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Unique insights into how the mind of an investor operates and how developing emotional awareness leads to long-term success Inside the Investor's Brain provides readers with specific techniques for understanding their financial psychology, so that they can improve their own performance and learn how to outsmart other investors. Chapter by chapter, author Richard Peterson addresses various mental traps and how they play a role in investing. Through examples, such as a gambling experiment with playing cards, the author shows readers how being aware of the subconscious can separate the smart investors from the average ones. This book also contains descriptions of the work of neuroscientists, financial practitioners, and psychologists, offering an expert's view into the mind of the market. Innovative and accessible, Inside the Investor's Brain gives investors the tools they need to better understand how emotions and mental biases affect the way they manage money and react to market moves.

In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the ‘social relation’ of money. Genuinely multidisciplinary approach, based on a thorough knowledge of theories of money in the social sciences An original development of the neglected heterodox theories of money New histories of the origins and development of forms of money and their social relations of production in different monetary systems A radical interpretation of capitalism as a particular type of monetary system and the first sociological outline of the institutional structure of the social production of capitalist money A radical critique of recent writing on global e-money, the so-called ‘end of money’, and new monetary spaces such as the euro.

Most marketing and branding books fall into one of two camps: either they are about leaders or they assume that brands can be managed by process alone. The Pirate Inside is different. It forwards the idea that brands are about people, and Challenger Brands are driven by a certain kind of person in a certain kind of way. Challenger Brands don't rely on CEOs or founders, but on the people within the organization whose personal qualities and approach to what they do make the difference between whether the brand turns to gold or falls to dust. In line with this thinking, The Pirate Inside forwards two key questions: what does it take to be the driver or guardian of a successful Challenger Brand, and what are the demands made by this on character and corporate culture? Building on his answers, Adam Morgan then explores the critical issue of whether big, multi-brand companies can create Challenger micro-climates within their companies, and the benefits that they might achieve by doing so.

Explore the inevitable collapse of the fiat monetary system Paper Money Collapse: The Folly of Elastic Money, Second Edition challenges the mainstream consensus on money and monetary policy. While it is today generally believed that the transition from 'hard' and inflexible commodity money (such as a gold standard) to entirely flexible and potentially unlimited fiat money under national central banks allows for superior economic stability, Paper Money Collapse shows that the opposite is true. Systems of highly elastic and constantly expanding money are not only unnecessary, even for growing economies, they are always extremely destabilizing. Over time, they must lead to substantial imbalances, including excessive levels of debt and distorted asset prices, that will require ever faster money production to sustain. Ultimately, however, there is no alternative to a complete liquidation of these distortions. Based on insights of many renowned economists and in particular of the Austrian School of Economics, the book explains through rigorous logic and in precise language why our system of flexible fiat money is incompatible with a market economy and therefore unsustainable. Paper money systems have always led to economic disintegration—without exception—throughout history. It will not be different for our system and we may be closer to the endgame than many think. The updated second edition incorporates: A new introduction and an extended outlook section that discusses various «endgames» Responses to criticisms, alternative views, and a critical assessment of 'solutions' Comments on recent policy trends, including attempts to exit the 'easy money' policy mode An evaluation of new crypto-currency Bitcoin Paper Money Collapse: The Folly of Elastic Money, Second Edition clarifies the problem of paper money clearly and eloquently, and proposes multiple routes to a solution.

