Examines the economic growth of the United States since the Civil War, arguing that the rate of growth between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated and that a number of issues are further stagnating the already slow rate of productivity growth. "In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel,...

"Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman-but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to...

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. He was professor of economics at Harvard University and served as U.S. ambassador to India during the Kennedy administration. He wrote more than fifty books, including American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, and The New Industrial State (Princeton). The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of...

Unscaled identifies the forces that are reshaping the global economy and turning one of the fundamental laws of business and society -- the economies of scale -- on its head. An innovative trend combining technology with economics is unraveling behemoth industries -- including corporations, banks, farms, media conglomerates, energy systems, governments, and schools-that have long dominated business and society. Size and scale have become a liability....

Eric L. Jones is Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne; Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University; and Visiting Professor at Exeter University. He is the author of The European Miracle and numerous other books and articles on economic history, economic development, international affairs, and environmental history. "Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture...

Introducing Small Steps Big Results: Micro Habits for Success in 2024 – the ultimate guide to achieving unprecedented success through tiny, yet powerful steps! Are you tired of setting monumental goals, only to feel overwhelmed and discouraged? It's time to change your approach and embrace the transformative power of micro habits.In this groundbreaking book, we unveil the secret to accomplishing extraordinary feats by breaking them down into small,...

GLOBAL LGBT+ EQUALITY - SLOVAKIA'S STORY In his groundbreaking book GaYme Changer: How the LGBT+ community and their allies are changing the global community, Jens Schadendorf described a revolution: in less than a decade, gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and queer people in the West and some other parts of the world broke free from their long history of marginalization, stigmatization, and criminalization to become the ultimate champions of...

Découvrez les secrets de l'autoédition et transformez votre livre en un véritable phénomène littéraire ! Dans ce guide infaillible, vous apprendrez à sélectionner la plateforme d'autoédition la plus performante pour votre livre, quel que soit son prix. Grâce à des conseils éprouvés, des stratégies de marketing percutantes et des astuces de promotion inédites, vous ouvrirez les portes d'un succès sans précédent. Que vous soyez un...

The term "capitalism" is generally applied to the system under which the instruments of production are the property of private owners, who usually employ managers and manual workers to carry out production by their means… A word first of all to indicate clearly the point of view which characterizes the study. I shall not enter into the question of the formation of capital itself, that is, of the sum total of the goods employed by their possessor...

Brooke Harrington is the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. Pop Finance follows the trajectory of this new market populism via the rise of investment clubs, through which millions of people across...