The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them 0241422752, 9780241422755

The Fearful Rise of Markets: Global Bubbles, Synchronized Meltdowns, and How to Prevent Them in the Future 0137072996, 9780137072996

"This enjoyable, fast-moving book is concise, relevant, and perceptive. My bottom line is a simple one: This book s

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life lessons from the great books

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Accidents and Disasters: Lessons from Air Crashes and Pandemics 981199983X, 9789811999833

This book deals with the contemporary subject of perception of risk and its influence on accidents and disasters. The co

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Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters [5012] 9781980027621

Banks fail. Stocks plummet. Nations default. According to World Bank economist Gerard Caprio, we are now living in a “bo

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Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And How to Avoid Them in the Future 1447352459, 9781447352457

Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has

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Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And How to Avoid Them in the Future 9781447352464

Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases

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How to Be Great : From Cleopatra to Churchill - Lessons from History's Greatest Leaders [1 ed.] 9781925203790, 9781863958004

What can we learn from the great leaders of the past? In this unique and engaging volume, James Adonis, one of Australia

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Common system and software testing pitfalls: how to prevent and mitigate them: descriptions, symptoms, consequences, causes, and recommendations 9780133748550, 0133748553

""Don's book is a very good addition both to the testing literature and to the literature on quality assu

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Chess Traps, Pitfalls, & Swindles: How to Set them and How to Avoid Them

There is little doubt that we all have a spot of larceny in our hearts. It seems to manifest itself most clearly in our

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Rethinking Urbanism: Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South 9781529204469

This book provides new insights into popular understandings of urbanism by using a wide range of case studies from lesse

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