Hľadanie: Oligarchy
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Putin a putinismus
Nová kniha proslulého historika Waltera Laqueura, který se ruským tématem zabývá už několik desetiletí, hledá odpovědi na otázku, jak lze vnímat prezidenta Putina a fenomén putinismu, který nabývá na čím dál větší síle. Věnuje se především myšlenkovým a politickým zdrojům z posledních dvou století i z doby středověku, které současný ruský vůdce a lidé u moci vybírají a akcentují. Laqueur velmi přesvědčivě ukazuje, že jde o státní kapitalismus s prvky liberální hospodářské politiky, do níž však neustále zasahuje stát. Jde o takzvanou „řízenou demokracii“, která západní model liberalismu a občanských svobod považuje za nepřátelský a plný ohrožujícího chaosu.
Autor v několika kapitolách názorně ukazuje, jaké politické síly jsou v současném Rusku na vzestupu, jaký vztah má země k dalším rozhodujícím politickým silám ve světě (USA, Čína, Evropská unie) i jak se daří, či nedaří naplňovat představu o euroasijské koncepci. Stranou nezůstávají ani témata o ruském mesianismu, nacionalismu, pravoslavné církvi, roli oligarchů, pozici „petrostátu“ či částečné restalinizaci. Fakta i autorovy závěry jsou podpořeny podrobnými odkazy na bibliografii a dávají čtenáři mimořádnou inspiraci k tomuto živému tématu. Knihu uzavírá doslov známého publicisty a znalce ruských reálií Jefima Fištejna
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Přeběhlík
Když Gabriel Allon v thrilleru Moskevská pravidla těsně vyvázl z ruského zajetí, měl v plánu plně se oddat přerušeným líbánkám a restaurování unikátního oltářního obrazu pro Vatikán. Pak ovšem dostane zprávu, že po Grigoriji Bulganovovi, bývalém agen
tu ruské rozvědky, který ho v Moskvě zachránil a rozhodl se přeběhnout na druhou stranu, se slehla zem. Gabriel Allon je jako již mnohokrát povolán do Londýna, aby rozkryl záhadné zmizení muže, o němž britská rozvědka nemluví jinak než jako o dvojité
m agentovi. Restaurátor však ví své. Nedopusťte, abych skončil v neoznačeném hrobě, naléhal Bulganov, když tehdy v Moskvě Allonovi líčil, jak končí zrádci ruské tajné služby. A Gabriel dal svému zachránci slib. Pátrání po Bulganovovi zavede Allonův t
ým do různých evropských měst i do březových lesů nekonečného Ruska, aby vyvrcholilo ve vražedném souboji s neporazitelným oligarchou Ivanem Charkovem. Vystaven nejtěžší zkoušce svého života, paralyzován strachem o to nejdražší, co má, sáhne Gabriel
Allon až na dno svých sil a po tomto střetu už nikdy nebude stejný.
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Rembrandt Affair
Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for Glastonbury, an art restorer has been brutally murdered, and the newly discovered Rembrandt he was working on has disappeared. For Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon, it has been six months since his final showdown with the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. He has severed his ties with the Office with only one thing in mind: recovery. But this unspeakable act of violence once again draws Allon into a world of danger he thought he had left behind forever.Allon is persuaded to use his unique skills to trace the painting and those responsible for the crimes. As he investigates, he discovers there are terrible secrets connected to the painting, and terrible men behind them. Before he is done, he will have undertaken a journey through some of the twentieth century's darkest history and come face to face with some of the same darkness within himself.
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The Templar Salvation
In 325 AD, the oligarchs of the early Christian Church assembled in Nicaea. Their aim? To codify, organise and approve the tenets of the rapidly growing new faith. To separate heresy from truth and sin from faith. To collect and formalise the Bible itself. All records of the deliberations were lost or destroyed and their secrets removed from history. For a while at least. For, one controversial heretic Islamic group - the 'hashashin' - got hold of the trove of these documents. They swiftly realised the enormous power of this knowledge and were determined to wield it for their own ends. Together with another renegade organisation - the Templar Knights - they proposed to destroy the power of the Catholic Church forever. For without the faith of the masses, what would be left? But they failed and - along with the Templars - were hunted down and brutally destroyed. But the treasure trove survived and now one man knows where to find it...
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A tőke a 21.században
A vagyon eloszlása napjaink egyik a legvitatottabb kérdése. De ismerjük-e valójában az egyenlőtlenségek hosszú távú mintázatát? Thomas Piketty könyve majdnem három évszázadra és több mint húsz országra vonatkozó elemzéseket foglal magában, miközben teljesen új alapokra helyezi a kapitalizmus dinamikájának megértését: a fókuszba a gazdasági növekedés és a tőke megtérülésének ellentmondását állítja. Arra a következtetésre jut, hogy a gazdaságot a lassú növekedés, a társadalmat a kirívó jövedelmi egyenlőtlenségek jellemzik majd, és visszatér az oligarchák kora. A jelenlegi tendenciák a szuperjövedelmek féktelen növekedése, illetve a vagyonok szélsőséges koncentrációja valós és jelentős veszélyt jelentenek a demokratikus társadalmak meritokratikus értékeire és a társadalmi igazságosságára. Az elmúlt évszázadok tanulságaiból okulva és a megfelelő következtetések levonásával ez a mű olyan eszköztárat sorakoztat fel előttünk, amelynek segítségével ez a tendencia megfordítható lehetne.
