Internationell ekonomi

Hidden Wealth of Nations

The Scourge of Tax Havens

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

(1)

213 kr

We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous amount of the world's wealth hidden in tax havens in countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands this wealth cannot be fully accounted for and taxed fairly. No one, from economists to bankers to politicians, has been able to quantify exactly how much of the world's assets are currently hidden until now. Gabriel Zucman is the first economist to offer reliable insight into the actual extent of the world's money held in tax havens. And it's staggering. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an inventive and sophisticated approach to quantifying how big the problem is, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution. His research reveals that tax havens are a quickly growing danger to the world economy.In the past five years, the amount of wealth in tax havens has increased over 25% there has never been as much money held offshore as there is today. This hidden wealth accounts for at least $7.6 trillion, equivalent to 8% of the global financial assets of households. Fighting the notion that any attempts to vanquish tax havens are futile, since some countries will always offer more advantageous tax rates than others, as well the counter-argument that since the financial crisis tax havens have disappeared, Zucman shows how both sides are actually very wrong. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations he offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens. Only by first understanding the enormity of the secret wealth can we begin to estimate the kind of actions that would force tax havens to give up their practices. Zucman's work has quickly become the gold standard for quantifying the amount of the world's assets held in havens.In this concise book, he lays out in approachable language how the international banking system works and the dangerous extent to which the large-scale evasion of taxes is undermining the global market as a whole. If we are to find a way to solve the problem of increasing inequality, The Hidden Wealth of Nations is essential reading.

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How to Win a Trade War

A Friendly Guide to an Unfriendly World

AvSoumaya Keynes,Chad Bown

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

169 kr

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'An amazing book' – Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics'Timely, witty and wise' – Tim Harford, bestselling author of The Undercover EconomistAn essential guide to our new era of economic competition. From Soumaya Keynes, podcaster and columnist at the Financial Times and Chad Bown, former Chief Economist at the US State Department under President Biden.We used to take trade for granted. Trillions of dollars of goods and services crossed borders each year. Nobody paid too much attention: it just worked.Now, surging oil prices can hit your mortgage. Trump’s latest tariff announcement can crash markets and ruin your pension. Brexit can sever Britain from its closest trading partners. Chinese restrictions can bring the West’s car production to a crashing halt. Curbs on trade in cutting-edge chips could determine who wins the AI race. The stakes couldn't be higher.In this irreverent guide, Keynes and Bown explore the history, players, and rules of trade, asking how we prepare for what the future might hold. Could trade wars lead to hot wars? What can the West learn from China? How should countries defend their economies?Timely, funny and informative, How to Win a Trade War argues that the old system is dead. But what will emerge in its place? And ultimately, what is at stake for you, your country, and your company?'A breezy, low-jargon guide' – Helen Lewis, bestselling author of The Genius Myth'Full of insight. This is critical reading for anyone trying to make sense of today's trade disputes' – Chris Miller, bestselling author of Chip War

Extractive Capitalism

How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy

AvLaleh Khalili

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

166 kr

Essential reading for the Iran Crisis - what happens when the seas close, and oil stops flowing? 'Urgent and polemical' Financial Times'A brilliant explainer of how the world works' Simon Kuper, author of Chums'The real stuff of the economy - blood, dirt, oil and violence' Dan Davies, author of The Unaccountability Machine'Profound and compelling ... A book that I couldn't put down' Adam Hanieh, author of Crude CapitalismWhether it's pumping oil, mining resources or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era, but the backbone of globalisation is still low-cost labour and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made - and is still making - our unequal world.Professor Laleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, wry and constantly revealing, Extractive Capitalism brings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.

Influence, New and Expanded

The Psychology of Persuasion

AvPhD Robert B. Cialdini

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

(1)

213 kr

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The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasiona renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies soldnow revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.

In the new edition of this highly acclaimedbestseller, Robert CialdiniNew York Timesbestselling author ofPre-Suasionand the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasionexplains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Using memorable stories and relatable examples, Cialdini makes this crucially important subject surprisingly easy. With Cialdini as a guide, you dont have to be a scientist to learn how to use this science.

Youll learn Cialdinis Universal Principles of Influence, including new research and new uses so you can become an even more skilled persuaderand just as importantly, youll learn how to defend yourself against unethical influence attempts. You may think you know these principles, but without understanding their intricacies, you may be ceding their power to someone else.

