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  • Making Of A Sugar Giant

    by Philippe Chalmin, Erica E. Long-Michalke ...
    First Published in 1990. This is a revised and updated second version for English translation from French by Erica E. Long-Michalke. Sugar provides a fascinating example of an international commodity, and this book deals with the history both of a multinational company and of the world sugar economy. It describes the emergence, in the nineteenth century, of the two family companies of Henry Tate ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    The Inside Story

    by Barry Sergeant ...
    In September 2005, corporate South Africa was rocked by the violent murder of mining maverick Brett Kebble. In life, he was known as a billionaire patron of the arts, compassionate philanthropist, champion of black economic empowerment, urbane raconteur and generous host. But within six months of his death, Kebble was exposed as the architect of one of the biggest and most convoluted frauds seen ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Rotten Heart of Europe

    by Bernard Connolly ...
    'The Brussels Commission has just suspended its senior economist, Bernard Connolly, for writing a book savaging the prospects for a common currency. There are many who now believe he should be lauded as a prophet.' Observer, Editorial, 1 October 1995'Mr. Connolly's longstanding proposition that the foisting of a common currency upon so many disparate nations would end in ruin is getting a much ... Read more

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  • Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? - Your Quick Guide

    by Ian Dunt ...
    'Admirably brief and necessarily brutal... Highly recommended.' — Nick Cohen, The Spectator'Compact and easily digestible. I'd encourage anyone who is confused, fascinated or frustrated by Brexit to read this book – you'll be far wiser by the end of it.' — Caroline Lucas MP'I would strongly recommend Ian Dunt's excellent guide. Dunt has taken the extraordinary step of asking a set of experts what ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brexit Without The Bullshit - The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHS

    by Gavin Esler ...
    ***'Punchy, pithy and short.'***– POLLY TOYNBEE, GUARDIAN COLUMNISTBrexit changed Britain. But what does it actually change for you?Brexit Without the Bullshit is the no-nonsense, evidence-based guide to the biggest UK political, legal and economic shake-up in generations — "the book Nigel Farage doesn't want you to read." Instead of recycled talking points, Gavin Esler focuses on what voters were ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise of the Global Company

    Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World

    by Robert Fitzgerald ...
    Series series New Approaches to Economic and Social History
    This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from the nineteenth century to the present, revealing how the growth of businesses that operated across ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Too Much Luck

    The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future

    by Paul Cleary ...
    We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck – too much luck, more than we know what to do with.In Too Much Luck, Paul Cleary shows how the resource boom, which seems a blessing, could well become a curse.We have never seen a boom quite like this one. Under-taxed and under-regulated, multinational companies are making colossal profits by selling off non-renewable ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Chocolate Nations

    Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa

    by Órla Ryan ...
    Series series African Arguments
    Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury.From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    A History of the World Economy from the Iron Age to the Information Age

    by Philip Coggan ...
    A sweeping history that tracks the development of trade and industry across the world, from Ancient Rome to today.From the development of international trade fairs in the twelfth century to the innovations made in China, India, and the Arab world, it turns out that historical economies were much more sophisticated that we might imagine, tied together by webs of credit and financial instruments ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Beyond the Boom: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

    A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

    by John Edwards ...
    After decades of prosperity Australians are now worried about their jobs, their incomes and their future. The mining boom, said to explain Australia's past success, is declared to be over. Unemployment has increased, carmakers have folded, the government is running a huge deficit.In a striking analysis, economist John Edwards challenges the prevailing pessimism. Cutting through the confusion, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Life and Death of Harold Holt

    by Tom Frame ...
    When Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Victoria's Cheviot Beach just before Christmas 1967, Australia was given one of its great and enduring mysteries. The death of Australia's seventeenth prime minister has remained part of popular imagination ever since.Harold Holt's death had both immediate and long-term consequences for the Australian nation. Not only did it lose a prime minister ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Britain for Sale

    British Companies in Foreign Hands – The Hidden Threat to Our Economy

    by Alex Brummer ...
    ‘Buy British!’ we often hear, and many foreign companies have done just that. US food giant Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010, Dutch group AkzoNobel acquired ICI in 2007, Deutsche Bahn now own Arriva, and that’s just the beginning.The truth is that hundreds of billions of pounds’ worth of British businesses have been sold off abroad in recent years. But what does this takeover bonanza mean for our ... Read more

    $17.99 USD