Winner take all

China's race for resources and what it means for us

Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals, arable land, and water and the political Armageddon that will result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply. But how true is this picture ...

La economía del cedro

hay una revolución en marcha: el desafío es definir nuestro papel, las oportunidades y las posibilidades. El ejemplo Brasil

Este libro tiene una gran ambición, proporcional a la fuerza del árbol que lo inspiró. Algunos se conformarán con que sea como una semilla, que en el 90 % de los casos germinará y tardará años para hacerse notar y transformarse en un arbusto, pero cuando ...

Is China buying the world?

China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largest exporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchange reserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world's largest companies. 'China's Rise' preoccupies the global media, which ...

El negocio de los negocios

3. Manipulación

Denis Robert sigue investigando todo un sistema de operaciones financieras corruptas de conexiones internacionales en El negocio de los negocios 3. Manipulación, serie que concluye en el tomo 4 (y que Astiberri publicará dentro de 2012). Los trapos sucios que desvela y publica el periodista ...

Breakout nations

in pursuit of the next economic miracles

The argument of "Breakout Nations" is that the astonishingly rapid growth over the last decade of the world's celebrated emerging markets is coming to an end. The era of easy money and easy growth is over. China, in particular, will soon slow, but its ...

World right side up

investing across six continents

This title contains invaluable insights into finding diverse investment opportunities in the emergent global economy. From Brazilian farmlands to Colombian gold fields, from Chinese shopping malls to Indian hotels, from South African wine country to the boom/bust souks of Dubai, this around-the-world investing field ...

The Oxford companion to the economics of Africa

Africa is a diverse continent. But is there a pattern to the diversity? Are there commonalities across the countries? And what does economics tell us about the diversity and the commonalities? The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa is a definitive and comprehensive account ...

The globalization paradox

democracy and the future of the world economy

In this eloquent challenge to the reigning wisdom on globalization, Dani Rodrik reminds us of the importance of the nation-state, arguing forcefully that when the social arrangements of democracies inevitably clash with the international demands of globalization, national priorities should take precedence. Combining history with ...

On China

In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since then has been more intimately connected with the country at the highest level than any other western figure. This book distils his unique experience, examining China's ...

La Troika y los 40 ladrones

FMI, Banco Mundial y organización Mundial del Comercio: la verdad sobre los intereses que están detrás de la crisis económica

¿Quién gobierna el mundo? ¿Cuál es el poder real de los políticos? ¿Hasta qué punto nuestra vida está condicionada por las organizaciones internacionales y las corporaciones privadas? ¿Cuál es el papel de los paraísos fiscales que dan abrigo al dinero del crimen y la corrupción ...

El mapa del crecimiento

oportunidades de negocio en los BRIC y más allá

Hace diez años, O’Neill hizo una predicción: los países del G-7, incluyendo Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Japón, dejarían de ser las economías más poderosas del mundo. Con la globalización se instauraría una nueva era, y con ella las fuerzas emergentes de Brasil, Rusia ...

Tiger head, snake tails

China today, how it got there and where it is heading

There have been a plethora of books on China in recent years. Authors have forecast the coming collapse of the People's Republic or looked to the day when it will rule the world. So why another book on the most heavily populated country on ...

Brasil, país de futuro

Publicado en 1941, Brasil, país de futuro parece un libro recién terminado. Zweig escribió tanto sobre aquella tierra que parecía haber nacido allí, evocando con gran precisión los detalles y entresijos de la historia, economía, y cultura brasileñas, así como el desarrollo de sus principales ...

China within the emerging asian multilateralism and regionalism

as perceived through a comparison with the european neighbourhood policy

Este documento de trabajo se esfuerza en identificar si China ha llegado a desarrollar en la pasada década(s) una serie coherente de políticas encaminadas a identificar y organizar su vecindad de forma multilateral. Si un tipo tal de "política de vecindad" puede ser identificada ...

Global finance

Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose -- and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it ...

Chocolate nations

living and dying for cocoa in West Africa

FROM BEAN TO BAR - WHERE DOES YOUR CHOCOLATE COME FROM? Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury...From the thousands of children who ...

The devil's deal

an insider's tale of how money is made

This is the ultimate insider's tale of how international finance really operates. This controversial first person account details the ins and outs of global finance. Over 20 years the author has enjoyed privileged access to many of the world's top players in money ...

The international banking system

capital adequacy, core businesses and risk management

International Banking is an indispensable tool for financial and banking experts around the world. It provides an original insight as to the regulatory and legal challenges facing central key banks in the monitoring of international banking operations. Through its detailed analysis of core banking operations ...

Money and power

how Goldman Sachs came to rule the world

For much of its storied 142-year history, Goldman Sachs has projected an image of being better than its competitors--smarter, more collegial, more ethical, and far more profitable. The firm--buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated p.r. machine in the financial industry--often boasts of "The ...

The new economic diplomacy

decision-making and negotiation in international economic relations

"The New Economic Diplomacy" explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically; how they negotiate internationally; and, how these processes interact. It documents the transformation of economic diplomacy in the 1990s and 2000s in response to ...