1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00060675

Autore

POPE, John Alexander

Titolo

Chinese porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine / John Alexander Pope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sotheby Paeke Bernet, 1981

Descrizione fisica

XV, 194 p., c. di tav. : ill. ; 27 cm

Classificazione

CIN IX M

Soggetti

Arte Cinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910629287503321

Autore

Futerman Alan G.

Titolo

Commodities as an Asset Class : Essays on Inflation, the Paradox of Gold and the Impact of Crypto / / by Alan G. Futerman, Ivo A. Sarjanovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031174001

3031174003

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism, , 2662-6489

Disciplina

332.644

332.6328

Soggetti

Macroeconomics

Financial engineering

Finance

Valuation

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

Financial Technology and Innovation

Financial Economics

Investment Appraisal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Are Commodities a Good Hedge Against Inflation? -- Chapter 2: Precious Metals: The Bull Market that Faded -- Chapter 3- The Market’s New Gold and the Promise of Bitcoin -- Chapter 4: Final Thoughts on Commodities, Crypto and Inflation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges the notion that commodities are always good hedges against inflation, which is the conventional belief today in financial markets. Specifically, it focuses on gold as a traditional hedge and the ways in which crypto assets are argued to be positioned as an alternative hedge against inflationary risk. The book engages with emerging debates around the performance of gold since the 2008 financial crisis, analyzing its characteristics, relationship with inflation, and the role of mining companies, and discusses ways that cryptocurrencies have replaced precious metals as an attractive asset class during an inflationary scenario. In considering the case of crypto as being or not a good inflation hedge, the book devotes particular attention to the theoretical financial and macroeconomic implications of a monetary system based on Bitcoin, dealing with the concept of money and the determination of Bitcoin’s supply and purchasing power. Additionally, it outlines the consequences that such a system would entail for the banking industry, and financial conditions involving interest rates, exchange rates, and the inflation-deflation dynamic. The book also analyses the relative impact of past and future events on the different commodity families. This work will be of interest to students and researchers in financial economics, macroeconomics, and monetary economics, as well as analysts and traders in financial and commodity markets. Alan Futerman is Adjunct Professor of Institutional Economics at the University of the Latin American Educational Center (Rosario, Argentina). He is co-author of The Classical Liberal Case for Israel and The Austro-Libertarian Point of View (Springer, 2021) and has published in journals such as International Journal of Finance & Economics. Ivo Sarjanovic is Professor of Agricultural Commodites at the Di Tella University and Lecturer on “Soft Commodities” at the University of Geneva. He is currently independent director of several companies in the industry. He was Vice President of Cargill Switzerland and CEO of Alvean and he has more than 30 years of experience in commodity trading. .



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957873003321

Autore

Lind Tore Tvarno

Titolo

The past is always present : the revival of the Byzantine musical tradition at Mount Athos / / Tore Tvarnø Lind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025

ISBN

979-82-16-21608-7

979-82-16-20272-1

1-283-36212-0

9786613362124

0-8108-8148-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities

Disciplina

781.71/900949565

Soggetti

Byzantine chants - History and criticism

Church music - Orthodox Eastern Church

Music, Byzantine - History and criticism

Sacred & religious music

Theory of music & musicology

Athos (Greece)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : toward an ethnomusicological study of Byzantine chant 1 -- Musical blossom -- Sacred musical transorthography -- Producing Mount Athos : Byzantine chant, pilgrimage and tourism -- "The monks have prayer" : on the Athonite style of chanting -- Spiritual silence, sacred sound -- Conclusion -- Greek glossary -- Appendix A: Chain of psáltes : musical genealogy at Vatopaidi.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Past Is Always Present, Tore Tvarnø Lind examines the musical revival of Greek Orthodox chant at the monastery of Vatopaidi within the monastic society of Mount Athos, Greece. In particular, Lind focuses on the musical activities at the monastery and the meaning of the past in the monks' efforts at improving their musical performance practice through an emphasis on tradition.