What S Wrong With Money

Author : John Rapley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781471152771

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Twilight of the Money Gods by John Rapley Pdf

Imagine one day you went to a cash-machine and found your money was gone. You rushed to your branch, where a teller said that overnight people had stopped believing in money, and it all vanished. Seem incredible? It happened, and it could happen again. Twilight of the Money Gods is the story of economics, told not as the science it strove to be, but as the religion it became. Over two centuries, it searched for the hidden codes which would reveal the path to a promised land of material abundance. While its prophets, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman, concerned themselves with the human condition, its priesthood gradually grew remote from its followers, until it lost sight of their tribulations. Today, amid a crisis of faith in their expertise, we must re-imagine an economics for a new era - one filled with both danger and opportunity.

Author : Michael Ashton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119191179

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What's Wrong with Money? by Michael Ashton Pdf

The expert guide to understanding and surviving monetary failure What's Wrong with Money? explores how and why money is valued and the warning signs that point to its eventual collapse. Author Michael Ashton is widely regarded as a premier expert on inflation, and in this book, he illustrates how the erosion of trust in central banks is putting us at high risk of both near- and long-term inflation—and a potentially very serious disruption. It's not about a conspiracy surrounding inflation reporting; it's about the tentative agreement we all carry that lends money its value. This value isn't necessarily inherent; while some currency is backed by stored value, others are not. This book walks you through the history of currency and details the ways in which it can fall apart. You'll learn how to invest in any type of collapse scenario, and you'll gain expert insight into the warning signs that signal a coming shock to the financial system. Track the history of monetary value Consider how money could die slowly or quickly Learn investment strategies for both slow and quick scenarios Examine potential causes of erosion of trust in the monetary system, and the chilling results of such erosion An economic system without money is incredibly inefficient, but our shared agreement in monetary value has historically never been enough. What's Wrong with Money? shows you the lessons from the past and the reality of the present and helps you make plans for the future of money.

Author : Michael J. Sandel
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781429942584

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What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel Pdf

Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay? In What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don't belong? What are the moral limits of markets? In recent decades, market values have crowded out nonmarket norms in almost every aspect of life—medicine, education, government, law, art, sports, even family life and personal relations. Without quite realizing it, Sandel argues, we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. Is this where we want to be?In his New York Times bestseller Justice, Sandel showed himself to be a master at illuminating, with clarity and verve, the hard moral questions we confront in our everyday lives. Now, in What Money Can't Buy, he provokes an essential discussion that we, in our market-driven age, need to have: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society—and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets don't honor and that money can't buy?

Author : Gerald A. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030265045

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What's Wrong with Modern Money Theory? by Gerald A. Epstein Pdf

This Palgrave Pivot assesses the validity of Modern Money Theory’s approach to macroeconomic policy, specifically monetary and fiscal policy. Whereas other papers have focused primarily on theoretical and doctrinal issues, this book focuses primarily on an analysis of MMT’s policy approach. Though drawing on academic literature, this book’s approach is empirical and policy-based, making it accessible to scholars and the public alike. It addresses a burning question in the policy and politics of the US and elsewhere where MMT is gaining a policy foothold, especially among progressive activists and politicians: Is MMT, in fact, a good guide for progressive macroeconomic policy? The main focus of this book is to explain why the answer to this question is no.

Author : Stephen Davis,Jon Lukomnik,David Pitt-Watson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300223811

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What They Do With Your Money by Stephen Davis,Jon Lukomnik,David Pitt-Watson Pdf

Each year we pay billions in fees to those who run our financial system. The money comes from our bank accounts, our pensions, our borrowing, and often we aren’t told that the money has been taken. These billions may be justified if the finance industry does a good job, but as this book shows, it too often fails us. Financial institutions regularly place their business interests first, charging for advice that does nothing to improve performance, employing short-term buying strategies that are corrosive to building long-term value, and sometimes even concealing both their practices and their investment strategies from investors. In their previous prizewinning book, The New Capitalists, the authors demonstrated how ordinary people are working together to demand accountability from even the most powerful corporations. Here they explain how a tyranny of errant expertise, naive regulation, and a misreading of economics combine to impose a huge stealth tax on our savings and our economies. More important, the trio lay out an agenda for curtailing the misalignments that allow the financial industry to profit at our expense. With our financial future at stake, this is a book that analysts, economists, policy makers, and anyone with a retirement nest egg can’t afford to ignore.

Author : Larry Steinhouse
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789395192118

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Money Hacks: Because everything you think you know about money is wrong! ǀ The smartest ways to make more money by Larry Steinhouse Pdf

Have you been dreaming of increasing your savings, but are unable to control your expenditure? Are you petrified of loans, but want to buy your dream house/ car at the best terms? Do you want to plan a luxurious retirement life, but cannot see the best way? The questions about your financial dreams will find all answers in this amazing book – MONEY HACKS. The book uncovers the mystery of money with simple, profitable, and easy-to-follow strategies. You can understand the stock market, learn how to save your wealth from excessive taxation, invest in property to earn passive income, and to build up a good credit score. “If you can find out a way for your money to work for you, you won’t have to worry about earning your money.” Painstakingly researched and banking of real life experiences of the author, this book will show you the right way to use your money, to earn more money.

