Provides an introduction to the life and work of Adam Smith, the ‘founder of economics’. This book examines not only “The Wealth of Nations”, with its insights on trade and the division of labour, but also “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”, his lectures, and his writings on the history of science.
Western economies face huge political obstacles to reforms that would boost productivity and growth – continuing stagnation is far more likely. Businesses and policymakers need to adjust to the new reality. And the quicker they do so, the more likely it is that economic prospects will eventually improve.
The financial sector has provided London with an extraordinary impetus for growth over a generation – but what will follow it? The regeneration of Kings Cross and the Olympic boroughs show what the next stage of London’s growth will look like, with an economy driven by accountants and geeks, not bankers.
This book looks at the latest prospects for the ‘BRIC’ economies and other newly emerging drivers of global economic growth. What can be learned from them, and how can the ‘old world’ adapt?
A rightly ordered business economy with strong, Catholic-inspired, provision of healthcare and education is a necessary requirement for prosperity and well-being. Underpinning economic life must be a thriving civil society and good governance, including peace, high levels of trust and low levels of corruption.
This book describes the economic and political history of the past half a century, examining the challenges confronted by successive governments and their Chancellors, the policies employed for good or ill, and the desperate search for a panacea that could arrest the nation’s relative decline and return the country to its supposed former glories.
Every organization is a service organization but most weren’t built to deliver services successfully end-to-end. This book aims to solve this problem. With examples from large organizations and services it delivers practical tools and ideas to change how organizations pursue their purpose.
This book reflects the author’s fifty years’ experience in international construction projects and the management and resolution of disputes. His primary goal is to help parties avoid unnecessary conflict – a theme that is clearly evident throughout this book.
The book introduces and promotes HR as a profession. It explains the options for gaining professional qualifications, and readers will acquire the tools to prepare job applications and perform effectively at interviews. They will also understand how to stay updated in order to take advantage of future job opportunities.
This revised, expanded second edition of Digital Transformation at Scale is a guide to building a digital institution. It explains how a growing band of reformers in businesses and governments around the world have helped their organizations pivot to this new way of working, and what lessons others can learn from their experience.
In this warm and empathetic guide to the modern workplace, Helen Holmes tackles precisely what’s going wrong in your workplace – and how you can improve your working week.
In an attempt to understand why we persistently fail to learn from catastrophic events, this book considers two questions. — Why don’t we learn? — What would it take to enable real systemic change? It concludes by offering an accessible model for systemic change as a framework to evoke reflection and enquiry.
First published as ‘Markets for Managers’, this book has proved to be a popular way for non-economists to understand and apply the key tools of economics in a business setting. Written in an engaging and informal way, whether you are a busy executive or simply an interested amateur this is your essential go-to guide.
Raising the Roof addresses the UK’s housing crisis, and one of the most centralised planning systems in the democratic world. The IEA’s 2018 Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize sought free-market solutions to this complex and divisive problem, including cutting and devolving tax, and reforms to allow cities to both densify and beautify.
Did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb? According to Matt Ridley, many others can lay claim to this breakthrough moment – it was bound to emerge sooner or later. Ridley contends that innovation is the most important unsolved problem in all of human society, and is too little understood and valued.
Ayn Rand: An Introduction illuminates Rand’s importance, detailing her understanding of reality and human nature, and explores the ongoing fascination with and debates about her conclusions on knowledge, morality, politics, economics, government, public issues, aesthetics and literature.