Cialdinis Principles of Persuasion:

Reciprocation Commitment and Consistency

Social Proof

Liking Authority Scarcity

Unity, the newest principle for this edition

Understanding and applying the principles ethically is cost-free and deceptively easy. Backed by Dr. Cialdinis 35 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific researchincluding a three-year field study on what leads people to changeInfluenceis a comprehensive guide to using these principles to move others in your direction.

How Africa Works

Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier

AvJoe Studwell

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

181 kr

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'One of the most original and important books on Africa in years' FINANCIAL TIMES The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths about underdevelopment, unproductive land and overpopulation remain?In a groundbreaking new study of Africa's developmental history, economist Joe Studwell debunks long-held views about the continent's presumed resistance to growth, charting monumental changes in government, demography and asset management.Considering everything from settler colonialism to soil conditions, mineral extractivism to disease development and eradication, Studwell persuasively argues that the seizing back of land, people and states across Africa, has also been the seizure of mass economic development. From slavery to independence and beyond, this is the definitive account of the world's second largest continent - and an optimistic look to its future.

Reconstructing the Global Political Economy

An Analytical Guide

AvErik Andersson

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

368 kr

In an era of post-globalization, the global political economy needs restructuring. This textbook examines the challenges facing the world economy as a result of climate change and social and economic inequality, and provides future-oriented solutions to them. Andersson presents and explains key concepts from Global Political Economy to show how to design and analyse potential reconstructions of the economic system. With a comprehensive exploration of the different ideological pathways that change might take, and taking account of gender, race and class, the author expertly guides the reader through thematic chapters, including: • the political economy of everyday life;• the regulation of global trade;• post-development;• the production of global value chains;• financial markets.This book will help readers see that global economic change is possible and support clear thinking about a global future that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.

Story of Capital

What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works

AvDavid Harvey

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

277 kr

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For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader. In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

Peak Human

What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages

AvJohan Norberg

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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166 kr

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A compelling and timely study of what drove history's most influential civilisations... the book comes with impeccable timing... An entertaining and informative read for anyone interested in the forces that shape how civilisations progress' Financial Times'Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?' The Economist'Engaging and persuasive' New Statesman'The best book I have read this year' Jeremy HuntGolden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the law; out of Abbasid Baghdad came algebra and modern medicine, and the Dutch Republic furnished us with Europe's greatest artistic movements. As such, each has unique lessons to teach us about the world we live in today. But, all previous golden ages have proven finite, whether through external pressures or internal fracturing.In Peak Human, acclaimed historian Johan Norberg examines seven of humanity's greatest civilizations - ancient Athens, the Roman Republic, Abbasid Baghdad, Song China, Renaissance Italy, the Dutch Republic and the Anglosphere - and asks: how do we ensure that our current golden age doesn't end?

Poor Economics

The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day

AvAbhijit V. Banerjee,Esther Duflo

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

141 kr

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FULLY UPDATED EDITION WITH TWO NEW CHAPTERS From the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWhy would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television?Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar?Does having lots of children actually make you poorer?This eye-opening book overturns the myths about what it is like to live on very little, revealing the unexpected decisions that millions of people make every day. Looking at some of the most paradoxical aspects of life below the poverty line - why the poor need to borrow in order to save, why incentives that seem effective to us may not be for them, and why, despite being more risk-taking than high financiers, they start businesses but rarely grow them - Banerjee and Duflo offer a new understanding of the surprising way the world really works.Winner of the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011 'Refreshingly original, wonderfully insightful . . . an entirely new perspective' Guardian

Vart är vi på väg? : svensk ekonomi nu och framåt

AvAnders Borg

Inbunden, Svenska, 2024

(17)

309 kr

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Ett maktlystet Ryssland, migrationsströmmar, Kinas konflikt med Taiwan, pandemi, inflation och ett klimat i uppror – orosmolnen har legat tunga över världen de senaste åren. När kris avlöser kris och världsekonomin drabbas hårt kan man ställa sig frågan vart vi egentligen är på väg?

Här tecknar Anders Borg en bild av rådande läge men också av framtiden, som faktiskt ser ljus ut. "Vart är vi på väg?" ger en bred förståelse för hur den svenska ekonomin kommer att påverkas av omvärlden de närmaste åren, men erbjuder också de insikter som behövs för att svenska samhället såväl som gemene man ska kunna navigera bland fallgroparna.

