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Města bez plánu
Jak vznikají města, ve kterých se dobře žije? A proč i dobře míněné plány často selhávají?
Plánovači měst činí rozhodnutí s okamžitým dopadem – určují šířku ulic, minimální velikost pozemků či maximální výšku budov. Přitom se opírají o neurčité cíle jako „udržitelnost“, „obyvatelnost“ nebo „odolnost“, často bez jasných kritérií úspěchu.
Alain Bertaud, který dříve pracoval jako plánovač ve městech po celém světě od USA po Jemen a poté jako hlavní urbanista Světové banky, však ukazuje, že města nejsou výsledkem plánů, nýbrž dynamických trhů – především trhu práce a trhu s bydlením. Bertaud prosazuje porozumění spontánnímu vývoji města skrze skutečná data, ekonomické modely a chování lidí.
Tato kniha propojuje ekonomii města s praxí urbanismu a nabízí přesvědčivé argumenty, proč by města měla fungovat spíš jako otevřené systémy reagující na poptávku, nikoliv jako centrálně navržené projekty. Výsledkem může být vyšší produktivita, lepší dostupnost a vyšší kvalita života – pro každého z nás.
Práce a peníze
Jak peníze a práce skutečně ovlivňují váš život – často jinak, než si myslíte.
Tato kniha vám otevře oči. Spojuje klasickou i behaviorální ekonomii s psychologií, aby vám ukázala, proč pracujeme, jak přemýšlíme o penězích – a proč se často necháváme nevědomky ovlivňovat.
Získáte odpovědi na otázky, které jste si možná ještě nikdy nepoložili, ale ovlivňují váš každodenní život:
Proč by každý z nás měl k penězům dostat „příbalový leták“?
A proč se naše rozhodování často zvrhne ve chvíli, kdy přijde na finance?
Co pro nás dnes práce vlastně znamená – a dokázali bychom bez ní žít?
Jak ocenit práci, která není vidět – třeba péči o domácnost?
Tato kniha není jen o teorii. Najdete v ní srozumitelná vysvětlení, příklady ze života, konkrétní výpočty a experimenty, které vám pomohou lépe porozumět sobě i ostatním. Nečekejte další obhajobu konzumního života – spíš praktického průvodce, který vám pomůže porozumět vlastnímu vztahu k práci, penězům a tomu, co vás skutečně motivuje.
Capitalism and Its Critics
A sweeping history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics
At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from colonialism and the Industrial Revolution to the ecological crisis and artificial intelligence.
John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he tells the story through the eyes of the system's critics. From eighteenth-century weavers who rebelled against early factory automation to Eric Williams's paradigm-changing work on slavery and capitalism, to the Latin American dependistas, the international Wages for Housework campaign of the 1970s, and the modern degrowth movement, this absorbing narrative traverses the globe. It looks at familiar figures - Smith, Marx, Luxemburg, Keynes, Polanyi - from a fresh perspective, but also focuses on many less familiar, including William Thompson, the Irish proto-socialist whose work influenced Marx; Flora Tristan, the French proponent of a universal labour union; John Hobson, the original theorist of imperialism; and J. C. Kumarappa, the Indian exponent of Gandhian economics.
Blending biography, panoramic history, and lively exploration of economic theories, Capitalism and Its Critics illuminates the deep roots of many of the most urgent issues of our time.
Empty Vessel
'Thrilling, meticulous and wondrously original' PHILIPPE SANDS
A jaw-dropping microhistory of the global economy over the last fifty years told through the many lives of a single ship.
At 94 meters long and 9,500 deadweight tonnes, once called the Bibby Resolution, is an unremarkable hulk, crossing the oceans unnoticed. And yet, the astonishing journey of this boat can tell us the story of the modern world.
First built as a Swedish offshore oil rig in the 1970s, it went on to become a barracks for British soldiers in the Falklands War in the 1980s, a jail off New York in the 1990s, a prison in Portland in the 2000s, and accommodation for Nigerian oil workers off the coast of Africa in the 2010s. It has been called Safe Esperia, HMP The Weare, even 'The Love Boat'. In each of its lives this empty vessel has been commanded by economic forces much larger than itself: private investment, war, mass incarceration, imperial interests, national sovereignty, inflation, booms, busts and greed.
