This is a well done analytical and review work on the various components of sustainable development in its macroeconomic context. The analysis is characterized by a high academic level and the number of references to literature is impressive, which is a testimony to the good knowledge of the subject by the authors. Work can be a very useful study for both macroeconomics and sustainable...

Remorseless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Relentless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed? In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray – from selling us the myth of ‘rational economic man’ to obsessing over growth at all...

Praise for READY, FIRE, AIM "This is an extraordinary book--full of practiced, proven strategies and techniques to help you make more sales and greater profits than you ever imagined possible." --Brian Tracy, author of The Way to Wealth "Wow! A powerhouse book packed with tried and tested street-smart wisdom. I'm impressed!" --Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor "Michael...

Explore what sets high achievers apart--from Bill Gates to the Beatles--in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review) Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and The Bomber Mafia and host of the podcast Revisionist History In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and...

International Economics uchwyca witalność nowoczesnego handlu międzynarodowego i finansów. Klasyczna książka światowej sławy autorów, siódme wydanie jest kompleksowo zrewidowane i zaktualizowane w nowym, pełnokolorowym formacie. Każda połowa książki zawiera rdzeń rozdziałów teoretycznych, po których następują rozdziały stosujące teorię do głównych kwestii politycznych przeszłości i...

When it was published in 2008, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness quickly became one of the most influential books in modern economics and politics. Within a short time, it had inspired whole government departments in the US and UK, and others as far afield as Singapore. One of the keys to Nudge’s success is Thaler and Sunstein’s...

In general, when we think about media, and especially mass media, we seldom associate them with economy. Meanwhile, the freedom of communication is closely related to the fi nancing sources. The Americans say: “he who pays the piper calls the tune.” In the modern world, it is diffi cult to establish who pays and what they actually pay with. Very few of us realize that the currency we pay...

This book is a valuable synthesis of relations between USA and USSR in the 1970s seen through the prism of trade relations which Washington used for two distinctive purposes: as a “reward” mechanism encouraging cooperation, or conversely, as a tool of “punishment” in response to undesired activities. Such an instrumental approach to economic issues in the 1970s was not anything new in...

The strategy tools you need for your business to succeed! Let Key Strategy Tools be your guide to developing a winning strategy for your firm.  Cherry-pick the most useful approaches for your business and create a robust strategy that withstands investor scrutiny and becomes your roadmap to success.  Covering 88 tools and framed within an innovative strategy development process, the Strategy...

Kryzys zapoczątkowany w 2007 na międzynarodowych rynkach finansowych unaocznił, jak wielkie jest znaczenie zjawiska ryzyka systemowego w generowaniu i rozprzestrzenianiu się niestabilności finansowej, i jak poważne mogą być skutki materializacji tego ryzyka dla sfery realnej gospodarki. Jedną z lekcji, jakie wynieśliśmy jest lepsze poznanie i zrozumienie znaczenia ryzyka systemowego w...

Poland has been building its market economy for slightly more than a quarter of a century and has been a member of the European Union for thirteen years. Currently, Poland can feel the results of the international crisis, but with some delay compared to the other European countries. Despite its stable economic development and relatively low unemployment, a deterioration in the quality of...

How would it feel to have the crystal Clear strategy for creating a website that can get results? This book is aimed at two types of people: entrepreneurs who want to build a website themselves and business owners who want to hire someone to do it for them. Both instances require a strategy. Read this book to get clarity on the 10 steps required to create an action plan so you know...

Many traders go around searching for that one perfect trading strategy that works all the time in the global FOREX (foreign exchange/currency) market. Frequently, they will complain that a strategy doesn't work. Few people understand that successful trading of the FOREX market entails the application of the right strategy for the right market condition. "7 Winning Strategies For Trading...

The follow-up to Victor Niederhoffer's critically and commercially acclaimed book The Education of a Speculator has finally arrived. Practical Speculation continues the story of a true market legend who ran a hugely successful futures trading firm that had annual returns of over thirty percent until unforeseen losses forced him to close operations. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes,...

There is constant debate around the questions of what constitutes the 'just' distribution of goods and how we can assess existing distribution patterns. Some commentators mistakenly believe that there can be one simple, all-encompassing governing principle that automatically yields the 'fairest' results. In this book Grzegorz Lissowski argues that three types of principles need to be...

Jędrzej Chumiński: Die Instrumentalisierung der polnischen Gewerkschaften und der Arbeitervertretungen in den Jahren 1944-1945 Cecylia Leszczyńska, Łucja Lisiecka: Useful or Harmful? Money Usury Law in the Second Republic of Poland Roman Macyra: Polish Commodity Exchanges in the Years 1946-1951. An Outline of the Problem

The financial crisis of 2008–2009 has become the most serious challenge for the Central and Eastern European countries after they had completed the process of post-socialist transformation and became EU members. The negative impacts of the recession on their most important international partners multiplied their own tensions and imbalances which – in some cases – have led to a dramatic...

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is a new impetus for industrial policy. In Europe and the United States, where the crisis emphasized that markets are by themselves imperfect, industrial policy has re-entered the dialogue about restoring growth. And in emerging economies especially, policymakers have taken a keen interest in the various ways smart industrial policy can help...

Over the last years the online trade is growing rapidly. Web stores are selling more and more goods and the principles of merchandising are finding new soil for further development. We are witnessing an online technological boom of web stores and especially the techniques and elements of presenting goods in an online environment. This technological development is giving birth to a new...

The importance of quality has been long recognized in the business environment in order to obtain or manufacture higher quality products. In manufacturing environment, quality improves reliability, increases productivity and customer satisfaction. In order to survive in a competitive market, improving quality and productivity of product or process is a must for any company. Quality Control...