Globalization in World History

AvPeter N. Stearns

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

574 kr

In this fully revised fourth edition, this book treats globalization from several vantage points, showing how these help grasp the nature of globalization both in the past and today.The revisions include greater attention to the complications of racism (after 1500) and nationalism (after 1850); further analysis of reactions against globalization after World War I and in the 21st century; more discussion of student exchanges; and fuller treatment of developments since 2008, including the role of the Covid-19 pandemic in contemporary globalization.Four major chronological phases are explored: in the centuries after 1000 CE, after 1500, after 1850, and since the mid-20th century. Discussion of each phase includes relevant debates over the nature and extent of the innovations involved, particularly in terms of transportation/communications technologies and trade patterns. The phase approach also facilitates analysis of the range of interactions enmeshed in globalization, beyond trade and migration, including disease exchange, impacts on culture and consumer tastes, and for the modern periods policy coordination and international organizations. Finally, the book deals with different regional positions and reactions in each of the major phases. This includes not only imbalances of power and economic benefit but also regional styles in dealing with the range of global relationships.This volume is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of world history, economic history, and political economy.

Value of Everything

Making and Taking in the Global Economy

AvMariana Mazzucato

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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123 kr

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WINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAËL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight.In modern capitalism, value-extraction is rewarded more highly than value-creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and society. From companies driven solely to maximize shareholder value to astronomically high prices of medicines justified through big pharma's 'value pricing', we misidentify taking with making, and have lost sight of what value really means. Once a central plank of economic thought, this concept of value - what it is, why it matters to us - is simply no longer discussed. Yet, argues Mariana Mazzucato in this penetrating and passionate new book, if we are to reform capitalism - radically to transform an increasingly sick system rather than continue feeding it - we urgently need to rethink where wealth comes from. Which activities create it, which extract it, which destroy it? Answers to these questions are key if we want to replace the current parasitic system with a type of capitalism that is more sustainable, more symbiotic - that works for us all. The Value of Everything reigniteS a long-needed debate about the kind of world we really want to live in.

Our Dollar, Your Problem

An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead

AvKenneth Rogoff

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

(1)

339 kr

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A National Bestseller • Recommended by Financial Times as “What to Read in 2025” “The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem—that the greenback’s pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturned—could hardly be more timely.”—The Economist A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s currency might not have reached today’s lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar—how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro—and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc. Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last indefinitely, not only because many countries are deeply frustrated with the system, but also because overconfidence and arrogance can lead to unforced errors. Rogoff shows how America’s outsized power and exorbitant privilege can spur financial instability—not just abroad but also at home.

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate

AvDani Rodrik

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

281 kr

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New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world’s leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three objectives.Dani Rodrik provides a bold new vision of globalization, one in which we accelerate the green transition to achieve a sustainable planet, shore up the middle class to restore democracy’s foundations, and hasten economic revitalization in the developing world to put an end to poverty. The rising tide of authoritarianism has demonstrated our inability to alleviate economic anxieties. Economic nationalism has raised the specter of increased protectionism and deteriorating prospects for economic growth. And automation and other new technologies have undercut the advantages of low-cost, unskilled labor in manufacturing and export-oriented industrialization. Rodrik reveals how we can restore prosperity through new forms of collaborative public-private action—to promote renewables and green industries, middle-class jobs, and enhanced productivity in labor-absorbing services—even in the absence of global cooperation. He explains why this new kind of globalization must also recognize the legitimate desire of governments to pursue their economic, social, and security interests autonomously.Turning conventional economic wisdom on its head, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World builds on practices that work while radically transforming those that don’t, presenting a grounded, clear-eyed approach to tackling the problems that affect us all, at home and around the world.

Built to Last

Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

AvJim Collins,Jerry I. Porras

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

202 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day -- as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the comparison companies and what were the common practices these enduringly great companies followed throughout their history?"

Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the 21st century and beyond.

Internationell handel och tullhantering : för företag, proffs och yrkeshögskolor

AvWeronika Hoffner,Ulf Holmströmm. fl.

Häftad, Svenska, 2023

545 kr

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Denna bok i internationell handel är framtagen av tullexperter och vänder sig till dig som i yrkeslivet eller vid yrkeshögskolan är i behov av samlad information kring vad internationell handel och tullhantering är.Boken är tänkt att fylla det tomrum som finns inom internationell handel och anknutna områden när det gäller samlat och lättillgängligt undervisningsmaterial. Boken behandlar organisationer, handelsmönster, handelshinder, skatte- och tullregler, förfaranderegler kring tullhantering, klassificering, globala varuflöden, fraktregler med mera.

