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Book SynopsisExamines the Celtic Tiger, the once much-vaunted Irish economic phenomenon, and the subsequent financial disaster, from a socio-cultural perspectiveTrade ReviewThe Irish economic crisis was as much sociopolitical as it was economic. So it is surprising that we have had so little analysis from outside economics. This book on the role of culture, particularly the way it has reflected the fall, is therefore extremely welcome... This book is invaluable... the first serious attempt to cast a sociocultural net over what has happened'The book is full of wonderful insights. . . This book is invaluable, if only for the fact that it is the first serious attempt to cast a sociocultural net across what has happened. It is not always easy or comfortable reading, but it is rewarding. As we move towards the upswing, with the inevitable consequence that that also shall end, we need to reflect on what happened and on how we responded to it. This book helps us to do that. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction – Eamon Maher and Eugene O’Brien1. Crisis, what crisis? The Catholic Church during the Celtic Tiger – Eamon Maher2. The Celtic Tiger and the new Irish religious market – Catherine Maignant3. Shattered assumptions: a tale of two traumas – Brendan O’Brien4.‘Tendency–Wit’: the cultural unconscious of the Celtic Tiger in the writings of Paul Howard – Eugene O’Brien5. Popular music and the Celtic Tiger – Gerry Smyth6. ‘What does a woman want?’: Irish contemporary women’s fiction and the expression of desire in an era of plenty – Sylvie Mikowski7. Topographies of terror: photography and the post-Celtic Tiger landscape – Justin Carville8. Immigration and Celtic Tiger – Bryan Fanning9. ‘What Rough Beast’? Monsters of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland – Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kuhling10. Women, fictional messages and a crucial decade – Mary Pierse11. ‘A hundred thousand welcomes’: food and wine as cultural signifiers – Brian Murphy12. Contemporary Irish fiction and the Indirect Gaze – Neil Murphy 13 ‘Holes in the Ground’: theatre as critic and conscience of Celtic Tiger Ireland – Vic Merriman14. ‘Ship of Fools’: The Celtic Tiger and poetry as social critique – Eóin Flannery15. Between modernity and marginality: Celtic Tiger cinema – Ruth BartonConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisAssesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level, to the 2008 financial crashTable of ContentsIntroductionDavid Bailey, Jean-Michel De Waele, Fabien Escalona and Mathieu VieiraPART I: The political economy of European social democracy under global economic crisis1. It does not happen here either: why social democrats fail in the context of the great financial crisis – Fabien Escalona and Mathieu Vieira2. Social democracy and social movements from crisis to crisis – George Ross3. Why the financial crisis has not generated a social democratic alternative in Europe? – Magnus Ryner4. Social democracy in the light of capitalist crises: the case of the British Labour – John CallaghanPART II: National responses to crisis5. Coping with TINA: the Labour Party and the new crisis of capitalism – Philippe Marlière6. Losing social democracy. Reflections on the erosion of a paradigmatic case of social democracy – Jenny Andersson7. German social democracy: a popular project and an unpopular party – Ingo Schmidt8. The French PS (2008-13). Not revolutionaries, not luminaries, just ‘normal’ guys amidst the tempest – Christophe Bouillaud9. Back to the drawing board. The PSOE after the 2011 general election – Paul Kennedy10. Trimph and collapse: the PASOK in the wake of the crisis in Greece (2009–13) – Dimitri A. SotiropoulosPART III: Towards a social democratic European Union?11. Limits of consensus? The Party of European Socialists and the financial crisis – Michael Holmes and Simon Lightfoot12. Palliating terminal social democratic decline at the EU-level? – David Bailey13. Reforming Europe, renewing social democracy? The PES, the debt crisis and the Europarties – Gerassimos MoschonasPostface: death by a thousand cuts? – Ashley LavelleIndex

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Book SynopsisMarkets Don't Fail! addresses many of the popular arguments made by economists and other intellectuals against the free market. Using numerous examples as well as moral and epistemological arguments, this book claims that free market economies raise the standard of living of all individuals who live in them, and allow human life to flourish.Trade ReviewMarkets Don't Fail! is akin to works such as Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson, or Frederic Bastiat's The Law, not only in terms of the free market ideas it espouses, but also given its clear writing style, its reasonable length, and its staunch defense of unregulated economic activity. This book is a significant contribution in economics. It is the first and only such book written from the perspective of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, which has provided a strong impetus for a revival of classical liberalism, based on individual rights and limited government. The writer has remained focused on his defense of markets on the basis of individualism. He has used sound scholarship to advance his case and he clearly knows the material and, thankfully does not burden the text with footnotes for the sake of footnotes. This is the only contemporary text that has taken this approach and is accessible to the beginning student. -- John Lewis, Ashland UniversityToo many economics textbooks allege instances of market failure and call for government intervention while ignoring government failure. Markets Don't Fail! demolishes allegations of market failure and demonstrates that . . . market allocation of resources is the superior alternative. -- Walter E. Williams, George Mason UniversityA skillful blending of economics with its foundations in philosophy....This book defends the market economy against the many attacks made today by contemporary economists. Ranging from the theory of economic monopoly and its basis in the doctrine of pure and perfect competition to the theory of asymmetric information, the author point by point thoroughly demolishes the myriad varieties of alleged market failure. -- Jerry Kirkpatrick, Professor, International Business & Marketing, California State Polytechnic UniversityThis is a rare book on economics that grounds its support of a free market in an explicit code of morality—-the ethics of rational egoism. The intellectual support of capitalism requires