Written by accomplished professional speaker and business consultant, James A. Ziegler, CSP, HSG, The Prosperity Equation shares the journey that took one man from desolation to success. It's about how to achieve great personal wealth and security. This down to Earth book is written in a personable conversational style as if Ziegler was right in the room speaking with you. The author interweaves personal stories with 'the pillars of prosperity'. the conceptual strategy that made him successful and wealthy. Not for the faint hearted, Ziegler's style in often brash, forthright and in your face - the author who says, "success leads to excess," actually lives the dream himself with expensive jewelry, luxury cars, fine restaurants, travel, and an extravagant home. The man is high-energy and perpetual motion: his enthusiasm is contagious. He will be the first to tell you that prosperity is about much more than money. It is about quality of life and security. His definition of prosperity is a total package that includes having abundance to share your good fortune with others as well as having the ability to car for your family and those you care about. Wealth provides choices. The bottom line in Ziegler's world is that very few wealthy people are 'employees'. Of you want to freedom and the ability to control your destiny, you have got to start and grown your own business. The Prosperity Equation: New Millennium Edition is about how to achieve those goals and enjoy the lifestyle you have only dreamed about.

Unlocking the Door of Prosperity in Your Life Too often too many people have abandoned their dreams, ambitions, and even their destinies in pursuit of life goals for which they have not been called. Godly Success teaches that God is the Author of your godly desires and it is not His will for you to go through life miserably walking in an assignment for which you have no desire or pleasure in fulfilling. Only when you walk in your true calling will you become the productive person God called you to be. You must: Learn His voice Listen to His voice Obey His voice, even when it goes against what others think or say. If you have been wondering about your God-given destiny or searching for your calling, Godly Success answers many of the questions that may be keeping you awake at night. Unleash your inhibitions and fully trust and depend upon God to lead you into a life worth loving.

The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues to make progress toward these goals. In 2015, approximately one-tenth of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, and the incomes of the bottom 40 percent rose in 77 percent of economies studied. But success cannot be taken for granted. Poverty remains high in Sub- Saharan Africa, as well as in fragile and conflict-affected states. At the same time, most of the world’s poor now live in middle-income countries, which tend to have higher national poverty lines. This year’s report tracks poverty comparisons at two higher poverty thresholds—$3.20 and $5.50 per day—which are typical of standards in lower- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, the report introduces a societal poverty line based on each economy’s median income or consumption. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle also recognizes that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor. All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it. For more information, please visit worldbank.org/PSP

Why has an economy that has done so many things right failed to grow fast? Under-Rewarded Efforts traces Mexico’s disappointing growth to flawed microeconomic policies that have suppressed productivity growth and nullified the expected benefits of the country’s reform efforts. Fast growth will not occur doing more of the same or focusing on issues that may be key bottlenecks to productivity growth elsewhere, but not in Mexico. It will only result from inclusive institutions that effectively protect workers against risks, redistribute towards those in need, and simultaneously align entrepreneurs’ and workers’ incentives to raise productivity.

The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the U.S. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence. But strange things have happened to economic ideas on their way to power--they've been hijacked by policy entrepreneurs who offer easy answers to hard problems.