Through its encounters with a world of island tax havens, the English court system, exploited labour forces, free banking zones or immigration politics, the ordinary boat at the heart of this story reveals our complex modern economy to us, connecting the dots of a dramatically changing world in the making, and warning us of its dangerous consequences.
Making Sense of Chaos
Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on the question of how we can make sense of the data of today to see where the world is going tomorrow. This wonderful book applies these insights to economics, addressing the big global issues of environmental sustainability, and the well-being and prosperity of people around the world’ Max Roser, Founder of Our World in Data
We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating technology and global interconnection hold more promise – and more peril – than any other time in human history. As well as financial crises, issues around climate change, automation, growing inequality and polarization are all rooted in the economy, yet standard economic predictions fail us.
Many books have been written about Doyne Farmer and his pioneering work in chaos and complexity theory. Making Sense of Chaos is the first in his own words, presenting a manifesto for doing economics better. In a tale of science and ideas, Farmer fuses his profound knowledge with stories from his life to explain how to harness a scientific revolution to address the economic conundrums facing society.
Using big data and ever more powerful computers, we can for the first time apply complex systems science to economic activity, building realistic models of the global economy. The resulting simulations and the emergent behaviour we observe form the cornerstone of complexity economics. This new science, Farmer shows, will allow us to test ideas and make significantly better economic predictions – and, ultimately, create a better world.
Chokepoints
It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government.
In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy, in which America renounced the gospel of globalization and waged a new kind of economic war. As Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ayatollah Khamenei wreaked havoc on the world stage, mavericks within the U.S. government built a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons, exploiting America’s dominance in global finance and technology. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these unconventional weapons to address the most pressing national-security threats, for good and for ill.
Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most critical geopolitical developments of our time, demystifying the complex strategies the U.S. government uses to harness the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America’s enemies. At the center of the narrative is an eclectic group of policy innovators: the diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who’ve masterminded America’s escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran.
Economic warfare has become the primary way the United States confronts international crises and counters rivals. Sometimes it has achieved spectacular success; other times, bitter failure. The result we live with today is a new world order: an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing global economy. Chokepoints is the definitive account of how America pioneered this new, hard-hitting style of economic war—and how it’s changing the world.
The Road to Freedom
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom
Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better.
But, in The Road to Freedom Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we – should we be – thinking about? What happens when one person’s freedom comes at the expense of another’s? Should the freedoms of corporations be allowed to impinge upon those of individuals in the ways they now do?
Taking on giants of neoliberalism such as Hayek and Friedman and examining how public opinion is formed, Stiglitz reclaims the language of freedom from the right to show that far from ‘free’ – unregulated – markets promoting growth and enterprise, they in fact reduce it, lessening economic opportunities for majorities and siphoning wealth from the many to the few – both individuals and countries. He shows how neoliberal economics and its implied moral system have impacted our legal and social freedoms in surprising ways, from property and intellectual rights, to education and social media.
Stiglitz’s eye, as always, is on how we might create the true human flourishing which should be the great aim of our economic and social system, and offers an alternative to that prevailing today. The Road to Freedom offers a powerful re-evaluation of democracy, economics and what constitutes a good society?and provides a roadmap of how we might achieve it.
Growth
A revelatory account of the past, present, and future of economic growth - and how we should rethink it
Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price: deepening inequalities, destabilizing technologies, environmental destruction and climate change.
Resolving this growth dilemma, best-selling economist Daniel Susskind argues, is the urgent task of our age. For many, in our era of sluggish productivity, the worry is slowing growth?in the UK, Europe, China and elsewhere?and reversing this stagnation is the goal of every politician. Others understandably claim, given its social and environmental costs, that the only way forward is through 'degrowth', deliberating shrinking our economies.
At this time of uncertainty about growth and its value, Susskind has written an essential reckoning. In a sweeping analysis full of historical insight, he explores what really drives growth, offering original ideas for combatting our economic slowdown. He argues that we cannot abandon growth but shows instead how we can redirect it, making it better reflect what we truly value.
Lucid, thought-provoking and brilliantly researched, Growth: A Reckoning is a vital guide to one of our greatest challenges.
Vulture Capitalism
Everything you know about capitalism is wrong.
Free markets aren't really free. Record corporate pro-fits don't trickle down to everyone else. And we aren't empowered to make our own choices - they're made for us every day.
