The Information Trade

Author : Alexis Wichowski
Publisher : HarperOne
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0062888986

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"In this eye-opening, must-read book, a political insider and tech expert explains what's at stake for our tech-enabled lives-and what we can do about it. Neither an industry apologist nor irrational fearmonger, Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla-what she calls "net states"-and their growing and unavoidable influence in our lives. Combining original reporting, extensive research, and interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and the world's first ambassador to Silicon Valley, Alexis Wichowski explores what happens when we cede our power to tech giants, willingly trading our personal freedom and individual autonomy for an easy, plugged-in existence. Written for the tech-savvy and tech-phobic alike, The Information Trade lays out how net states are conquering countries, challenging our rights, and transforming our future. Most importantly, it shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly alter how we are governed, how we think, how we act, and how we live"--

Author : Klaus Dingwerth,Clara Weinhardt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351064644

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The Language of World Trade Politics by Klaus Dingwerth,Clara Weinhardt Pdf

Outcomes in major multilateral trade negotiations are conventionally explained as resulting from interests weighted by (trading) power. Offering a different overview of the concepts we use to talk about the international trade regime, this edited collection puts the ideational foundation of world trade politics centre stage, and critically examines the terms in which we make sense of world trade politics. The concepts used to make sense of world trade politics are often employed strategically, making some aspects of reality visible and others invisible. Reflecting upon ten key concepts from ‘trade’ itself to ‘protectionism’ and ‘justice’, this book poses two broad questions: first, how and by whom have the meanings of different terms used to describe, challenge and defend world trade politics been constructed? Second, how have the individual terms changed over time, and with what consequences? The editors and contributors draw on a broad range of theoretical approaches, from post-structuralism or cognitivism to normative theory, shedding new light on why certain trade issues and agendas win out over others, who benefits from the current system of trade governance, and what contemporary challenges the World Trade Organization faces. In doing so, the book speaks to a growing and diverse constructivist literature in International Political Economy. This book will be of interest to scholars, students and policy professionals working within International Relations, International Political Economy and economics.

Author : Paul Blustein
Publisher : CIGI
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781928096870

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Schism by Paul Blustein Pdf

China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was heralded as historic, and for good reason: the world's most populous nation was joining the rule-based system that has governed international commerce since World War II. But the full ramifications of that event are only now becoming apparent, as the Chinese economic juggernaut has evolved in unanticipated and profoundly troublesome ways. In this book, journalist Paul Blustein chronicles the contentious process resulting in China's WTO membership and the transformative changes that followed, both good and bad – for China, for its trading partners, and for the global trading system as a whole. The book recounts how China opened its markets and underwent far-reaching reforms that fuelled its economic takeoff, but then adopted policies – a cheap currency and heavy-handed state intervention – that unfairly disadvantaged foreign competitors and circumvented WTO rules. Events took a potentially catastrophic turn in 2018 with the eruption of a trade war between China and the United States, which has brought the trading system to a breaking point. Regardless of how the latest confrontation unfolds, the world will be grappling for decades with the challenges posed by China Inc.

Author : Celestine Aleck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1771741287

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Taking Care of Our Mother Earth by Celestine Aleck Pdf

Author : Rachel Singer Gordon
Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1573871613

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The Accidental Systems Librarian by Rachel Singer Gordon Pdf

Practical advice on using research, organizational, and bibliographic skills to solve system problems. Staff request.

Author : Mark Douglas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440625411

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Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas Pdf

Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost them money. He takes on the myths of the market and exposes them one by one teaching traders to look beyond random outcomes, to understand the true realities of risk, and to be comfortable with the "probabilities" of market movement that governs all market speculation.

Author : Lili Yan Ing,Miaojie Yu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351061520

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World Trade Evolution by Lili Yan Ing,Miaojie Yu Pdf

The book provides theoretical and empirical evidence on how world trade evolves, how trade affects resource allocation, how trade competition affects productivity, how China shock affects world trade and how trade affects large and small countries. It is a useful reference which focuses on new approaches to international trade by looking into country-specific as well as firm-product level-specific cases.

Author : Evgeny Postnikov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351627368

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Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements by Evgeny Postnikov Pdf

This book examines the causes and consequences of social standards in US and EU preferential trade agreements (PTAs). PTAs are the new reality of the global trading system. Pursued by both developed and developing countries, they increasingly incorporate labor and environmental issues to prevent a race to the bottom in social regulation and counter-protectionism. Using principal-agent theory to explore why US PTAs have stricter social standards than those signed by the EU, Postnikov argues that the level of institutional insulation of trade policy executives from interest groups and legislators determines the design of social standards. In the EU, where institutional insulation is high, social standards mirror the normative preferences of the European Commission leading to a softer approach. In the US, where such insulation is low, social standards are driven by interest groups and legislators they control, resulting in a stricter approach. This book shows that both approaches can be effective but work through different causal mechanisms. To test his argument, Postnikov draws on original data collected in Brussels, Washington, Santiago, Bogota, and Seoul. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in the fields of international political economy and EU and US trade policy.

Author : Arthur der Weduwen,Andrew Pettegree,Graeme Kemp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004422247

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Book Trade Catalogues in Early Modern Europe by Arthur der Weduwen,Andrew Pettegree,Graeme Kemp Pdf

This edited collection offers in seventeen chapters the latest scholarship on book catalogues in early modern Europe. Contributors discuss the role that these catalogues played in bookselling and book auctions, as well as in guiding the tastes of book collectors and inspiring some of the greatest libraries of the era. Catalogues in the Low Countries, Britain, Germany, France and the Baltic region are studied as important products of the early modern book trade, and as reconstructive tools for the history of the book. These catalogues offer a goldmine of information on the business of books, and they allow scholars to examine questions on the distribution and ownership of books that would otherwise be extremely difficult to pursue. Contributors: Helwi Blom, Pierre Delsaerdt, Arthur der Weduwen, Anna E. de Wilde, Shanti Graheli, Ann-Marie Hansen, Rindert Jagersma, Graeme Kemp, Ian Maclean, Alicia C. Montoya, Andrew Pettegree, Philippe Schmid, Forrest C. Strickland, Jasna Tingle, Marieke van Egeraat, and Elise Watson.

Author : Cosimo Beverelli,Jürgen Kurtz,Damian Raess
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108840880

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International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals by Cosimo Beverelli,Jürgen Kurtz,Damian Raess Pdf

A multi-disciplinary investigation of how economic globalization can help achieve the UN's 2030 Agenda, exploring trade-offs among the Goals.

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781433075865

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Germany Investment, Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Regulations by IBP USA Pdf

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Germany Investment and Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook

Author : Beverly Lemire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521192569

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Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures by Beverly Lemire Pdf

Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Commerce
ISBN : PSU:000033768496

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World Trade Information Service by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:30000010302606

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Trade Information Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UOM:39015036670027

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World Trade Information Service by United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce Pdf