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Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world ......
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Are you a nurse going into a client's home for the first time? Not sure what a home safety check is? Not sure where to start in managing the home or working with the family? Do you need to learn time management? If these thoughts have ever entered your mind then this program is a must have. Household management is a skill everyone should learn. Knowledge of such things as home organization, house cleaning, laundry, and chores are essential for a happy...
63) Hot Money
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Confused by the foundations of our economy, stocks, derivatives, cost of energy and taxes? You are not alone. Untangle the complicated realities of our global financial system and its profound relationship to government, politics, and climate change with the help of international experts and all the humor of a New Yorker cartoon, as we “out” the whole charade that could lead to societal collapse.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How much data do we create every day? Well, experts estimate that a massive 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is amassed on a daily basis and that 90% of the world's global data glut is the product of only the last 2 years! In order for this accumulated data to yield any tangible benefits for organizations it must not only be collected, but then stored, organized, and interpreted. In this program data management expert Puneesh Chaudhry, discusses the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In his classic of early modernism, Marx combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. This is the only abridged edition to take into account the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867; excerpts from a new translation of "The Result of the Immediate Process Production"; and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Returning to the simpler life has never been easier. If you're craving the aroma of freshly baked bread, spending more time in nature, or seeing the sunlight filtering through homemade curtains, then cottagecore is for you! The Little Book of Cottagecore helps you make simple living a reality with delightful cottagecore activities you can enjoy no matter where you live. Whether you're interested in baking pies from scratch, basic sewing and cross...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The goal of this book is to inspire you to explore the complex world of the economy. We want to provide understandable and entertaining access to it through the medium of the infographic. The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It is for everyone who finds it impossible to work their way through the business section of The New York Times each morning and who missed--or slept through--their Business and Econ 101 classes. Our expedition through the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to various types of goods and services discusses production, consumers' wants and needs, scarcity and surplus, specialization, and different types of economies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books in association with New Left Review
Pub. Date
1990-1991
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Das Kapital, Karl Marx's masterwork, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that in our time dominated half the earth and for half a century kept the world on the brink of war. Even today, one billion Chinese remain in the power of the Marxist system. Yet this important and powerful work has been passed over by many readers frustrated by Marx's difficult...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this highly informative and entertaining book, the founder of the vibrant new field of evolutionary consumption illuminates the relevance of our biological heritage to our daily lives as consumers. While culture is important, the author shows that innate evolutionary forces deeply influence the foods we eat, the gifts we offer, the cosmetics and clothing styles we choose to make ourselves more attractive to potential mates, and even the cultural...
71) Martha Stewart's very good things: clever tips & genius ideas for an easier, more enjoyable life
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Hundreds of clever tips, solutions, and easy ways to elevate every day, from America's most trusted lifestyle authority, in one must-have handbook"--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that our actions are motivated by self-interest, he used the example of the baker and the butcher to lay the foundations for his "Economic man." He argued that they gave bread and meat for profit, not out of the goodness of their hearts. It's an ironic point of view coming from a bachelor who lived with his mother for most of his life-- a woman who cooked his dinner every night. Nevertheless, Smith's economic...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor lays out a positive vision for rethinking our relationship to consumer goods in this accessible and timely analysis of the devastating ecological, social, and personal costs of mass consumerism. Ranging from cutting-edge developments in economic theory, social analysis, and ecological design to real-world examples of these ideas being put into practice around the world, Schor makes a compelling case that...
74) Green
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Multi award winning. Her name is Green, she is alone in a world that doesn't belong to her. She is a female orangutan, victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. This film is an emotional journey with Green's final days. It is a visual ride presenting the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations, the choking haze created by rainforest fires and the tragic end of rainforest biodiversity. We watch the effects...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An explosive expose of the right's relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution. "Perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government." --Booklist (starred review) Behind today's headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots....
77) What would the great economists do?: how twelve brilliant minds would solve today's biggest problems
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed economist and BBC broadcaster Linda Yueh profiles the great economic minds who focused on the big questions: growth, innovation, and the nature of markets. Most of them have won the Nobel Prize. All of them have had lasting impact on both the development of the discipline and how public policy has been and continues to be shaped. But Dr. Yueh goes a step further: In accessible and clear prose, she will explain the impact their respective...
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The "forgotten space" of Allan Sekula and Noel Burch's essay film is the sea, the oceans through which 90% of the world's cargo now passes. At the heart of this space is the container box, which, since its invention in the 1950s, has become one of the most important mechanisms for the global spread of capitalism. The film follows the container box along the international supply chain, from ships to barges, trains, and trucks, mapping the byzantine...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Economics is a study of how we use opportunities, spend time, make choices, respond to incentives, and share limited resources. Join us in this lively exploration of basic economic ideas we use everyday. Learn about cost, supply and demand, prices, profits and losses, and trade using everyday examples from making a bed to buying an ice cream cone to sharing housework. Discover how "the invisible hand" guides everyday decisions.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Everything has a price tag, but who sets all these prices? What hides behind a price tag? How does price control your life? We all know "the best things in life are free" and "you can't buy happiness", right? So why do we insist on putting a price on just about everything? Well, we don't. That's the first of many surprising lessons viewers learn in What Is a Price?: a price is not an arbitrary number someone "puts" on something. Viewers learn that...
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