more such books..... -- Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireRecommended. * CHOICE *This book is a refreshingly clear text that illustrates the real-world benefits of laissez-faire capitalism. Dr. Simpson uses powerful logical arguments and illustrative examples to make a bulletproof case for the free market. He provides an easily understandable description of competition and monopoly, and shows that monopolies cannot arise in the free market. Dr. Simpson does an excellent job explaining a complex topic that involves so many issues. More importantly, he succeeds in convincing people of the validity of his claims. Everyone should own a copy of Markets Don't Fail! if they want to make sense of the crucial issues concerning the free market. -- Michael Dwyer, Adams State CollegeThis is a rare book on economics that grounds its support of a free market in an explicit code of morality—-the ethics of rational egoism. The intellectual support of capitalism requires more such books. -- Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireSo expertly written as to be accessible for even the non-specialist general reader with an interest in how free markets work, and concluding with an epilogue, Markets Don't Fail! is enhanced with a substantive bibliography and a comprehensive index. * Midwest Book Review *Simpson's book is a most valuable contribution and I recommend it to all students of economics. Simpson is a gifted student of George Reisman, and he has been much influenced by Reisman's great treatise Capitalism. -- David Gordon * Mises Review *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Capitalism, Socialism, and the Mixed Economy Chapter 2 Monopoly Chapter 3 The Antitrust Laws and Predatory Pricing Chapter 4 Externalities Chapter 5 Regulation of Safety and Quality Chapter 6 Environmentalism Chapter 7 Economic Inequality Chapter 8 Public Goods Chapter 9 Asymmetric Information Chapter 10 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisMarkets Don't Fail! addresses many of the popular arguments made by economists and other intellectuals against the free market. Using numerous examples as well as moral and epistemological arguments, this book claims that free market economies raise the standard of living of all individuals who live in them, and allow human life to flourish.Trade ReviewMarkets Don't Fail! is akin to works such as Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson, or Frederic Bastiat's The Law, not only in terms of the free market ideas it espouses, but also given its clear writing style, its reasonable length, and its staunch defense of unregulated economic activity. This book is a significant contribution in economics. It is the first and only such book written from the perspective of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, which has provided a strong impetus for a revival of classical liberalism, based on individual rights and limited government. The writer has remained focused on his defense of markets on the basis of individualism. He has used sound scholarship to advance his case and he clearly knows the material and, thankfully does not burden the text with footnotes for the sake of footnotes. This is the only contemporary text that has taken this approach and is accessible to the beginning student. -- John Lewis, Ashland UniversityToo many economics textbooks allege instances of market failure and call for government intervention while ignoring government failure. Markets Don't Fail! demolishes allegations of market failure and demonstrates that . . . market allocation of resources is the superior alternative. -- Walter E. Williams, George Mason UniversityA skillful blending of economics with its foundations in philosophy....This book defends the market economy against the many attacks made today by contemporary economists. Ranging from the theory of economic monopoly and its basis in the doctrine of pure and perfect competition to the theory of asymmetric information, the author point by point thoroughly demolishes the myriad varieties of alleged market failure. -- Jerry Kirkpatrick, Professor, International Business & Marketing, California State Polytechnic UniversityThis is a rare book on economics that grounds its support of a free market in an explicit code of morality—-the ethics of rational egoism. The intellectual support of capitalism requires more such books..... -- Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireRecommended. * CHOICE *This book is a refreshingly clear text that illustrates the real-world benefits of laissez-faire capitalism. Dr. Simpson uses powerful logical arguments and illustrative examples to make a bulletproof case for the free market. He provides an easily understandable description of competition and monopoly, and shows that monopolies cannot arise in the free market. Dr. Simpson does an excellent job explaining a complex topic that involves so many issues. More importantly, he succeeds in convincing people of the validity of his claims. Everyone should own a copy of Markets Don't Fail! if they want to make sense of the crucial issues concerning the free market. -- Michael Dwyer, Adams State CollegeThis is a rare book on economics that grounds its support of a free market in an explicit code of morality—-the ethics of rational egoism. The intellectual support of capitalism requires more such books. -- Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireSo expertly written as to be accessible for even the non-specialist general reader with an interest in how free markets work, and concluding with an epilogue, Markets Don't Fail! is enhanced with a substantive bibliography and a comprehensive index. * Midwest Book Review *Simpson's book is a most valuable contribution and I recommend it to all students of economics. Simpson is a gifted student of George Reisman, and he has been much influenced by Reisman's great treatise Capitalism. -- David Gordon * Mises Review *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Capitalism, Socialism, and the Mixed Economy Chapter 2 Monopoly Chapter 3 The Antitrust Laws and Predatory Pricing Chapter 4 Externalities Chapter 5 Regulation of Safety and Quality Chapter 6 Environmentalism Chapter 7 Economic Inequality Chapter 8 Public Goods Chapter 9 Asymmetric Information Chapter 10 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of factor markets in Russian agriculture during the transition to a market economy, identifying the impact of existing constraints on agricultural growth.Trade ReviewZvi Lerman has assembled an impressive group of scholars from Russia, the United States, and Israel for this book, and it will