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Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money? : Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance
Sless, Henry - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who...
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Alumni Leadership and University Excellence in Africa : The Case of Lagos Business School
Onukwuba, Henry O. - 2018
‘This is a book that I strongly recommend to all those who wish to attain an in-depth practical understanding of how to start, structure and govern alumni associations of all kinds.’ -Juan Elegido, Vice Chancellor and Professor, Pan-Atlantic University ‘Borne out of practical experience,...
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Monopoly Restored : How the Super-Rich Robbed Main Street
Luzkow, Jack Lawrence - 2018
This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax evasion, political influence, or wage theft. Today, much of the wealth of the rentier class-the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396836
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A Permanent Crisis : The Financial Oligarchy’s Seizing of Power and the Failure of Democracy
Chesney, Marc - 2018
This short book describes the role big banks played in the financial crisis of 2008 while denouncing the financial oligarchy’s rise to power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial crisis that have considered historical events leading...
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The Wealth of the Elite : Toward a New Gilded Age
Tsigos, Stamatios; Daly, Kevin - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Introduction -- 2. Current state of understanding: What does economics say about the economic elite? -- 3. Wealth’s vista. Trends in Wealth and the Rise of the Billionaire -- 4. The Rise of the Dual Economy – Wealth and Inequality -- 5. Sources of Great Fortunes in the World -- 6. Conclusion.
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A Female Activist Elite in Italy (1890-1920) : Its International Network and Legacy
Laurenzi, Elena (ed.); Mosca, Manuela (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
1.The Political Philanthropy of the Female Elites -- Part I: A Women’s Network in Early 20th Century Italy -- 2.Harriet Lathrop Dunham alias Etta de Viti de Marco -- 3.Alice Hallgarten Franchetti: A Woman Beyond Barriers -- 4.Cora Slocomb Savorgnan di Brazzà. An Artisan of Peace and Social...
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Decentralised Governance, Development Programmes and Elite Capture
Rajasekhar, Durgam; Babu, M. Devendra; Reddy, R. Manjula - 2018
This book discusses the elite capture taking place in the development programmes implemented through Grama Panchayats (GPs), the lowest tier in the rural local self-government structure in India. Inclusive growth being the cherished goal of all the developing countries, including India, the book...
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Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging in China
Liu, Qiyang - 2022
radically different nature of China's culture and political system, the author articulates why public acceptability should be an …
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Money and Government : A Study of China and Japan from a Historical Perspective
Sui, Qing-yuan - 2022
Preface -- Chapter 1. A Preliminary Introduction -- Chapter 2. Puzzles of the Monetary Regime in Premodern China … -- Chapter 3. The Divergence between China and Japan -- Chapter 4. The Worst Currency or The Best Arrangement? -- Chapter 5. An …This is the first book to focus comparatively on the development processes of finance in China and Japan during the …
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Brazil-China Relations in the 21st Century : The Making of a Strategic Partnership
Rocha, Maurício Santoro - 2022
Commodities Boom and the Sino-Brazilian Trade -- Chapter 3. The Chinese Are Coming: China´s Investments in Brazil -- Chapter 4 …. China, the Amazon and Climate Diplomacy -- Chapter 5. The Dragon and the Captain: China in the perspective of Brazil … diplomatic ties with Mao’s China. By then, Chinese communists were interested in learning from Brazil’s industrialization …
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