Drawing on eleven years of research in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Kara delves into an ancient and ever-evolving mode of slavery that ensnares roughly six out of every ten slaves in the world and generates profits that exceeded $17.6 billion in 2011. In addition to providing a thorough economic, historical, and legal overview of bonded labor, Kara travels to the far reaches of South Asia, from cyclone-wracked southwestern Bangladesh to the Thar desert on the India-Pakistan border, to uncover the brutish realities of such industries as hand-woven-carpet making, tea and rice farming, construction, brick manufacture, and frozen-shrimp production. He describes the violent enslavement of millions of impoverished men, women, and children who toil in the production of numerous products at minimal cost to the global market. He also follows supply chains directly to Western consumers, vividly connecting regional bonded labor practices to the appetites of the world. Kara's pioneering analysis encompasses human trafficking, child labor, and global security, and he concludes with specific initiatives to eliminate the system of bonded labor from South Asia once and for all."--Publisher's website

Prepare for success on the 2023 CFA Level II exam with the latest official CFA Program Curriculum.® The 2023 CFA Program Curriculum Level II Box Set contains all the material you need to succeed on the Level II CFA exam in 2023. This set includes the full official curriculum for Level II and is part of the larger CFA Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK). Organized to get you accustomed to the exam’s heavy reliance on vignettes, the Level II curriculum will help you master mini case studies and accompanying analyses. Highly visual and intuitively organized, this box set allows you to: • Learn from financial thought leaders. • Access market-relevant instruction. • Gain critical knowledge and skills. The set also includes practice questions to assist with your recall of key terms, concepts, and formulas.

The classic guide for the individual investor, The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy sets out the basic - and the not-so-basic - principles for putting your wealth to work. It looks at risk, pointing out the hazards for those who wish to explore a variety of investment approaches. It also teaches the importance of sophisticated self-knowledge in finance, distilling insights from behavioural analysis as well as the principles of traditional finance. It highlights how habitual patterns of decision-making can lead any of us into costly mistakes, and it stresses how markets are most dangerous when they appear to be most rewarding. This fourth edition includes new material on private investment and non-standard asset classes - art, wine, collectibles and the like - helping readers to navigate those areas in which prudence meets passion.

"An illustrated guide to the mad math and terrible terminology of economics, from one of the internet's favorite financial educators. The stuff you really need to know about how the economy works? It's pretty simple. Yes, even if you were bored to tears in economics class, or if you're cross-eyed from reading painfully convoluted-or straight-up misguided-financial commentary. In this particularly disorienting era, many have turned to a young economic analyst named Kyla Scanlon for answers. Now, Scanlon is writing a definitive, approachable guide to the key concepts and mechanics of economics and the most common myths and fallacies to steer clear of. Through her trademark blend of creative analogies, clever illustrations, refreshingly lucid language-and even quotes from poetry, literature, and philosophy-she answers questions such as: What is Fed cred, Fed flexing, and Fedspeak? Is our national debt really a threat? What is a "mild" recession, exactly? What's really happening in the labor market, and how do we improve it for workers? At a time when experts overcomplicate simple things loudly, choosing to generate smoke rather than clearing the air, In This Economy? shows that understanding the markets-and the systems they operate in-is easier than you think. Whether you're worried about your mortgage rate, job security, bank account balance, or the health of the broader economy, this concise and witty guide will give you the confidence to make smarter financial decisions-no matter what the headlines say"--

Krugman and Wells explain the principles of economics in a way that is both accessible and engaging. Drawing on current economic events, there is no one more effective than Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and co-author Robin Wells at helping readers understand the context of economics in their own lives. In this best-selling introductory textbook, Krugman and Wells’ signature storytelling style and uncanny eye for revealing examples will help you understand how economic concepts play out in your world.

"We live in an age of increasing complexity--an era of accelerating technology and global interconnection that holds more promise, and more peril, than any other time in human history. The fossil fuels that have powered global wealth creation now threaten to destroy the world they helped build. Automation and digitization promise prosperity for some, unemployment for others. Financial crises fuel growing inequality, polarization, and the retreat of democracy. At heart, all these problems are rooted in the economy, yet the guidance provided by economic models has often failed. Many books have been written about J. Doyne Farmer and his work, but this is the first in his own words. It presents a manifesto for how to do economics better. In this tale of science and ideas, Farmer fuses his profound knowledge and expertise with stories from his life to explain how we can bring a scientific revolution to bear on the economic conundrums facing society. Using big data and ever more powerful computers, we are now able for the first time to apply complex systems science to economic activity, building realistic models of the global economy. The resulting simulations and the emergent behavior we observe form the cornerstone of the science of complexity economics, allowing us to test ideas and make significantly better economic predictions--to better address the hard problems facing the world."--Book jacket.