become a useful reference for students of the transformation of Russian agriculture. The sector receives far less attention from analysts than most others, and a book that helps correct that imbalance is always welcome. Furthermore, in the Russian context, the factor markets not directly connected to land reform and the peasant farms it was intended to create often go understudied, and this volume helps fill the gap. . . . Russian Agriculture in Transition brings together quality scholars, supplements existing data with original surveys, and focuses on traditionally neglected aspects of Russian agriculture. Its data and insights will be of use to analysts of the sector for many years. * Slavic Journal, Fall 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Part 2 Part I. Changing Farm Structure Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Large and Small Business in Russian Agriculture Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Development of Peasant Farms: The Case of Tambov Oblast in Central Russia Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Agroholdings: Russia's New Agricultural Operators Part 6 Part II. Developing Factor Markets Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Land Reform and Development of Land Markets Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Completing Agricultural Land Reform in Russia: A Western View of Outstanding Policy and Legal Issues Chapter 9 Chapter 7. Rural and Agricultural Labor Markets Chapter 10 Chapter 8. Markets for Purchased Farm Inputs Chapter 11 Chapter 9. Farm Finances and Access to Credit Part 12 Part III. Productivity and Efficiency of Russian Agriculture Chapter 13 Chapter 10. The Allocative Efficiency of Input Use in Russian Corporate Farms Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms: Evidence from the 2003 BASIS Survey Chapter 15 Chapter 12. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms: Evidence from National Data Chapter 16 Chapter 13. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms in Leningrad Oblast Chapter 17 Chapter 14. Technical Efficiency in Russian Agriculture Chapter 18 Chapter 15. Summary

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Book SynopsisBy bringing together economic anthropology, ecology, and culture history, The Anthropology of Complex Economic Systems not only proposes a new model of human social evolution, but equally importantly creates a methodology for speaking to, and against, our present economic and environmental situation.Trade ReviewCaldararo begins to explore how human economic systems might have changed and evolved during the last several million years. This is an ambitious undertaking and he is to be congratulated for taking it on . . . I found many of the ideas and pieces of evidence in the book fascinating and thought-provoking. . . .[There is] a great deal to admire: this is a big book about big ideas. I loved his wide-ranging discussion, and I welcomed his argument that there is nothing so different about modern and traditional human economic systems that they cannot be studied within the same framework. * Reviews in Anthropology *In The Anthropology of Complex Economic Systems: Inequality, Stability, and Cycles of Crisis, author Niccolo Caldararo rightly points to our understanding and application of economics as the source of our modern problems. Caldararo questions the assumptions upon which modern economics is based and proposes that by exploring economic anthropology one can better understand the basis of human economic behavior and can be applied to guide our future economic decisions and understanding. If one looks at early human populations and their interaction with and influence upon the environment and understands the challenges and decisions faced by these populations, we may better understand our modern economic behavior that may help uncover better solutions to present day issues and problems. A substantial part of the book is dedicated to establishing a model of the evolution of human economies and he strongly bases this model within human cultural history and its effects on the environment. He appeals to his readers to use the understanding of economic anthropology in explaining modern economic behavior and events. This well-composed book will be a valuable read not only for stimulating academic debate and further study but also for environmentalists, activists, and economists as we continue to address the serious problems facing our modern civilization. -- Daniel Harder, Santa Cruz Natural History MuseumTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Anthropology and Economics: A Review Chapter 1: Anthropology and the Cosmology of Modern Economics Chapter 2: Wants, Needs, and the Question of Surplus versus Wealth Chapter 3: Complexity and Stability or Stagnation: Declining Returns and the Business Cycle Chapter 4: Wealth, Consumption, Quality of Life & Standard of Living Part II: Introduction to Hominid Economics Chapter 6: Introduction Chapter 7: Forest Fires, Origins, and Myths Chapter 8: Traditional Peoples and Fire Chapter 9: Climate and Fire, Assessing Time’s Arrow and the Antiquity of Anthropogenic Fire Chapter 10: Forest Management in Modern and Traditional Society Chapter 11: The Degraded Environment and Homo Sapiens Chapter 12: Co-evolutionary Processes & Environmental Exploitation Chapter 13: Makeup and Nature of Forests: Fire-adapted Species vs ‘Old Growth’ Chapter 14: Determining Fire History: Fire Scars, Fire Histories, and Thermal Alteration Chapter 15: Insects, Biomass Reduction, and Pesticides Chapter 16: Conclusion: Forests and the Future Man Part III: Cycles of Growth & Collapse versus the Possibility of Sustainable Societies Chapter 17: Introduction Chapter 18: The Problem of Population & the Nature of Human Society Chapter 19: Consumerism and Sustainability: Japan as an Example Chapter 20: The Evolution of Modern Japan and its Transformation Part IV: The Role of Ideology and Religious Precepts in the Containment and Change of Society: A Modernist View Chapter 21: The Credit Crisis of 2008 to 201? Chapter 22: Ideology and Religious Precepts and Motivations: Why People Work Chapter 23: Fundamentalism versus Globalism Part V: Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this ambitious work, Stuart Hayashi clearly, systematically, and accessibly articulates the secular, philosophical, and moral foundations of a free society based on the supremacy of individual rights in which each person has the opportunity to pursue his flourishing and happiness. The author explains these foundations in language that will be understandable to educated laypersons, college students, and