Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty (Acemoglu Daron)(Paperback / softback)

Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty (Acemoglu Daron)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture,

Narrow Corridor - How Nations Struggle for Liberty (Acemoglu Daron)(Paperback / softback)

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (Acemoglu Daron)(Paperback)

What forces lead to democracy's creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. It revolutionizes

Úzký koridor - Státy, společnosti a osud svobody - James Robinson, Daron Acemoglu

Zásadní nová všeobecná teorie od autorů knihy Proč národy neuspějí (Why Nations Fail – česky nevyšlo) vysvětluje, proč svoboda v některých státech vzkvétá, zato v jiných podlehne autoritářství nebo anarchii. Ukazuje, kudy se svoboda může ubírat ve světle nových hrozeb

Poverty Safari - Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass (McGarvey Darren)(Paperback / softback)

Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . . So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from

Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality, Third Edition (Royce Edward)(Paperback)

Poverty and Power argues that American poverty is not due to individual failings but rather to broader structural forces. The third edition features new material on the current political climate, the shortage of quality job opportunities, the implications of the Trump presidency, and

Power of Scotland - The Nation's Old Generation Stations (Hutton Guthrie)(Paperback / softback)

The Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business (Hancock Graham)(Paperback)

Zero Fail - the rise and fall of the Secret Service (Leonnig Carol)(Paperback / softback)

Why Most Things Fail (Ormerod Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Focuses on why some businesses fail, and how to avoid it. This book looks at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy ventures will not succeed. It shows what strategies corporations, businesses and governments will need to adopt to stand a chance of prospering in a

Power of Discord - why the ups and downs of relationships are the secret to building intimacy, resilience, and trust (Tronick Dr Ed)(Paperback / softback)

Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Smith Adam)(Paperback / softback)

Applied Mergers and Acquisitions (Bruner Robert F.)(Paperback)

A comprehensive guide to the world of mergers and acquisitions Why do so many M&A transactions fail? And what drives the success of those deals that are consummated? Robert Bruner explains that M&A can be understood as a response by managers to forces of turbulence in their environment. Despite the

On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace (Kagan Donald)(Paperback)

A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome

Growth Delusion - The Wealth and Well-Being of Nations (Pilling David)(Paperback / softback)

Political Tribes - Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations (Chua Amy)(Paperback / softback)

Recruiting 101: The Fundamentals of Being a Great Recruiter (Mostyn Steven R.)(Paperback)

Why are some recruiters successful while so many others fail and leave the industry? Why do other recruiters spend their whole careers bouncing around from company to company with little orno success? The answer: they never learned fundamental recruiting skills.Recruiting 101 explains how to

Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology (Kahn Charles H.)(Paperback / softback)

Neither Poverty Nor Riches - Biblical Theology Of Possessions (Blomberg Craig (Author))(Paperback / softback)

A comprehensive biblical theology of the Christian attitude to poverty, wealth and material

Power of Habit - Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change (Duhigg Charles)(Paperback / softback)

In 'The Power of Habit', award-winning 'New York Times' business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into

Insignia del Cambio Climatico (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)(Paperback / softback)

Why We Build (Moore Rowan)(Paperback / softback)

Buildings are driven by human emotions and desires: hope, power, money, sex, and the idea of

The Dream Kingdom (Harrod-Eagles Cynthia)(Paperback)

Edwardian England is a country at the peak of its power; a kingdom of peace, prosperity and progress. As Jessie and Violet enjoy their coming-out in the glittering Season of 1908, their thoughts are of pleasure, dancing and falling in love. For the Morlands things seem set fair: new business

Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence - Book XXXIV of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (al-Ghazali Abu Hamid)(Paperback / softback)