Taking on the world's most powerful figures and corporations - from JP Morgan to Boeing, Jeff Bezos to Donald Trump - Vulture Capitalism uncovers the causes of our modern crisis to reveal the true motives of our capitalist system. Because it isn't broken: it's working exactly as planned.
This is the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you - and what you can do to change it.
The End of Capitalism
How do we manage to transition to a more sustainable world without the collapse of the economy?
Capitalism has brought about many positive things. At the same time, however, it is ruining the climate and the environment, so that humanity’s very existence is now at risk. ‘Green growth’ is supposed to be the saviour, but economics expert and bestselling author Ulrike Herrmann disagrees. In this book, she explains in a clear and razor-sharp manner why we need ‘green shrinkage’ instead.
Greenhouse gases are increasing dramatically and unchecked. This failure is no coincidence, because the climate crisis goes to the heart of capitalism. Prosperity and growth are only possible if technology is used and energy is utilised. Unfortunately, however, green energy from the sun and wind will never be enough to fuel global growth. The industrialised countries must therefore bid farewell to capitalism and strive for a circular economy in which only what can be recycled is consumed.
Herrmann makes a convincing argument that we won’t get anywhere without personal restrictions and government planning. Her example for a solution is the British war economy of the 1940s. This is not a utopian scenario, but a comprehensive example of the restrictions and government-led plans needed now and in the future.
Deficit
In 2020, the prominent Danish feminist Emma Holten read an article stating that women were a net ‘deficit’ to society. Women took more than they gave, ‘draining’ the public purse by giving birth and taking parental leave. They contributed less than their fair share in taxes, because they often worked part-time to look after other people at home, or held low-paid
jobs in the public sector. Denmark would be richer if women’s lives looked more like men’s, the economic experts concluded. A similar story is told around the globe.
How did we get here? In Deficit, Emma Holten traces how economic thinkers – from the Enlightenment onwards – created a value framework that overlooked and neglected ‘women’s work’ and acts of care. She reveals how the economic models that drive political decisions today are just as flawed, giving us unparalleled monetary wealth, but causing deep social harms that are hurting us all.
If we cannot properly value the things that matter, how can we build a better future?
The Longevity Imperative
A leading expert on longevity calls for a revolution in the way we think about health, ageing, and the future . . .
The last century saw a revolution in life expectancy. Whether you are male or female, born in the global south or north, the chances are that you can expect to live much longer than previous generations. But instead of seeing this as a precious gift of extra life, we see it as a burden, with ageing populations dogged by infirmity, dependent on an ever-decreasing number of young people to support them.
Andrew J. Scott argues it doesn't have to be like that. Our longer lives can be a source of hope and fulfilment if we seize the opportunity to pursue the evergreen agenda, one in which we pursue a sustainable lifestyle both for ourselves as individuals - investing in our finances, health, skills and relationships to support a longer life - and for the planet.
The Hidden Globe
Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist's riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it.
The map of the globe shows the world we think we know: sovereign nations that grant and restrict their citizens' rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside its neatly delineated borders, however, a parallel universe has been engineered into existence, consisting of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, increasingly for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful.
Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of the hidden globe to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed the commodity they had-bodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Following its evolution around the world, she reveals how prize-winning economists, eccentric theorists, visionary statesmen, and consultants masterminded its export in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers where immigrants languish in limbo, and charter cities controlled by by foreign governments and multinational foreign corporations-and even into outer space, where tiny Luxembourg aspires to mining rights on asteroids.
By mapping the hidden geography that decides who wins and who loses in this new global order-and how it might be otherwise-The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires.
Waste Wars
A riveting investigation into the dark underbelly of the global trash trade - a dirty, multi-billion-dollar industry that almost no one knows exists.
The total mass of the world's manmade materials has recently come to equal the entire biomass of the earth. This means we are living in a world where man's ability to create garbage, or eventual garbage, has surpassed the earth's ability to create life. Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing, and disputes about what to do with the tons of garbage generated every day have given rise to waste wars waged in just about every country on earth. Some are border skirmishes, fought to move trash out of one place and dump it into another. Others are waged across thousands of miles.
But no matter the scale, one thing is true about almost all of them: few people have any idea they're happening. For every story about how a commodity gets hustled through world supply chains for consumption, there exists another untold story about how it gets discarded for renewal - or for eternity. Some trash gets tossed onto roadsides. Some gets burned for fuel. Some gets buried underground. But most of it lives a hot potato second life, getting bartered, sold, re-sold, smuggled, salvaged, re-purposed from one country or mafia or corporation
to another, with devastating consequences for millions of people.
