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The author of "Bringing Down the House" chronicles the invention of the Facebook social-networking computer web site by Harvard students…
Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Describes Zuckerberg's use of the university's database and legal problems with a rival site. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.The people's platform: taking back power and culture in the digital age
Par Astra Taylor. 2014
The Internet has been hailed as a place where all can be heard and everyone can participate equally. But how…
true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, the author argues that for all that we "tweet" and "like" and "share," the Internet in fact reflects and amplifies real-world inequities at least as much as it ameliorates them. Online, just as off-line, attention and influence largely accrue to those who already have plenty of both. What we have seen in the virtual world so far has been not a revolution but merely a rearrangement. Although Silicon Valley tycoons have eclipsed Hollywood moguls, a handful of giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook still dominate our lives. The new world order looks suspiciously just like the old one. 2014.Why your world is about to get a whole lot smaller: Oil And The End Of Globalization
Par Jeff Rubin. 2009
From the ageing oilfields of Saudi Arabia and the United States to the Canadian tar sands, from the shopping malls…
of Dubai to the shuttered auto plants of North America and Europe, from the made-in-China products on the shelves of the Wal-Mart down the road to the collapse of Wall Street giants, everything is connected to the price of oil. For generations we have built wealth by burning more and more oil, but there is no more cheap oil to burn. The auto industry will never recover from this oil-induced recession, distance will soon cost money, and so will burning carbon - so local economies will be revitalized, as will our cities and neighbourhoods. 2009.The world we're in
Par Will Hutton. 2002
Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been…
forthright in it's isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model. 2002.World 3.0: global prosperity and how to achieve it (Your coach in a box)
Par Pankaj Ghemawat. 2011
Reeling from the brutal impacts of the early 21st-century recession, governments and societies everywhere are retrenching and pushing hard for…
increased protectionism. Global economy expert Pankaj Ghemawat details why, while this reaction is understandable, following a protectionist ideology to its fullest will only cause further irreparable harm to world economies. 2011.Windows 7 step by step
Par Joan Preppernau, Joyce Cox. 2009
This book helps the readers to learn to manage windows and folders, sort and filter files, create an efficient Windows…
working environment, and safely access the Internet. You'll learn how to install and manage software and hardware, create and manage homegroups, share content with other computers and computer users, and instantly locate content stored on your PC or network. You'll also learn how to fine-tune your PC's performance and resolve common problems. 2009.Windows 7 for dummies
Par Andy Rathbone. 2009
Whether you're new to computers or just eager to start using the newest version of Windows, this book will walk…
you step by step through the most common Windows 7 tasks, including managing files, applications, media, and Internet access. It also shows you how to navigate the interface, customize the desktop, and work with the file system. 2009.Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything
Par Don Tapscott, Anthony D Williams. 2006
Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands…
or even millions. While some leaders fear the heaving growth of these massive online communities, others feel they can harness collective capability and genius to spur innovation, growth, and success. 2006.Wheel of fortune: work and life in the age of falling expectations
Par Jamie Swift. 1995
Swift analyzes the recent changes in the nature of employment and work in the 1990s. He examines the recent growth…
in the services sector and decline in the goods sector, and discusses the high unemployment of recent years and the "jobless recovery" from the recession of the early 1990s. 1995.Web accessibility for people with disabilities
Par Michael G Paciello. 2000
Advocates making the World Wide Web fully accessible for people with disabilities and provides instructions for designing and building web…
sites with the use of assistive technology. Describes tools and utilities currently available, outlines legal issues, and discusses problem solving resources. 2000.Waking dragon: the emerging Chinese economy and its impact on the world (The modern scholar)
Par Peter Navarro. 2007
In this course, University of California at Irvine business professor Peter Navarro dissects the coming China wars and their implications…
for all mankind. China's rapid economic growth has serious implications for issues ranging from oil prices and energy security to global warming and environmental pollution, and from U.S. political independence and financial market stability to hot-war military conflict. 2007.Vos questions sur l'économie: 75 questions, 75 réponses
