Globalization

For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it....

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain, an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might....

How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? The ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore.

In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy....

As our workplaces become increasingly global and diverse, being a culturally intelligent leader isn’t just a bonus---it’s essential. This classic resource provides you with the adaptability you need to motivate, negotiate, and accomplish results with anyone, anywhere....

Macroeconomics takes a broad perspective on the economy of a country or region; it studies economic changes in the aggregate, collecting data on production, unemployment, inflation, consumption, investment, trade, and other aspects of national and international economic life....

Many books have been written about J. Doyne Farmer and his work, but this is the first in his own words. It presents a manifesto for how to do economics better....

Power is shifting - from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose....

A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the US government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction....

A brilliant investigation of globalization and how it is affecting everything we do - economically, politically, and culturally - abroad and at home....

For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for supremacy. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States, the economy was largely driven by domestic production....

A groundbreaking study of a contentious practice that has become popular among the nouveaux riches, The Golden Passport takes listeners from the details of the application process to the geopolitical hydraulics of the citizenship industry.

China will soon eclipse the United States as the world's largest economy and companies will lose out if they do not know how to invest in China properly. No company has been able to get into China for 3 years. Shaun Rein hasn't left.

In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates and Western governments entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty but masterminded one of the most brazen frauds ever....

NPR host Alexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.

A sweeping case that a new age of economic localization will reunite place and prosperity, putting an end to the last half century of globalization—by one of the preeminent economic journalists writing today....

A leading economic historian presents a new history of financial crises, showing how some led to greater globalization while others kept nations apart....

The IMF and World Bank were created to help countries survive financial crises and to help them develop into prosperous economic actors. But their 75-year track record shows the opposite.

An insider's sometimes shocking account of how Defense Secretary James Mattis led the US military through global challenges while serving as a crucial check on the Trump Administration....

Mächtig wie kein anderes Unternehmen, doch viel zu vielen unbekannt. Noch nie hat es ein Imperium wie BlackRock gegeben...

A stunning inside look at how and why the foundations upon which China has built the world’s second largest economy have started to crumble....

Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right....

Articles by experts and researchers will help you understand the risks and identify solutions to these disruptions so that you can ensure a more resilient supply chain—without sacrificing competitive advantage....

The Rise of American Populism is a captivating exploration into the evolving landscape of American politics. This insightful book delves deep into the ongoing clash between traditional American values and the emerging globalist ideologies.

Bestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the shock inflation of 2021 is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.