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Desert Capitalists
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Author : Richard Rivlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Desert Capitalists written by Richard Rivlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Capitalists and financiers categories.
"The Middle East region can trace its trading history back to the dawn of time. But the impact of globalisation, coupled with how the attitudes of Middle Eastern investors have shifted post September 11, has dramatically altered the region's financial landscape". -- book cover.
Desert Capitalism
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Author : Kathryn Kopinak
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1996
Desert Capitalism written by Kathryn Kopinak and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Political Science categories.
Progress does not come easily to the maquiladoras. These foreign-owned assembly plants have moved southward from the border into Sonora and Chihuahua, giving rise to the concept of "desert capitalism." However, the plants have not necessarily brought about the improvements in the lives of workers that had been so hopefully expected. Sociologist Kathryn Kopinak here examines the maquiladora industry in Nogales, Sonora, and explores various questions concerning how it is changing with NAFTA and other attempts at regional integration. Focusing on the auto-parts industry, Kopinak observes that few maquiladoras have taken steps toward more sophisticated technology and innovative labor practices anticipated by the "second wave" hypothesis of modernization. She argues instead that the apparent advances have not benefitted the overwhelming majority of Mexican employees by increasing their wages or involving them in the workplace. Women workers in particular are segmented at the bottom of the job ladder. Kopinak provides information on facilities in both Nogales and the town of Imuris to offer a balanced perspective on border and inland maquiladoras. Desert Capitalism draws on interviews with workers about their daily lives in both their home and adopted communities and on interviews with Mexican and U.S. plant managers. Community surveys, newspaper advertisements, and government records are other important sources of data. It also reviews and synthesizes literature published only in Spanish and utilizes creative quantitative statistical techniques. The book thus marks a significant study of people's lives that seeks to contribute to the understanding of ongoing continental economic reorganization, and it holds important lessons for scholars of economics, anthropology, political science, history, sociology, women's studies, and regional planning.
Soviet Adventures In The Land Of The Capitalists
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Author : Lisa A. Kirschenbaum
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-22
Soviet Adventures In The Land Of The Capitalists written by Lisa A. Kirschenbaum and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-22 with History categories.
Unique account of how ordinary people shaped Soviet-American relations in the 1930s told through the adventures of two Russian humourists.
Adventure Capitalist
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Author : Jim Rogers
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-10-10
Adventure Capitalist written by Jim Rogers and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-10 with Travel categories.
A gripping tale of adventure, danger and humor, peppered with investment tips from a Wall Street legend The best-selling author of Investment Biker takes a fascinating journey through the world's economic situation in a convertible yellow Mercedes. This is the motivating story of entrepreneur Jim Rogers, dubbed "the Indiana Jones of finance" by Time magazine, who made his fortune playing the stock market and then embarked on his lifelong dream adventure. Together with his fiancee, Paige Parker, he set out on a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness world record for the longest continuous car journey. Their trip winds its way through 116 countries - through blizzards, deserts, epidemics and war zones - to discover failing economies and the new boom countries not from dry and potentially flawed statistics, but by experiencing life itself. This is a gripping tale of travel and adventure; along the way they encounter danger, love and farce. It is also a highly readable account of world economies: you won't find a more enjoyable way to be introduced to the investment potential of Bolivia, or the cultural changes afoot in North Korea. Finally it is also an inward journey in which Rogers moves from the restless traveler to husband and father, hoping one day to introduce his daughter to his own passion for travel. JIM ROGERS entered the investment business in 1968 with $600 dollars in his pocket. By 1980, at 37 years of age, he had left Wall Street with enough money to satisfy a lifelong appetite for adventure.
Desierto
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Author : Charles Bowden
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2018-04-04
Desierto written by Charles Bowden and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-04 with Travel categories.
The acclaimed author of Blue Desert explores life on the arid borderlands of southern Arizona in this “compelling and wonderfully poetic” essay collection (Ron Hansen, New York Times Book Review). In Desierto, Charles Bowden brings his signature eye for vivid detail and penetrating insight to the Sonoran Desert. Travelling across this unforgiving terrain, he explores struggling desert villages, bitter Indian feuds, and a rich history that transcends borders. He profiles notorious predators from mountain lions to drug lords and land barons. Through it all, Bowden offers prescient visions of a future in which the region’s age-old dramas replay themselves long into the future. “In these powerful epic tales of the Sonora Desert, Bowden peoples the harsh land on both sides of the US-Mexican border with saints and sinners, but his enduring hero is the desert itself.” —Kirkus Reviews
Cleft Capitalism
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Author : Amr Adly
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-09
Cleft Capitalism written by Amr Adly and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-09 with History categories.