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It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism
It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontrolled greed, and rigged against ordinary people. Where a handful of oligarchs have never had it so good, with more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes, and the vast majority struggle to survive. Where a decent standard of living for all seems like an impossible dream.
How can we accept an economic order that allows three billionaires to control more wealth than the bottom half of our society? How can we accept a political system that allows the super-rich to buy elections and politicians? How can we accept an energy system that rewards the fossil fuel corporations causing the climate crisis? How can we let it happen any longer? We must demand fundamental economic and political change. This is where the path forward begins.
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism presents a vision of what would be possible if the political revolution took place. If we would finally recognize that economic rights are human rights, and work to create a society that provides them. This isn't some utopian fantasy; this is democracy as we should know it. Is it really too much to ask?
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Životopis Margarety Thatcherové (1925–2013), trojnásobné britské premiérky, je fascinující jako román, vymyslet by se ovšem nedal. Je to příběh dívky z malých poměrů, jež pod dohledem přísného, laskavého otce vyrostla k významné dějinné roli. Británie byla v době politického zrání Thatcherové politicky svobodná, avšak vyčerpaná válkou, ztrátou impéria, dislokací milionů a postupným rozpadem průmyslu. Země ztrácela ekonomickou svobodu, onen základ skromné a těžce zasloužené prosperity její rodiny. I vzdělaní konzervativní politici byli pod vlivem předválečné hospodářské krize a válečné hospodářské politiky přesvědčeni, že stát musí ekonomiku řídit. Z velké krize ovšem mohou povstat velcí politici, kteří voličům dokáží předložit, co demokracie bytostně nesnáší – pot a slzy. V atmosféře nepochopení politických kolegů či rivalů a rozdělené veřejnosti se odehrálo drama, jehož vyústění prokázalo, že prosperita vyplývá z vnitřního vztahu svobody a soukromého majetku. Příběh statečné Margarety je kronikou urputného zápasu proti socialistům, odborům, státní byrokracii, oligarchii monopolů a zestátněných firem i téměř celé akademii teoretizujících ekonomů. Železná lady, jak ji označili Sověti, ve studené válce zvítězila. V té ekonomické jen dočasně. Ani její největší odpůrce by sice už dnes nenapadlo propagovat státní průmysl, pevný kurs měny, regulaci platů a cen, vysoké progresivní daně… A přece přibývá regulace a byrokracie, daně se plíží nahoru. Stát i bez vlastnictví dokáže spolykat polovinu národního produktu. Opět povstává prastarý problém demokracie, která od státu pod novou ideologií lidských práv požaduje od státu nemožné, dokonce právní kodifikaci materiálního zabezpečení. Růst byrokracie a omezování hospodářské svobody ničí prosperitu a v konečném důsledku ohrožuje i samu demokracii. Proto je zápas Margarety Thatcherové velkým poučením i varováním.
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It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism
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How can we accept an economic order that allows three billionaires to control more wealth than the bottom half of our society? How can we accept a political system that allows the super-rich to buy elections and politicians? How can we accept an energy system that rewards the fossil fuel corporations causing the climate crisis? How can we let it happen any longer? We must demand fundamental economic and political change. This is where the path forward begins.
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism presents a vision of what would be possible if the political revolution took place. If we would finally recognize that economic rights are human rights, and work to create a society that provides them. This isn't some utopian fantasy; this is democracy as we should know it. Is it really too much to ask?
Spooked
A spy story like no other.
Private spies are the invisible force that shapes our modern world: they influence our elections, effect government policies and shape the fortunes of companies. More deviously, they are also peering into our personal lives as never before, using off-the shelf technology to listen to our phone calls, monitor our emails and decide what we see on social media.
Spooked takes us on a journey into a secret billion-dollar industry in which information is currency and loyalties are for sale. An industry so tentacular it reaches from Saddam Hussein to an 80s-era Trump, from the Steele dossier written by a British ex-spy to Russian oligarchs sitting pretty in Mayfair mansions, from the devious tactics of Harvey Weinstein to the growing role of corporate spies in politics and the threat to future elections.
Spooked reads like the best kind of spy story: a gripping tale packed with twists and turns, uncovering a secret side of our modern world.
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Csák Máté - A trencséni nagyúr
Az Árpád-ház uralkodásának utolsó évtizedeiben megerősödő főúri családok az első magyar uralkodódinasztia kihalása (1301) után, kihasználva a királyjelöltek közötti trónharcot, még nagyobb hatalomra tettek szert. Nem véletlenül nevezzük ezt az időszakot a kiskirályok korának.
