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Le pouvoir des mains invisibles : faire et défaire le capitalisme au Mexique
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ISBN: 9782384090105 2384090100 Year: 2024 Publisher: Paris: Karthala,

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« Avant c’était El Progreso, aujourd’hui c’est El Pobrezo », me dit l’un de mes interlocuteurs, jouant des mots progrès et pauvreté. Dans ce village reculé du Mexique, nommé « Le Progrès », les plantations de café à l’abandon ne sont plus que le symbole d’une époque révolue, où l’économie tournait autour de la terre. Désormais, c’est celle de la présence massive d’institutions financières, offrant des crédits à des populations précarisées par des décennies de politiques néolibérales. Leur présence témoigne surtout de l’extension des frontières de la finance vers des lieux périphériques. Pourtant, ces flux financiers ne circulent pas dans le vide. En étant utilisés par les populations, ils s’engouffrent dans les méandres de relations sociales complexes, répondant à des manières autres de comprendre ce qui fonde la valeur d’un individu et sa place dans le collectif. En suivant ces usages de l’argent, ce livre démontre le rôle central joué par les acteurs intermédiaires qui, des agents de crédit aux leaders locaux, font la traduction entre, d’une part, la rationalité imprimée par les institutions financières et, d’autre part les dynamiques sociales, politiques, économiques et écologiques qui leur préexistent localement. Dans les plis de ces enchevêtrements, se dessine une société rurale en pleine mutation, où les rapports de pouvoir jadis articulés autour de la terre se transforment et où des formes de « vivre ensemble » tentent de subsister. Basé sur une enquête ethnographique de plusieurs années, cet ouvrage prend le contrepoint des macro-récits sur le capitalisme pour documenter les effets qu’il génère in situ. Loin d’être une force homogène, se produisant de manière automatique, il dépend du travail réalisé par une série de mains invisibles pour se réaliser concrètement. Dans ces entre-deux, le capitalisme – en apparence si évident – se teinte de nuances multiples et montre potentiellement toute sa vulnérabilité.


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A modern credit rating agency : the story of Moody's
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ISBN: 9780367427443 0367427443 9781032575728 1032575727 Year: 2024 Publisher: New York, NY Routledge

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"This book aims to present a picture of one of the world's leading credit rating agencies. Credited as being the first credit rating agency, Moody's stands as the epitome of the rating sector and all that it effects. However, outside of internal and non-public histories compiled within the rating agency itself, the story of Moody's has never been told, until now. However, this is not a historical book. Rather, this book paints a picture of Moody's on a wider canvass that introduces the concept of rating to you, taking into account the origins of the sector, the competitive battles that formed the modern-day oligopoly, and the characters that have each taken their turn on sculpting the industry that, today, is critical to the modern economy. The book is a story of personable people who provided the market with what it needed, but it is more than that. It is a story of conflict, impact, strategy, and most of all the relationship between big business and modern society. Standing as the gatekeeper to the capital markets that form the core of modern society, Moody's represents the very best of what the marketplace can produce, but also the very worst. This story takes in economic crises in the antebellum United States, the Panics of the early 1900s, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression and, of course, the Global Financial Crisis. It does this because, at the heart of each one was a member of the rating industry or the reporting industry that preceded it. Associated with almost any financial scandal you may care to remember the credit rating agencies, in their often-uncomfortable role as gatekeepers, have their fingerprints on most financial scandals and calamities. This book tells the story of the industry's founding member"


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A modern credit rating agency : the story of Moody's
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ISBN: 1003001068 1000961753 1003001068 1000961729 9781003001065 Year: 2024 Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge,

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"This book aims to present a picture of one of the world's leading credit rating agencies. Credited as being the first credit rating agency, Moody's stands as the epitome of the rating sector and all that it effects. However, outside of internal and non-public histories compiled within the rating agency itself, the story of Moody's has never been told, until now. However, this is not a historical book. Rather, this book paints a picture of Moody's on a wider canvass that introduces the concept of rating to you, taking into account the origins of the sector, the competitive battles that formed the modern-day oligopoly, and the characters that have each taken their turn on sculpting the industry that, today, is critical to the modern economy. The book is a story of personable people who provided the market with what it needed, but it is more than that. It is a story of conflict, impact, strategy, and most of all the relationship between big business and modern society. Standing as the gatekeeper to the capital markets that form the core of modern society, Moody's represents the very best of what the marketplace can produce, but also the very worst. This story takes in economic crises in the antebellum United States, the Panics of the early 1900s, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression and, of course, the Global Financial Crisis. It does this because, at the heart of each one was a member of the rating industry or the reporting industry that preceded it. Associated with almost any financial scandal you may care to remember the credit rating agencies, in their often-uncomfortable role as gatekeepers, have their fingerprints on most financial scandals and calamities. This book tells the story of the industry's founding member"--


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Convergence and Developmental Aspects of Credit Allocations in BRICS Nations : Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries
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ISBN: 1003320023 1040039480 Year: 2024 Publisher: Abingdon, England : Routledge,

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This book explores the levels of cooperation and the phenomena of convergence among BRICS nations. It provides an in-depth look into the financial and banking systems among these rapidly developing economies and the steps they have taken to foster development and counter inequalities.


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PCI DSS Version 4. 0 : A Guide to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
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ISBN: 1787785092 1787785084 Year: 2024 Publisher: Ely : IT Governance Ltd,

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This guide explains the fundamental concepts of the PCI DSS (v4.0) and is a perfect quick reference guide.

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