Commerce & Économie / International

Fake Work: Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem

de Brent D Peterson & Gaylan W Nielson

How many countless working hours have you spent on projects, proposals, paperwork, and meetings that felt useless or were ignored or dismissed? Hard work is not the same as real work. Half of the work we do...

World Business: An e-Book Special Report

de The Staff of the Wall Street Journal

Several times a year, The Wall Street Journal publishes Special Reports on the subject of World Business. This ongoing feature is one of the most popular in both the print and interactive versions of the Journal...

Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders

de Conor Clarke & Michael Kinsley

Bill Gates is more than the world's most successful capitalist; he's also the world's biggest philanthropist.

Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer software: with a fierce...

One Billion Customers

de James McGregor

It is well known that with a population of 1.3 billion people, China's market is moving quickly toward surpassing those of North America and Europe combined. Companies from the United States and around the globe...

Superpower?: The Amazing Race Between China's Hare and India's Tortoise

de Raghav Bahl

Is India ready for superpower status or too far behind China to ever catch up?

In his career as one of India's leading journalists and entrepreneurs, Raghav Bahl has often faced this question, and many others,...

All the Tea in China: How to Buy, Sell, and Make Money on the Mainland

de Jeremy Haft

A pioneer shares the secrets to creating jobs and reaping profits doing business with China Is China a threat to America’s economic future? Just the opposite, says international businessman Jeremy Haft. China...

The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World

de John Perkins

From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" comes an expos of international corruption. Perkins suggests how Americans can work to create a more peaceful and stable...

Think India: The Rise of the World's Next Great Power and What It Means for Every American

de Vinay Rai & William Simon

“If you don’t read this book, you are going to be left behind. The future of the world will be determined by India.”

—Richard D’Aveni, Professor of Strategic Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth...

Morocco: Emerging Economy of the Mediterranean

de Jonathan Reuvid

The Moroccan economy is defying the current global economic downturn, as one of the few countries experiencing economic growth. This has led to unique investment potential and a model from which businesses can...

Winning the Loser's Game, Fifth Edition : Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing

de Charles D. Ellis

The Classic Guide to Winning on Wall Street—Completely Updated and Expanded!“The best book about investing? The answer is simple:Winning the Loser’s Game. Using compelling data and pithy stories, Charley...

Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World

de Adam LeBor

Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world’s most secretive global financial institution. Based on extensive archival research in Switzerland, Britain, and the United States, and in-depth...

Fortune Favors the Bold

de Lester C. Thurow

Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all can prosper....

Swap: How Trade Works

de Philip I. Levy & Claude Barfield

A concise introduction to the principles of world economics, Swap is an easy-to-understand resource for a general audience. This brief, practical volume covers the principles of specialization, comparative advantage,...

Capital for the Future: Saving and Investment in an Interdependent World

de World Bank

The gradual acceleration of growth in developing countries is a defining feature of the past two decades. This acceleration came with major shifts in patterns of investment, saving, and capital flows. This second...

The Theory of Economic Integration (Routledge Revivals)

de Bela Balassa

First published in 1962, The Theory of Economic Integration provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic. Professor Balassa has been remarkably successful in covering so much ground with...

Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation

de Robin Hahnel

In Economic Justice and Democracy Robin Hahnel argues that progressives need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how they conceive of economic justice and economic democracy. He presents a coherent set...

Fiscal Federalism and European Economic Integration

de Mark Baimbridge & Philip Whyman

The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of...

China, East Asia and the Global Economy: Regional and Historical Perspectives

de Takeshi Hamashita, Mark Selden & Linda Grove

Takeshi Hamashita, arguably Asia's premier historian of the longue durée, has been instrumental in opening a new field of inquiry in Chinese, East Asian and world historical research. Engaging modernization,...

The Social Economics of Poverty

de Christopher B. Barrett

A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical...

The European Economy in an American Mirror

de Barry Eichengreen, Dieter Stiefel & Michael Landesmann

Europe's economy is under strain due to lagging productivity growth, population ageing, the difficulties of adjustment in an enlarged European Union, and the challenges of globalization. In comparison with America,...