Author: Charles EisensteinBrand Shamans Market-OtherCate
Publisher: EVOLVER EDITIONS
Keywords: society, transition, gift, money, economics, sacred
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2011-07-12
ISBN-10: 1583943978
ISBN-13: 9781583943977

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.   This book is about how the money system will have to change—and is already changing—to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of the

Author: Organization for Economic
Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel
Keywords: energy, agency, international, china, coal, cleaner
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-04-30
ISBN-10: 9264048146
ISBN-13: 9789264048140

China’s rapid economic growth has aroused intense interest around the world. Policy makers, industrialists, investors, environmentalists, researchers and others want to better understand the issues that this populous nation faces as it further develops an already thriving economy largely fuelled by coal. This study sheds light on the Chinese coal supply and transformation sectors.China’s coal, mined locally and available at a relatively low cost, has brought enormous benefits to energy consumers in China and to those outside the country who enjoy the products of its coal-ba

Author: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and D
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: china, surveys, economic, oecd
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2010-02-03
ISBN-10: 9264076670
ISBN-13: 9789264076679

This 2010 edition of OECD’s periodic review of China’s economy finds that China’s spectacular expansion has continued in recent years, making for impressive improvements in living standards. The slowdown associated with the global financial and economic crisis was contained by massive fiscal and monetary policy stimulus, which has boosted domestic demand. This survey includes chapters on recent achievements and prospects, monetary policy, financial reforms, product market regulation and competition, inequality, the labour market, old-age security and the health care system.

Author: Robert A Beezer
Publisher: Congruent Pre
Keywords: algebra, linear, course, first
Number of Pages: 542
Published: 2012-12-05
ISBN-10: 0984417559
ISBN-13: 9780984417551

A First Course in Linear Algebra is an introduction to the basic concepts of linear algebra, along with an introduction to the techniques of formal mathematics. It begins with systems of equations and matrix algebra before moving into the theory of abstract vector spaces, eigenvalues, linear transformations and matrix representations. It has numerous worked examples and exercises, along with precise statements of definitions and complete proofs of every theorem, making it ideal for independent study. Contents Table of Contents vi Contributors vii Denitions viii Theorems ix Notation x