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Acts of Resistance : Against the Tyranny of the Marketby Pierre Bourdieu, Richard NiceISBN 1565845234 (1-56584-523-4)
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Adventures of an Economistby Franco ModiglianiISBN 1587990075 (1-58799-007-5)
Hardcover, Texere
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The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Societyby Peter F. DruckerISBN 1560006188 (1-56000-618-8)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliathsby Glenn ReynoldsISBN 1595551131 (1-59555-113-1)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths'Book summary:There was a time in the not-too-distant past when large companies and powerful governments reigned supreme over the little guy. But new technologies are empowering individuals like never before, and the Davids of the world-the amateur journalists, musicians, and small businessmen and women-are suddenly making a huge economic and social impact.
In Army of Davids, author Glenn Reynolds, the man behind the immensely popular Instapundit.com, provides an in-depth, big-picture point-of-view for a world where the small guys matter more and more. Reynolds explores the birth and growth of the individual's surprisingly strong influence in: arts and entertainment, anti-terrorism, nanotech and space research, and much more.
The balance of power between the individual and the organization is finally evening out. And it's high time the Goliaths of the world pay attention, because, as this book proves, an army of Davids is on the rise.
"George Orwell feared that technology would enable dictators to enslave the masses. Glenn Reynolds shows that technology can empower individuals to determine their own futures and to defeat those who would enslave us. This is a book of profound importance-and also a darn good read.-MICHAEL BARONE, senior writer at U.S. News & World Report and author of Hard America, Soft America
"Blogger extraordinaire Glenn Reynolds shows how average Americans can use new technologies to overcome the twin demons of corporate greed and incompetent government. Reynolds is a compelling evangelist for the power of the individual to change our world.-ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, author of Pigs at the Trough and Fanatics and Fools
A smart, fun tour of a major social and economic trend. From home-brewed beer to blogging, Glenn Reynolds is an engaging, uniquely qualified guide to the do-it-yourself movements transforming business, politics, and media.-VIRGINIA POSTREL, Forbes columnist and author of The Future and its Enemies and The Substance of Style
A student in her dorm room now commands the resources of a multi-million dollar music recording or movie editing studio of not so many years ago. The tools of creativity have been democratized and the tools of production are not far behind (Karl Marx take note). Glenn Reynolds's beguiling new book tells the insightful story of how an 'army of Davids' is inheriting the Earth, leaving a trail of obsolete business models not to mention cultural, economic, and political institutions in its wake.-RAY KURZWEIL, scientist, inventor, and author of several books including The Singularity is Near
'Must-read,' 'gotta have,' 'culture-changing' . . . I am suspicious of blurbs with such overused plugs. But Glenn Reynolds's An Army of Davids is in fact a must-read new book that you gotta have if you are going to understand the culture-changing forces that are unleashed and at work across the globe.-HUGH HEWITT, syndicated talk radio host and author of Blog and Painting the Map Red
Glenn Reynolds has written an essential book for understanding how technology and markets are creating a bottom-up shift in power to ordinary people that is changing business, government, and our world. Packed with fresh ideas and adorned with graceful prose, An Army of Davids is a masterpiece.-JOE TRIPPI, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
"I cannot think of a better book for the average reader to understand just how the Web and other digital technologies are reversing the polarities of modern society-restoring many features of daily life lost with the Industrial Revolution, while at the same time inventing powerful new cultural institutions. And for those of us who make careers out of watching this transformation, no book to date so well summarizes all of the diverse trends in a single narrative."-MICHAEL MALONE, "Silicon Insider," ABC News
"Reynolds' highly informative book-a must-read if you want to have some idea of the direction things are taking-is about a lot more than the effect of blogging on Big Media. Its theme is 'the triumph of personal technology over mass technology,' which is a trend Reynolds believes is only 'going to strengthen over the coming decades.'"- FRANK WILSON, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Instapundit's book reads fast. . . It's just one big idea after another, like a Hollywood thriller that piles on the plot rather than stopping to tie up the loose ends. . . He's fearless. . ."-MICKEY KAUS, Kausfiles
"The book covers everything from home-brewing beer to space travel, but all the themes are connected by Glenn's faith in human imagination and creativity. It's a must-read for anyone interested in where technology is taking us."-JIM MEIGS, Popular Mechanics
"Reynolds comes across as a good-humored, reasonable and even modest fellow, so it is astonishing to realize just how ambitious An Army of Davids really is. A hundred years ago, nobody could accurately explain or predict just where the Industrial Revolution would take us. Now, Reynolds attempts nothing short of explaining and predicting where the Information Revolution will take us. . . I will make a prediction-in December, when lists of the most important books of the year are drawn up, this one will be near the top."- JAMES L. MERRINER, Chicago Sun-Times
"Reynolds argues that we are undergoing a sea change. The balance of advantage-in every aspect of society-is shifting from big organizations to small ones. . . Reynolds presents his case with verve and wit."- ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE, Wall Street Journal
". . . crisp and readable. . . "-The Economist