Az egyik legnagyobb hatalmú oligarcha, Csák Máté, mint azt a régi iratokból és krónikákból tudjuk, az ország egyik leggátlástalanabb és leggonoszabb embere volt, aki évtizedeken át sikerrel szállt szembe magyar és külországbeli királyokkal, az egyházzal és saját népével is. Az általa uralt területeken királyként viselkedett, adókat szedett, pénzt veretett, sőt önálló külpolitikát is folytatott, háborúba keveredve például Luxemburgi János cseh királlyal is.
Nem ismert könyörületet, és gátlástalanul gyarapította birtokait. Még az egyház és a pápa, valamint az egyre több főúri család által támogatott, mind nagyobb hatalommal rendelkező első Anjou-királyunk, Károly Róbert sem tudta legyőzni a felvidéki oligarchát.
Regényünk bemutatja a nagyhatalmú főurak és Károly Róbert közötti küzdelmet. De ugyanilyen lényeges az a cselekményszál is, amely azoknak a bosszújáról szól, akiket esztendőkkel korábban a kegyetlen trencséni nagyúr megalázott, kifosztott és földönfutóvá tett.
Mert mindig voltak és vannak, akik nem felejtenek, s a bosszú beteljesítésére sokáig képesek várni...
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A chilling and revelatory expose of the KGB's renaissance, Putin's rise to power, and how Russian black cash is subverting the world.
In Putin's People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs.
Through exclusive interviews with key inside players, Belton tells how Putin's people conducted their relentless seizure of private companies, took over the economy, siphoned billions, blurred the lines between organised crime and political powers, shut down opponents, and then used their riches and power to extend influence in the West.
In a story that ranges from Moscow to London, Switzerland and Trump's America, Putin's People is a gripping and terrifying account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world.
'A fearless, fascinating account ... Reads at times like a John le Carre novel ... A groundbreaking and meticulously researched anatomy of the Putin regime, Belton's book shines a light on the pernicious threats Russian money and influence now pose to the west' Guardian
Four Walls and a Roof : The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
Architecture, we like to believe, is an elevated art form that shapes the world as it pleases. Four Walls and a Roof turns this fiction on its head, offering a candid account of what it’s really like to work as an architect. Drawing on his own tragicomic experiences in the field, Reinier de Graaf reveals the world of contemporary architecture in vivid snapshots: from the corridors of wealth in London, Moscow, and Dubai to the demolished hopes of postwar social housing in New York and St. Louis. We meet ambitious oligarchs, developers for whom architecture is nothing more than an investment, and layers of bureaucrats, consultants, and mysterious hangers-on who lie between any architect’s idea and the chance of its execution.
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Putin`s People
A chilling and revelatory expose of the KGB's renaissance, Putin's rise to power, and how Russian black cash is subverting the world.
In Putin's People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs.
Through exclusive interviews with key inside players, Belton tells how Putin's people conducted their relentless seizure of private companies, took over the economy, siphoned billions, blurred the lines between organised crime and political powers, shut down opponents, and then used their riches and power to extend influence in the West.
In a story that ranges from Moscow to London, Switzerland and Trump's America, Putin's People is a gripping and terrifying account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world.
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The Dance of Death
Hans Holbein's 16th-century masterpiece, The Dance of Death, reminds its readers that no one, no matter their rank or position, can escape the great leveller, Death.
In a foreboding series of woodcuts, Death, depicted as a skeleton, intrudes on the lives of people from every level of society, from the sailor to the judge, the ploughman to the king. By highlighting our common fate, Holbein exposes the folly of greed and ambition, and in doing so brings a corrupt and callous elite crashing back down to earth.
In this darkly satirical update, Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson sharpens and reshapes Holbein's vision for the 21st century. Death seizes the City banker by his braces and offers a light to the oligarch; it joins the surgeon in theatre and the Hollywood star on the red carpet.
Filled with wit and doom-laden drama, Martin Rowson's The Dance of Death is a masterful reimagining of a book which, in its uncompromising treatment of the rich and powerful, paved the way for the great, levelling craft of political cartooning.
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Lacná kniha The Dance of Death
Hans Holbein's 16th-century masterpiece, The Dance of Death, reminds its readers that no one, no matter their rank or position, can escape the great leveller, Death.
In a foreboding series of woodcuts, Death, depicted as a skeleton, intrudes on the lives of people from every level of society, from the sailor to the judge, the ploughman to the king. By highlighting our common fate, Holbein exposes the folly of greed and ambition, and in doing so brings a corrupt and callous elite crashing back down to earth.
In this darkly satirical update, Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson sharpens and reshapes Holbein's vision for the 21st century. Death seizes the City banker by his braces and offers a light to the oligarch; it joins the surgeon in theatre and the Hollywood star on the red carpet.
Filled with wit and doom-laden drama, Martin Rowson's The Dance of Death is a masterful reimagining of a book which, in its uncompromising treatment of the rich and powerful, paved the way for the great, levelling craft of political cartooning.
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Lab Rats - Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable
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Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons.
If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs...
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Lab Rats
Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun.
Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms.
Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks.
Hackathons. If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships.
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