Ecology of Wisdom

AvArne Næss

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

123 kr

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'The smaller we come to feel ourselves compared with the mountain, the nearer we come to participating in its greatness.'Philosopher, mountaineer, activist and visionary, Arne Naess's belief that all living things have value made him one of the most inspirational figures in the environmental movement. Drawing on his years spent in an isolated hut high in the Norwegian mountains, and on influences as diverse as Gandhi's nonviolent action and Spinoza's all-encompassing worldview, this selection of the best of his writings is filled with wit, charisma and intense connection with nature. Emphasizing joy, cooperation and 'beautiful actions', they create a philosophy of life from a man who never lost his sense of wonder at the world. 'Arne Naess's ideas ... inspired environmentalists and Green political activists around the world' The New York Times

Regenerative Leadership

The DNA of life-affirming 21st century organizations

AvGiles Hutchins,Laura Storm

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

409 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Chip war : kampen om världens viktigaste teknologi

AvChris Miller

Inbunden, Svenska, 2024

(2)

218 kr

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Utan mikrochip stannar världen. Nästan all elektronik baseras på halvledare, själva kärnan i chipen. Datorer och mobiltelefoner blir hela tiden snabbare och mer kraftfulla tack vare en ständig och intensiv utveckling av halvledartekniken. Och för varje år ökar behovet av snabbhet och kraft för ny efterfrågan och nya marknader.

Men chipen handlar inte bara om teknik och ekonomi. De ingår som en avgörande komponent i en global kraftmätning mellan Kina och USA som riskerar att slå över i en militär konfrontation. För som Chris Miller skriver i Chip War (Chip War, 2022): andra världskriget avgjordes av stål och aluminium, det kalla kriget definierades av atomvapen och dagens rivalitet mellan Kina och USA bestäms av datorkraft.

USA kontrollerar chipmarknaden, men Kina dominerar produktionen av den elektronik som vi alla är beroende av. Kina lägger nu ned all kraft på att utveckla en egen halvledarteknik och därmed bryta den amerikanska dominansen. Om de lyckas står vi inför ett globalt ekonomiskt och militärt skifte.

Den kritikerrosade Chip War ger bakgrunden till en av vår tids viktigaste frågor.

Chris Miller är Associate Professor of International History vid Fletcher School, Tufts University. Han har tidigare skrivit böckerna Putinomics: power and money in resurgent Russia (2014) och We Shall Be Masters: Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin (2021). Chip War är den första av hans böcker som översatts till svenska.

Marknaden : kapital, stater och tankar om en fri värld

AvDavid Abulafia,Ali Ansarim. fl.

Inbunden, Svenska, 2026

279 kr

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Från det romerska torget till digitala valutor – hur har marknaden utvecklats under historiens gång och hur kan den komma att se ut i framtiden? Denna antologi gör en djupdykning i marknadsutvecklingen och tittar närmare på marknaders avgörande roll i att utforma samtiden men tar också upp den brännande frågan om hur vi ska navigera mot en hållbar framtid.

I tankeväckande essäer skrivna av internationella forskare, politiker och andra sakkunniga utforskas marknadens dynamik. Med utgångspunkt i de antika torgen och i det medeltida Europas marknader undersöker författarna hur tekniska framsteg, konsumentbeteende och geopolitisk strategi – till exempel den politik som utövades under Reagan-eran – har format nutida marknader. Slutligen tar boken upp de utmaningar för stabiliteten på marknaden som utgörs av auktoritära stater och AI.

Boken finns även i engelsk utgåva, The Market.

Världens 50 farligaste företag

AvJuha-Pekka Raeste,Hannu Sokala

Inbunden, Svenska, 2023

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265 kr

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Stora multinationella företag påverkar hur vi tänker, vad vi äter, vilka vi träffar, vad vi gör med vår tid och till och med vem vi röstar på. I takt med att dessa företag växer, så ökar också deras inflytande och makt över individer och regeringar. För att framtiden inte ska dikteras av företag, utan av människor, behöver vi mer kunskaper.