"Glenn Reynolds isn't just the author of 'An Army of Davids." He's a living, breathing embodiment of the book's attractive and persuasive thesis. . ."-NICK GILLESPIE, New York Post
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The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conceptionby Debora L. SparISBN 1591396204 (1-59139-620-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Business School Pr
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In The Baby Business, Debora Spar argues that it is time to acknowledge the commercial truth about reproduction and to establish a standard that governs its transactions. In this fascinating behind-the-scenes account, she combines pioneering research and interviews with the industrys top reproductive scientists and trailblazers to provide a first glimpse at how the industry works: who the baby-makers are, who makes money, how prices are set, and what defines the clientele. Fascinating stories illustrate the inner workings of market segments--including stem cell research, surrogacy, egg swapping, designer babies, adoption, and human cloning--as Spar explores the moral and legal challenges that industry players must address.
The first purely commercial look at an industry that deals in humanitys most intimate issues, this book challenges us to consider the financial promise and ethical perils well face as the baby business moves inevitably forward.More editions of The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception:
The Betrayal of Work: How Low-wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans And Their Familiesby Beth ShulmanISBN 159558000X (1-59558-000-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Betrayal of Work: How Low-wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans And Their Families'Book summary:How the United States turns its back on the working poor.
An astonishing 35 million Americans work full time but do not make a living wage. They are nursing home staff, poultry processors, pharmacy assistants, ambulance drivers, child care workers, data entry keyers, janitors. Indeed, one in four American workers lives in or near poverty. Despite the great wealth of the United States, these low-wage employees have lower living standards than comparable workers in other industrial nations.
Beth Shulman spent several years traveling across the country talking to those living on low wages. In writing The Betrayal of Work, she provides the fullest portrait of America's working poor, dispelling a number of myths along the way: that lower unemployment has meant better living conditions for the poor; that making bad jobs into good jobs requires insurmountably difficult reforms; that low-wage work is always low-skilled. Following in the footsteps of Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling Nickel and Dimed, The Betrayal of Work is sure to be one of the most talked about public policy books of the year. [via]
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A Better Hope: Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernityby Stanley HauerwasISBN 1587430002 (1-58743-000-2)
Softcover, Brazos Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Better Hope: Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernity'Book summary:By his own admission never one to duck a good fight, Stanley Hauerwas has in the past three decades established himself as one of our most important and most disputatious theologians. With A Better Hope, he concentrates on the constructive case for the truth and power of the church and its faith, "since Christians cannot afford to let ourselves be defined by what we are against. Whatever or whomever we are against, we are so only because God has given us so much to be for."
Hauerwas here crystallizes and extends profound criticisms of America, liberalism, capitalism, and postmodernism, but also identifies unlikely allies (such as Chicago Archbishop Francis Cardinal George) and locates surprising resources for Christian survival (such as mystery novels). Interlocutors along the way include Reinhold Niebuhr, John Courtney Murray, and, in a significant and previously unpublished essay, social gospeller Walter Rauschenbusch.
Never boring and often telling, A Better Hope demonstrates how a thinker so often accused of being "tribal" and "sectarian" is at the same time one of few contemporary theologians read not just by other theologians, but by political scientists, philosophers, medical ethicists, law professors, and literary theorists. [via]More editions of A Better Hope: Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernity:
Business Etiquette in Brief: The Competitive Edge for Today's Professionalby Ann Marie SabathISBN 1558502548 (1-55850-254-8)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commonsby Peter BarnesISBN 1576753611 (1-57675-361-1)
Hardcover, Ingram Pub Services
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The Capitalist Spirit: Toward a Religious Ethic of Wealth Creationby Peter L. BergerISBN 1558151125 (1-55815-112-5)
Hardcover, Ics Pr
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The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionaryby Eric S. RaymondISBN 1565927249 (1-56592-724-9)
Hardcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary'Book summary:It may be foolish to consider Eric Raymond's recent collection of essays, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, the most important computer programming thinking to follow the Internet revolution. But it would be more unfortunate to overlook the implications and long-term benefits of his fastidious description of open-source software development considering the growing dependence businesses and economies have on emerging computer technologies.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar takes its title from an essay Raymond read at the 1997 Linux Kongress. The essay documents Raymond's acquisition, re-creation, and numerous revisions of an e-mail utility known as fetchmail. Raymond engagingly narrates the fetchmail development process while elaborating on the ongoing bazaar development method he uses with the help of volunteer programmers. The essay smartly spares the reader from the technical morass that could easily detract from the text's goal of demonstrating the efficacy of the open-source, or bazaar, method in creating robust, usable software.
