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“…Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of China's transformation, from fast-improving Chinese companies to confident, optimistic Chinese women to the role of China's government, and at the end breaks down key lessons for readers to take away.The End of Cheap China shows: How rising labor and real estate costs are forcing manufacturers of cheap Chinese products to close, relocate, or move up the value stream How a restructuring economy moving away from exports to domestic consumption, and rising incomes will create opportunities for foreign brands to sell products in China rather than just producing there How Chinese consumption will build pressure on the global commodities markets, causing both inflation and friction with other nations How China's economic transformation spells the end of cheap consumption for Americans China's days as a low cost production center are numbered. …”

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“…Learn step by step how to: • Set up an ideal workspace in Lightroom • Import and organize your images • Develop your photographs with powerful global and sophisticated local adjustments • Become incredibly efficient in your use of Lightroom, from creating and applying presets to using quick keyboard shortcuts to syncing changes across numerous images • Output your work for any purpose • And much more! …”

“…Leer con atención a Georgescu-Roegen puede ofrecer claves valiosas para salir del atolladero global en que se encuentran las sociedades industriales del siglo XXI. …”

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“…. - Helmut Hauschild, PharmaTrace An essential read for anyone who wants to master deep reinforcement learning. - Kalyan Reddy, ArisGlobal If you ever wondered what the theory is behind AI/ML and reinforcement learning, and how you can apply the techniques in your own projects, then this book is for you. - Tobias Kaatz, OpenText I highly recommend this book to anyone who aspires to master the fundamentals of DRL and seeks to follow a research or development career in this exciting field. - Al Rahimi, Amazon…”

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“…. - Helmut Hauschild, PharmaTrace An essential read for anyone who wants to master deep reinforcement learning. - Kalyan Reddy, ArisGlobal If you ever wondered what the theory is behind AI/ML and reinforcement learning, and how you can apply the techniques in your own projects, then this book is for you. - Tobias Kaatz, OpenText I highly recommend this book to anyone who aspires to master the fundamentals of DRL and seeks to follow a research or development career in this exciting field. - Al Rahimi, Amazon…”