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Blockchain: A Guide To Blockchain, The Technology Behind Bitcoin, Ethereum And Other Cryptocurrency

Blockchain, #1

by Tim Mathis ...

Series Book 1 - Blockchain
A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as 'completed' blocks, the most recent transactions are recorded and added to it in chronological order, it allows market participants to keep track of digital currency transactions without central recordkeeping. Each node (a computer connected to the network) gets a copy of the ... Read more

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A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as 'completed' blocks, the most recent transactions are recorded and added to it in chronological order, it allows market participants to keep track of digital currency transactions without central recordkeeping. Each node (a computer connected to the network) gets a copy of the
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Capital without Borders

Wealth Managers and the One Percent

by Brooke Harrington ...

“A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth…Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night.”—Wall Street Journal“Harrington advises governments seeking to address inequality to focus not only on the rich but also on the professionals who help them game the system.”—Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs“An insight unlike any other into how wealth management works.”—Felix Martin, New Statesman ... Read more

$21.68 CAD

“A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth…Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night.”—Wall Street Journal“Harrington advises governments seeking to address inequality to focus not only on the rich but also on the professionals who help them game the system.”—Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs“An insight unlike any other into how wealth management works.”—Felix Martin, New Statesman
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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

by Mehrsa Baradaran ...

“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines ... Read more

$20.69 CAD

“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines
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NAMA-Land

The Inside Story of Ireland’s Property Sell-off and The Creation of a New Elite

by Frank Connolly ...

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was created in 2009 to contain the spiralling fallout from Ireland’s property crisis. Its job as Ireland’s ‘bad bank’ was to act impartially to get the maximum return from the sale of assets for the Irish people and help pay down the state’s massive debts.Now, after NAMA has presided over the transfer of €70 billion in assets, the Irish economy is once ... Read more

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The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was created in 2009 to contain the spiralling fallout from Ireland’s property crisis. Its job as Ireland’s ‘bad bank’ was to act impartially to get the maximum return from the sale of assets for the Irish people and help pay down the state’s massive debts.Now, after NAMA has presided over the transfer of €70 billion in assets, the Irish economy is once
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Transnational Commercial Law

International Instruments and Commentary

by Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan McKendrick, Jeffrey Wool ...

Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments. Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field, dividing them into thirteen groups: Treaty Law, Contracts, Electronic Commerce, International ... Read more

$195.92 CAD

Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments. Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field, dividing them into thirteen groups: Treaty Law, Contracts, Electronic Commerce, International
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Refund Guarantees

by Mark Davis ...

Series series Lloyd's Shipping Law Library
A refund guarantee is an essential component of almost every shipbuilding project, without which the buyer will be unwilling or unable to proceed.There is no standard form of refund guarantee in universal usage, and both the form and substance of refund guarantee instruments vary widely from case to case. The ambiguity or uncertainty of the meaning of refund guarantee instruments, against a ... Read more

$659.14 CAD

A refund guarantee is an essential component of almost every shipbuilding project, without which the buyer will be unwilling or unable to proceed.There is no standard form of refund guarantee in universal usage, and both the form and substance of refund guarantee instruments vary widely from case to case. The ambiguity or uncertainty of the meaning of refund guarantee instruments, against a
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The Oxford Handbook of Banking

Edited by Allen N. Berger, Philip Molyneux, John O.S. Wilson ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
The Oxford Handbook of Banking provides an overview and analysis of state-of-the-art research in banking written by leading researchers in the field. This handbook will appeal to graduate students of economics, banking and finance, academics, practitioners and policy makers. Consequently, the book strikes a balance between abstract theory, empirical analysis, and practitioner and policy-related ... Read more

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The Oxford Handbook of Banking provides an overview and analysis of state-of-the-art research in banking written by leading researchers in the field. This handbook will appeal to graduate students of economics, banking and finance, academics, practitioners and policy makers. Consequently, the book strikes a balance between abstract theory, empirical analysis, and practitioner and policy-related
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König Hans im Glück

eine kleine Geschichte über Geld und Macht

by Gerhard Wetz ...

Warum ist Geld so schwer zu verstehen und warum glauben alle, dass es so schon gut ist, wie es eben ist? Die ganze Welt ist angeblich verschuldet, und zwar in einer unglaublichen Höhe. War überhaupt schon so viel reales Geld im Umlauf, oder sind wir alle nur Opfer eines raffinierten Betruges von Finanzjongleuren? Lesen Sie diese kleine Geschichte von König Hans im Glück, lesen Sie sie auch ihren ... Read more

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Warum ist Geld so schwer zu verstehen und warum glauben alle, dass es so schon gut ist, wie es eben ist? Die ganze Welt ist angeblich verschuldet, und zwar in einer unglaublichen Höhe. War überhaupt schon so viel reales Geld im Umlauf, oder sind wir alle nur Opfer eines raffinierten Betruges von Finanzjongleuren? Lesen Sie diese kleine Geschichte von König Hans im Glück, lesen Sie sie auch ihren
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Taming the Megabanks

Why We Need a New Glass-Steagall Act

by Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr ...

Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s. Both times, universal banks made high-risk loans and packaged them into securities that were sold as safe investments to poorly-informed investors. Both times, universal banks promoted unsustainable booms that led to destructive busts - the Great ... Read more

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Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s. Both times, universal banks made high-risk loans and packaged them into securities that were sold as safe investments to poorly-informed investors. Both times, universal banks promoted unsustainable booms that led to destructive busts - the Great
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FinTech

Finance, Technology and Regulation

by Ross P. Buckley, Douglas W. Arner, Dirk A. Zetzsche ...

In this comprehensive, accessible work, Ross P. Buckley, Douglas W. Arner, and Dirk A. Zetzsche offer an ideal reference for anyone seeking to understand the technological transformation of finance and the role of regulation: the world of FinTech. They consider FinTech technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain, BigData, cloud computing, cryptocurrencies, central bank digital ... Read more

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In this comprehensive, accessible work, Ross P. Buckley, Douglas W. Arner, and Dirk A. Zetzsche offer an ideal reference for anyone seeking to understand the technological transformation of finance and the role of regulation: the world of FinTech. They consider FinTech technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain, BigData, cloud computing, cryptocurrencies, central bank digital
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Investment Banking For Dummies

by Matthew Krantz, Robert R. Johnson ...

Wrap your head around the complicated world of investment banking with this understandable and comprehensive resourceThe celebrated authors of Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition have updated and modernized their best-selling book to bring readers an invaluable and accessible volume about the investment banking industry.Written in the straightforward and approachable tone the For Dummies ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Wrap your head around the complicated world of investment banking with this understandable and comprehensive resourceThe celebrated authors of Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition have updated and modernized their best-selling book to bring readers an invaluable and accessible volume about the investment banking industry.Written in the straightforward and approachable tone the For Dummies
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Kapitalanlage und die Gefahr des schleichenden Sozialismus

ein Blick hinter die Kulissen

by Christian Zeuß ...

Das Buch vermittelt einen Einblick in die Entscheidungsparameter und die Anlageklassen der Vermögensverwaltung. Darüber hinaus zeigt es die Manipulationsmöglichkeiten der Statistik auf. Ferner übt es Kritik an einem Papiergeldsystem und einer Wirtschaftspolitik, die die vorhandenen wirtschaftlichen Ressourcen beständig in die Irre führen. ... Read more

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Das Buch vermittelt einen Einblick in die Entscheidungsparameter und die Anlageklassen der Vermögensverwaltung. Darüber hinaus zeigt es die Manipulationsmöglichkeiten der Statistik auf. Ferner übt es Kritik an einem Papiergeldsystem und einer Wirtschaftspolitik, die die vorhandenen wirtschaftlichen Ressourcen beständig in die Irre führen.
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Mit zwölf Antworten zum MLM-Erfolg

Was Sie bedenken sollten, bevor Sie viel Zeit und Geld in ein MLM-, Networkmarketing- oder Empfehlungsmarketing-System investieren.

by Anne Schlosser ...

Anne Schlosser ist MLM-Profi. Sie lebt gut von ihrem passiven Einkommen aus dem Networkmarketing und kann sich damit Dinge leisten, von denen sie als Angestellte nur träumte. Inzwischen hat sie ein eigenes Team von erfolgreichen Networkern aufgebaut. Anders als viele Kollegen hat Anne Schlosser von Anfang an auf Qualität gesetzt und nicht jeden angeworben. Sie weiss aus Erfahrung: Nur ganz wenige ... Read more

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Anne Schlosser ist MLM-Profi. Sie lebt gut von ihrem passiven Einkommen aus dem Networkmarketing und kann sich damit Dinge leisten, von denen sie als Angestellte nur träumte. Inzwischen hat sie ein eigenes Team von erfolgreichen Networkern aufgebaut. Anders als viele Kollegen hat Anne Schlosser von Anfang an auf Qualität gesetzt und nicht jeden angeworben. Sie weiss aus Erfahrung: Nur ganz wenige
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Umsatzturbo Mobile Marketing

Der Unternehmer Ratgeber

by Werner Rosin ...

