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Este libro es el resultado de la investigación INV3081 titulada "La discriminación laboral como factor de riesgo para la sostenibilidad del trabajo digno o decente", la cual ha sido financiada por la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia y liderada por el grupo de investigación en Gestión y Desarrollo Organizacional -gdo- de la seccional Medellín. Para el desarrollo de esta investigación, se contó con la participación como coinvestigadores de...
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The verdict of General Elections 2024 in Pakistan is out and Imran Khan has won highest number of seats in national assembly as and his candidates have dominated Provincial Assembly seats in Punjab and Pukhtunkwa. However Imran Khan is in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi that has already hosted quite a few former Prime Ministers and one of the most popular leaders of the country including Mian Nawaz Sharif and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. This book discusses the...
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Authoritarian regimes have made a concerted effort to shrink the space available for civil society by restricting access to domestic decision-making, transparency, and accountability. An ultimate power ruler is known as an autocrat. A democracy's three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative - serve as an essential check on an executive leader's unchecked and uncontested power. The executive branch has grown at the expense of...
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Invested examines the perennial and nefarious appeal of financial advice manuals.
Who hasn't wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperity-despite strong evidence to the contrary. In fact, too often, they are singing a siren song of devastation. And yet we keep...
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A thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more than we think.
Philanthropy plays a huge role in supporting the provision of many public goods in contemporary societies. As a result, decisions that affect public outcomes and people's diverse interests are often dependent on the preferences and judgments of the rich. Political theorist Emma Saunders-Hastings...
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An illuminating guide to finding one's most powerful writing tool, Finding Your Writer's Voice helps writers learn to hear the voices that are uniquely their own. Mixing creative inspiration with practical advice about craft, the book includes chapters on:
Accessing raw voice
Listening to voices of childhood, public and private voices, and colloquial voices
Working in first and third person: discovering a narrative persona
Using voice to create...
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Are you craving more from life? Do you dream of breaking free from the confines of a traditional 9-to-5 job? Look no further! " How To Start A Side Hustle – The Ultimate Guide To Starting An Online Side Hustle " is here to help you embark on an extraordinary journey of entrepreneurship and financial independence.This comprehensive guide is your roadmap to turning your passions, skills, and interests into a thriving side hustle. Whether you're a...
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An urgent and galvanizing argument for an Economic Bill of Rights-and its potential to confer true freedom on all Americans.
Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life's necessities, those basic conditions for the "pursuit of happiness." For others, freedom meant the civil and political rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights and unfettered access to the marketplace-nothing...
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An activist and a philosopher discuss how privatization harms society and how we can challenge it.
Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons-all are considered fair game. Through stories, analysis, impassioned argument-even song lyrics-Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich show that corporations are, by their very nature, unable to fulfill effectively what have traditionally...
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How many excuses have you made to put off starting a business?How many projects have you simply given up at the first hurdle?If you're struggling, then discover how some simple ideas can help you make that journey to success a bit smoother.Diiscover the importance of planning and how Formula One and Sir David Attenborough can help you stay focused on your success goals.
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As one of the few academics who has never hesitated to go against the grain, whether following the attacks that triggered the War on Terror or the response to the emergence of COVID-19, David A. Hughes, Ph. D. has analyzed how governments exploit their populations in an effort to obtain power and control. Now, Hughes delves into the corruption of Wall Street, its connection to the Nazi party, and the crimes of the Deep State.
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In Selling the Future, Ryan Moran explains how the life insurance industry in Japan exploited its association with mutuality and community to commodify and govern lives. Covering the years from the start of the industry in 1881 through the end of World War II, Moran describes insurance companies and government officials working together to create a picture of the future as precarious and dangerous. Since it was impossible for individual consumers...
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Thirty years after her death in March 1982, Ayn Rand's ideas have never been more important. Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfishness, disdain for Judeo-Christian morality-these are the tenets of Rand's harsh philosophy.
In Ayn Rand Nation, Gary Weiss explores the people and institutions that remain under the spell of the Russian-born novelist. He provides new insights...
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"A generation of hope is what we need urgently. Here is a book helping ensure the next one proves precisely that." -Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofuedalism and Another Now
"A beautifully powerful call, humbly told, to turn your attention to the greater good." -Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want and Hell Yeah or No
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It has become clear: Our current economic system is broken. Growth at all costs is unsustainable.
It's easy to get...
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If everyone-from Emmanuel Macron to Jeff Bezos, and even Coca Cola-is green, why is the environmental crisis growing at an alarmingly rapid rate? The world is already experiencing the impact of climate crisis, but we are not equally responsible for its violent effects. Some of those who claim to be helping the planet are actually making things worse. To avoid being duped by false allies and to create an ecology for the 99%, we must discuss a radical...
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In a series of illuminating essays, the renowned Harry Glasbeek unpacks how law has been used to ensure that workers' aspirations are kept in check. Law at Work uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek illustrates how conscious manipulations of law are part and parcel of how law protects capitalists at the expense...
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Dive into the Digital Gold Rush with "Teen Tycoon" Step into the shoes of the next online business prodigy with "Teen Tycoon," the essential guidebook that's part mentor, part toolbox, and entirely transformative. This isn't just another business book; it's a passport to the digital empire you're going to build.Digital Revolution: Why settle for ordinary when you can be extraordinary? Learn why the online world is ripe for your ideas and how you can...
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By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever. It will remake the world and be the biggest money-making opportunity in history.
"Business as usual," founded on exploitation and environmental ruin, is over. Climate catastrophe, reactionary politics, and widening inequity have put the world on edge. Meanwhile innovations are shifting the economic ground, and an entire generation is pounding...
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