Forget the 1 per cent- it's time to focus on the wealthiest 0.1 per cent who are outpacing the rest of use at breakneck speed. There has always been a gap between rich and poor, but over the last few decades what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. What's changed is more than numbers. Instead of inheritance, today's colossal fortunes have been amassed by a new transglobal class of self-made oligarchs. But who are they and how did they do it - and as the chasm between the super-rich and everyone else deepens, is there anything we can do about it? Cracking open this tight-knit world is Chrystia Freeland. From Davos to Dubai, she has reported on these new super elites for the last two decade. Grounding her interviews in the economics and history of modern capitalism, Freeland shows us the new wealth and its consequences- whether it's the internal Citigroup memo that urges clients
How Much is Too Much? Om ca. 30 amerikanske supermillionærer, deres livsstil og skabelse af dynastier, der til skade for amerikansk økonomi i almindelighed holder sammen på pengene Forfatter: Vance Packard Forlag: Little, Brown and Company Udgivelsesår: 1989 Sider: 358 Sprog: Engelsk
Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference Summary: Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts. As a result, even our best intentions often lead to ineffective, or even harmful, outcomes. How can we do better? The author, a former researcher at Oxford, has developed a philosophy he calls "effective altruism". This practical, data-driven approach is based on five key questions that help guide our altruistic decisions, thereby allowing each of us to make a tremendous difference regardless of our resources Titel: Doing good better : effective altruism and a radical new way to make a difference Forfa
In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis reveals a terrifying global web of kleptocracy and corruption. Kleptopia follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, enriching oligarchs and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, London to the Trump White House, it shows how the thieves are uniting - and the terrible human cost. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London - the world's piggy bank for blood money. Riveting, horrifying and written like fiction, this book shows that while we are looking the other way, all that we hold most dear is being stolen. SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you thi
Summary: Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems Titel: The Price of Inequality Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: erhverv_oekonomi_ledelse Sammendrag: Joseph E. Stiglitz viser, hvordan stigende økonomisk ulighed underminerer vækst, svækker demokratiet og forvrider den offentlige debat. Med udgangspunkt i finanskrisen og udviklingen i USA forklarer han, hvordan politiske beslutninger og økonomiske strukturer har begunstiget de rigeste på bekostning af middelklassen. Han præsenterer samtidig konkrete bud på reformer, der kan mindske uligheden og styrke både økonomi og samfund. Type: Hardcover
Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism and the End of Economic Democracy A cogent, fiercely entertaining, often scathing assault on the institutions and pretensions of the new capitalist order and the tyranny of the almighty market.At no other moment in history have the values of business and the corporation been more nakedly and arrogantly in the ascendant. In 'One Market Under God', social critic Thomas Frank examines the morphing of the language of democracy into the cant and jargon of the marketplace. Combining popular intellectual history with a survey of recent business culture, Frank traces an idea he calls 'market populism' - the notion that markets are, in some transcendent way, identifiable with democracy and the will of rh people.The idea that any criticism of things as they are is elitist can be seen in management literature, where downsizing and ceaseless, chaotic change are ce
Summary: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these compaƯnies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that they're almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the world's first trillion-dollar company, can anyone chalƯlenge them?In the same irreverent style that has made him one of the world's most celebrated business professors, Galloway deconstructs the strategies of the Four that lurk beneath their s
“Libertism – Grasping the 21st Century” undersøger, hvordan menneskeheden kan orientere sig i det 21. århundredes komplekse virkelighed. Lene Rachel Andersen kombinerer samfundsvidenskab, filosofi, økonomi og fremtidsforskning for at beskrive overgangen fra industrisamfund til et globalt, digitalt og komplekst videnssamfund. Hun diskuterer udfordringer som ikke-bæredygtigt forbrug, teknologisk udvikling, økonomiske modeller i krise, polarisering og demokratiske problemer. Bogen introducerer “Libertism” som et værdibåret rammeværk, der skal forene personlig frihed med ansvar, dannelse og fælles bedste. Gennem historiske nedslag, analyser af moderne politik og kultur samt refleksioner over uddannelse og dannelse giver bogen bud på, hvordan vi kan skabe en mere stabil, menneskevenlig og bæredygtig civilisation, som både nuværende og kommende generationer kan trives i. Type: Paperback Engels