concerned citizens who follow current political issues covered by the media. While discussing the compatibility of human nature and individual rights, he makes a compelling and unprecedented argument that particular theories from the field of evolutionary psychology are congruent with Objectivism’s views on human nature, individual rights, morality, social relationships, and the nature and rules of a proper government (i.e., a limited night watchman state). Hayashi’s book is a masterful feat of intellectual integration from various disciplines that builds on the work of Ayn Rand and other intellectual giants, past and present. -- Edward W. Younkins, Wheeling Jesuit UniversityStuart Hayashi has written a scholarly, thoroughly researched, and deeply intellectual defense of individual rights and capitalism. -- Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Preface Part One—Inductive Reason: The Only Oracle of Man Ch. 1. Why Free-Market Advocates Need Objectivist Metaphysics and Rationally Inductive Epistemology Ch. 2. Inductive Reason Ch. 3. The Unity of Reality Ch. 4. Coming to Our Senses Ch. 5. Ascertaining Causal Connections Ch. 6. Absolving Absolutes from Ridicule Ch. 7. Contextual Absolutes Ch. 8. The Biological Basis of Morality Part Two—The Anatomy of Political Organization Ch. 9. The Rule of Peace Ch. 10. Reclaiming Liberalism Ch. 11. The Swarm of Voters Ch. 12. “The State of Nature” and the Nature of the State Ch. 13. The Invisible Gun Ch. 14. Regulation as Spoliation Ch. 15. Contracts, Real Versus Imaginary Ch. 16. By Definition, You Cannot Consent to Being Taxed Coercively Ch. 17. The Contractual Financing of the Ideal State Ch. 18. The Peaceful Sector and the Violence Sector Ch. 19. GODvernment Ch. 20. The Revolution Will Be Privatized Ch. 21. The Most Vital Privatization Ch. 22. Savage Predation Against Self-Ownership Ch. 23. Applying the Principles of Self-Ownership Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOver the course of his professional life, John Maynard Keynes altered his views from free trade in the classical tradition to restricted trade. At the end of his career, his position on the issue was still not categorically resolved even though the evidence seems to suggest that he moved closer to a system of managed trade. In that model,nations would not leave their foreign trade interests open to the vagaries of the free market, but rather exercise some degreeof control over them just as they would their domestic economies. Nevertheless, there is nogeneral agreement among economists as to whether Keynes ended his career in the camp of the free traders or aligned himself with the protectionists. John Maynard Keynes: Free Trader or Protectionist? seeks an answer to this question by analyzing Keynes' own views on this issue, as stated in his major publications, letters, speeches, testimony before government bodies, newspaper articles, participation in conferences, and other sources. ThrTrade ReviewThe author accurately presents Keynes’s views over the major issues. . . .and his [the author's] research is thorough; in fact, the bibliography of contemporary sources is quite valuable . . . The focus on contemporary sources is laudable. . . .The book serves well as a brief introduction to Keynes’s thought on trade and the international monetary system. * Economic History Review *Joseph Cammarosano provides a much needed and meticulously researched account of the evolution of Keynes's views on free trade in the broader context of his thoughts on internal and external balance and the international monetary system. He convincingly shows how, despite changes in his views on the matter over time, Keynes was consistent in becoming increasingly more committed to pragmatic trade policies that further social justice and the common good rather than to a dogmatic adherence to free trade. Therefore, when he thought that the conditions for the UK warranted it, Keynes opposed orthodoxy by espousing protectionism. John Maynard Keynes: Free Trader or Protectionist? also nicely exposes the vacuity of the widespread branding of those who rebel against free trade fundamentalism with the disparaging label ‘protectionist’. -- Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre DameKeynes’s subtle policy shifts on the trade question over time are captured and explained by Cammarosano. The reader gains a grasp of Keynes’s thought processes and of the economic theory and economic history that fed them. Keynes came to understand that neither perfectly free trade nor protectionism provide all of the needed answers. He sought to balance the long-run advantages of free trade with the short-run advantages of sheltering the domestic economy in the face of less than full employment. -- Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Priority of Internal over External Considerations as evidenced by Keynes’ Opposition to the Pre-World War I International Gold Standard Chapter 1: Keynes’ Attack on the International Gold Standard Chapter 2: Keynes’ Opposition to the Restoration of the British Pound to its Pre-War Parity of Exchange Chapter 3: Keynes’ Search for a Managed Monetary Standard Part II: The Evolution of Keynes’ Thinking on Foreign Trade from World War I to World War II Chapter 4: Keynes’ Early Foreign Trade Views Chapter 5: Keynes’ Views on Commercial Policy in his Treatise on Money Chapter 6: Keynes’ Endorsement of Protectionism as a Solution to Britain’s Economic Problems Chapter 7: Keynes’ Proposal for a Revenue Tariff Chapter 8: Keynes’ Advocacy of National Autarky for Great Britain Part III: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and its Relevance for Keynes’ Foreign Trade Views Chapter 9: The Implications of Keynes’ Theory of Employment and his Reflections on the Mercantilists for Orthodox Free Trade Part IV: Keynes’ Views on Foreign Trade during and after World War II Chapter 10: Keynes and the Currency Proposals for the Expansion of Multilateral International Trade following the End of World War II Chapter 11: Keynes and the Anglo-American Loan Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusions References About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe world is a veritable stage for superpowers. Major historical events are best viewed as the outcomes of games played by superpowers for their own economic interests. The objective of this book is to explore the primary cause of global historical events. A global economic disparity (GED) motivates superpowers to pursue their interests and results in the corresponding global historical event (GHE). This book explores the causal relationships between GEDs and GHEs that