Eternal Economics

Eternal Economics
Author: Marcus D. Benjamin
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602475105

Are you ready to cultivate wealth so you can be free from daily bondage? Do you find it confusing to understand God's plan for your finances among the many financial voices in our world? Have you struggled to live on a budget, but within months it is out of the window? Have you accumulated large sums of money, but still feel empty deep inside? In his first nationally published book, Eternal Economics, pastor, business owner and author Marcus Benjamin prepares to bring a fresh wind to the financial landscape of your life. He will guide you to financial victory as you discover: The 4 eternal laws of Finance How to separate yourself from materialism How to set up a budget that works How to receive a spiritual harvest from your giving every time How to walk on water financially, and much more After reading this timely and easy to understand financial roadmap, you are sure to be on the road to spiritual and financial victory. About the Author Marcus Benjamin is the Senior Pastor of Champions Faith Center in Bishopville, SC and the co-founder Higher Financial Ministries. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration & Management from Winthrop University. He has experience in banking and financial services. He is also a Certified Budget Counselor through Crown Financial Ministries of Georgia. Although the above accomplishments are great, Pastor Marcus is quick to assert that none of these take precedent over the wisdom and anointing of the Holy Spirit. Marcus and his lovely wife Omeka are the blessed parents of two wonderful children Marcus Isaiah & Destiny Gabrielle. They currently reside in Sumter, SC.

Hope Springs Eternal

Hope Springs Eternal
Author: Kim Oosterlinck
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0300190913

In 1918, the Soviet revolutionary government repudiated the Tsarist regime's sovereign debt, triggering one of the biggest sovereign defaults ever. Yet the price of Russian bonds remained high for years. Combing French archival records, Kim Oosterlinck shows that, far from irrational, investors had legitimate reasons to hope for repayment. Soviet debt recognition, a change in government, a bailout by the French government, or French banks, or a seceding country would have guaranteed at least a partial reimbursement. As Greece and other European countries raise the possibility of sovereign default, Oosterlinck's superbly researched study is more urgent than ever.

The Economy of Desire (The Church and Postmodern Culture)

The Economy of Desire (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Author: Daniel M. Jr. Bell
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441240411

In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Culture series, respected theologian Daniel Bell compares and contrasts capitalism and Christianity, showing how Christianity provides resources for faithfully navigating the postmodern global economy. Bell approaches capitalism and Christianity as alternative visions of humanity, God, and the good life. Considering faith and economics in terms of how desire is shaped, he casts the conflict as one between different disciplines of desire. He engages the work of two important postmodern philosophers, Deleuze and Foucault, to illuminate the nature of the postmodern world that the church currently inhabits. Bell then considers how the global economy deforms desire in a manner that distorts human relations with God and one another. In contrast, he presents Christianity and the tradition of the works of mercy as a way beyond capitalism and socialism, beyond philanthropy and welfare. Christianity heals desire, renewing human relations and enabling communion with God.

ECONOMIC SENTIMENTS

ECONOMIC SENTIMENTS
Author: Emma Rothschild
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2013-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0674725611

A benchmark in the history of economics and of political ideas, Rothschild shows us the origins of laissez-faire economic thought and its relation to political conseratism in an unquiet world.

How Economics Shapes Science

How Economics Shapes Science
Author: Paula Stephan
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2015-09-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0674267559

The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into something new—the payoff may be tenure or a job at a highly ranked university or a prestigious award or a bump in salary. The risk may be not getting any of that. At a time when science is seen as an engine of economic growth, Paula Stephan brings a keen understanding of the ongoing cost-benefit calculations made by individuals and institutions as they compete for resources and reputation. She shows how universities offload risks by increasing the percentage of non-tenure-track faculty, requiring tenured faculty to pay salaries from outside grants, and staffing labs with foreign workers on temporary visas. With funding tight, investigators pursue safe projects rather than less fundable ones with uncertain but potentially path-breaking outcomes. Career prospects in science are increasingly dismal for the young because of ever-lengthening apprenticeships, scarcity of permanent academic positions, and the difficulty of getting funded. Vivid, thorough, and bold, How Economics Shapes Science highlights the growing gap between the haves and have-nots—especially the vast imbalance between the biomedical sciences and physics/engineering—and offers a persuasive vision of a more productive, more creative research system that would lead and benefit the world.

Economy and the Future

Economy and the Future
Author: Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Publisher: MSU Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1628950331

A monster stalks the earth—a sluggish, craven, dumb beast that takes fright at the slightest noise and starts at the sight of its own shadow. This monster is the market. The shadow it fears is cast by a light that comes from the future: the Keynesian crisis of expectations. It is this same light that causes the world’s leaders to tremble before the beast. They tremble, Jean-Pierre Dupuy says, because they have lost faith in the future. What Dupuy calls Economy has degenerated today into a mad spectacle of unrestrained consumption and speculation. But in its positive form—a truly political economy in which politics, not economics, is predominant—Economy creates not only a sense of trust and confidence but also a belief in the open-endedness of the future without which capitalism cannot function. In this devastating and counterintuitive indictment of the hegemonic pretensions of neoclassical economic theory, Dupuy argues that the immutable and eternal decision of God has been replaced with the unpredictable and capricious judgment of the crowd. The future of mankind will therefore depend on whether it can see through the blindness of orthodox economic thinking.

Economyths

Economyths
Author: David Orrell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781785782299

A brand-new edition of economist David Orrell's acclaimed critique of what economics gets very wrong

The Exponential Age

The Exponential Age
Author: Azeem Azhar
Publisher: Diversion Books
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1635769086

A bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effects. 2021 Financial Times Best Book of the Year We are living in the first exponential age. High-tech innovations are created at dazzling speeds; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes and workplaces; centuries-old tenets of politics and economics are upturned by new technologies. It all points to a world that is getting faster at a dizzying pace. Azeem Azhar, renowned technology analyst and host of the Exponential View podcast, offers a revelatory new model for understanding how technology is evolving so fast, and why it fundamentally alters the world. He roots his analysis in the idea of an “exponential gap” in which technological developments rapidly outpace our society’s ability to catch up. Azhar shows that this divide explains many problems of our time—from political polarization to ballooning inequality to unchecked corporate power. With stunning clarity of vision, he delves into how the exponential gap is a near-inevitable consequence of the rise of AI, automation, and other exponential technologies, like renewable energy, 3D printing, and synthetic biology, which loom over the horizon. And he offers a set of policy solutions that can prevent the growing exponential gap from fragmenting, weakening, or even destroying our societies. The result is a wholly new way to think about technology, one that will transform our understanding of the economy, politics, and the future. “Azeem is a master at interpreting a dazzling array of trends and illuminating the future. Exponential is a must read to understand the problems, promise, and paths forward on the exponential journey ahead for us as individuals, businesses, and society.” —Paul Daugherty, Group Chief Executive Officer, Technology, Accenture “With his experience as a startup entrepreneur, tech investor, innovation executive at big companies and journalist, Mr. Azhar is well-placed to decrypt these digital trends. He has a knack for interrogating and inverting conventional thinking.” —The Economist