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John Kay

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Truth About Markets


Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model - unfettered self-interest, privatization and low tax - faced a storm of protest. But what are the alternatives to the mantras of market fundamentalism? Leading economist John Kay unravels the truth about markets, from Wall Street to Switzerland, from Russia to Mumbai, examining why some nations are rich and some poor, why 'one-size-fits-all' globalization hurts developing countries and why markets can work - but only in a humane social and cultural context. His answers offer a radical new blueprint for the future.
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16,68 € 17,56 €

Oldalazás


Ha pontosan tudjuk, mit akarunk, rendkívül egyszerűen meg tudjuk oldani problémáinkat. De ha - mint oly sokszor az életben - céljaink homályosak és összetettek, a környezet bizonytalan, információink hiányosak, az interakciók kiszámíthatatlanok, akkor minden a feje tetejére áll: direkt megoldásaink kudarcot vallanak, céljaink romba dőlnek, előbb utóbb hibáztatni kezdjük a körülményeket és másokra hárítani a felelősséget. És itt kap szerepet az oldalazás. A "Financial Times" elismert publicistája, több gazdasági témájú könyv szerzője, rendkívül meggyőzően mutatja be, milyen kevés esetben érdemes használnunk döntéseinknél a megszokott és beváltnak hitt direkt módszereinket. Mikor és miért kell sokkal inkább indirekt módon közelítenünk - ahogy ő nevezi - oldalaznunk? Miért célravezetőbb újra és újra próbálkoznunk, kísérleteznünk, alkalmazkodnunk és elismernünk tévedéseinket? A könyv azoknak szól, akik fogékonyak az alternatív gondolkodásra, akik céljai között szerepel, hogy boldogok és gazdagok legyenek, de hajlandók elfogadni, hogy bonyolult világunkban mindez ott van, ahol megtaláljuk, nem pedig ott, ahol keressük.
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12,43 € 13,08 €

Radical Uncertainty


'A brilliant new book' Daily Telegraph 'Well written . . . and often entertaining' The Times 'A sparkling analysis' Prospect 'Entertaining and enlightening . . . This is a necessary critique and they make it with verve, knowledge and a wealth of stories' Financial Times 'An elegant, wise and timely book' Irish Times 'Jam-packed with erudition' New Statesman This major, critically acclaimed work asks a vitally important question for today: when uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions? We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. This incisive and eye-opening book draws on biography, history, mathematics, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful - and most short-sighted - methods of dealing with an unknowable future. Ultimately, the authors argue, the prevalent method of our age falls short, giving us a false understanding of our power to make predictions, leading to many of the problems we experience today.
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18,00 € 18,95 €

Greed Is Dead


Two of the UK's leading economists call for an end to extreme individualism as the engine of prosperity Throughout 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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18,95 € 19,95 €

Radical Uncertainty


When uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions? We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. This incisive and eye-opening book draws on biography, history, mathematics, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful - and most short-sighted - methods of dealing with an unknowable future. Ultimately, the authors argue, the prevalent method of our age falls short, giving us a false understanding of our power to make predictions, leading to many of the problems we experience today. Tightly argued, provocative and written with wit and flair, Radical Uncertainty is at once an exploration of the limits of numbers and a celebration of human instinct and wisdom.
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13,25 € 13,95 €