stand out in recent global history since the first Industrial Revolution, taking a geoeconomic approach which encompasses economics, international political affairs, history, and geography. The book confirms the causalities between GEDs and GHEs. It is a pioneering work that provides a unique but powerful policy implication: in order to alleviate international conflicts and tensions between superpowers, it is necessary to reduce GEDs. And since it is virtually impossible for a few superpowers to reduce the GEDs, the worlTrade ReviewProfessor Chung argues forcefully that major historical events arise from the interaction of superpowers facing economic disparities. His policy conclusion - that reducing global economic disparities would promote international stability – deserves to be widely considered. -- Willem Thorbecke, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, JapanJae Wan Chung has put together an interesting analysis of recent economic history in Global Economic Disparity. Chung paints history on a large canvas, interpreted through the lens of economic theory and through the underlying forces of international trade and finance. The book provides a good read as well as plenty of food for thought. -- Henry Thompson, Auburn UniversityA provocative thesis—that global economic disparity is the primary cause of major global historical events. A sure bet to generate lively class discussion. This book will be an excellent component for any undergraduate global political economy course. -- Thomas J. Prusa, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Global Economic Disparity 2. Global Economy and Superpowers 3. Open Economy Macroeconomic Principles and Policy Implications 4. Financial Crises in the United States 5. Impact of the U.S. Financial Crisis on Economies of Euro Countries and East Asia 6. Human Resources and Technology 7. Raw Materials 8. Energy 9. Environment, Global Warming and Water Resources 10. Food, Population and Poverty Conclusions

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Book SynopsisAfrica: We Owe It to Our Ancestors, Our Children, and Ourselves elucidates the nature and importance of African culture and its role in business practices. This book, written from an inside-out perspective, is a practical guide for conducting business effectively and efficiently in Africa. It is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of business management, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and psychology.Trade ReviewBanutu-Gomez...takes a unique and personal approach as he describes the vital role African culture plays in business practices... The result is personal, positive, and convincing. * Reference and Research Book News *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Introduction: Children of the Land Chapter 4 1: The Traditional African Community Chapter 5 2: An African Child Chapter 6 3: The Changing African Family Chapter 7 4: Africans on the Move Chapter 8 5: Rethinking African Social Policy: Policy Changes Need to Combat the Problems of Rural-Urban Migration Chapter 9 6: Protecting Africa's Natural Environment: Where Did All the Elephants Go? Chapter 10 7: Becoming a United, Self-Sustaining Continent: Finding the Solution to Rural Urban Migration Chapter 11 8: African Unification Chapter 12 9: Revitalizing Modern African Society: Traditional African Commitment to Community Mechanisms Chapter 13 10: Building a Sustinable Democratic Africa Chapter 14 11: My Africa Chapter 15 12: Conclusion: My Vision for Africa: I Have a Vision of a New Africa Part 16 Notes Part 17 Bibliography Part 18 Index Part 19 About the Author

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Post-Industrial Pedagogy in America, The Hegemony of Globalization or the Contemporary World-System Chapter 3 The Sociolinguistic Nature of Black Academic Failure in Capitalist Education: A Reevaluation of "Language in the Inner-City" and its Social Function, "Acting White" Chapter 4 Where Did Freire Go Wrong? Pedagogy in Globalization: The Grenadian Example Chapter 5 Toward Democratic Communism: What is to be Done When All are Interpellated and "Embourgeoised" Capitalists Part 6 References

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a practice-based approach to developing strategies for utilizing broadband telecommunications for rural economic development. Edwards addresses four key questions in the publication: 1) How important is broadband telecommunications in the achievement of rural economic development success in the information-based economy? 2) What are the critical factors in assessing the potential of rural communities to utilize broadband telecommunications for economic development? 3) What policy trends are proposed to assist communities in the advancement of telecommunication-based economic development strategies? And 4) How can local leadership assist in the implementation of broadband for economic development success? By answering these important questions, Edwards provides the reader a step-by-step, practice-oriented framework for implementing a rural economic development planning strategy through the implementation of broadband telecommunications. Broadband connectivity is vital fTrade Review"...Edwards provides economic developers and policy makers with a practical way to apply technology in rural communities for economic benefits." -- Holli Keaton * Troy Messenger *Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Foreword Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 I. Introduction Chapter 6 II. Broadband Telecommunications: The Interstate Highway of the 21st Century Chapter 7 III. Federal and State Broadband Policies: Shaping the Prospect of Economic Development in Rural America Chapter 8 IV. Beyond Access: A Cluster Approach to Broadband Telecommunications-Based Rural Economic Development Planning Chapter 9 V. Local Leadership and Policy in Broadband Telecommunications-Based Rural Economic Development Planning Chapter 10 VI. Conclusion Chapter 11 Appendices Chapter 12 References