Liebe Unternehmerin, lieber Unternehmer, wir alle leben in einer Zeit des ständigen Wandels. Sicherlich erinnern Sie sich noch an die Zeit, als das Internet vor ca. 25 Jahren das erste Mal in der Öffentlichkeit in Erscheinung trat. Vielleicht gehörten auch Sie damals zu den Unternehmern, die dachten, das Internet in Form des World Wide Web sei nur eine Zeiterscheinung und würde „schon wieder ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Liebe Unternehmerin, lieber Unternehmer, wir alle leben in einer Zeit des ständigen Wandels. Sicherlich erinnern Sie sich noch an die Zeit, als das Internet vor ca. 25 Jahren das erste Mal in der Öffentlichkeit in Erscheinung trat. Vielleicht gehörten auch Sie damals zu den Unternehmern, die dachten, das Internet in Form des World Wide Web sei nur eine Zeiterscheinung und würde „schon wieder
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Geld(r)evolution

Die (r)evolutionäre Weiterentwicklung unseres Geld- und Finanzsystems zur Überwindung der aktuellen Geld- und Finanzkrise

by Holger Lang ...

Eine Reform unsers Geld- und Finanzsystem ist zwingend erforderlich. Dafür ist es notwendig, dass möglichst viele Menschen das gegenwärtige System durchschauen. Nur dann ist ein anderes, ein besseres Geld- und Finanzsystem denkbar und möglich. Genau hierfür will dieses Buch einen Beitrag leisten. Durch eine tiefgreifende Analyse des gegenwärtigen Geldsystems und den daraus resultierenden ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Eine Reform unsers Geld- und Finanzsystem ist zwingend erforderlich. Dafür ist es notwendig, dass möglichst viele Menschen das gegenwärtige System durchschauen. Nur dann ist ein anderes, ein besseres Geld- und Finanzsystem denkbar und möglich. Genau hierfür will dieses Buch einen Beitrag leisten. Durch eine tiefgreifende Analyse des gegenwärtigen Geldsystems und den daraus resultierenden
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Die goldene Jahrhundert Chance mit der 5 Raketen Strategie

Geniale Anlage-Chancen für Gold - Silber - Platin - Rhodium - Palladium

by Hans Kleser ...

Wo ist mein Kapital noch sicher, wo gibt es die größten Anlage-Chancen und kann es im Krisenfall zu einer Enteignung führen? Dieses Buch zeigt die genialen Anlage-Chancen für Gold - Silber - Platin - Rhodium - Palladium! In diesem Buch erhalten Sie verständliches Hintergrundwissen, um die immense Chance - Die goldene Jahrhundert Chance - verstehen zu können, wie Sie Ihr Kapital krisenfest anlegen ... Read more

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Wo ist mein Kapital noch sicher, wo gibt es die größten Anlage-Chancen und kann es im Krisenfall zu einer Enteignung führen? Dieses Buch zeigt die genialen Anlage-Chancen für Gold - Silber - Platin - Rhodium - Palladium! In diesem Buch erhalten Sie verständliches Hintergrundwissen, um die immense Chance - Die goldene Jahrhundert Chance - verstehen zu können, wie Sie Ihr Kapital krisenfest anlegen
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International Bank and Other Guarantees Handbook

Europe

Edited by Yann Aubin ...

Familiarity with guarantees and how they function under various national jurisdictions are essential for principals, guarantors, and beneficiaries of international contracts. This enormously useful handbook provides a practical overview of the guarantee regimes in twenty-eight European countries, with country-by-country contributions from regional expert practitioners and academics. For easy ... Read more

$346.99 CAD

Familiarity with guarantees and how they function under various national jurisdictions are essential for principals, guarantors, and beneficiaries of international contracts. This enormously useful handbook provides a practical overview of the guarantee regimes in twenty-eight European countries, with country-by-country contributions from regional expert practitioners and academics. For easy
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Die No-Bank-Strategie

Wie Sie den Einfluss der Banken auf Ihr Leben reduzieren

by Bernd Schröder, Carsten Bukowski ...

Bankster, Robber Barons, Kontosaurier, Heuschrecken: Politiker sind gute Namensfinder, aber eher schlechte Regulierer. Die Finanzriesen dieser Welt machen deshalb mit einer Mischung aus Arroganz und Unbelehrbarkeit dort weiter, wo sie nach allen durch sie verschuldeten Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrisen in der Geschichte weitergemacht haben: Sie zocken zum Wohle ihrer Aktionäre und der eigenen Konten ... Read more

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Bankster, Robber Barons, Kontosaurier, Heuschrecken: Politiker sind gute Namensfinder, aber eher schlechte Regulierer. Die Finanzriesen dieser Welt machen deshalb mit einer Mischung aus Arroganz und Unbelehrbarkeit dort weiter, wo sie nach allen durch sie verschuldeten Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrisen in der Geschichte weitergemacht haben: Sie zocken zum Wohle ihrer Aktionäre und der eigenen Konten
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The Path to the Corporatization of Law and Society, and the Suppression of True Law

FROM NATURAL LAW TO UNNATURAL LAW, #1

by Frederick Guttmann ...