Once Raymond has established the components and players necessary for an optimally running open-source model, he sets out to counter the conventional wisdom of private, closed-source software development. Like superbly written code, the author's arguments systematically anticipate their rebuttals. For programmers who "worry that the transition to open source will abolish or devalue their jobs," Raymond adeptly and factually counters that "most developer's salaries don't depend on software sale value." Raymond's uncanny ability to convince is as unrestrained as his capacity for extrapolating upon the promise of open-source development.
In addition to outlining the open-source methodology and its benefits, Raymond also sets out to salvage the hacker moniker from the nefarious connotations typically associated with it in his essay, "A Brief History of Hackerdom" (not surprisingly, he is also the compiler of The New Hacker's Dictionary). Recasting hackerdom in a more positive light may be a heroic undertaking in itself, but considering the Herculean efforts and perfectionist motivations of Raymond and his fellow open-source developers, that light will shine brightly. --Ryan Kuykendall [via]
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Conquest of Povertyby Henry HazlittISBN 1572460067 (1-57246-006-7)
Softcover, Foundation for Economic Education
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Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, And the Pursuit of Happinessby Roger RosenblattISBN 1597260894 (1-59726-089-4)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, And the Pursuit of Happiness'Book summary:This collection of essays by an all-star roster of social critics takes a skeptical look at American and global capitalism on the eve of the 21st century. Some of the contributors, such as William Greider, are downright pessimistic: "If the world is to save itself from ecological disaster, the redemption cannot begin among the poor," he writes. "Only the wealthy few--that is, nations such as ours--have the power and the wherewithal to rescue us all from the impending consequences of mass consumption on a global scale." Most of the other essayists treat mass consumption as a mixed bag. Novelist Jane Smiley, for instance, notes that consumerism fed feminism by inventing appliances, phones, and cars--and freed women from domestic chores. "There is much talk of the emptiness of modern life, but think of emptying chamber pots of the accumulated waste products of seven or eight household members every day for the rest of your life," she writes. These pages are full of good writing and smart observations. Bill McKibben, for example, suggests that "instead of defining ourselves by what we buy, we define ourselves by what we throw away." Other contributors include Alex Kotlowitz, Edward Luttwak, and Juliet Schor, as well as editor Roger Rosenblatt. All told, Consuming Desires is an eclectic mix of thought-provoking essays on the culture of materialism. --John J. Miller [via]
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Corporation Law and Economicsby Stephen M. BainbridgeISBN 1587781409 (1-58778-140-9)
Softcover, West Group
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Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Waveby Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler, Newt GingrichISBN 1570362238 (1-57036-223-8)
Softcover, Turner Publishing, Incorporated
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The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Careby David GratzerISBN 1594031533 (1-59403-153-3)
Hardcover, Encounter Books
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The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Is Changing Our Livesby Francis CairncrossISBN 157851438X (1-57851-438-X)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Is Changing Our Lives'Book summary:From the advent of electronic communications, there's been talk about how the world has been shrinking. Frances Cairncross, senior editor for the Economist, makes her case from an economical standpoint: The growing ease and speed of communication is creating a world where the miles have little to do with our ability to work or interact together. Cairncross predicts that it won't be long before people organize globally on the basis of language and three basic time shifts--one for the Americas, one for Europe, and one for East Asia and Australia. Much work that can be done on a computer can be done from anywhere. Workers can code software in one part of the world and pass it to a company hundreds of miles away that will assemble the code for marketing. And with workers able to earn a living from anywhere, countries may find themselves competing for citizens as people relocate for reasons ranging from lower taxes to nicer weather. Cairncross discusses about 30 major changes likely to result from these trends, including greater self-policing of businesses, an unavoidable loss of personal privacy, and a diminishing need for countries to want emigration. [via]
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Democracy in Americaby Henry Reeve, Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 1584772492 (1-58477-249-2)
