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This original Cryptocurrency series contains three practical books for any listener to comprehend and quickly learn the core fundamentals and dynamics of these fast-growing technologies. The series includes Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency.

Financial malpractice, we're told, is an aberration: the actions of a few bad apples deviating from the norms of a market-governed process and gaming the system. In Sabotage, political scientists Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan blow this fiction apart, showing that sabotage is not an anomaly, but part of the business model of finance - and always has been.

This book is a practical guide to the evolving landscape of finance, highlighting how it's changing our relationship with money and how financial technology, together with macroeconomic and societal change, is rewriting the story of how business is done in developing economies. Financial services companies are trying to become more customer focused, but struggling to help huge customer segments, particularly in developing economies. Alternative financial models and tools are emerging, which are being embraced by consumers and incumbents.

Wirtschaftsgeschichte hautnah – eine Fallstudie. Die Spuren René Benkos sind unübersehbar: Paläste wie das KaDeWe in Berlin oder das Goldene Quartier in Wien, Bauruinen wie der Elbtower in Hamburg oder die Alte Akademie in München, geschlossene Filialen der Warenhauskette Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof. Keiner stieg so schnell auf wie der österreichische Unternehmer, und selbst sein Untergang wurde zum Superlativ: Die Pleite seiner Signa-Unternehmensgruppe ist die größte, die Österreich je erlebte. Margret Hucko und Martin Noé kennen René Benko von vielen Treffen.

The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people, and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold measures to solve it.

Printr-o abordare multidisciplinară, autorul aprofundează cele mai cunoscute elemente ale sistemelor economice moderne, precum cardurile, bursa, băncile sau moștenirile, și ne provoacă la introspecție și reflecție pe marginea unor dileme actuale. Cum să controlăm noi banii, și nu ei pe noi? Cum reacționăm la bani și de ce? Cum să prosperăm nu doar financiar, ci și spiritual? Citește și vei afla.

Today, most of our money is created, not by governments, but by banks when they make loans. This audiobook takes the listener step by step through the sausage factory of modern money creation, explores improvements made possible by advances in digital technology, and proposes upgrades that could transform our outmoded 19th-century system into one that is democratic, sustainable, and serves the needs of the 21st century.

A New Era in Banking: The Landscape After the Battle identifies the main drivers of change at the heart of this wholesale transformation of the financial services industry. It examines the complex challenge for financial institutions to de-risk business models, reconnect with customers, and approach stakeholder value creation.

To save the economy and keep Citi afloat in 2008, the government provided huge infusions of cash through multiple bailouts that frustrated and angered the American public. But, as Wall Street Journal writer James Freeman and financial expert Vern McKinley reveal, the 2008 crisis was just one of many disasters Citi has experienced since its founding more than 200 years ago. In Borrowed Time they reveal Citi’s disturbing history of instability and government support. It’s a story that neither Citi nor Washington wants told.

Tanto los profesionales del ámbito académico como del ámbito comercial, legislativo, contable y administrativo necesitan comprender los conceptos básicos del Blockchain: qué es, cómo funciona y cómo cambiará nuestras vidas. Este libro, escrito por el destacado experto Lucas Cervigni, es la primera guía accesible pero inteligente para profesionales.

The new reality in the new culture-driven environment we're living in today? We all need to be leaders. Rock then Roll: The Secrets of Culture-Driven Leadership is a roadmap to this new culture-driven world from one of North America's most respected CEOs. Culture-based leadership is essential to adopt innovative business strategies and exploit the creative power of disruptive ideas. Rock then roll! So in the new jungle, will you be Tarzan? Or will you get out of his way?

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking law and the rise of alternative forms of money created outside of the banking system have pushed the Fed to take on more and more responsibilities to keep the economy out of recession, as it did during the 2008 crisis, and again during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it created $3 trillion to stop another financial panic.

In science, no -one believes the Earth is flat anymore. Economists, on the other hand, haven't budged from their original worldview. Market capitalism depends on seven big ideas: competition, the "invisible hand", utility, agency theory, pricing, shareholder value, and limited liability. These served the world well in the past, but over the years they have become cancerous and are slowly killing the system as a whole.

The blockchain revolution has arrived and is here to stay! This audiobook, Blockchain: Uncovering Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, and the Future of Money, is an in-depth guide on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin. Discover all there is to know about the blockchain revolution! The intention of this audiobook is to give you a summary on the world of cryptocurrencies and to provide you with all of the basic information that you need.

Over the fall of 2017, bitcoin reached an all-time high of more than $7,000 despite the fact that more than 50 percent of all Americans still have a hard time explaining what exactly a bitcoin is or why they would want one for anything other than investment purposes. While it isn't yet mainstream, cryptocurrency is here to stay and if you are looking to learn how you can put them to work for you then Bitcoin - Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Cryptocurrency Technologies - Mining, Investing and Trading in Digital Gold is the audiobook that you have been waiting for.

As president of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled world poverty with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in a fundamental arena of change. Using a lifetime of experience in the banking sector, he carved a distinct path in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe for the institution that serves as the major lender to the world's poor.

If you believe and embrace new technology and are adventurous enough to try an online currency, then Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies may be for you. You will find out about different cryptocurrencies and why Bitcoin reigns above all of them. You will learn the basics of blockchain and figure out why Bitcoin is safer than you think. You will learn how to buy, sell, and market with Bitcoin. Finally, you’ll see all the disadvantages of our current system and realize why Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is the wave of the future.

Amidst the wreckage of financial ruin, people are left puzzling about how it happened. Where did all the problems begin? For the answer, Jack Cashill, a journalist as shrewd as he is seasoned, looks past the headlines and deep into pages of history and comes back with the goods. From Plato to payday loans, from Aristotle to AIG, from Shakespeare to the Salomon Brothers, from the Medici to Bernie Madoff—in Popes and Bankers Jack Cashill unfurls a fascinating story of credit and debt, usury and “the sordid love of gain.”

Money is changing and this may mean a new world order. David Birch sets out the economic and technological imperatives concerning digital money, discussing the potential impact of it and the tensions involved - between public and private and between East and West - to contribute to the high-level debate that we must have to begin to shape the International Monetary and Financial System of the near future.

Are you looking for a way to overcome your financial worries by discovering fool-proof strategies for saving money and starting your own business? As long as you have money, as long as you earn money, and your family members rely on your for financial support, you are bound to face a financial crisis at one point or another! This is pretty much an unavoidable truth of life. What you can do, though, is immediately start to smart save your money and invest them in a business to ensure a safe and secure future and prepare yourself for unforeseen emergencies to the best of your abilities.