De båda erfarna ekonomireportrarna Juha-Pekka Raeste och Hannu Sokala beskriver här 50 företag som utgör en central del av det globala näringslivet, det som bestämmer vilken sorts värld vi alla ska leva i. Vissa av företagen i boken är relativt okända (exempelvis Zh ngguó Y nc o Z ngg ngs och BlackRock) några förutsägbara (som Google och Amazon), andra kan förvåna (Ikea och Disney), ytterligare andra är oundvikliga (Gazprom och Chevron). Några av företagen kapitaliserar på våra vardagsbehov (Cargill och Coca-Cola), vissa på vår fåfänga (Bytedance och Facebook) och ytterligare andra på vår girighet (Goldman Sachs och Berkshire Hathaway). Världens 50 farligaste företag är måsteläsning för alla som intresserar sig för ekonomi, klimat och demokrati.

JUHA-PEKKA RAESTE är ekonomireporter på Helsingin Sanomat, Finlands störtsta tidning. Han fokuserar på storföretag och IT-sektorn.

HANNU SOKALA arbetar som grävande journalist på YLE. Han bevakar den internationella finansmarknaden och makroekonomi.

"Raeste och Sokala förfaller inte till att göra stora företag till syndabockar. [...] Även om uppläggningen av en räcka bolag kan kännas schematisk levererar Raeste och Sokala utmärkt journalistik. Den är initierad, tankeväckande, underhållande och lämpligt polemiserande."Hufvudstadsbladet

Underground Empire

How America Weaponized the World Economy

AvHenry Farrell,Abraham Newman

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

142 kr

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'Captivating… The stuff of thrillers' - the Financial Times An explosive new vision of geopolitics from two trail-blazing political scientistsDeep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables and obscure payment systems. But according to prominent political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, the United States has turned the most vital pathways of the world economy into tools of domination over foreign businesses and countries, whether they are rivals or allies, allowing it to maintain global supremacy.Drawing on original reporting and ground-breaking research, Farrell and Newman explain how this underground empire has allowed the United States to eavesdrop on other countries and isolate its enemies. Now, efforts by countries such as China and Russia to untether themselves from this coercive US-led system are turning the global economy into a battle zone. Today's headlines about trade wars, sanctions, and controls on technology exports are merely tremors hinting at far greater seismic shifts beneath the surface, as we sleepwalk into a dangerous new struggle for empire.Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how power is wielded today, Underground Empire weaves together tales of economic conflict, shadowy surveillance and covert infrastructure projects to explain how the world order has been brought to the brink of chaos - and how we might find a way back from the edge.

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Our Dollar, Your Problem

An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead

AvKenneth Rogoff

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

151 kr

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A National Bestseller • Recommended by Financial Times as “What to Read in 2025” “The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem—that the greenback’s pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturned—could hardly be more timely.”—The Economist A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s currency might not have reached today’s lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar—how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro—and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc. Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last indefinitely, not only because many countries are deeply frustrated with the system, but also because overconfidence and arrogance can lead to unforced errors. Rogoff shows how America’s outsized power and exorbitant privilege can spur financial instability—not just abroad but also at home.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games are Made

AvJason Schreier

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

148 kr

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You’ve got your dream job--making video games. You have a great project, great designs, and clever controls. One morning, you get a call from your producer. Turns out that wall-jumping trick won’t work because the artists don’t have time to design a separate animation just for the plumber to move that way. Also, your lead designer keeps micromanaging the programmers, which is driving them crazy. Your E3 demo is due in two weeks, and you know there’s no way you can get it done in less than four. You’ll have to cut out some of the game’s biggest features just to hit your deadlines. And suddenly the investor is asking if maybe you can slash that $10 million budget down to $8 million, even if you have to fire a few people to make it happen? Welcome to video game development. In his years covering the industry, Jason Schreier has often heard developers say that any game actually released is a miracle. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Schreier takes you behind the scenes of some of the biggest recent games to share never-before-told stories of the struggles and failures the development teams faced along the way. His reputation for great storytelling and fly-on-the-wall detail will provide readers with the clearest picture yet of what actually goes on behind the scenes. Each chapter will cover a different game, from major studios with nine-figure budgets to indie games with half a dozen people on their teams. The chapters will also focus on a variety of subjects in the process, from building the basics to adjusting for fan reaction post-launch. The planned games include: Pillars of EternityDragon Age: InquisitionStardew ValleyDiablo 3The Witcher 3Uncharted 4DestinyShovel KnightStar Wars 1313Halo Wars Wheather you’re interested in how the industry really works, or just want to know why your favorite advertized feature didn’t make it into the final game, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels will give readers an unparallelled inside look at one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world.

