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the Middle East, Europe, the United States
and China, this book will tell you. History offers us a model and lessons for
what can be done right, and it shows how once mighty and innovative societies
can fall. The story here departs from pundits who believe that the Western or
American-style political and legal system is universally...
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El Buen Capitalista es un libro de empresas que creen en las personas y personas que creen en las empresas. Después de leerlo tu visión sobre la economía actual y las posibilidades del libre mercado cambiarán para siempre.
El Capitalismo ya no es lo que era
- ¿Sabías que hay empresas que se definen como "personas usando los negocios como fuerza de bien"?
- ¿O que hay marcas que te piden que compres menos?
- ¿Conoces el fenómeno del Activismo...