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Left Behind
A New Economics for Neglected PlacesLeft Behind is full of good ideas… stimulating, a call to heal the divisions in our societies by bringing justice to the left behind. It should be essential reading for the new Labour Cabinet
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The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About ItTweedehandsA must-read for anyone who has tired of the emotionalism of the Geldof-Bono aid brigade. Michela Wrong, New Statesman Books of the Year An important book. Max Hastings, The Guardian Important and provocative. Sunday Times Important new book... compelling. New Statesman d Set to become a classic... his book should be compulsory reading for anyone embroiled in the hitherto thankless business of trying to pull people out of the pit of poverty. The Economist Collier's is a better book than either Sachs's or Easterley's for two reasons. First, its analysis of the causes of poverty is more convincing. Second, its remedies are more plausible. Niall Ferguson, International Herald Tribune This extraordinarily important book should be read by everyone who cares about Africa, but who recoils from the egotism and self-indulgence of Comic Relief and Live Aid. Max Hastings, Sunday Times Review It is time to dispense with the false dichotomies that bedevil the current debate on Africa. If you've ever found yourself on one side or the other of those arguments - and who hasn't? - then you simply must read this book. Niall Ferguson, The New York Times Book Review Powerful...This important book wants citizens of G8 countries to fight for change. Heather Stewart, Economics Editor, The Observer This is an arresting, provocative book. If you care about the fate of the poorest people in the world, and want to understand what can be done to help them, read it. If you don't care, read it anyway. Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and author of The Undercover Economist A splendid book... rich in both analysis and recommendations... Read this book. You will learn much you do not know. It will also change the way you look at the tragedy of persistent poverty in a world of plenty. Martin Wolf, Financial Times [a] significant contribution... a good and helpful book. Collier uses his basic insight to challenge the conventional wisdom of both Left and Right. Edward Hadas, TLS A path-breaking work providing penetrating insights into the largely unexplored borderland between economics and politics. George Soros Paul Collier brilliantly anatomises the true causes of Africa's post-colonial failure. Niall Fergusson, Sunday Telegraph Paul Collier's book is of great importance. He has shown clearly what is happening to the poorest billion in the world, why it is happening and what can be done to open up greater opportunities for them in a world of increasing wealth. His ideas should be at the centre of the policy debate. Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service A good and helpful book. Collier uses his basic insight - that the poor are in a very different situation from the rest of the world - to challenge the conventional wisdom of both the Left and the Right. Edward Hadas, TLS A powerful book. New Zealand Herald
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Pockets of Heaven
Pockets of Heaven is a small book designed to be carried with you at all times, in your pocket, in your bag, in your car. When you have challenges in your life or you feel unloved, in need of a little uplifting or inspiration, even if you're just having something of a bad day, read this book and take from it warmth and wisdom. Like taking a deep breath, the words will fill you with a sense of peace. After leaving the routines of work, the author wasn't sure what to do with herself. One day she woke up feeling out of sorts, so she lit a candle, put on some relaxing music, and closed her eyes. Before long there was a voice: the first of many stories. Since then many stories have proceeded from the spirit, culminating in the writing of this book. These tender stories and writings come from a deeply spiritual place. They are visions from angels and spirits to be shared with you, pages of God's love, parables of staying true and enduring what life throws at you, dreamlike messages and wisdom, little pockets of heaven.
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Greed Is Dead
Two of the UK's leading economists call for an end to extreme individualism as the engine of prosperity 'provocative but thought-provoking and nuanced' TelegraphThroughout history, successful societies have created institutions which channel both competition and co-operation to achieve complex goals of general benefit. These institutions make the difference between societies that thrive and those paralyzed by discord, the difference between prosperous and poor economies. Such societies are pluralist but their pluralism is disciplined. Successful societies are also rare and fragile. We could not have built modernity without the exceptional competitive and co-operative instincts of humans, but in recent decades the balance between these instincts has become dangerously skewed: mutuality has been undermined by an extreme individualism which has weakened co-operation and polarized our politics. Collier and Kay show how a reaffirmation of the values of mutuality could refresh and restore politics, business and the environments in which people live. Politics could reverse the moves to extremism and tribalism; businesses could replace the greed that has degraded corporate culture; the communities and decaying places that are home to many could overcome despondency and again be prosperous and purposeful. As the world emerges from an unprecedented crisis we have the chance to examine society afresh and build a politics beyond individualism.