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Book SynopsisIn this insightful study, Braatz and Rowland examine how Wisconsin''s Winnebago County negotiated nagging issues such as unemployment, debt relief, and sluggish industry during the Great Depression, while attempting to understand the effect these times had on the people who called the county home. In the fall of 1929, the Great Depression descended hard upon Winnebago County. Although the county suffered debilitating effects from the economic collapse, the pain was not evenly distributed amongst this largely industrial region in the southern Fox Valley. At the northern edge of Winnebago County, the cities Neenah and Menasha, driven by the paper industry, suffered far less than Oshkosh, a city greatly reliant upon the woodworking mills lining the Fox River. When new housing disappeared, demand for Oshkosh''s doors and window sashes went with it_and the jobs were quick to follow. The searing hardships caused by the Great Depression ravaged the economy and social fabric of the Winnebago CTrade ReviewProfessors Braatz and Rowland have given us a very engaging portrait of a community in distress during the Great Depression. Both sound and extensive in its research, the lively narrative provides the reader not only the customary percentages and statistics of a depressed economy but exposes the compelling personal and human impact as well. -- Lee Van Scyoc, professor of economics, The University of Wisconsin at OshkoshTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter One - 1929: The Crash Chapter 3 Chapter Two - 1930: The Onset of Depression Chapter 4 Chapter Three - 1931: The Depression Deepens Chapter 5 Chapter Four - 1932: The Depths of Depression Chapter 6 Chapter Five - 1933: The Federal Government Weighs In Chapter 7 Chapter Six - 1934: New Directions in Relief Chapter 8 Chapter Seven - 1935-1937: Putting People to Work Chapter 9 Chapter Eight - 1937-1939: The Woes of Labor Chapter 10 Epilogue: Hope on the Horizon Chapter 11 Index

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Book SynopsisBecoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government''s New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary Gold Standard, or the floating of the dollar between 1933 and the 1970s. Third, and least appreciated, was the mobilization of the American economy to confront the threat of the Axis ascendancy in World War II. Becoming the Arsenal places the events of this economic mobilization in its political-economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. The book is structured in three parts. The first deals with the decision to mobilize in May-June 1940. The second part relates the importance of the World War I experience and the economic diplomatic environment of the late 1930s. The final part examines the shift from a partial mobilizatioTrade ReviewNotable in Carew's analysis is his adept use of data from the seemingly disparate but interconnected spheres of government bureaucracy, economic policy, public finance, US diplomatic politics, and industrial management. The author is to be applauded for accomplishing such a daunting task.... Highly recommended. * CHOICE, August 2010 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 PART I: THE MARCH TO WAR, 1939-41 Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 5 Chapter 2: The Specter of World War I Industrial Mobilization Chapter 6 Chapter 3: The Reality of the Empty Arsenal Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Builgind and Economic-Military Consensus Chapter 9 Chapter 5: American Economic Evolution, 1900-1950 Chapter 10 Chapter 6: World War I and Military Mobilization Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Military Tradition and Modern War Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Planning Industrial Mobilization, 1920-1939 Part 13 PART III: BECOMING THE ARSENAL Chapter 14 Chapter 9: The Economic and Industrial Platform, 1941 — The General American Economy Chapter 15 Chapter 10: The Struggle to Define Preparedness and the Victory Plan Chapter 16 Chapter 11: The Economic Consequences of Pearl Harbor Chapter 17 Chapter 12: The Military-Civilian Contention Chapter 18 Chapter 13: Becoming the Arsenal Chapter 19 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBecoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the private sector in directing the American economy. The first was the Great Depression and the government''s New Deal recovery program. The second was the gradual abandonment of the monetary Gold Standard, or the ''floating'' of the dollar between 1933 and the 1970s. Third, and least appreciated, was the mobilization of the American economy to confront the threat of the Axis ascendancy in World War II. Becoming the Arsenal places the events of this economic mobilization in its political-economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. The book is structured in three parts. The first deals with the decision to mobilize in May-June 1940. The second part relates the importance of the World War I experience and the economic diplomatic environment of the late 1930s. The final part examines the shift from a partial mobilizTrade ReviewNotable in Carew's analysis is his adept use of data from the seemingly disparate but interconnected spheres of government bureaucracy, economic policy, public finance, US diplomatic politics, and industrial management. The author is to be applauded for accomplishing such a daunting task.... Highly recommended. * CHOICE, August 2010 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 PART I: THE MARCH TO WAR, 1939-41 Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 5 Chapter 2: The Specter of World War I Industrial Mobilization Chapter 6 Chapter 3: The Reality of the Empty Arsenal Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Builgind and Economic-Military Consensus Chapter 9 Chapter 5: American Economic Evolution, 1900-1950 Chapter 10 Chapter 6: World War I and Military Mobilization Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Military Tradition and Modern War Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Planning Industrial Mobilization, 1920-1939 Part 13 PART III: BECOMING THE ARSENAL Chapter 14 Chapter 9: The Economic and Industrial Platform, 1941 — The General American Economy Chapter 15 Chapter 10: The Struggle to Define Preparedness and the Victory Plan Chapter 16 Chapter 11: The Economic Consequences of Pearl Harbor Chapter 17 Chapter 12: The Military-Civilian Contention Chapter 18 Chapter 13: Becoming the Arsenal Chapter 19 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom the author: When Citadel Values went to press, we began looking for an educational tool to capture the lessons and fortify our students in the greater world beyond the Lesesne Gate. Also, answering prompting calls for a longer book with more essays of comfort and wisdom, we created a publication that has accomplished more than we sought. This book is the result. It reflects my thinking and writing during tumultuous economic times and of great stress on our body politic. Stress is often the time of greatest growth. I am hopeful, as we traverse these bumps in the road, that our American Ark will come out the better. What I can assure