Résultats pour "The Scourge" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

Mary, Queen of Scots continues to intrigue both historians and the general public - but the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political power in her own right, she was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling, licentious court of François I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538.

No one, from economists to bankers to politicians, has been able to quantify exactly how much of the world's assets are currently hidden - until now. Gabriel Zucman is the first economist to offer reliable insight into the actual extent of the world's money held in tax havens. And it's staggering. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an inventive and sophisticated approach to quantifying how big the problem is, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution.

Abi Amir Muhammad, su nombre verdadero, es una de aquellas figuras de la historia española que gracias a su celo fanático, su escasez de escrúpulos, su furor contra la cristiandad, pero también sus notables dotes de estadista y gobernante, han trascendido del terreno de la realidad al mito o viceversa al quedar su huella grabada en el acerbo colectivo español.