Waste Wars tells the stories of five trash conflicts being waged in different corners of the world right now. They are representative but rich strands in the story of our planet's runaway garbage pandemic. In each theater, a different commodity is being smuggled or imported or bartered. Sometimes there is a winner; sometimes there is a loser. And in each theater a different political dilemma - from global inequality to the pitfalls of green politics - is presenting itself through the seemingly pedestrian medium of trash. A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, Waste Wars exposes the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade in which almost everyone in the world unknowingly engages and asks: If the handling of its trash reveals deeper truths about a particular society, what does the global business of trash say about our world today?
Principy sociální politiky
Tato kniha přináší praktický a komplexní pohled na sociální politiku jako klíčovou součást hospodářské politiky, která je nepostradatelná pro každého, kdo se zajímá o udržitelnou budoucnost. Nabízí čtenářům jasná a užitečná doporučení, jak efektivně nastavit výdaje, hledat úspory a zajistit spravedlivý přístup k sociálním službám a současně se zaměřuje na dlouhodobou stabilitu financování. Najdete zde praktické odpovědi na otázky, které formují současnou sociální politiku – od mandatorních výdajů přes důchodový systém až po základní nepodmíněný příjem.
Provedeme vás nejen teoretickými koncepty a metodologií, ale nabídneme také inspirativní pohledy z různých oblastí – včetně historie, venkova, nebo dokonce výzkumu vesmíru. Kniha se zaměřuje i na aktuální trendy jako individualizace systému a efektivní regulace, čímž pomáhá identifikovat slabá místa a navrhovat řešení pro budoucí výzvy.
Tato publikace je ideální nejen pro studenty a akademiky, ale i pro politiky, analytiky a všechny, kteří se zajímají o inovativní a dlouhodobě udržitelné přístupy v oblasti sociální politiky. Pomůže vám lépe pochopit klíčové principy, trendy a praktické dopady, a stane se cenným zdrojem nejen pro výzkum, ale i pro praktickou tvorbu politik.
Makroekonomická analýza – od teorie k aplikaci
Tato ojedinělá publikace představuje komplexní zdroj jak základních, tak pokročilých znalostí, zaměřených na mainstreamové i alternativní teoretické koncepty a nástroje používané při analýze hospodářského vývoje a tvorbě makroekonomických prognóz. Čtenářům usnadňuje práci s empirickými daty a jejich hodnocení, a tím přispívá k lepšímu porozumění ekonomických procesů v kontextu historickém, prostorovém, vnitřním i vnějším. Kniha se opírá o příklady z České republiky a zemí Evropské unie, případně i širšího mezinárodního srovnání.
Publikace využívá systém národních účtů (ESA 2010) a navazující manuály, jako BMP6 pro platební bilanci nebo IMF GFSM 2014 pro vládní finance. Zabývá se klíčovými oblastmi, jako jsou výroba, spotřeba, ekonomický růst, veřejné finance, trh práce, investice či zahraniční obchod. Čtenář se naučí analyzovat ekonomické procesy a pochopí jejich příčiny a souvislosti na základě běžně dostupných statistických údajů.
Kniha je určena studentům, ekonomickým výzkumníkům, analytikům, manažerům, novinářům i politikům, kteří se podílejí na rozhodování v oblasti hospodářské politiky.
Makroekonómia Praktikum, 2. vydanie
Druhé, aktualizované vydanie praktika z makroekonómie predstavuje efektívny nástroj na precvičovanie a upevnenie znalostí z makroekonómie pre študentov bakalárskeho a inžinierskeho štúdia. Slúži ako doplnok k teoretickej učebnici Makroekonómia z roku 2024.
Publikácia umožňuje študentom nielen porozumieť teórii, ale aj účinne aplikovať získané vedomosti. Pri každej téme v publikácii je uvedená odvolávka na kapitolu v učebnici Makroekonómia tak, aby si študent mohol priebežne upevňovať a prehlbovať svoje znalosti.
Praktikum je štruktúrované do štyroch blokov, pokrýva širokú škálu tém od základných makroekonomických konceptov po aktuálne výzvy ekonomického rozvoja. Každá kapitola poskytuje teoretické základy, základné pojmy a kľúčové slová, príklady a grafické riešenia, úlohy na uvažovanie a testy na overenie poznatkov, doplnené o správne postupy a riešenia k úlohám.
