Rickards, James
Summary: "Our global economy faces unprecedented challenges in the next few months. But whether we sink or swim depends on how prepared we are - and what we do now to thwart the coming collapse"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 RICCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 RICEngler, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 337 ENGBernstein, William J.
Summary: Traces the evolution of international trade, from ancient Mesopotamia to today's global marketplace, exploring the influence of commerce on agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization as a whole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382 BERBreyer, Stephen G.
Summary: "In this original, far-reaching and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of SCOTUS in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of public and private activity--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade--obliges the Court to consider and understand circumstances beyond America's borders. At a time when ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 341.0973 BRESummary: A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions. Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter travels to France, California, Italy and New York, speaking with winemakers both large and small. The film offers a look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Nossiter's primary focus is on American vintners...
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed exclusively by THINKFilm 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MON RATED PG-13Tyler, Madeline
Summary: "Learning how to read all different kinds of maps is a valuable skill. There are maps that depict different natural landforms, groups of people, weather patterns, and towns and cities. Money and trade can also be shown on maps. Readers gain knowledge about economics through this creative look at maps that deal with these concepts. Concise text makes this subject easy to understand. The detailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven Publishing 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM Map TylerWeaver, Jay
Summary: "In March of 2017, a team of FBI agents arrested Juan Granda, Samer Barrage, and Renato Rodriguez, or as they called themselves, "the three amigos." The trio--first identified publicly by the authors of this book-- had built a $3.6 billion dollar businessin metals trading, mostly illegal Peruvian gold. Their arrests and subsequent prosecution laid bare more than a corrupt finance firm, though....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 WEAHill, Christina.
Summary: "Trade is one of the oldest economic concepts that is applicable to all consumers. In this book, readers will learn about how the buying and selling of goods is critical for the growth of an economy. Real-world examples of how trade has changed over time are also presented, including facts focused on pandemic-era impacts. Colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics, give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social HillHochberg, Fred Philip
Summary: "Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet understanding our place in the global trade network is rarely so simple, and today's workers are wary of being taken advantage of. Trade has become an easy excuse for struggling economies, a scapegoat for our failures to adapt to a changing world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382.3 HOCChen, Kirstin
Summary: Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this faȧde, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point....
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEZakaria, Fareed
Summary: "COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult ZakariaMinney, Safia.
Summary: Annotation Naked Fashioninvites you to join the movement of consumers, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals who are using their purchasing power, talents, and experience to make fashion more sustainable.Anyone with an active interest in fashion and where our clothes come from or looking for a career in fashion and the media will find inspiration and advice on how to make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Internationalist 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 MINStiglitz, Joseph E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 337 STIDiMicco, Dan.
Summary: "American manufacturing is on life support--at least, that's what most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman and former CEO of Nucor, America's largest steel company. He not only revived a major US manufacturing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 DIMSummary: As China becomes the world's largest consumer market, its growing pains reveal fascinating business case studies. This program takes viewers into the heart of Shanghai's dog-eat-dog convenience store industry, focusing on the state-owned Hao de chain and its foreign-owned competitors. With Japan's Lawsons and Taiwan-backed Family Marts seemingly popping up on every corner, the program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Friedman, Thomas L.
Summary: Globalization is not just a phenomenon and not just a passing trend. It is the international system that replaced the Cold War system. Globalization is the integration of capital, technology and information across national borders, in a way that is creating a single global market and to some degree, a global village. You cannot understand the morning news or know where to invest you money or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 337 FRIFriedman, Thomas L.
Summary: A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home. As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 337 FRISummary: Did protectionist tariffs initiate the Great Depression? Will free trade across international borders benefit all countries involved, or create winners and losers? Is there any middle ground in the globalization debate? This program surveys the history and politics of cross-border trade, identifying ways that nations have tried to strengthen, reduce, or prevent it. Outlining the concept known...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Bryan, Lara
Summary: "Nobody has everything they need all the time. So how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem, from people choosing how to spend their time, to businesses figuring out how much to sell, to governments deciding how to run a country." --Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 330 BRYMartin, Pedro
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARSummary: How is business without borders really affecting the world? As Sabeer Bhatia, inventor of Hotmail; Narayan Murthy, founder of Infosys; and other industry leaders attest, globalization has raised the standard of living in developing economies through high-tech opportunities, foreign investment, and debt relief. However, Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs and other experts point out that the world market is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: "Discover your next great adventure in this beautifully illustrated guide to the world's best travel destinations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Summary: Covers such topics as the beginning of slavery in North America, the development of slavery in Central and South America, the Commercial Revolution and its impact on slavery, and the international slave trade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 KACWhaples, Robert
Summary: Presents lectures on economic issues in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2007