you is that The Citadel will continue on its path of producing men and women of distinction and character to lead the next generation.Trade ReviewThis book is an inspiring reflection on the ideals upon which our nation was founded and charts the course toward a richer, more democratic society. Robin Freer gives voice to the notion of principled leadership, which is at the heart of a Citadel education and essential for all citizens to embrace. -- Lieutenant General John W. Rosa, USAF (retired), president, The CitadelCitadel Values II encapsulates timeless truths that make America great. The Citadel proves an essential training ground where cadets receive more than education, but experience that propels them as leaders in society. Professor Freer reminds us of the vision and values our country so desperately needs. -- Foster Friess, founder of the Brandywine FundRobin Freer has exquisitely captured what drives most Citadel graduates to strive for excellence in every endeavor. Perhaps one of the most difficult emotions to portray in a book is exactly what inspires us to accomplish our life goals and from whom did we learn our valuable lessons. Robin has captured that spirit in this well-written book. All Citadel alumni salute him. -- Michael Rogers, director of alumni affairs, The CitadelTable of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Citadel Way Chapter 5 Leadership Chapter 6 Defense of Country Chapter 7 American Economics Chapter 8 Ideals for America's Future Chapter 9 Enduring Change in the 21st Century Chapter 10 The Spirit of America Chapter 11 Endnotes Chapter 12 Biography Chapter 13 About the Author

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Book SynopsisDumped On, Bond Market Spits Crises! explores the root causes of our once-a-decade crises, especially the crisis of 2007-2008. This book is not a thesis affirming the cultural doctrinaire of sex, drugs, and rock and roll as necessary vainglories or desirable initiation ritual into our pop culture; what it does, however, is point to the bond market as exactly that. Much more so than the post-war times, the bond market is the key financier of our mainstreamed culture: inclusive but innovative enough to breed crookery and other sanctioned cultural excesses. It can be hard to resist the lure of credit that the bond market enables. Under this climate, all it takes is a good shock and a dose of fear for this bond market to make its rounds with crises.Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Figures Part 2 List of Tables Part 3 Preface Part 4 Introduction: The Virtues Part 5 Section 1: The Virtures Chapter 6 Chapter 1: Commoners Join In: Bonds for Shopping, Bonds as Paychecks Chapter 7 Chapter 2: After Greek Food, the Diet Part 8 Section 2: Mediating the Two Savings Chapter 9 Chapter 3: Public Dis(Savings) Part 10 Section 3: The Two Walls that Fell for Iceland, Context of Inquiry: Two Currents Chapter 11 Chapter 4: Nationalism and the Debt Culture Chapter 12 Chapter 5: The Two Currents, and Responses Part 13 Section 4: How the "Pigs" Flew Chapter 14 Chapter 6: How the PIIGGS Flew Chapter 15 Chapter 7: A Tale of Two Countries: The Icelandic Story Chapter 16 Chapter 8: On Ice: Iceland and Norway, All or Nothing Part 17 Section 5: Creating Value Chapter 18 Chapter 9: Valuing a Firm, and MCI, Inc. Chapter 19 Chapter 10: Valuing Petro-Canada and Other Quasi-Public Enterprises Chapter 20 Chapter 11: Valuing Governments Chapter 21 Chapter 12: The Asian Challenge and Responses from the Real Side of Market Economies Chapter 22 Chapter 13: When the Old Become Hip Again Chapter 23 Chapter 14: Securitization: Response to the Asian Challenge? Part 24 Section 6: The Exotics Chapter 25 Chapter 15: From Fixed Income to the Exotics Part 26 Section 7: Institutions that Mainstreamed the Debt Culture Chapter 27 Chapter 16: Money-Creating Machines Fulfilling the Growth and Low Inflation Promise Chapter 28 Chapter 17: Interest Rates: The True Universal Language Part 29 Section 8: Epilogue Chapter 30 Chapter 18: The Regulatory Misfire Part 31 Index

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Book SynopsisThis book considers how a financial crisis develops and how a government responds to a financial crisis. In an attempt to shed light on these questions, it closely examines two cases: Mexico during the Mexican Peso Crisis of 1994-1995 and Malaysia during the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998.Trade ReviewThis perceptive study by Fahrettin Sümer could not have been completed at a more propitious time. As the world in 2010 haltingly recovers from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Dr. Sümer significantly extends our understanding of why such crises periodically humble global capitalism. -- Donald J. Puchala, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsPreface Foreword Acronyms Chapter I: About the Book Chapter II: The Economic Explanations of Financial Crises and of Governmental Responses Chapter III: The Shortcomings of the Economic Explanations: The Mexican Case Chapter IV: The Impact of Non-Economic Factors: The Mexican Case Chapter V: The Shortcomings of the Economic Explanations: The Malaysian Case Chapter VI: The Impact of Non-Economic Factors: The Malaysian Case Chapter VII: Financial Crises, Non-Economic Factors, and Governmental Responses Appendix A: Mexico's Historical Background Appendix B: Malaysia's Historical Background Appendix C: Mexico's Economic Indicators in the Late 1980s and 1990s Appendix D: Malaysia's Economic Indicators in Comparison with Some Asian Countries in the 1990s Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCaravantes explores how people can trade one paradigm of conspicuous consumption for another of frugality and simplicity. With over one hundred easy-to-do fun ideas and entertaining activities that are free or very low in cost, the reader is shown the possibility of a life beyond spending.Table of ContentsContents Part I – Reflections on Life beyond Spending Part II – Enjoyable Low-Cost or Free Activities Category I – Spiritual Activities Category II – Home and Hearth Category III – Nutrition and Health Category IV – Lifestyle Category V – Your Social World Category VI – Being of Service Category VII – Enjoy Nature Category VIII – Arts and Crafts Category IX – The Community Category X – Cultivating the Mind Part III – My Own Personal Journey