Učebný text je praktickou pomôckou pre študentov pri domácej príprave na semináre a na skúšku, ale aj pre vyučujúcich pri práci na seminároch a je cenným zdrojom pre širokú verejnosť zaujímajúcu sa o makroekonómiu.
The Split
China dominates manufacturing and is the world's largest retail market, but for companies outside of China, finding ways to do business in the country is increasingly uncertain in the face of rising US-China tension, combined with China's crackdowns on the tech and education sectors. Shaun Rein runs the China Market Research Group and has spent his career helping multinationals understand where the opportunities are in China. An American who's lived in Shanghai for 25 years, he has long been one of the biggest China bulls.
He now argues that while China is not a must-go destination for all companies and investors, there are still many non-politically sensitive sectors where long-term opportunities can be sought. The Split analysis the geo-political split between the US and China, China's sharp turn towards socialism and how this will cut into fat margins in many sectors. It explains why corporations in sectors such as semiconductors and AI should stay clear of China and relocate to other countries like Vietnam, India and Mexico.
Yet principally, Rein makes the case that that fears about China's shift are far overblown and that for most sectors it should remain the main growth driver for even the largest companies. Expert insights into China's national policy reforms, its rising middle class seeking to save and invest, and their focus on health and wellness, will inform the international strategic decisions for companies around the world in sectors such as finance, consumer goods and auto. China will soon eclipse the United States as the world's largest economy and companies will lose out if they do not know how to invest in China properly.
No company has been able to get into China for 3 years. Shaun Rein hasn't left. He's therefore uniquely positioned to advise now that China is opening up again.
The Split presents a unique and informed case for why the time is definitely now to capitalize on policy changes and trends in China that will support long-term opportunities for your business.
The Economics Book
Explore the key milestones in the field of economics broken down clearly and simply with The Economics Book.
Learn about economics in this overview guide to the subject, which is brilliant for novices looking to learn more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy-to-follow format. The Economics Book brings a fresh, vibrant take on the topic, breaking it down in a visual way through images and diagrams.
This book will broaden your understanding of Economics with:
- Some of the greatest ideas in economics
- Facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts
- A visual approach to big subjects with illustrations and graphics throughout
- Easy-to-follow text making topics accessible for people at any level of understanding
The Economics Book is a captivating introduction to historically important and emerging ideas in a field of science that often confuses newcomers, aimed at adults interested in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Discover some of the greatest ideas, from the earliest development of private property to the cutting-edge development of modern game theory.
Ekonómia a ekonomika, je kategória literatúry, ktorá sa zaoberá štúdiom a analýzou produkcie, distribúcie a spotreby statkov a služieb. Táto disciplína sa zaoberá spôsobom, akým ľudia, spoločnosti a národy využívajú zdroje na uspokojovanie svojich materiálnych potrieb.
V rámci literatúry sa ekonómia zaoberá širokým spektrom tém a konceptov, ktoré sú relevantné pre ekonomický systém a jeho fungovanie. Medzi tieto témy patria napríklad princípy mikroekonómie, makroekonómie, finančnej analýzy, medzinárodného obchodu, rozvojových štúdií, hospodárskej politiky a mnoho ďalších.
Literatúra z oblasti ekonómie sa skladá z akademických prác, vedeckých článkov, štúdií, kníh, pracovných dokumentov a rôznych publikácií, ktoré sa zaoberajú konkrétnymi ekonomickými témami. Tieto materiály majú za cieľ poskytnúť čitateľom teoretické a analytické nástroje na porozumenie a hodnotenie ekonomických procesov, politík a rozhodnutí.
V ekonomickej literatúre sa často používajú matematické modely, štatistické metódy a ekonometrické analýzy na kvantifikáciu ekonomických javov a predikciu ich budúceho vývoja. Okrem toho sa v ekonomickej literatúre často diskutuje aj o etických, sociálnych a environmentálnych aspektoch ekonomických rozhodnutí a ich dopade na spoločnosť.
Cieľom literatúry z oblasti ekonómie je poskytnúť čitateľom súbor poznatkov, ktoré im umožnia lepšie porozumieť komplexnej povahe ekonomických systémov a pomôcť pri tvorbe informovaných rozhodnutí týkajúcich sa hospodárstva, obchodu a financií.
