George Soros is a Hungarian-American financier and businessman renowned for his philanthropy, particularly his dedication to supporting liberal ideals. He earned the moniker "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England" following a significant profit during the 1992 UK currency crisis, stemming from a successful speculation on the devaluation of the pound sterling. As one of history's most accomplished financiers, his insights into investing and economic matters are widely regarded and followed.
In this collection of five lectures, George Soros shares his insights on finance, capitalism, and the concept of an open society, reflecting on his extensive experience and the principles that guided him in founding the Central European University in Budapest.
In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. In a concise essay that combines practical insight with philosophical depth, Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.
Legendary financier and founder of the Open Society Institute George Soros offers crucial insight into the real meaning of freedom and how societies can best promote it. In powerful essays, he spells out how his views differ from President George Bush's.
Reforming Global Capitalism: A substantial revaluation of his international bestseller by a legendary financier and philanthropist. schovat popis
Internationally-renowned investment guru, George Soros presents a theoretical and practical account of current financial trends. Details his innovative investment practices along with his views of the world and world order. President of the phenomenally successful Quantum Fund, which has 4.2 billion in net assets, Soros describes his "theory of reflexivity" which underlies his unique investment strategies.
George Soros Ends the Speculation "The outcome [of this book] is a summing up of my life's work... As I finish the book, I feel I have succeeded.
George Soros---universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics and investment success, and now under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites around the world---gives us an impassioned and much-needed defense of his core belief in open society.
The European Union could soon be a thing of the past. Spurred by anti-EU sentiments due to the euro crisis, national interests conflict with a shared vision for the future of Europe. Is it too late to preserve the union that generated unprecedented peace for more than half a century? This is no mere academic question. In the past decade, the EU has declined from a unified global power to a fractious confederation of states with staggering unemployment, resentfully seeking relief from a reluctant Germany. If the EU collapses and the former member states are transformed again from partners into rivals, the US and the world will confront the serious economic and political consequences. In a series of revealing interviews conducted by Dr. Gregor Peter Schmitz, George Soros offers trenchant commentary and concise, prescriptive advice: The euro crisis was not an inevitable consequence of integration, but a result of avoidable mistakes; and excessive faith in the self-regulating financial markets that Soros calls market fundamentalism inspired flawed institutional structures that call out for reform. Despite the considerable perils of this period, George Soros maintains his faith in the European Union as a model of open society.--From publisher description.
Soros dissects the current crisis and economic theory in general, revealing how theoretical assumptions have combined with human behavior to lead to today's mess. He shows how unquestioning faith in market forces blinds kus to cruc instablilities have chain-reacted to cause the current crisis - a crisis that has the potential to get much, much worse
"Even before September 11, 2001, it was clear that not everyone was happy with globalization: violent protests have become a regular feature of international summit meetings, and many young people have expressed their strong opposition to policies that they see as enriching the rich at the expense of workers, the environment, and traditional culture.". "In this book, Soros not only identifies the problems but also puts forward practical proposals to make the system work better. In a thoughtful analysis of our existing international financial and trade institutions, Soros shows that while they aid wealth creation they fall short in providing other public goods. Soros deplores an unwitting coalition between market fundamentalists on the far Right and antiglobalization activists on the far Left bent on destroying the international institutions we have and calls for a different coalition that would work to reform and strengthen those intitutions. The missing element, the centerpiece of the new architecture, is the use of Special Drawing Rights for the provision of development assistance and public goods on a global scale."--BOOK JACKET.
