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Summary, Analysis & Review of George Packer's The Unwinding by Instaread Preview: The Unwinding by George Packer is an account of the decline of American institutions since 1978.The traditional pillars of American middle-class democracy-government, schools, churches, and the media-have eroded. The American Dream has persisted, but it is no longer attainable through adherence to traditional values like hard work, education, and determination. As the...
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Paul W. Drake and Mathew D. McCubbins are Professors of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Drake is the author of Socialism and Populism in Chile, 1932-52; The Money Doctor in the Andes; and Labor Movements and Dictatorships. McCubbins is coauthor of The Democratic Dilemma (with Arthur Lupia); The Logic of Delegation (with D. Roderick Kiewiet); and Legislative Leviathan (with Gary W. Cox).
Why would sovereigns ever grant...
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Marking the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society, in 1947, this volume presents for the first time the original transcripts from this landmark event. The society was created by Friedrich Hayek as a forum for leading economists and intellectuals to discuss and debate classical liberal values in the face of a rapidly changing world and political trends toward socialism. Bruce Caldwell, a major scholar of Hayek, provides...
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Summary of Makers and Takers by Rana Foroohar | Includes Analysis Preview: Rana Foroohar's Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business argues that finance has become an increasingly dominant force in controlling the organization of the US economy. This has weakened American business and created growing inequality. The argument against the growing power of finance capital is not an argument against capitalism itself. Rather,...
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El libro explora el tema de la memoria y las múltiples formas como se elaboran los relatos del pásado en el Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, en él se analizan varias coyunturas históricas de trascendental importancia para el Caribe Colombiano.
La primera tiene que ver con la recuperación del territorio por parte de España a finales del siglo XVIII,Y la importancia que se le otorga a las islas y costas adyacentes en...
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Axios Press's Essence of... series takes the greatest works ever written in the field of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. We select the best passages-the ones that are immediately relevant to us today, full of timeless wisdom and advice about the world and how best to live our lives-and leave behind the more obscure or less important bits. Our selections are not isolated: they flow together to create a seamless work that...
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Hayek's research highlights the importance and dispersed nature of knowledge, advancing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior. Like any great and productive scholar, he left behind a body of work that includes tensions, flaws, and inconsistencies that must be, confronted by scholars looking to engage, critique, and advance his distinctive project in political economy.
Hayek's work is important but also open for contestation...
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Este libro ofrece la primera visión general de la historia empresarial de América Latina escrita por reconocidos investigadores internacionales. La publicación combina la rigurosidad del análisis especializado con la redacción ágil dirigida a una amplia audiencia. La primera parte del libro ofrece una visión panorámica de la historia empresarial de seis países de la región, y la segunda presenta un estudio de temas clave para entender el...
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The original 1987 Norwich seminar Usury: The Root Cause of the Injustices of Our Time, whose proceedings form the core of this work, had an extraordinary effect. After the endless analyses and altercations of left and right, to which we were accustomed, here was an argument that went to the core of the matter in one bound, and yet did so with a degree of scholarship and indeed erudition that was not cavalier. The result was electric. It was also well...
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Many world economies and cultures are in the throes of mergers into the dreamt global village. Technology with it's many euphemisms such as: the "information super highway," a "period of hyper-change," "cyber universe," "digital revolution and renaissance," etc., are changing the lives of many. Africa, as the author of this book, an experienced and prolific development specialist explains, was only two decades ago classified as a backwater with the...
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In Greco-Roman society the typical labourer was a peasant, not a slave. Yet, while specialized studies of ancient slavery abound, the subject of free labour, its incidence, status, and economic significance, has received little attention. This volume of essays provides a summary of the available evidence for non-slave labour in antiquity and a bibliographical guide, but in addition advances novel interpretations concerning, for example, the composition...
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En el marco de la apertura económica en América Latina, iniciado desde finales de la década de los años ochenta, la inversión extranjera directa (IED) se ha constituido como un indicador macroeconómico de transcendencia. En este libro se analiza el panorama general de este indicador para la región, particularmente en la primera década del siglo XXI, con el fin de identificar el papel que juegan los propios países latinoamericanos como emisores...
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Un regard inédit sur la diplomatie économique.
La diplomatie économique joue depuis longtemps un rle majeur dans les échanges commerciaux entre pays. Aujourd'hui, cependant, on assiste à des turbulences qui changent profondément la donne en matière d'accompagnement des exportateurs. Bouleversements géopolitiques, technologiques, militaires, sanitaires, culturels et religieux... Jamais notre monde n'a connu de telles ruptures à une si grande...
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El proceso de estratificación económica dentro de las sociedades rurales durante la Edad Media y el período Premoderno es el eje central de este volumen. Reputados expertos y jóvenes investigadores analizan las élites rurales y su relación con la aparición del capitalismo agrario desde diversas perspectivas a través de las regiones europeas: desde Wiltshire (Inglaterra), el Condado de Flandes y el Ducado de Brabante (Países Bajos) hasta el...
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Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Speculative Mania and Bubble Bursts. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.
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Many people mistakenly – but perhaps understandably – believe that 'free banking' means paying no charges for their bank accounts. But 'free banking' is really an historic term to describe a system in which banks issue their own notes – without the presence of a central bank (such as the Bank of England in the UK). For some, this may seem an alien concept. But free banking has already been explored in many countries around the world. The Experience...
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Christopher Maule a été membre du département d'économie de Carleton de 1962 à 1964 et de 1970 à 1995, date à laquelle il s'est retiré de l'enseignement à plein temps. De 1988 à 1993, il a été directeur de la Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, période durant laquelle l'accent a été mis sur l'économie. Avant cela, il a enseigné l'économie à l'Université McMaster. Maule a obtenu un baccalauréat de l'Université de...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Big Short tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Michael Lewis's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Big Short by Michael Lewis includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter overviews • Character profiles • Detailed timeline...
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