Planning & Forecasting in Economics & Business & Finance eBooks

Superforecasting

The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST“The most important book on decision making since Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalEveryone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people ... Read more

$8.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST“The most important book on decision making since Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street JournalEveryone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people
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Predictive Statistics

Analysis and Inference beyond Models

by Bertrand S. Clarke, Jennifer L. Clarke ...

Series Book 46 - Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics
All scientific disciplines prize predictive success. Conventional statistical analyses, however, treat prediction as secondary, instead focusing on modeling and hence estimation, testing, and detailed physical interpretation, tackling these tasks before the predictive adequacy of a model is established. This book outlines a fully predictive approach to statistical problems based on studying ... Read more

$90.99 USD

All scientific disciplines prize predictive success. Conventional statistical analyses, however, treat prediction as secondary, instead focusing on modeling and hence estimation, testing, and detailed physical interpretation, tackling these tasks before the predictive adequacy of a model is established. This book outlines a fully predictive approach to statistical problems based on studying
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The End of the World is Just the Beginning

Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

by Peter Zeihan ...

A New York Times Bestseller!2019 was the last great year for the globalized world economy.For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it.America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it ... Read more

$11.99 USD

A New York Times Bestseller!2019 was the last great year for the globalized world economy.For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it.America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it
... Read more
The Enterprise Brain

Rewiring Your Business for the AI-Native Era

by Ragy Thomas ...

A Fast Company Press BookThe body and nerves are built, but we’re missing the most essential, agency providing piece: The Brain.For one hundred years, without realizing it, we’ve been building an organism. We gave the enterprise a body through global supply chains, logistics networks, and industrial systems that move goods across the globe. Then, we gave it a nervous system of cloud platforms, ... Read more

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A Fast Company Press BookThe body and nerves are built, but we’re missing the most essential, agency providing piece: The Brain.For one hundred years, without realizing it, we’ve been building an organism. We gave the enterprise a body through global supply chains, logistics networks, and industrial systems that move goods across the globe. Then, we gave it a nervous system of cloud platforms,
... Read more
Forecasting for Economics and Business

by Gloria González-Rivera ...

For junior/senior undergraduates in a variety of fields such as economics, business administration, applied mathematics and statistics, and for graduate students in quantitative masters programs such as MBA and MA/MS in economics.A student-friendly approach to understanding forecasting.Knowledge of forecasting methods is among the most demanded qualifications for professional economists, and ... Read more

$255.99 USD

For junior/senior undergraduates in a variety of fields such as economics, business administration, applied mathematics and statistics, and for graduate students in quantitative masters programs such as MBA and MA/MS in economics.A student-friendly approach to understanding forecasting.Knowledge of forecasting methods is among the most demanded qualifications for professional economists, and
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The Rules of Contagion

Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

by Adam Kucharski ...

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything...
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Street Smarts

Adventures on the Road and in the Markets

by Jim Rogers ...

Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets.Jim Rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world--studying the markets from Russia to Singapore from the ground up--has enthralled readers, investors and Wall Street aficionados for ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets.Jim Rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world--studying the markets from Russia to Singapore from the ground up--has enthralled readers, investors and Wall Street aficionados for
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The Most Important Thing Illuminated

Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor

by Howard Marks ...

Howard Marks's The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks's wisdom is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors and investment educators: Christopher C. Davis (Davis Funds), Joel ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Howard Marks's The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks's wisdom is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors and investment educators: Christopher C. Davis (Davis Funds), Joel
... Read more
The Signal and the Noise

Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't

by Nate Silver ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation’s foremost political forecaster—updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and pollingOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year“Could turn out to be one of the more ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation’s foremost political forecaster—updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and pollingOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year“Could turn out to be one of the more
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The Next 100 Years

A Forecast for the 21st Century

by George Friedman ...

“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George FriedmanIn his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George FriedmanIn his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during
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The Next Decade

Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

by George Friedman ...

The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required by the decade’s leaders.In the long view, history is seen as a series of events—but the course of those events is determined ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required by the decade’s leaders.In the long view, history is seen as a series of events—but the course of those events is determined
... Read more
On the Edge

The Art of Risking Everything

by Nate Silver ...

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller“Engaging and entertaining… a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes**In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules. High-stakes, high-IQ, and often high on ... Read more

$5.99 USD

**The Instant New York Times Bestseller“Engaging and entertaining… a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes**In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules. High-stakes, high-IQ, and often high on
... Read more
Currency Wars

The Making of the Next Global Crisis

by James Rickards ...

Dive into the gripping world of international ecocomics through American lawyer, investment banker, media commentator, and author, James G. Rickards's expertise and thought-provoking insights.From collapsed paper currencies and hidden agendas of soveriegn wealth funds to the very real threats of national security, James G. Rickards scrutinizes the history and disastrous outcomes of currency wars, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Dive into the gripping world of international ecocomics through American lawyer, investment banker, media commentator, and author, James G. Rickards's expertise and thought-provoking insights.From collapsed paper currencies and hidden agendas of soveriegn wealth funds to the very real threats of national security, James G. Rickards scrutinizes the history and disastrous outcomes of currency wars,
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The End of Average

How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness

by Todd Rose ...

Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Is your employee an introvert or an extrovert? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we come to it or how far we deviate from it.The assumption that metrics comparing us to an average—like GPAs, personality test results, and performance review ratings—reveal something meaningful about our ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Is your employee an introvert or an extrovert? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we come to it or how far we deviate from it.The assumption that metrics comparing us to an average—like GPAs, personality test results, and performance review ratings—reveal something meaningful about our
... Read more
The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter

From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market

by Simon Constable, Robert E. Wright ...