«Rage Against the Machine» (Ярость против системы) — дебютный студийный альбом одноимённой культовой американской рэп-метал группы, выпущенный 3 ноября 1992 года на лейбле Epic Records. Альбом занял 1 место в чарте Billboard Heatseekers и 45 в чарте Billboard 200. Было продано свыше 3 млн копий релиза в США, за что он получил 3-х платиновый статус от Все песни с альбома содержат политический посыл. Такие активисты, как Бобби Сэндс (зачинщик Ирландской голодовки 1981 года) и Хьюи Перси Ньютон (один из основателей леворадикальной организации «Чёрные пантеры») были указаны в буклете в разделе «Спасибо за вдохновение». Так же в этом же разделе были отмечены Иэн и Алек Маккей — Зак де ла Роча в то время был членом Straight На обложке альбома запечатлено легендарное фото знаменитого Тхить Куанг Дыка, южновьетнамского буддийского монаха, сжигающего себя в Сайгоне в 1963 году. Таким жестом монах выразил протест президенту Нго Динь Зьему, угнетавшему буддийскую религию. Фотография привлекла международное внимание и убедила президента США Джона Ф. Кеннеди отказаться от поддержки правительства Нго Динь Зьема. Автор фотографии Малькольм Браун, шеф информационного бюро «Ассошиэйтед Пресс» в Сайгоне; за аналогичное фото Малькольм Браун получило награждение «World Press Photo of the Year» от World Press Photo Awards в 1963 Все тексты каждой песни были записаны в буклете, за исключением знаменитой песни «Killing in the Name», слова которой были опущены: раздел в буклете гласит: «2. KILLING IN THE NAME», затем текст был пропущен и продолжается следующей песней. Также в том же буклете, в самом конце, указано, что «во время записи не были задействованы семплы, клавишные или синтезаторы». Подобное заявление будет указываться в последующих релизах группы. Там же можно найти указание на то, как группа называет себя «Партией виновников» (англ. Guilty В 2011 году обложка альбома заняла пятое место в списке лучших обложек альбомов всех времен по мнению читателей интернет-издания Music Rage Against the Machine (часто сокращается до аббревиатуры RATM или сокращается до одного слова Rage) — культовая американская рок-группа из Лос-Анджелеса, штат Калифорния. Образованная в 1991 году, группа состоит из вокалиста Зака де ла Роча, басиста и бэк-вокалиста Тима Коммерфорда, гитариста Тома Морелло и барабанщика Брэда Уилка. Их песни выражают революционные политические взгляды. По состоянию на 2010 год они продали более 16 миллионов пластинок по всему миру. Группа была номинирована на включение в Зал славы рок-н-ролла в 2017 году, затем снова в 2018, 2019 и 2021 годах, хотя все заявки провалились! Rage Against the Machine выпустили свой одноимённый дебютный альбом в 1992 году с коммерческим и критическим успехом, что привело к участию в фестивале Lollapalooza 1993 года; в 2003 году альбом занял 368-е место в списке «500 величайших альбомов всех времён» по версии журнала Rolling Stone. Следующие два альбома группы, «Evil Empire» (1996 г.) и.

This is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its own members. Drawing on years of participant observation, extensive interviews, previously inaccessible organizational documents, and dozens of memoirs and writings, the book provides an intimate portrayal of the recruitment and socialization of Brothers, the evolution of their intricate social networks, and the construction of the peculiar ideology that shapes their everyday practices. Drawing on his original research, Kandil reinterprets the Brotherhood’s slow rise and rapid downfall from power in Egypt, and compares it to the Islamist subsidiaries it created and the varieties it inspired around the world. This timely book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the politics of the Middle East and to anyone who wants to understand the dramatic events unfolding in Egypt and elsewhere in the wake of the Arab uprisings.

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Inside the Customer Universe reveals how an organization can become ahead of the game by focusing a its strategy on predicting customer needs rather than following them. This book provides a unique contribution to the field of customer management with a departure from current practice towards understanding customers as 'multi-individuals' and hence solving current confusions surrounding customer behaviour. Inside the Customer Universe's easy to implement tools, models and strategies provide the reader with the ability to create stable and sustainable customer understanding and, therefore, sustainable business growth. «CUBEical Thinking is a great concept for developing business and the concept of customer types is intriguing as it provides great insights into the drivers behind true customer loyalty.» Niels Henrik Hansen, Director SAS Corporate Sales, Scandinavian Airlines, Denmark «CUBEical Thinking has given us the platform for developing an effective sales and key account management organization which has delivered significant top and bottom line results based on targeted up and cross sales.» Henrik Hubner, Vice President Sales, Sanist?l «CUBEical Thinking has provided us with great customer insights on which we are benefiting in our daily operations and it has helped our organization focus activities and resources.» Carsten Hetling, Nordic Marketing Manager, Zyxel Communications

The book is a coaching guide for anyone interested in intellectual property and those wanting to embark on or develop patent creation. It draws on the authors’ extensive experience and insights from change projects, management and leadership at Nokia. The book guides the reader through each stage of setting up a successful unit, inviting active involvement by asking vital questions about their needs and aims. Focusing on key issues and themes involved, it provides examples, diagrams and models to illustrate how they can be out in to practice. Critical chapters include the core activities of patent creation, possible organisational models, costs, quality and the comparison of external and internal allocation of tasks. Discussion concentrates on how to such define roles and responsibilities and the management techniques of external resources. The book encourages the reader to challenge their current organisational structure and strategy by introducing various methods and tactics that can be deployed when considering patent creation, then offering advice into the pros and cons of techniques and how such methods can be assessed. The book highlights how knowledge and innovation can be utilised and protected, which due to the increased importance of intellectual property rights, especially the use of patents, is essential for every business.