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Aftermath : seven secrets of wealth preservation in the coming chaos / by Rickards, James,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In his most practical book to date, financial expert and investment advisor James Rickards shows how and why our financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets. Provocative, stirring, and full of counter-intuitive advice, 'Aftermath' is the book every smart investor will want to get their hands on as soon as possible. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
Subjects: Investments.; Financial crises.; Finance; Economic forecasting.;
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The next age of uncertainty : how the world can adapt to a riskier future / by Poloz, Stephen S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From the former Governor of the Bank of Canada comes a far-seeing guide to the powerful economic forces that will shape the decades ahead. Filled with takeaways for employers, investors, and policymakers, as well as families discussing jobs and mortgage renewals around the kitchen table, 'The Next Age of Uncertainty' is an indispensable guide for those navigating the fault lines of the risky world ahead. Stephen Poloz lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Business cycles.; Economic history.; Financial crises.; Investments.; Uncertainty.;
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Crash / by Hagberg, David,author.; Light, Lawrence,author.;
"With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe's stock exchanges. To provide that one thing that goes wrong. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. The Wall Street gang's investment bank will be the last one standing, able to make a killing amid the ruins. But one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy's discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping. Her boyfriend, a former Navy SEAL, is alarmed at Cassy's disappearance and unravels the plot. Ben Whalen only has until the next morning to save the woman he loves and prevent the economic apocalypse."--Amazon.ca.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Computer crimes; Commercial crimes; Kidnapping; Conspiracies; Financial crises;
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Mental health emergencies : a first-responder's guide to recognizing and handling mental health crises / by Benas, Nick.; Hart, Michele.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Mental illness.; Mental health services.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Boomerang : travels in the new Third World / by Lewis, Michael(Michael M.);
Subjects: Financial crises; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.; International finance.;
© c2011., W.W. Norton & Company,
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A dog's perfect Christmas / by Cameron, W. Bruce,author.;
The problems fracturing the Goss family as Christmas approaches are hardly unique, though perhaps they are handling them a little differently than most people might. But then a true emergency arises, one with the potential to not only ruin Christmas, but everything holding the family together. Is the arrival of a lost puppy yet another in the string of calamities facing them, or could the little canine be just what they all need?
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Dogs; Families; Family crises; Holiday stress; Human-animal relationships; Lost dogs;
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Shutdown : how COVID shook the world's economy / by Tooze, J. Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed. The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time. Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death. Adam Tooze, whose last book was universally lauded for guiding us coherently through the chaos of the 2008 crash, now brings his bravura analytical and narrative skills to a panoramic and synthetic overview of our current crisis. By focusing on finance and business, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, and how deep the ruptures in our way of living and doing business are. The virus has attacked the economy with as much ferocity as it has our health, and there is no vaccine arriving to address that. Tooze's special gift is to show how social organization, political interests, and economic policy interact with devastating human consequences, from your local hospital to the World Bank. He moves fluidly from the impact of currency fluctuations to the decimation of institutions--such as health-care systems, schools, and social services--in the name of efficiency. He starkly analyzes what happened when the pandemic collided with domestic politics (China's party conferences; the American elections), what the unintended consequences of the vaccine race might be, and the role climate change played in the pandemic. Finally, he proves how no unilateral declaration of 'independence" or isolation can extricate any modern country from the global web of travel, goods, services, and finance"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Economic history; Financial crises; COVID-19 (Disease);
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Chaos kings : how Wall Street traders make billions in the new age of crisis / by Patterson, Scott,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls. There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radicalization--virtually, everywhere we look there is mayhem bearing down on us, putting trillions of assets at risk. And at least two factions have formed around how to respond. In Chaos Kings, Scott Patterson depicts how one faction, led by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black Swan, believes humans can never see the big disaster coming. In their view, extreme events--so-called Black Swans--while inevitable, will always catch us by surprise. In 2007, Taleb's longtime collaborator, Mark Spitznagel, launched the Universa hedge fund, which would go on to make billions protecting investors against unforeseen chaos in the market. A second faction, which relies on complex formulas, believes looming chaos can be detected. Chief among these risk prognosticators is Didier Sornette, a colorful French mathematician who enjoys riding his motorcycle at speeds in excess of 170 miles per hour. When Sornette looks out from what he calls his Financial Crisis Observatory in Zurich, Switzerland, what he sees are Dragon Kings--punishing events that are unlikely to occur but have probabilities that can be predicted ... and defended against. Which faction is right? All of our financial futures may depend on the answer."--
Subjects: Business cycles.; Economic forecasting.; Finance; Financial crises.; Forecasting.; Investments.; Stockbrokers.; Uncertainty (Information theory);
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Let us dream : the path to a better future / by Francis,Pope,1936-interviewee.; Ivereigh, Austen,interviewer.;
Includes bibliographical references.The leader of the Catholic Church discusses what the COVID-19 crisis revealed about the cruelty and inequality of society, what it can teach about handling upheaval, and how to make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people.
Subjects: Interviews.; Francis, Pope, 1936-; Social justice; Christian sociology; Crises; COVID-19 (Disease);
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The Alto Knights [videorecording] / by De Niro, Robert,actor.; Jarvis, Cosmo,1989-actor.; Levinson, Barry,film director,film producer.; Messing, Debra,1968-actor.; Pileggi, Nicholas,screenwriter.; Sosnoff, Jason,film producer.; Winkler, Charles,film producer.; Winkler, David,film producer.; Winkler, Irwin,film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher,presenter.;
Music by David Fleming; edited by Douglas Crise; director of photography Dante Spinoti.Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci, Wallace Langham, Michael Rispoli, Matt Servitto.Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate mafia families in the mid-twentieth century. Genovese attempted to murder Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence and pervasive language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gangster films.; Historical films.; Costello, Frank, 1891-1973; Genovese, Vito, 1897-1969; Italian American families; Italian American men; Attempted assassination; Organized crime; Gangsters; Mafia; Mafiosi;
For private home use only.
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