Author : L. Randall Wray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137539922

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Modern Money Theory by L. Randall Wray Pdf

This second edition explores how money 'works' in the modern economy and synthesises the key principles of Modern Money Theory, exploring macro accounting, currency regimes and exchange rates in both the USA and developing nations.

Author : Morgan Housel
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857197696

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The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Pdf

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money—investing, personal finance, and business decisions—is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

Author : Theodore R. Thoren,Richard F. Warner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Inflation (Finance)
ISBN : 096069384X

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The Truth in Money Book by Theodore R. Thoren,Richard F. Warner Pdf

Author : Linda McQuaig
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780143178866

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The Trouble with Billionaires by Linda McQuaig Pdf

The glittering lives of billionaires may seem like a harmless source of entertainment. But such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. It's no accident that the United States claims the most billionaires—but suffers among the highest rates of infant mortality and crime, the shortest life expectancy, as well as the lowest rates of social mobility and electoral political participation in the developed world. Our society tends to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment. Yet the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite. Authoritative and eye-opening, The Trouble with Billionaires will spark debate about the kind of society we want.

Author : Doug Hoyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-09
Category : Finance, Personal
ISBN : 1988344034

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Straight Talk on Your Money by Doug Hoyes Pdf

Everything you know about money is wrong! In his thirty-year career, bankruptcy trustee Doug Hoyes has watched countless intelligent, well meaning people let their emotions get the better of them as they follow conventional financial wisdom and get into serious money trouble. Straight Talk On Your Money exposes some of the biggest money myths and traps that we accept as financial truths: why a good credit score may be detrimental to your financial well-being why a house is not an investment why you should never pay a collection agent why budgeting is a waste of time - and much more Straight Talk On Your Money cuts through the biggest myths about money and the hype of the financial industry to give you a fresh perspective, the facts you need to know, and practical advice to help you prevent financial problems before they happen. With a seasoned expert to point you in the right direction - someone who's seen thousands of people in financial crisis, and helped them out of it - you can make informed decisions, improve your financial health, and live a debt-free, stress-free life.

Author : Gary Belsky,Thomas Gilovich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439169742

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Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them by Gary Belsky,Thomas Gilovich Pdf

Protect and grow your finances with help from this definitive and practical guide to behavioral economics—revised and updated to reflect new economic realities. In their fascinating investigation of the ways we handle money, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal the psychological forces—the patterns of thinking and decision making—behind seemingly irrational behavior. They explain why so many otherwise savvy people make foolish financial choices: why investors are too quick to sell winning stocks and too slow to sell losing shares, why home sellers leave money on the table and home buyers don’t get the biggest bang for their buck, why borrowers pay too much credit card interest and savers can’t sock away as much as they’d like, and why so many of us can’t control our spending. Focusing on the decisions we make every day, Belsky and Gilovich provide invaluable guidance for avoiding the financial faux pas that can cost thousands of dollars each year. Filled with fresh insight; practical advice; and lively, illustrative anecdotes, this book gives you the tools you need to harness the powerful science of behavioral economics in any financial environment.

Author : Tobias Thornes
Publisher : Completelynovel
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1787233456

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The Problem with Money by Tobias Thornes Pdf

It is becoming increasingly clear that the way in which our society treats our planet and our people needs to change. In this book, I argue that the state of affairs from which we are eager to escape is that of a money-based, capitalist society, and that many of our environmental and social problems stem from a focus on monetary profit at the expense of more essential components of human wellbeing. At the heart of our society is a fundamental misnomer: the conviction that money is a necessary commodity, that it has worth in and of itself and that we should be concerned with 'making' money. This work calls for new ways of organising our economy that focus instead on what is truly important: providing a safe, healthy and fulfilling life for all.

Author : Jane Honeck
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780984502004

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The Problem with Money? It's Not about the Money! by Jane Honeck Pdf

Jane's unique approach, refined over years of working with clients one-on-one and in group classes, is clearly presented in The Problem with Money? It's Not About the Money! It begins with identifying money beliefs in seven key areas and exploring how they influence behavior in seven facets of our lives. Then it provides tools and techniques for gaining power over these beliefs so a change of financial behavior naturally emerges. Bringing the process full circle, it provides methods for identifying small, doable action steps that produce the profoundly positive benefits of being financially conscious.

Author : Frances Ward
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441115539

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Why Rousseau was Wrong by Frances Ward Pdf

Why secular humanism leads to guilt, political correctness and fear of giving offence -- and how the Church can help.