Par Gérald Fillion, François Delorme. 2014
Qu'on soit aux études, au travail ou à la retraite, l'économie est au coeur de notre vie quotidienne : peu…
de décision se prennent sans qu'il y ait un enjeu économique, et c'est pourquoi il est important d'en comprendre les rouages essentiels. C'est dans cette perspective que ce livre a été conçu. Vous y trouverez 75 questions et réponses qui vous concernent, allant du prix de l'essence à l'acquisition d'une maison en passant par l'achat ou la location d'une voiture, l'écart des prix entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis, les impôts, les taux d'intérêt, le système bancaire et la dette. Ce livre se veut un outil pratique et accessible écrit dans un langage clair et simple pour vous permettre de comprendre les enjeux socio-économiques de la vie d'aujourd'hui. 2014.Voices from the 99 percent: an oral history of the Occupy Wall Street movement
Par Ed Flank Lenny, Lenny Flank. 2011
“This is the first communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street." With those words, the Occupy Wall…
Street movement announced its presence, and within four weeks, it had spread across the country and around the globe, drastically changing the terms of political debate in the US. Technically savvy, the Occupiers posted events as they happened, presented hopeful pleas for social change and energetic calls to action. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011.Une histoire de la fraude financière
Par Omar Fassal. 2016
Aborder l'histoire de la finance à travers les scandales permet de comprendre tout le parcours de l'industrie financière, qui agit…
souvent a posteriori afin de corriger les abus. Cela permet également de comprendre le devenir des institutions, qui se dévorent les unes les autres à coups d'acquisitions et ne font qu'une bouchée des malades affaiblis par un scandale. Cela permet enfin de comprendre le développement des produits financiers, qui s'adaptent après chaque scandale pour faire face aux réticences des investisseurs qui ne veulent plus se faire avoir de la même façon. Mais pas de panique, l'escroc est innovateur, et les clients se feront avoir autrement. Le chat et la souris. 2016.Twitter power: how to dominate your market one tweet at a time (Your coach in a box)
Par Anthony Robbins, Joel Comm, Ken Burge. 2009
If you don't know what Twitter is, or how to use it, this is the audiobook for you. In this…
insightful volume, Comm shows listeners how to use one of the Internet's hottest social networking tools to keep customers and business partners "in the know" in real time. The best businesses of today and tomorrow are using this high-tech, low-cost, and low-hassle technology to gain real advantages over their competitors. Don't get left behind! 2009.Trois leçons sur la société post-industrielle (République des idées)
Par Daniel Cohen. 2006
La société industrielle liait un mode de production et un mode de protection. Elle scellait ainsi l'unité de la question…
économique et de la question sociale. La " société post-industrielle ", elle, consacre leur séparation et marque l'aube d'une ère nouvelle. Daniel Cohen analyse ici les ruptures qui ont conduit le capitalisme du XXIe siècle à la destruction méthodique de cet héritage : innovations technologiques, révolution financière, transformations des modes d'organisation du travail, mondialisation des échanges. En examinant les logiques à l'oeuvre dans ces bouleversements, ces " trois leçons " aident à comprendre les défis du monde à venir. 2006.Too big to fail: inside the battle to save Wall Street
Par Andrew Ross Sorkin. 2010
From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, Russia and the corridors of Washington,…
Too Big to Fail is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego, greed, and, ultimately, the fate of the world's economy. Includes strong language. 2010.This time is different: eight centuries of financial folly (Your coach in a box)
Par Kenneth S Rogoff, Carmen M Reinhart. 2009
This work examines financial crises of the past and discusses similarities between these events and the current crisis, presenting and…
comparing historical patterns in bank failures, inflation, debt, currency, housing, employment, and government spending. 2009.The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor
Par David S Landes. 1998
Explores causes of the disparities in wealth and health that exist among societies, "the greatest single problem and danger facing…
the world." Argues that a nation's prosperity derives from industrial technology, nurtured by supportive cultural values and institutions. Avers that world peace depends on the well-being of all people. 1998.The value of nothing: why everything costs so much more than we think
Par Raj Patel. 2009
Why do things cost what they do? Patel tracks down the reasons through history, philosophy, neuroscience and sociology, showing why…
prices are always at odds with the true value of the things that matter most to us. Also examines everything from Google to TV and from love to thoughts, to see the gap between price and value by looking at things that are so-called free. Bestseller. c2009.