Nudge has transformed the way individuals, companies and governments look at the world - and in the process has become one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. This completely updated edition offers a wealth of new insights for fans and newcomers alike - about COVID-19, diet, personal finance, retirement savings, medical care, organ donation, and climate change. Every day we make decisions: about the things we buy or the meals we eat; about the investments we make and the time we spend; about our health and that of the planet. Unfortunately, we often choose badly. We are all susceptible to biases that can lead us to make bad decisions that make us poorer, less healthy and less happy. And, as Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein show, no choice is ever presented to us in a neutral way. But by knowing how people think, we can make it easier for them to choose what is best for themselves, for their families and for society. With brilliant insight and wonderful levity, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how best to nudge us in the right directions, without ever restricting our freedom of choice.

The Cling Effect by Tanweer Ahmed is a book published in 2021. It explores themes of underdevelopment in postmodern times. The book is written in English and spans 186 pages.

"For centuries, industrialization and factory-based production have been core ingredients in economic growth, development, and innovation. This symbiotic relationship between industrialization and economic prosperity is now changing. 'Megatrends' - trends within the domains of technology, economy, society, and ecology that have a global impact - are changing the ability of the manufacturing sector to serve as the engine of growth, they are changing traditional ideas of technological progress, and they are changing growth and development opportunities in both the global South and the global North. Four megatrends are worth paying particular attention to: the rise of services, digital automation technologies, globalization of production, and ecological breakdown. This book provides a novel analysis of how these megatrends are changing industrialization, and charts new pathways for industrial policy and global governance. It contains an all-encompassing discussion of the role of technology, globalization, and ecology in shaping the world economy. Overall, Hauge argues that industrialization remains a cornerstone of economic prosperity, but that power asymmetries in the world economy create uneven opportunities for achieving economic growth, development, and industrialization"--

Writing books on the economy is rare in Pakistan, despite the fact that there are diversified subjects available to explore and numerous problems to which solutions need to be found. Economists usually prefer to write articles on different subjects and some of them publish books based on written and published articles. These kinds of books do not explore deeply the real problems of the economy; neither do the writers of these books find real remedies to improve economies such as ours. However, Dr Amjad took the pain to write a book on subjects covering the main issues the country has been facing since its birth. This book, which is only the first part of a presumably longer thesis, covers economic growth, human development and structural change. The subjects are too vast to cover exhaustively over 77 years in 115 pages. But the book is good for learners who would like to have a basic idea about our economic problems and the consequences of the failure of our economic policies in different eras. Dr Amjad writes that there is a growing feeling that income distribution has increased considerably over the last 77 years. However, there is no reliable data to establish this claim. The household income and expenditure surveys, upon which earlier studies have been based, show relatively low inequality in income distribution. This may surprise many Pakistanis who are facing the disastrous impacts of the concentration of wealth in the country — a root cause of inequality that is accepted the world over. We have been watching China, the fastest growing economy in the world, succeed in reducing poverty but at the same time the country has also been producing the highest number of billionaires, leaving the United States behind. These billionaires are a clear indication of unequal distribution of wealth. In the case of India, it is chasing China but the level of poverty there is higher than China. However, India is also producing billionaires in big numbers. Clearly, inequality there has been increasing more than China. The World Inequality Report (2022) shows Pakistan in the moderate group of countries, where the bottom 50 percent earns 12-13 times less than the top 10 percent. In India, that figure is 20 times more. “Pakistan witnessed an impressive decline in poverty [from] 2000 to 2018,” writes the Dr Amjad. “However, this was not matched by a corresponding decline in malnutrition, which remained nearly constant at 30 to 35 percent.” He has presented lots of data and produced graphs to justify his perceptions about economic management and economic policies. Inconsistent economic policies have resulted in economic problems, particularly for the masses. But, as Dr Amjad says, the nationalisation of the private sector in the 1970s in Pakistan changed dynamics and halted economic growth. The Pakistan Peoples Party government came into power in Dec 1971 and nationalised banks, insurance companies and selected industries. Then it set up public sector capital and intermediate goods, steel, engineering, chemicals and fertilisers industries. It further moved to nationalise small and medium industries. These policies greatly expanded the public sector shares in manufacturing. However, even at their peak, the shares did not exceed 10-12 percent of the entire manufacturing output. As the private sector’s confidence was badly shaken, its level of investments reduced drastically. Thus, by 1977, 70 percent of all investments came from the public sector corporations — a dramatic reversal of roles relative to the 1950s and 1960s. The author rightly points out the consequences of sudden changes in political and economic policies. A recent article in Dawn by Dr Saeed Ahmed, a Phd in Economics from Cambridge, states that political change in 2022 resulted in political and economic uncertainties and the country had to face $36 billion losses as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell from $

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