"Saving Globalisation: Why Globalisation and Democracy Offer the Best Hope for Progress, Peace and Development"
Author: Mike Moore
This book traces the development of what Mike Moore considers "the Big Ideas of History": democracy, independent courts, the separation of church and state, property rights, a professional civil service, and civil society. Drawing insights from his experience in the World Trade Organisation as well as in New Zealand's political office, Moore offers a vivid and provocative account of why globalisation and democracy still offer the best hope for the future of humankind.
The author analyses democratic capitalism from the period of the Greeks to the geeks, and offers a new approach to the creation of a new international architecture that would promote equity and fairness.
"Saving Globalisation" celebrates the achievements of free, democratic societies and global trade, and argues that a global future should be faced, not feared.
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"Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression", (second edition - hardcover)
Author: Robert R Prechter, Jr
Today's financial and economic tribulations were a long time in the making. Many people ask, "Why didn't someone see it coming?" A New York Times best-selling book did see it coming. More than 100,000 people read it in time to protect their wealth. The book foresaw and explained the collapse in home prices, plunge in stocks, sub-prime debacle, liquidity crisis, the demise of Fannie and Freddie, the Federal Reserve's failure to turn the trend, and lots more. The book was Robert Prechter's "Conquer the Crash", published in early 2002, when the Dow was above 10,000 and the financial world was partying around the clock.
"Conquer the Crash", second edition, offers 188 new pages of vital information (480 pages in total) plus all the original forecasts and recommendations that make the book more compelling and relevant than the day it was published.
In every disaster, only a very few people prepare themselves beforehand. Think about investor enthusiasm in 2005-2008, and you'll realise it's true. Even fewer people will be ready for the soon approaching, next leg down of the unfolding depression. In this edition, Prechter gives a warning he's never had to include in 30 years of publishing - namely, that the doors to financial safety are closing all over the world. In other words, prudent people need to act while they can.
Readers will receive exclusive online access to the Conquer the Crash Readers Page, where Prechter continually updates the book's recommended services and institutions.
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"Vietnam Business Guide: Getting Started in Tomorrow's Market Today"
Authors: Brian and Kimberly Vierra
Business opportunities abound in the populous and rapidly developing nation of Vietnam. There is, however, a great deal of naivety among entrepreneurs and companies venturing into the market. Corruption, pollution, lack of infrastructure, an immature work force and cultural barriers are some of the macroeconomic encumbrances they have to overcome.
"Vietnam Business Guide: Getting Started in Tomorrow's Market Today" provides an objective evaluation of the business environment and offers a wealth of information about the unique aspects of the country's business culture; registration, legal and tax issues; working with local business partners; living conditions in Vietnam; and industry-specific opportunities.
Based on the authors' personal entrepreneurial journey in Vietnam as well as first-hand interviews with seasoned businesspeople working and living there, the book brings the issues to life - better preparing newcomers for what they will encounter, as well as forewarning them of the common pitfalls that business people wander into.
Aptly separated into three sections - "Considering Vietnam", "Starting Up in Vietnam" and "The Daily Challenges" - this guide offers all the important details for businessmen at every stage of their business ventures in the country.
Authors Brian and Kimberly Vierra remark: "Simply applying the strategies that have worked for a company elsewhere in Asia could prove fatal in Vietnam. The culture and history of the country have sculpted a workforce and workplace unlike anything else seen in Asia."
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