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Forecasting : an appraisal for policy-makers and planners / by Ascher, William.(CARDINAL)172414;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / by Harold D. Lasswell -- Introduction -- The impact of expert forecasting -- Population forecasting -- Economic forecasting -- Energy forecasting -- Transportation forecasting -- Technological forecasting -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Forecasting.; Economic forecasting.; Population forecasting.; Technological forecasting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The legislative role in revenue and demographic forecasting / by Hutchison, Tony.(CARDINAL)216144; National Conference of State Legislatures.(CARDINAL)158788;
Bibliography pages 103-104.
Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Population forecasting.; Finance, Public.;
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The deals that made the world: reckless ambition, backroom negotiations, and the hidden truths of business. by Peretti, Jacques,1967-(CARDINAL)430840;
Filled with startling observations and thought-provoking findings, an award-winning BBC investigative reporter’s compelling and informative look at twelve business deals that have transformed the modern world. While the laws that guide our lives are written by the politicians we elect, much of the world around us—from the food we eat to the products we buy to the medications we take—is shaped by private negotiations and business deals few of us know about. In The Deals That Made the World, Jacques Peretti takes us inside the world of the powerful dealmakers who influence our daily lives as he examines a dozen groundbreaking business deals that have transformed our society. Peretti reveals how diet company executives engineered an entire industry built on failure; how PayPal came to conquer the online payment world (and the specific behavioral science that underpins its success); and the plan concocted by pharmaceutical executives to successfully market medications to healthy people. For twenty years, Peretti has interviewed the people behind the decisions that have altered our world, from CEOs of multinational corporations to politicians, economists, and scientists. Drawing on his vast knowledge, Peretti reveals a host of fascinating and startling connections, from how Wall Street’s actions on food commodities helped spark the Arab Spring to the link between the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. He proves a sure guide, combining both eye-opening on-the-ground reporting and a narrative flair that makes esoteric financial and business concepts clear and understandable.
Subjects: Economic history; Economic forecasting.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The end of growth : adapting to our new economic reality / by Heinberg, Richard.(CARDINAL)771222;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.Introduction: the new normal -- The great balloon race -- The sound of air escaping -- Earth's limits: why growth won't return -- Won't innovation, substitution, and efficiently keep us growing? -- Shrinking pie: competition and relative growth in a finite world. -- Managing contraction, redefining progress -- Life after growth."Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits. Richard Heinberg's latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, it shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: resource depletion, environmental impacts, and crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories and to reinvent money and commerce. The End of Growth describes what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth'sbudget of energy and resources. We can thrive during the transition if we set goals that promote human and environmental well-being, rather than continuing to pursue the now-unattainable prize of ever-expanding GDP." --Publisher's website.
Subjects: Economic indicators.; Economic forecasting.; Economic development.; Natural resources.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Leading economic indicators : new approaches and forecasting records / by Lahiri, Kajal.; Moore, Geoffrey Hoyt,1914-2000.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Business cycles.; Economic forecasting.; Economic indicators.;
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The sale of a lifetime : how the great bubble burst of 2017-2019 can make you rich / by Dent, Harry S.,Jr.,1950-author.(CARDINAL)779347;
How to identify a bubble --A brief (but thorough) history of bubbles --Our power to predict --The greatest bubble and reset of our lifetime --Profiting from the sale of a lifetime."... a unique look at where to find the biggest profit opportunities in the coming years. Having spent over three decades studying cycles, Harry Dent recognizes they all have the same characteristics. They all have hierarchies. They all have seasons. And they all bubble up and end in a terrible burst. As Harry writes in the book's introduction, we've been in the economic winter season since 2008 and "it's during this season that we clear the decks with a devastating crash and debilitating deflation. The economy and markets shed the excesses created during the preceding economic fall bubble boom season and prepare the soil for new blossoming in innovation and a spring boom." After the blustering bull market of 2009-2015, we are now preparing for a shakeout more painful than anything we've seen before. The purpose of this book, therefore, is "to protect you from the carnage ahead and allow you to both survive and prosper instead." Harry shows you what makes the years after a massive bubble reset so valuable to investors and businesses ready to make the most of the opportunities that fall from the sky. Harry recognizes that we are about to go through a very difficult few years, but he also knows there are INCREDIBLE opportunities that could help build you a personal fortune that will last the rest of your life!" -- amazon com.
Subjects: Bull markets.; Economic forecasting.; Investments.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Aftermath : seven secrets of wealth preservation in the coming chaos / by Rickards, James.(CARDINAL)397495;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index.Scattergoods -- Putting out fire with gasoline -- Find the cost of freedom -- The alpha trap -- Free money -- The Mar-a-Lago accord -- Godzilla -- Aftermath."The evidence of the past ten years proves that the most devastating financial crisis since the Great Depression is right around the corner. The global elites are ready to protect their wealth. Are you? Since President Donald Trump enacted a series of tax cuts, the American economy appears to be on a solid growth path and fully recovered from 2008's devastating recession. But, as any student of financial history knows, the dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely--and they won't. Investor optimism around the Trump administration has led to artificially inflated asset prices, ruinously low interest rates, the increased popularity of index funds, and the infiltration of behavioral economics into our financial lives. Evidence of systemic risk--market volatility, ballooning U.S. and global debt, and political instability--is everywhere for those who are paying attention. In [this book], bestselling financial expert James Rickards sketches the harrowing economic crisis that's right around the corner and identifies the asset classes that are most--and least--exposed. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of capital markets and unconventional insights, Rickards shows: why high-valuation, high-growth tech and media stocks like Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon are best avoided; why smart investors are steering clear of digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum; how passively managed index funds are thwarting the corrective forces of the market--and creating opportunity for active investors; why cash will still be king when another financial panic inevitably drives asset values down by 50 percent or more; how the behavioral economists who advise 401(k) plans manipulate investors into overexposure in equity markets. In the same take-no-prisoners style that won him wide acclaim for books like Currency Wars, Rickards calls out the key players and capital flows underpinning the global economy."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Investments.; Financial crises.; Finance; Economic forecasting.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Five critical steps to survive and prosper in the coming economic ice age / by McHugh, Robert D.;
Subjects: Investments.; Economic forecasting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Game over : how you can prosper in a shattered economy / by Leeb, Stephen,1946-(CARDINAL)750069; Leeb, Donna,1948-(CARDINAL)750070;
Oil: Racing to run-out -- Vicious circles: oil, metals, and minerals -- Water is a commodity, too -- The developing world -- The curse and cost of complexity -- Wall Street, complexity, and the shortfall in resources -- We never said it would be easy -- Alternative energies -- More on alternative energies -- Buying time -- Denial and disaster -- The inflation bomb -- Inflation: why the old solutions will no longer work -- Gold: your single best bet as the commodity crisis unfolds -- BRAC: staying afloat by investing abroad -- Investing in the new resource war -- Investing in the solutions -- Our best hope: a flatter world after all.Dr. Stephen Leeb's previous books have provided impeccable, if frightening, credentials to merit our undivided attention. This book doesn't offer rosy conclusions or simple panaceas, but it does present his detailed assessment of the worrisome global economic problems and what readers can do to protect their resources. Tough words for tough times.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Economic forecasting; Investments.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Future files : 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years / by Watson, Richard,1961-(CARDINAL)488092;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index.
Subjects: Twenty-first century; Technological forecasting.; Economic forecasting.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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