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Book SynopsisJapan today is caught up in chronic economic crisis, its financial system wracked by record-breaking bankruptcies and its companies hobbled by bad balance sheets, overproduction, and weak consumer demand. In turn, Japan''s faltering fortunes have sent shock waves across Asia, triggering the collapse of economies in South Korea, Thailand, and other Asian countries that followed its model for rapid growth and development. While a growing chorus of Japanese politicians, business leaders, and economic analysts blame the current troubles on the misguided policies of Japan''s Ministry of Finance, the root of Japan''s malaise lies more fundamentally in the contradictory relationship that first made it an economic powerhouse: the combination of businesses that aggressively compete for profits in the best tradition of free enterprise with a government bureaucracy that controls the economy with a heavy thicket of regulation and guidance. And so far, despite ringing declarations of reform

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Book SynopsisTrade Review" A fundamental challenge to established stereotypes of the Andean economy, this book will lead to a rethinking of received ideas. Including work by many of the leading scholars in the field, it will be obligatory reading for those interested in indigenous history and anthropology. It offers a different perspective on the economy by focusing on the indigenous population, and demonstrates conclusively how the Indians succeeded in linking their complex traditional systems with the new opportunities offered by expanded markets."—Nathan Wachtel, College de France"This is an impressive collection of essays [and] a fundamental reference book in Andean studies."—Walter Mignolo, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsList of Maps ix Acknowledgments 1 I. Introduction 3 1. Andean Communities, Political Cultures, and Markets: The Changing Contours of a Field / Brooke Larson 5 II. From Inca to Spanish Rule: The Making of Indians and Markets 55 2. Did Tribute and Markets Prevail in the Andes before the European invasion? / John V. Murra 57 3. The Variety and Ambiguity of Native Andean Intervention in European Colonial Markets / Steve J. Stern 73 4. Exchange in the Ethnic Territories between 1530 and 1567: The Visitas of Huanuco and Chucuito / Carlos Sempat Assadourian 101 5. Exchange and Markets in the Sixteenth Century: A View from the North / Susan E. Ramirez 135 III. Andean Tribute, Migration, and Trade: Remapping the Boundaries of Ethnicity and Exchange 165 6. Indian Migration and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century Charcas / Thierry Saignas 167 7. Indians in Late Colonial Markets: Sources and Numbers / Enripe Tandeter, Vilma Milletich, Maria Matilda Olllier, and Beatriz Ruibal 196 8. Markets, Power, and the Politics of Exchange in Tapacari, c.1780 and 1980 / Brooke Larson and Rosario Leon 224 IV. Negotiating the Meanings of Market Exchange: Community and Hierarchy in Three Andean Contexts 257 9. Ethnic Calendars and Market Interventions Among the Ayllus of Lipes during the Nineteenth Century / Tristan Platt 259 10. The Sources and Meanings of Money: Beyond the Market Paradigm in an Ayllu of Northern Potosi / Olivia Harris 297 11. "Women Are More Indian": Ethnicity and Gender in a Community near Cuzco / Marisol de la Cadena 329 V. Conclusion 349 12. Ethnic Identity and Market Relations: Indians and Mestizos in the Andes / Olivia Harris 351 Glossary 391 Selected Bibliography 397 Contributors 419 Index 421

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Book SynopsisA social history of trade in a colonial city in Peru, arguing that markets, stores, and taverns were important sites of cultural creation and showing how the gender and ethnic identities of participants affected how they adapted to the market economy.Trade Review“Trading Roles is a pioneering study. The mass of research Jane E. Mangan has put into the work is truly amazing. She makes the lives of the vast majority of the population of Potosí come alive.”—Erick D. Langer, author of Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930“Trading Roles is an unusually lively, detailed account of ‘the underdogs’ of a colonial Spanish American city. It draws attention not only to relatively invisible historical actors but to the rich texture of the deals and socially patterned expectations that brought them together.”—Kathryn Burns, author of Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru“A fascinating and detailed case study based on important and original research. . . . Trading Roles makes a significant and thoughtful contribution to our understanding of specific networks of exchange, credit, and interaction in colonial Peru.” -- Caroline Dodds * Sixteenth Century Journal *“[Mangan’s] narrative style and scholarship clearly will set a high standard for years to come.” -- Michael D. Gambone * American Historical Review *“In the historiography on colonial Potosí, Mangan’s work is distinctive for its concentration on the grassroots of daily market activities and mundane business dealings. . . . The great strength of Mangan’s book is that she brings to life the world of the common vendors, artisans, merchants, and suppliers that made a great colonial city work.” -- Timothy E. Anna * Colonial Latin American Historical Review *“Mangan is always in firm control of her abundant data, no small achievement in this kind of research. This is the best study we have of the lower to middling urban castes and classes. . . . Mangan significantly advances the field of Andean history.” -- David Cahill * Ethnohistory *“This is a highly readable, well-argued study appropriate for courses on the urban economy as well as gender history. . . . It does offer an inclusive and fresh approach to understanding how women and men of all ethnic groups came to create a colonial world in Potosí.” -- Karen B. Graubart * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAbout the series vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. “The Largest Population and the Most Commerce”: The Genesis of Potosi’s Urban Economy 21 2. Making Room to Sell: Location, Regulation, and the Properties of Urban Trade 48 3. Light on the Chicha, Heavy on the Bread: The Colonial Market for Brewing and Baking 76 4. The World of Credit in the City of Silver 106 5. Enterprising Women: Female Traders in the Urban Economy 134 6. ?Vale un Potosi? The Urban Marketplace in the Face of Decline, 1650–1700 161 Conclusion 178 Appendix 191 Notes 197 Glosary 251 Bibliography 255 Index 267

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Book SynopsisPapers of the Symposium on Unexpected Consequences of Economic Change in Circumpolar Regions at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Amsterdam, March 21 to 22, 1975.

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