New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

How America really took over the world

AvJohn Perkins

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

(1)

160 kr

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***THE WORD OF MOUTH INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NOW UPDATED WITH 15 EXPLOSIVE NEW CHAPTERS***False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, deception, coups, assassinations and unbridled military power. These are the tools used by the ‘corporatocracy’ – a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments and rich and powerful individuals – to ensure that they retain and expand their wealth and influence, growing richer and richer as the poor become poorer.In his original, post 9/11 book, John Perkins revealed how he was recruited as an economic hit man in the 1970s, and exposed the corrupt methods American corporations use to spread their influence in the developing world, cheating countries out of trillions of dollars. In this new, extensively updated edition he lays bare the latest, terrifying evolution of the economic hit man, and how the system has become even more entrenched and powerful than ever before.In New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins provides fresh and chilling evidence of how the corporatocracy has grown its influence to every corner of the globe, making us all unwitting slaves to their regime. But he also provides advice on how we can end our unconscious support of the system and its self-serving, lethal economy.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Perkins has, once again, made a substantial contribution to a world that needs whistle-blowers to open its eyes to the true sources of political, social, and economic power" - Yanis Varoufakis"It comes from the heart. I highly recommend it." - Michael Brownstein"it’s all here in toe-curling detail' - Guardian

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Peak Human

What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages

AvJohan Norberg

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

140 kr

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A compelling and timely study of what drove history's most influential civilisations... the book comes with impeccable timing... An entertaining and informative read for anyone interested in the forces that shape how civilisations progress' Financial Times'Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?' The Economist'Engaging and persuasive' New Statesman'The best book I have read this year' Jeremy HuntGolden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the law; out of Abbasid Baghdad came algebra and modern medicine, and the Dutch Republic furnished us with Europe's greatest artistic movements. As such, each has unique lessons to teach us about the world we live in today. But, all previous golden ages have proven finite, whether through external pressures or internal fracturing.In Peak Human, acclaimed historian Johan Norberg examines seven of humanity's greatest civilizations - ancient Athens, the Roman Republic, Abbasid Baghdad, Song China, Renaissance Italy, the Dutch Republic and the Anglosphere - and asks: how do we ensure that our current golden age doesn't end?

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

AvThomas Piketty

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

261 kr

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A New York Times #1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal #1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the British Academy MedalFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award“It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year—and maybe of the decade.”—Paul Krugman, New York Times“The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries. It may well manage the feat.”—The Economist“Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an intellectual tour de force, a triumph of economic history over the theoretical, mathematical modeling that has come to dominate the economics profession in recent years.”—Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post“Piketty has written an extraordinarily important book…In its scale and sweep it brings us back to the founders of political economy.”—Martin Wolf, Financial Times“A sweeping account of rising inequality…Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore.”—John Cassidy, New Yorker“Stands a fair chance of becoming the most influential work of economics yet published in our young century. It is the most important study of inequality in over fifty years.”—Timothy Shenk, The Nation

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Why Nations Succeed and Fail

AvRay Dalio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

352 kr

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What Went Wrong With Capitalism

AvRuchir Sharma

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

141 kr

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*A Financial Times and Wall Street Journal Book of the Year*'My book of the year' Alex Bastani, Novara Media; Tom Keene, Bloomberg'Brilliant ... deeply arresting' Lewis Goodall, The News Agents PodcastA radical examination by a leading financial analyst, commentator and investor of the ills of capitalism and how they can be fixedWhat went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir Sharma’s explanation is unlike any you have heard before. Progressives are partly right when they mock modern capitalism as “socialism for the rich,” but what really happened in recent decades is that government in developed nations expanded in just about every measurable dimension, from spending and regulation to the sheer scale of its rescues each time the economy wobbled. The result, Sharma says, is “socialized risk,” expensive government guarantees, for everyone—welfare for the poor, entitlements for the middle class, and bailouts for the rich.Voters say they are disillusioned with capitalism, but a system so distorted by government interventions is a dysfunctional version of free market ideals. As a result, productivity and economic growth have slowed sharply, shrinking the pie for everyone and stoking popular anger. Since these flaws developed as the government expanded, building an even bigger state will only double down on what’s gone wrong. The answer Sharma offers is a series of seven fixes to restore the balance between state support and free markets and lay the path to a more prosperous and happier future.

Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

AvWilliam Dalrymple

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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191 kr

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THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India … A book of beauty’ – Gerard DeGroot, The TimesIn August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.