Egypt has undergone significant economic liberalization under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the European Commission. Yet after more than four decades of economic reform, the Egyptian economy still fails to meet popular expectations for inclusive growth, better standards of living, and high-quality employment. While many analysts point to cronyism and corruption, Amr Adly finds the root causes of this stagnation in the underlying social and political conditions of economic development. Cleft Capitalism offers a new explanation for why market-based development can fail to meet expectations: small businesses in Egypt are not growing into medium and larger businesses. The practical outcome of this missing middle syndrome is the continuous erosion of the economic and social privileges once enjoyed by the middle classes and unionized labor, without creating enough winners from market making. This in turn set the stage for alienation, discontent, and, finally, revolt. With this book, Adly uncovers both an institutional explanation for Egypt's failed market making, and sheds light on the key factors of arrested economic development across the Global South.
Nitrate And Guano Deposits In The Desert Of Atacama
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Author : Chile. Ministerio del Interior
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Nitrate And Guano Deposits In The Desert Of Atacama written by Chile. Ministerio del Interior and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Atacama Desert (Chile) categories.
Capitalists Without Capitalism
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Capitalists Without Capitalism written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
The Key Man
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Author : Simon Clark
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-07-08
The Key Man written by Simon Clark and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-08 with True Crime categories.
'Impeccably researched and sumptuous in its detail... It's a page-turner' The Economist 'Well-paced and cleverly organised' The Sunday Times 'Gripping' Guardian 'A pacy and deeply-reported tale' Financial Times Longlisted for the 2021 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the Year In this compelling story of greed, chicanery and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates and Western governments entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars to make profits and end poverty but now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen frauds ever. Arif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring and self-made. The founder of the Dubai-based private-equity firm Abraaj, he was the Key Man to the global elite searching for impact investments to make money and do good. He persuaded politicians he could help stabilize the Middle East after 9/11 by providing jobs and guided executives to opportunities in cities they struggled to find on the map. Bill Gates helped him start a billion-dollar fund to improve health care in poor countries, and the UN and Interpol appointed him to boards. Naqvi also won the support of President Obama's administration and the chief of a British government fund compared him to Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible. The only problem? In 2019 Arif Naqvi was arrested on charges of fraud and racketeering at Heathrow airport. A British judge has approved his extradition to the US and he faces up to 291 years in jail if found guilty. With a cast featuring famous billionaires and statesmen moving across Asia, Africa, Europe and America, The Key Man is the story of how the global elite was duped by a capitalist fairy tale. Clark and Louch's thrilling investigation exposes one of the world's most audacious scams and shines a light on the hypocrisy, corruption and greed at the heart of the global financial system. 'An unbelievable true tale of greed, corruption and manipulation among the world's financial elite' Harry Markopolos, the Bernie Madoff whistleblower
Casino Capitalism
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Author : Dr. Susmit Kumar
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-04-05
Casino Capitalism written by Dr. Susmit Kumar and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
The Arab Spring continues to spread throughout the Middle East, and it will end up transforming Islamic countries just as much as the two World Wars changed Europe. The Great Recession that began in 2008, along with defects in the global economic system, played a large role in the unrest. During the 2000s, the economic prosperity of the United States and much of the world was based on borrowed moneyand, as it turns out, borrowed time. Hedge funds and economic policies of the United States complicated matters further. In this scholarly book, author Dr. Susmit Kumar examines how financial blunders have led to political upheavals in Islamic countries, as well as exploring the history of Islam and Islamic empires; the modernization of Islam; the state of the world economy, and where its headed; and the present situation in Islamic countries. The immediate future promises bloodshed and grandstanding, but in the end, the majority of Islamic countries will become secular and democratic. As with the two World Wars, a cataclysmic turn of events will ultimately unify the world as Islamic countries deal with the fallout from Casino Capitalism.