Noreena Hertz is een erkend denker wiens werk de ingewikkelde relatie tussen mondiaal kapitalisme, democratie en de gewone burger onderzoekt. Met een diepgaand begrip van economische systemen en hun maatschappelijke impact, ontrafelt ze de verborgen krachten die onze wereld vormgeven. Haar scherpe analyses, vaak voortkomend uit een kritisch perspectief op ongereguleerde markten en bedrijfsmacht, bieden lezers een duidelijker beeld van hedendaagse mondiale uitdagingen. Hertz bezit een opmerkelijk vermogen om complexe onderwerpen te destilleren tot toegankelijke inzichten, waardoor cruciale gesprekken over de toekomst van de samenleving worden gestimuleerd.
'Indispensable, engaging and brilliant book about the pervasiveness of loneliness in the twenty-first century and its far-reaching impact...a hopeful book that couldn't be more important or timely.' Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
In a fast-moving world we're often overloaded with differing opinions, conflicting data and changing advice. In this guide, Noreena Hertz guides practical steps to how to make better, smarter decisions.
En este libro, quince destacados periodistas ofrecen una visión crítica del mercado mundial. En este panorama, nada escapa a la venta: desde la democracia hasta la información, desde la naturaleza hasta la guerra. Todo tiene un precio y todo es mercancía.
With grand announcements, recycled promises, and much hype about debt relief by the leaders of the world's rich creditor countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank since 1999, many of us can be forgiven for believing that the debt crisis of the world's poor countries is over. Far from it.
"I.O.U. is a story of avarice, but also of vulnerability; of power asymmetries and misuse of power; of corrupt dictators and careless lenders; of Cold War interests and Wall Street pressure; of developing country governments who get given it, and developing country people who have no access to it. Noreena Hertz, one of the world's leading experts on economic globalisation, provides a radical blueprint for addressing the debt crisis. She argues that this is not an issue of left or right : this is an issue of right versus wrong; of peace versus war. It must be addressed now."--Jacket
The way we are governed is changing. Government has less and less power to influence how we live our lives, while the private sector has more power than ever before to control what we do and what we think. Yet the business pages of the newspapers still come as a supplement, while the activities of governments dominate the front pages and the headlines. Endless scandals have shown the extent to which big-business now has politicians in its pockets; recent allegations against Peter Mandelson and Keith Vaz are only the latest in a series that have included senior politicians all over Europe and elsewhere. To understand the new world in which we are living, we need to learn to challenge long-held assumptions about the nature of power in society; The Silent Takeover is an essential guide to that new understanding as we enter the 21st century: a time in which we can no longer rely on politicians - of whatever stripe - to meet our needs; a time in which business, rather than political parties, offers the way forward; a time in which we can make more of an impact through our pockets than we have ever done through the ballot box. Based not only on Noreena Hertz's experience as a consultant to businesses and governments, but also on dozens of research interviews conducted especially for this book, The Silent Takeover is an agenda-setting book.