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Future of Capitalism, The
From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the many failures of the greatest economic system in history, and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it Western society, once thriving, is being torn apart by deep new rifts in its social and economic fabric. It’s now populous cities versus rural counties; the highly skilled elite versus the less educated; wealthy versus developing countries. As these breaks have deepened, we’ve lost the sense of obligation to others so crucial to the rise of postwar social democracy in the first place. These divisions are currently being addressed solely by revivalist ideologies and populist megafigures — we’re in the age of Brexit, President Donald Trump, and the return of the far right in Germany. And unless we do something now, the gap between the promises of prosperity for all that capitalism once offered and the crisis of contempt we find ourselves in will only grow wider, faster. The Future of Capitalism is a passionate and polemical treatise that presents brilliantly original solutions for healing this economic, social, and cultural discord, with the cool head of pragmatism and policy rather than the fervor of rhetoric. Paul Collier’s workable solution is in the center: we have no time for moral or intellectual superiority on either side of the political spectrum, he argues, and no shiny new economic theory is going to save us this time. Drawing on the wisdom of some of the world’s most distinguished social scientists, Collier charts an agenda of empowerment to show us how to save capitalism from itself — eschewing the ideological baggage of the twentieth century and instead crafting practical policy grounded in communitarian ethics to address the rapid rise in inequality that will either end us or propel us into an entirely new economic age.
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Sozialer Kapitalismus!
Der Alarmruf eines weltbekannten ÖkonomenTiefe Risse bedrohen den Zusammenhalt in unseren Gesellschaften: Es entsteht eine Spaltung zwischen den Metropolen und dem Rest des Landes, zwischen den urbanen Eliten und der Mehrheit der Bevölkerung. Es herrscht eine Ideologie des Einzelnen, die auf Selbstbestimmung beharrt, auf Konsum abzielt und sich dabei von der Idee gegenseitiger Verpflichtungen und des Gemeinwohls verabschiedet. Präzise beschreibt Paul Collier diese neue soziale und kulturelle Kluft. Und er präsentiert ein sehr persönliches Manifest für einen sozialen Kapitalismus, der auf einer Ethik der Gemeinschaft beruht.
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The Future of Capitalism
Paul Collier is the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government. He is the author of The Bottom Billion, which won the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Arthur Ross Prize awarded by the Council on Foreign Relations, The Plundered Planet, Exodus and Refuge (with Alexander Betts). Collier has served as Director of the Research Department of the World Bank, and consults with the German and many other governments around the world.
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Refuge
Europe is facing its greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War, yet the institutions responding to it remain virtually unchanged from those created in the post-war era. Going beyond the scenes of desperation which have become all-too-familiar in the past few years, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier show that this crisis offers an opportunity for reform if international policy-makers focus on delivering humane, effective and sustainable outcomes - both for Europe and for countries that border conflict zones. Refugees need more than simply food, tents and blankets, and research demonstrates that they can offer tangible economic benefits to their adopted countries if given the right to work and education. Refuge sets out an alternative vision that can empower refugees to help themselves, contribute to their host societies, and even rebuild their countries of origin.
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Die unterste Milliarde
Der vielfach preisgekrönte Longseller jetzt in einer neuen AusgabeDie unterste Milliarde - das sind die ärmsten Menschen der Erde, die am weltweit steigenden Wirtschaftswachstum keinen Anteil haben. Ihre Lebenserwartung ist auf fünfzig Jahre gesunken, jedes siebte Kind stirbt vor dem fünften Lebensjahr. Seit Jahrzehnten befinden sich die Ökonomien dieser Länder im freien Fall - ohne Aussicht auf Besserung. In seinem vielfach preisgekrönten Bestseller erklärt Paul Collier, wie es zu dieser krassen Armut gekommen ist und was man gegen sie tun kann.
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Exodus
The world-renowned economist takes an insightful and expert look at one of the most explosive issues of our time; mass international migration. Now in paperback.
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The Plundered Planet
In The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature Paul Collier proposes a radical and often counter-intuitive rethink of international policy in order to combat global poverty and environmental devastation. How can we help poorer countries become richer without harming the planet? Is there a way of reconciling prosperity with nature? World-renowned economist Paul Collier offers smart, surprising and above all realistic answers to this dilemma. Steering a path between the desires of unchecked profiteering and the romantic views of environmentalists, he explores creative ways to deal with poverty, overpopulation and climate change - showing that the solutions needn't cost the earth. > Sunday Times> Sunday Telegraph> Observer> Economist> Bob Geldof Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University and a former director of Development Research at the World Bank. In addition to the award-winning The Bottom Billion, he is the author of Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places.
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L' ultimo miliardo. Perché i paesi più poveri diventano sempre più poveri e cosa si può fare per aiutarli
Il terzo mondo si è ristretto. Per quarant'anni, la sfida dello sviluppo ha messo un mondo ricco, abitato da un miliardo di persone, di fronte a un mondo povero, con cinque miliardi di persone. Dobbiamo imparare a invertire le cifre a cui siamo abituati: ci sono in tutto cinque miliardi di persone che vivono già adesso in condizioni agiate, o che perlomeno hanno imboccato la strada giusta, e un miliardo di persone che invece rimangono inchiodate in fondo alla fila. Questo libro parla di quella minoranza di paesi in via di sviluppo agli ultimi gradini del sistema economico globale. Molti di loro non restano semplicemente indietro, stanno anche crollando. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
€ 12,50