Series Book 2 - Wall Street Journal Guides
A wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining guide—with more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languages—about the indicators most investors aren't following, but should be!In order to make the best possible investment decisions, savvy investors know that they must pay close attention to economic indicators. But while most are looking at conventional barometers like unemployment ... Read more

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A wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining guide—with more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languages—about the indicators most investors aren't following, but should be!In order to make the best possible investment decisions, savvy investors know that they must pay close attention to economic indicators. But while most are looking at conventional barometers like unemployment
... Read more
Everything Is Obvious

*Once You Know the Answer

by Duncan J. Watts ...

By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in ... Read more

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By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in
... Read more
Fluke

Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

by Brian Klaas ...

This “captivating illustration of the follies of trying to model and forecast the unpredictable world” (Financial Times) is both “empowering” (The New Statesman, UK) and “compelling” (New Scientist) as it challenges our most fundamental assumptions—by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas, whom Prospect magazine has named one of the world’s “Top 25 Thinkers.”If you could rewind your ... Read more

$14.99 USD

This “captivating illustration of the follies of trying to model and forecast the unpredictable world” (Financial Times) is both “empowering” (The New Statesman, UK) and “compelling” (New Scientist) as it challenges our most fundamental assumptions—by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas, whom Prospect magazine has named one of the world’s “Top 25 Thinkers.”If you could rewind your
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The Great Stagnation

How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton

by Tyler Cowen ...

Tyler Cowen’s controversial New York Times bestseller—the book heard round the world that ignited a firestorm of debate and redefined the nature of America’s economic malaise.America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, media wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Tyler Cowen’s controversial New York Times bestseller—the book heard round the world that ignited a firestorm of debate and redefined the nature of America’s economic malaise.America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, media wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before
... Read more
Thinking

The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets

by John Brockman ...

Series Book 6 - Best of Edge Series
Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fastand Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumblingon Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteriesof rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower,problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond.Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's s... ... Read more

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Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fastand Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumblingon Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteriesof rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower,problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond.Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's s...
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COMO IMPLANTAR ISO 9001:2015 PASO A PASO

Formatos de Procedimientos y Registros para cumplir los Requisitos. Compresión de cada Requisito. Preguntas y Respuestas para Defender la Auditoría Externa. Cuadro de Mando para Mantener Actualizado el Sistema de Gestión.

by Iván Torres Vega ...

El presente libro representa una herramienta completamente práctica a la hora de implantar la norma UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2015 en cualquier tipo de organización. ¿Por qué es el más caro? Porque ofrecemos mucho más que nadie.Contiene un MATERIAL DESCARGABLE ALTAMENTE valioso en el que se encuentran:-Formatos editables de procedimientos de trabajo destinados al cumplimiento de los requisitos de la ... ... Read more

$52.43 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

El presente libro representa una herramienta completamente práctica a la hora de implantar la norma UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2015 en cualquier tipo de organización. ¿Por qué es el más caro? Porque ofrecemos mucho más que nadie.Contiene un MATERIAL DESCARGABLE ALTAMENTE valioso en el que se encuentran:-Formatos editables de procedimientos de trabajo destinados al cumplimiento de los requisitos de la ...
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Flowcasting | See Your Money Future Clearly Today | Change It Now for a Better Tomorrow | The Must-Have Money Management, Planning, Budgeting, Mapping Tool and Practical Skill to Succeed Financially.

by Richard Conner ...

If having the mindset, skills, and tools to see your money future clearly today so that you can change it now for a better tomorrow is valuable to you, and it ought to be if you want to build a business, live the life of your dreams, or realise your vision sooner rather than later without losing your shirt, then Flowcasting™ is definitely for you.HuffPost includes bad budgeting and overspending ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If having the mindset, skills, and tools to see your money future clearly today so that you can change it now for a better tomorrow is valuable to you, and it ought to be if you want to build a business, live the life of your dreams, or realise your vision sooner rather than later without losing your shirt, then Flowcasting™ is definitely for you.HuffPost includes bad budgeting and overspending
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Your Personal Horoscope 2011

Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign

by Joseph Polansky ...

Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2011. This fantastic and in depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead.Discover when your lucky days will fall and when it might be better just to stay in bed, with your complete one-volume, month-by-month guide to the year 2011 – the only horoscope you will ... Read more

$0.99 USD

Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2011. This fantastic and in depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead.Discover when your lucky days will fall and when it might be better just to stay in bed, with your complete one-volume, month-by-month guide to the year 2011 – the only horoscope you will
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Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (2nd edition)

by Andy Hines ...

Thinking about the Future, by Andy Hines and Peter Bishop, distills the expertise of three dozen senior foresight professionals into a set of essential guidelines for carrying out successful strategic foresight. Presented in a highly scannable yet personable style, each guideline includes an explanation and rationale, key steps, a case example, and resources for further study. The 115 guidelines ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Thinking about the Future, by Andy Hines and Peter Bishop, distills the expertise of three dozen senior foresight professionals into a set of essential guidelines for carrying out successful strategic foresight. Presented in a highly scannable yet personable style, each guideline includes an explanation and rationale, key steps, a case example, and resources for further study. The 115 guidelines
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The Predictioneer's Game

Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future

by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita ...

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer political, financial, and personal events. His forecasts, which have been employed by everyone from the CIA to major ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer political, financial, and personal events. His forecasts, which have been employed by everyone from the CIA to major
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