How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically—those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them? Does religious participation matter? Why do some countries experience secularization while others are religiously vibrant? In The Wealth of Religions, Rachel McCleary and Robert Barro draw on their long record of pioneering research to examine these and many other as...

The long-awaited second edition of an important textbook on economic growth—a major revision incorporating the most recent work on the subject.This graduate level text on economic growth surveys neoclassical and more recent growth theories, stressing their empirical implications and the relation of theory to data and evidence. The authors have undertaken a major revision for the long-awaited second edition of this widely used text, the first modern textbook devoted...

Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of education, there has not been-until now-a vigorous yet comprehensible examination of data to support...

Robert Barro's Macroeconomics has become the classic textbook presentation of the equilibrium approach to macroeconomics. In its first four editions, this book has shown undergraduates how market-clearing models with strong microeconomic foundations can be used to understand real-world phenomena and to evaluate alternative macroeconomic policies. Moreover, a single, unified framework works as well for short-term business fluctuation as for long-term economic growth. This latest ed...

Currency Unions reviews the traditional case for flexible exchange rates and "countercyclical"—that is, expansionary during recessions and contractionary in booms—monetary policy, and shows how flexible exchange rate regimes can better insulate the economy from such real disturbances as terms-of-trade shocks. The book also looks at the pitfalls of flexible exchange rates—and why fixed rates, particularly full dollarization—might be a more sensible choice for some emerging-market countries....

The MaidBy: Robert Lewis Barros, M.D.The Del Ray Family of Spain are wealthy, royal, and relish in their exquisite home, fancy cars, and lavish lifestyle. However, their life of privilege comes at a cost. Son Antonio falls in love with the beautiful Margarita, a servant living on his family’s vast estate. Their relationship blossoms from a childhood friendship to star-crossed lovers as they become older, and life becomes more complicated. Antonio, forced to marry his cousin...

The book is about an Italian young man that has to run for his life to avoid the mafia. He went to Argentina where he began a mining business. There, he had romance, family, and fortune. Sadly, he also had disaster and sadness. New generations carry the torch and found themselves in the darkest, and most terrible ordeal that a human being can endure. He is able to escape after ten years of being a slave. He then finds a new life where he is reunited with family and discovers the beautiful ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing. Architectures, Tools, and Applications, ARC 2025, held in Seville, Spain, during April 9–11, 2025.The 12 full papers presented in this book together with 1 short paper from the technical program were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions.ARC 2025 covers a wide range of topics, including hardware acceleration, security and fault tolerance, energy-efficie...

The Sustainable Learning Networks in Ireland and Wales project was part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IVA Ireland Wales programme 2007-2013. The project was undertaken by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Regional Economy, School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland in partnership with the School of Management and Business, Aberystwyth University, Wales. The primary goal of the SLNIW project was to increase the compe...

An exploration of how altruism affects us, what are the markers for success, and how to avoid the pitfalls—with scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists and bestselling authors of Half a Sky and TightropeKristof and WuDunn will inspire you to "change lives for the better, including your own (The New York Times Book Review).In their recounting of astonishing stories from the front ...

From the great Ethiopian Queen, Makeda (the biblical Queen of Sheba) to the richest man who ever lived, Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali (worth 400 billion dollars today), African kings and queens have exemplified not only excellence in leadership, but have served as extraordinary representatives of a civilization that changed the world. 100 Greatest African Kings and Queens: Volume One explores the journey of the first 10 African monarchs and will inspire readers to celebrate humanity and the s...

Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform. Rakesh Khurana shows that university-based business schools were founded to train a professional class of managers in the mold of doctors and lawyers but have effectively retreated from that goal, leaving a gaping moral hole at ...