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Imagine that you plan to go on vacation to Europe, where the national currency is the euro. And in your pocket - rubles.... And you are in Paris. On business.... Your actions? That's right, go to the exchange office to exchange your rubles for European currency! But your friend is planning to fly to England, his salary is also in rubles, and in England, the national currency is pound sterling. What will your friend do? Of course, he will go to an exchange office to exchange his hard-earned rubles for British pounds.

Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics.

The world has changed. Asia and the West have converged, and the old borders, rules and ways of working no longer apply. This is the new global reality, and to succeed in it you need to understand how the other half of the world thinks, talks and acts. As individuals, businesses, nations and a species, our biggest challenges and opportunities are now unarguably global. The key skill of the 21st century will be the ability to interact effectively across the Asia/West intersection and the new blended world.

Weinig genootschappen spreken zo tot de verbeelding als de vrijmetselarij. Voor sommigen is het een essentieel onderdeel van hun bestaan, voor anderen een achterhaald fenomeen. Vele meningen worden erover verspreid, vanuit de archieven tot op Twitter, maar wat is nu waarheid? In drie hoorcolleges wordt er kennis gemaakt met de vrijmetselarij, die officieel al driehonderd jaar lang een ontmoetingsplek is voor mannen (en vrouwen) en hun vrije gedachten. Dr. Jimmy Koppen neemt u mee op een reis door het verleden, heden en toekomst van de Loge.

Hoy en día, las revoluciones tecnológicas y digitales transforman de manera drástica y abrupta casi todas las facetas de nuestra vida, y cambian la forma de hacer las cosas, de producir y, también, de consumir. Es la llamada disrupción. Pero, ¿qué es realmente la disrupción? Para entenderlo haz lo siguiente: coge tu smartphone y piensa en todas las heroicidades que puedes hacer con él, en cuáles podrías llegar a hacer si lo dominaras por completo, y quiénes hacían todo eso hace no mucho y de qué manera.

Forex: Machen Sie sich jetzt finanziell unabhängig - mit den Gewinnchancen des weltweiten Devisenhandels! Ganz gleich, ob als finanzielles Polster, um Ihr eigener Chef zu sein oder als Vorsorge fürs Alter: Der Devisenhandel bietet Ihnen beste Voraussetzungen für ein zusätzliches Einkommen, das Sie überall nebenbei verdienen. Hier wechseln täglich vier Billionen US-Dollar den Besitzer. Werden Sie jetzt einer davon! Dieser Ratgeber gibt Ihnen alles an die Hand, was für den erfolgreichen Handel mit Devisen wichtig ist.

Das deutsche Wirtschaftsmodell ist unausgewogen und hochgradig riskant. Der Grund: Die starke Abhängigkeit von der Droge Exportismus. Andreas Nölke zeigt die aktuellen Gefahren der Exportlastigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft und liefert ein fulminantes Plädoyer für ein neues Wirtschaftsmodell, das nachhaltiger, stabiler und im globalen Kontext ausgewogener balanciert ist.

L'Organizzazione mondiale del commercio sanziona l'UE perché nell'importazione di banane favorisce ex-colonie europee a danno di multinazionali americane, l'UNESCO chiede all'Italia di ridurre il traffico delle navi da crociera a Venezia, l'ISO adotta standard internazionali su ogni cosa, dal cacao al "cloud computing". Esistono ormai uno "spazio giuridico" e una "comunità di poteri" globali, con oltre 2.000 regimi regolatori: ma chi decide davvero nel mondo e in che modo? L'audiolibro ricostruisce i processi decisionali di Stati e organizzazioni internazionali.

Ogni comunità ha bisogno di giustificare le proprie disuguaglianze: l'uomo deve trovare le ragioni di queste disparità per non rischiare di vedere crollare l'intero edificio politico e sociale. In questa chiave, anche molte ideologie del passato non appaiono più così irragionevoli, se paragonate al nostro presente. Conoscere la molteplicità delle traiettorie e delle biforcazioni della storia può infatti aiutarci a interrogare le fondamenta delle nostre istituzioni e a intuire le loro trasformazioni.

Making Futures brings together 18 young entrepreneurs from 14 countries doing incredible work across the continent. Their stories are both inspirational and aspirational, providing a template for listeners who might be interested in embarking on their own entrepreneurial journey, and allowing others to see the incredible energy and work that is happening across the continent.

An exposé on how the rise of China will affect the American way of life, The End of Cheap China is a fun, riveting, must-listen audiobook not only for people doing business in China but for anyone interested in understanding the forces that are changing the world.

When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle.

The End of Copycat China helps business executives and investors understand how China's economy is shifting from one based on heavy investment to one based on services and consumption by providing insight that helps shape effective strategy.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) began in 1995, but even in the first 10 years of its existence it generated debate, controversy, and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact of the WTO on peoples' everyday lives means that it is not just an institution of interest to economists, but to everyone.

The Chinese government has more control over more wealth than any other government in world history. With the Communist Party controlling the "commanding heights" of the world's second-largest economy, China appears ideally structured to pursue economic statecraft, using economic resources to advance its foreign policy goals. Yet as this book shows, domestic complications frequently constrain Chinese leaders. They have responded with a distinctive approach to economic statecraft: orchestration.

By 2025, China and India will be two of the world's four largest economies. By then, economic ties between them should also rank among the 10 most important bilateral ties worldwide. Their leaders are well aware of these emerging realities. In May 2013, just two months after taking charge, Premier Li Keqiang left for India on his first official trip outside China, a clear signal of China's foreign policy priorities.

The global finance system can be regulated to prevent massive credit fraud, tame capitalism, confront the sovereign debt crisis, and move towards investing in the real economy and full employment. "Obamanomics" and American reinvention can lead to a sustained economic recovery but only together with major domestic, European, and global monetary reforms in cooperation with emerging nations.

Gupta and Wang explain how many MNCs view China and India solely from the lens of off-shoring and cost-reduction, and focusing their marketing strategies on only the top 5-10% of the population. This is a missed opportunity. China and India are the only two countries that constitute four realities that are strategically crucial for the global enterprise.

All the experts agree: The 21st century belongs to China. Given America's looming insolvency and the possibility of the collapse of the US dollar, who can doubt that China is poised to take over the role of economic superpower? Written by political economist and leading financial journalist James Gorrie, this audiobook offers a highly controversial, contrarian view of contemporary China. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and up-to-the-minute data, Gorrie makes a strong case that China, itself, is on the verge of an economic crisis of epic proportions.

With the US market in shambles, investors are looking for other places to put their money. Europe has become the destination of choice and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.