Product Description: 'The insightful chapters collected here show that markets are a matter of concern because they can be spaces for making concerns matter.'- David Stark, Columbia University, US and author of The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life''Do those impersonal allocation mechanisms that we call markets even exist as such? Or should we drop this questionable euphemism if what we want is to address the political struggles and bureaucratic processes that control economic life? Readers interested in a measured approach to the subject matter will find a set of clues here...read more

Product Description: "This book is about utilisation and development of logistics resources, traditional physical ones such as warehouses and vehicles and more modern ""soft"" ones such as business relationships and knowledge. Taking the starting point that the value of any resource always depends on how it is combined with other resources, the book presents ""the art of systematic combining""...read more

Product Description: Almost daily pensions are mentioned in the financial press. If you're not been told about a leading financial provider being unable to secure future payments, you're been told you may have to work until you're 70. The government has for long realized that consumers are not saving enough, and many experts believe confusion and ignorance is the largest barrier to greater pension uptake, not an unwillingness to save for the future...read more

Product Description: You've done your bit for society and it's time to plan the great escape - do the things you always wanted to do. You are about to find out you've got the time, the energy and the money. All you need now is a little inspiration and to get organised...read more

Product Description: The key to financial security is good financial planning. We can no longer rely on the State to provide for us. Our future prosperity - and that of our children - lies in our own hands. For some this will represent an exciting challenge, but for many the confusing jargon, the increasing complexity of products and the major scandals in the pension and mortgage markets have made finance a frightening and frustrating topic...read more

Product Description: Picture this. You've got a degree in hand, you've broken free of the family threshold, and your feet are firmly on the rungs of a 'glittering career ladder'. Sounds okay, doesn't it? But simmering beneath this, there are niggling voices in your head (and many more coming from parents and peers), muttering words like 'pension', 'tax', and 'mortgage'...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The key to financial security is good financial planning. We can no longer rely on the State to provide for us. Our future prosperity - and that of our children - lies in our own hands. For some this will represent an exciting challenge, but for many the confusing jargon, the increasing complexity of products and the major scandals in the pension and mortgage markets have made finance a frightening and frustrating topic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Your future prosperity - and that of your children - lies in your ability to understand and make the most of the investment markets. Share ownership is for everyone. Whether you invest in the stockmarkets through collective funds such as unit trusts and insurance funds or directly in equities and bonds, the basic decisions you need to make are the same...read more

Product Description: An examination of the private pension fund sector in the UK which aims to demystify the complex world of pensions by explaining all terms and pension schemes. The text should help readers to select the right scheme, understand its obligations and make better use of professional advice...read more