The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
A compelling examination of The Age of Google, data gathering and the true cost of ‘free’ services, the Google mindset and its impact on user security, and what lies ahead for Silicon Valley and the future of ‘cryptocosm’—the new architecture of the blockchain and its derivatives. Gilder covers the evils of the Google Age: porous Internet ......
Growth, Finance, Jobs, and Inequality in the Digital Economy
Rapid technological change - likely to accelerate as a consequence of COVID-19 - is reshaping economies and how they grow. But change also causes disruption, creates winners and losers, and produces social stress. This book examines the challenges of digital transformation and suggests how policies can make it more productive and inclusive.
Business Doing Good outlines six principles businesses can implement to effectively hire women who have experienced incarceration, poverty, addiction, and/or engagement in the sex trade. While making a difference to both women and communities, businesses will benefit from the many unique skills and perspectives these resilient women bring to work.
This book explains Islamic commercial laws, economics, banking, finance, and capital market. It provides educative materials for lawyers, practitioners, regulators, students taking Islamic banking and finance courses and those who are interested in learning more about the Islamic finance industry's doctrine and practice.
Current public attitudes toward markets are at a low point in the wake of the Great Recession and the growth in income inequality that began in the 1970s. However, in this book, economist Clifford Winston argues that it is a serious mistake to overlook that markets will be a critical part of the solution to any public objective.
Business and Creative Perspectives for the New Music Industry
This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-read overview of today's music publishing industry, written for students and musicians (songwriters, producers, beat makers, and more) who want quick, up-to-date, credible, and relatable information so that they can get back to doing what they like best: creating music!
Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor: Fourth Edition makes the history of this important feature of life easily accessible. The reader is guided through a chronology, an introductory essay, 600 entries on the subject, appendixes with statistical material, and an extensive bibliography including Internet sites.
This book identifies the changes needed to create a sensible, consistent tax system by converting to a consumed-income tax. These changes would result in a tax system that would be both pro-growth and highly progressive.
The Corporate Threat to Free Speech in the United States
Soley shows how as corporate power has grown and come to influence the issues on which ordinary Americans should be able to speak out, so new strategies have developed to restrict free speech on issues in which corporations and property-owners have an interest.