Series Book 1 - FROM NATURAL LAW TO UNNATURAL LAW
In recent decades, law has ceased to be the framework that regulates power and has progressively become an instrument subordinate to it. This book analyzes how modern states have ceded essential functions—normative, jurisdictional, and coercive—to private and supranational entities, giving rise to a new order where law no longer emanates from political will or the social contract, but from ... Read more

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In recent decades, law has ceased to be the framework that regulates power and has progressively become an instrument subordinate to it. This book analyzes how modern states have ceded essential functions—normative, jurisdictional, and coercive—to private and supranational entities, giving rise to a new order where law no longer emanates from political will or the social contract, but from
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O Ombudsman Bancário

Uma Solução Extrajudicial de Conflitos

by César Cardoso ...

Series series Monografias
A presente obra identifica que o alto custo do crédito no Brasil possui como causa relevante, embora não a única, a impressionante taxa de litígios submetidos à tutela do Poder Judiciário, envolvendo instituições do Sistema Financeiro Nacional e os consumidores dos seus produtos e serviços. Estas lides têm solução demorada e imprevisível, o que apena essencialmente o titular do bom direito e ... Read more

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A presente obra identifica que o alto custo do crédito no Brasil possui como causa relevante, embora não a única, a impressionante taxa de litígios submetidos à tutela do Poder Judiciário, envolvendo instituições do Sistema Financeiro Nacional e os consumidores dos seus produtos e serviços. Estas lides têm solução demorada e imprevisível, o que apena essencialmente o titular do bom direito e
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A Financial Centre for Two Empires

Hong Kong's Corporate, Securities and Tax Laws in its Transition from Britain to China

by David C. Donald, Jiangyu Wang, Jefferson P. VanderWolk ...

Series series International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
This is a case study of legal transplant, economic development, cultural adaptation and political integration. Hong Kong's journey from British entrepôt to China's international financial centre is one of the most interesting legal stories of our time. But Hong Kong's future is even more interesting: will this region with British-origin institutions survive full integration into China and become ... Read more

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This is a case study of legal transplant, economic development, cultural adaptation and political integration. Hong Kong's journey from British entrepôt to China's international financial centre is one of the most interesting legal stories of our time. But Hong Kong's future is even more interesting: will this region with British-origin institutions survive full integration into China and become
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The Logic of Securities Law

by Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos ...

This book opens with a simple introduction to financial markets, attempting to understand the action and the players of Wall Street by comparing them to the action and the players of main street. Firstly, it explores the definition of a security by its function, the departure from the buyer beware environment of corporate law and the entrance into the seller disclose environment of securities law. ... Read more

$38.87 CAD

This book opens with a simple introduction to financial markets, attempting to understand the action and the players of Wall Street by comparing them to the action and the players of main street. Firstly, it explores the definition of a security by its function, the departure from the buyer beware environment of corporate law and the entrance into the seller disclose environment of securities law.
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Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream

by Janis Sarra, Cheryl L. Wade ...

Since the Great Recession of 2008, the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans has continued to widen. In Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream, Janis Sarra and Cheryl Wade detail the reasons for this failure by analyzing the economic exploitation of African Americans, with a focus on predatory practices in the home mortgage context. They also examine the ... Read more

$26.63 CAD

Since the Great Recession of 2008, the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans has continued to widen. In Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream, Janis Sarra and Cheryl Wade detail the reasons for this failure by analyzing the economic exploitation of African Americans, with a focus on predatory practices in the home mortgage context. They also examine the
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A Regulatory Design for Financial Stability in Hong Kong

by Evan Gibson ...

In Hong Kong, the banking system is the primary source of financial stability risk. Post-2008 regulatory reforms have focused on financial stability policies and tools while neglecting the design of supervisory models. This book provides a comparative analysis of how supervisory models affect the management of financial stability regulations in Hong Kong's banking system. Regulatory issues ... Read more

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In Hong Kong, the banking system is the primary source of financial stability risk. Post-2008 regulatory reforms have focused on financial stability policies and tools while neglecting the design of supervisory models. This book provides a comparative analysis of how supervisory models affect the management of financial stability regulations in Hong Kong's banking system. Regulatory issues
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