The Ascent of Money


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Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress.




The Ascent of Money


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The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post "Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.




Delinquent


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The time before the debt machine -- How the machine was built -- The debtor class -- A broken net -- The quickest levers -- Divergent -- A fair deal -- The last frontier -- Transformational lending -- Appendix A : About my research process -- Appendix B : Advice for consumers.




Business Law


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Readable and practical introduction to business law designed for today’s student. The Fourth Edition of Business Law Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment continues to offer a readable, rigorous, and practical introduction to business law in a format that enhances learning and understanding. With a thorough explanation of the legal and regulatory issues affecting businesses, Davidson, Forsythe, and Holland utilize outlines, exhibits, questions, and problems to engage students and enhance learning. Classic and contemporary cases in each chapter highlight key aspects of the law using the judges’ language. The Secret Sentinel case, an integrated, continuous business scenario threaded throughout the text, provides a hypothetical business environment in which students learn to apply the law and integrate legal concepts with other business topics. The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase courseware to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities,practice questions; an outline tool, newsfeed and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your Business Law classes. New to the Fourth Edition: Updated throughout, including cutting-edge state and federal cases Carefully edited and streamlined presentation make the book even more teachable and accessible Updated “You Be the Judge” boxes, with materials taken directly from current events Careful attention given to the new AACSB standards of Global Mindset and Diversity and Inclusion Professors and students will benefit from: Complete topical coverage in a clear and accessible presentation A continuous hypothetical business model that connects theory and practice Each chapter includes a Classic Case and a Contemporary Case, offering opportunities to learn case analysis. Instructors can utilize these chapter cases for demonstrating the concepts of the chapter, opening up dialogue for student interactions. Rich pedagogy that includes learning objectives, discussion questions, case problems incorporating writing assignments. Discussion Questions can be utilized for online and face-to-face group discussions. Case Problems and Writing Assignments give instructors a starting point for in-class, hands-on group activities, in which students can work on different cases and share their answers with the class. Legal terminology is not only defined throughout the text, but practical application and examples are given throughout the chapters to help students grasp the concepts. Visual aids and exhibits throughout the book that illustrate legal and business concepts A flexible organization that adapts to a wide range of teaching objectives and courses The digital Connected Coursebook format gives business law students robust search and highlighting tools, interactive practice questions, and more, that are all integrated into an easy-to-use, streamlined learning experience.




What’s the Matter with Delaware?


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How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of us The legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of the biggest corporations in the United States register there? Why do so many small companies choose to set up in Delaware rather than their home states? Why do wealthy individuals form multiple layers of private companies in the state? This book reveals how a systematic enterprise lies behind the business-friendly corporate veneer, one that has kept the state afloat financially by diverting public funds away from some of the poorest people in the United States and supporting dictators and criminals across the world. Hal Weitzman shows how the de facto capital of corporate America has provided safe haven to money launderers, kleptocratic foreign rulers, and human traffickers, and facilitated tax dodging and money laundering by multinational companies and international gangsters. Revenues from Delaware's business-formation industry, known as the Franchise, account for two-fifths of the state’s budget and have helped to keep the tax burden on its residents among the lowest in the United States. Delaware derives enormous political clout from the Franchise, effectively writing the corporate code for the entire country—and because of its outsized influence on corporate America, the second smallest state in the United States also writes the rules for much of the world. What's the Matter with Delaware? shows how, in Joe Biden’s home state, the corporate laws get written behind closed doors, enabling the rich and powerful to do business in the shadows.







Property Rights and Bijuralism


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"Using the Canadian experience as a model, Jan Jakob Bornheim shows that the efficient interaction of common law and civil law can take place on both vertical and horizontal planes."--




The Parmenidean Ascent


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The Parmenidean Ascent is a full-throated and wide-ranging defense of an extreme form of monism or the denial of all distinctions, a form of monism rarely seen since the time of the pre-Socratic philosopher, Parmenides. At once historically sensitive and deeply engaged with trends in recent and contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of action, epistemology, and philosophy of language, The Parmenidean Ascent aims, on rationalist grounds and in a skeptical spirit, to challenge the content of-and to overturn the methods of much of contemporary philosophy.




The Ascent


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Anya, a young woman with a hunger that gnawed at her soul, entered the corporate world with a single-minded focus on success. She saw the glittering towers of ambition and envisioned herself perched atop, her name etched in the annals of the company's history. Yet, as she climbed the corporate ladder, she discovered that the path to the top was paved with a treacherous blend of deceit, betrayal, and manipulation. The air was thick with the scent of ambition, a fragrance that both intoxicated and suffocated. The higher she rose, the more she realized that the price of success was not just her own happiness, but the very fabric of her soul. This is Anya's story—a testament to the human capacity for both good and evil, a chilling exploration of the corrupting influence of power, and a stark reminder that sometimes the most dangerous battles are fought within ourselves.




FCC Record


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