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A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him. A story of Americans living on the French Riviera in the 1930s is a portrait of psychological disintegration as a wealthy couple supports friends and hangers-on financially and emotionally at the cost of their own stability.
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English
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Green retraces the history of the global economy and its financial systems and argues that despite its recent lapses, the financial industry is more necessary than ever if business-people will look to their principles before their profit margins. By recognizing the precedence of moral and spiritual values over immediate profit, Green says, we have the opportunity to remake capitalism while also helping the less fortunate and finding meaning in our...
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English
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Sandel argues that we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society and examines one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?
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"When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs. Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune, and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
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Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two brothers and a friend find a corpse and a bag of money in a Minnesota woods. They decide to keep the money a secret from the police but this eventually results in deceit, mistrust and then murder.
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Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Primera edición.
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362 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Cuando las tropas estadounidenses ocupan Alemania, los amigos Jakob y Emmanuelle se salvan del terrible destino de tantos en los campos. Con la ayuda de patrocinadores, se dirigen a Nueva York. Para no separarse, permiten su amistad florecer en el amor y el matrimonio, y comenzar una nueva vida en el Lower East Side, trabajando en trabajos agotadores y mal pagados. Décadas más tarde, a través del talento, la fe, la fortuna y el trabajo incansable...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xxxii, 86 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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"In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us. He argued that choosing not to send life-saving money to starving people on the other side of the earth is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save...
13) The richest man in Babylon: a collection of stories with timeless teachings on how to win with money
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Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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xiii, 187 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
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Countless readers have been helped by the famous 'Babylonian parables,' hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this books offers an understanding of, and a solution to, your personal...
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General Press
Pub. Date
2019,©2018.
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Deluxe hardbound edition.
Physical Desc
162 pages
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English
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The Richest Man in Babylon' is considered as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. Revealed inside are the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. Providing financial wisdom through parables, 'The Richest Man in Babylon' was originally a set of pamphlets, written by the author and distributed by banks and insurance companies. These pamphlets were...
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Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
51a. edición.
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157 pages ; 21 cm.
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Español
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"En este libro encontrara los principios fundamentales que necesita para triunfar en el terreno financiero y que le permitiran engrosar su bolsillo, aumentar su cuenta bancaria y asegurarse el exito economico que todos anhelamos, aprendiendo a conservarlo y a hacerlo fructificar. Se trata de la guia perfecta tanto para graduados y especialistas como para profanos en el tema. Aprovechando las reglas basicas de la economia surgidas en la antigua Babilonia,...
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Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1a edici?n.
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132 pages ; 25 cm.
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Español
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C?mo alcanzar el ?xito y solucionar tus problemas financieros El ?xito que alcanz? con su empresa de impresi?n de mapas permiti? a George S. Clason amasar una gran fortuna. El m?todo en el que ciment? su gesti?n del dinero y que plasm? en este libro lo convirtieron en uno de los mayores referentes en el ?mbito de las finanzas personales. Desde que se publicase por primera vez en 1926, millones de personas en todo el mundo han le?do El hombre m?s rico...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
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xi, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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As Jeff Madrick makes clear, the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who argue that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. In telling the stories of these politicians, economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle for freedom but instead gave rise to an age of greed, Madrick traces the lineage of some of our nation's...
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