Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy (Fleming David)(Paperback)

Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy (Fleming David)(Paperback)

Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of the late David Fleming's extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four hundred and four interlinked dictionary entries, inviting readers to choose their own path through

Absolution (Steger Ales)(Paperback / softback)

It's Carnival time 2012, and the Slovenian city of Maribor is European Capital of Culture. In an attempt to maximize profit, local politicians and showman peddle every possible art form. Amidst the hype, dramatist Adam Bely and Cuban-Austrian journalist Rosa Portero pursue a secret mission: to

The End of Illusions: Politics, Economy, and Culture in Late Modernity (Reckwitz Andreas)(Paperback)

We live in a time of great uncertainty about the future. Those heady days of the late twentieth century, when the end of the Cold War seemed to be ushering in a new and more optimistic age, now seem like a distant memory. During the last couple of decades, we've been battered by one crisis after

Experiences and Challenges in the Development of the Chinese Capital Market (Cumming Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

The focus of the global economy has increasingly shifted toward China and emerging countries. However, despite their high growth prospects, emerging economies often lack the sound capital market and corporate governance systems necessary to promote the efficient allocation of financial resources to

Hitler's Munich: The Capital of the Nazi Movement (Hall David Ian)(Pevná vazba)

The immediate aftermath of the Great War and the Versailles Treaty created a perfect storm of economic, social, political and cultural factors which facilitated the rapid rise of Adolf Hitler's political career and the birth of the National Socialist German Worker's Party. The breeding ground for

The Rivers North of the Future: The Testament of Ivan Illich (Cayley David)(Paperback)

In The Rivers North of the Future David Cayley has compiled Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel. Illich's view, which could be summed up as 'the corruption of the best is the worst,' is that Jesus' call to love more abundantly became the basis

The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility (Vogel David)(Paperback)

'In the highly praised The Market for Virtue, David Vogel presents a clear, balanced analysis of the contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the United States and Europe. In this updated paperback edition, Vogel discusses recent CSR initiatives and responds to new

In the Aftermath: Provocations and Laments (Hart David Bentley)(Paperback)

From the prolific, profound pen of David Bentley Hart comes this collection of essays, reviews, and columns published in popular journals and newspapers over the past few years, comprising observations on culture, religion, and society at large. In the Aftermath fully displays the virtuosic prose

Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future: Volume 1 (Kolodko G.)(Paperback)

The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It employs a holistic approach to answer

Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Rutledge Fleming)(Paperback)

Advent, says Fleming Rutledge, is not for the faint of heart. As the midnight of the Christian year, the season of Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of rich paradoxes, a season celebrating at once Christ's

The Limits to Capital (Harvey David)(Paperback)

A major rereading of Marx's critique of political economy, fully

The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work (Baldwin Richard)(Paperback)

At the root of inequality, unemployment, and populism are radical changes in the world economy. Digital technology is allowing talented foreigners to telecommute into our workplaces and compete for service and professional jobs. Instant machine translation is melting language barriers, so the ranks

Gigged - The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work (Kessler Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Wong David)(Paperback / softback)

New York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest and greatest sci-fi thriler in the Zoey Ashe

Age of Concrete: Housing and the Shape of Aspiration in the Capital of Mozambique (Morton David)(Paperback)

Age of Concrete is a history of the making of houses and homes in the sub rbios of Maputo (Louren o Marques), Mozambique, from the late 1940s to the present. Often dismissed as undifferentiated, ahistorical 'slums,' these neighborhoods are in fact an open-air archive that reveals some of people's

The Violence of Austerity (Whyte David)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, Britain's government put into effect a hotly contested series of major cuts in public expenditure with the stated aim of restoring economic security. Since then, this reign of austerity continues to devastate contemporary Britain through a

Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It (Fleming David)(Pevná vazba)

Lean Logic is David Fleming's masterpiece, the product of more than thirty years' work and a testament to the creative brilliance of one of Britain's most important intellectuals. A dictionary unlike any other, it leads readers through Fleming's stimulating exploration of fields as diverse as

Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy (Haskel Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible

What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (Wengrow David)(Paperback)

The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates the origins of farming, writing, and

White Servitude in Colonial America (Galenson David)(Paperback)

White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's

The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy (Varoufakis Yanis)(Paperback)

In this provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis--the fiery former finance minister in Greek's new Syriza-led government--explodes the myth that financialization, ineffective regulation of banks, and generalized greed and globalization were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, he shows,

King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone (Carey David)(Paperback)

The story of Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone, and a financial revolution, King of Capital is the greatest untold success story on Wall Street. In King of Capital, David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover

Civil Economy: Another Idea of the Market (Bruni Luigino)(Paperback)

A succinct introduction to the civil economy approach and its history, which draws on the rich Italian tradition of civic humanism and which places well-being, virtue and the common good alongside more familiar economic

Unscaled - How A.I. and a New Generation of Upstarts are Creating the Economy of the Future (Taneja Hemant)(Paperback / softback)

The most successful startups of the present and future are turning the old rule on its head - bigger is not always