Hardcover, Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:Reprint of the first English-language edition. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville [1805-1859] and Gustave de Beaumont [fl.1835] were sent to the United States by the French government to study American prisons, which were renowned for their progressive and humane methods. They were pleased to accept this assignment because they were intrigued by the idea of American democracy. Tocqueville and Beaumont spent nine months in the country, traveling as far west as Michigan and as far south as New Orleans. Throughout the tour, Tocqueville used his social connections to arrange meetings with several prominent and influential thinkers of the day. He recorded his thoughts on the structure of the government and the judicial system, and commented on everyday people and the nation's political culture and social institutions. His observations on slavery, in particular, are impassioned and critical. These notes formed the basis of Democracy in America. This landmark work initiated a dialogue about the nature of democracy and the United States and its people that continues to this day. Originally published: New York: Adlard and Saunders, 1838. xxx, 464 pp. [via]
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Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poorby Jim Y. Kim, Joyce Millen, John Gershman, Alec IrwinISBN 1567511600 (1-56751-160-0)
Softcover, Common Courage Press
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Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poorby John Gershman, Alec Irwin, Jim Yong Kim, Joyce V. MillenISBN 1567511619 (1-56751-161-9)
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Ecoligcal Economics: A Workbook For Problem-Based Learningby Herman E. Daly, Jon D. Erickson, Joshua FarleyISBN 1559633131 (1-55963-313-1)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Ecological Economics: Principles and Applicatonsby Herman Daly, Joshua FarleyISBN 1559633123 (1-55963-312-3)
Hardcover, Island Pr
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Economic Literacy: A Comprehensive Guide to Economic Issues from Foreign Trade to Health Careby Orley AmosISBN 1564141357 (1-56414-135-7)
Softcover, Career Pr Inc
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The Economics of Welfareby Arthur Cecil PigouISBN 1596052554 (1-59605-255-4)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Economics of Welfare'Book summary:Welfare economics is a branch of economics using microeconomic techniques to simultaneously determine the efficiency of the overall economy and the income distribution consequences associated with it. As a British economist best known for his work in many fields and particularly in welfare economics, Pigou attended the prestigious Harrow School and was a graduate of King's College, Cambridge, where he studied under Alfred Marshall, famously known as the creator of "The Marshall Plan". Here in The Economics of Welfare, Pigou asserts that individuals are the best judges of their own welfare, that people will prefer greater welfare to less welfare, and that welfare can be adequately measured either in monetary terms or as a relative preference. Scholars and students of both economics and welfare policy will find Pigou's work a significant contribution to current debates on welfare policy directions. Included in Volume II: "The National Dividend and Labour" and "The Distribution of the National Dividend." ALSO AVAILABLE AT COSIMO CLASSICS: The Economics of Welfare: Volume I ARTHUR CECIL PIGOU (1877-1959) was a Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University from 1908 to 1943. He is best known for the development of "The Pigou Effect," an economics term, which refers to the stimulation of output & employment caused by increasing consumption. Pigou served on a number of royal commissions, including the 1919 committee on income tax. [via]
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The Economist's Tale: A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bankby Peter GriffithsISBN 1842771841 (1-84277-184-1)
Hardcover, Zed Books
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The Fate of Africa: From The Hopes Of Freedom To The Heart Of Despair A History Of Fifty Years Of Independenceby Martin MeredithISBN 1586483986 (1-58648-398-6)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Firing Back : Against the Tyranny of the Marketby Pierre BourdieuISBN 1565847385 (1-56584-738-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firing Back : Against the Tyranny of the Market'Book summary:Globalization's threat to artists and intellectuals, and how they can rebut it. Pierre Bourdieu, described by The Nation as "worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and Foucault," here continues the themes advanced so successfully in his previous book Acts of Resistance. Firing Back is an eloquent dissection of globalization's intellectual and cultural role throughout the world, and a discussion of the ways in which effective opposition to it can be mounted. Bourdieu examines Europe's potential as a counterweight to America's globalizing policy and discusses how intellectuals and those working in the cultural sphere can create meaningful alternatives. He also raises challenging questions about the depoliticization of the academic world, arguing that scholars can no longer maintain that their research is objective or value-free.
In a preface written for this edition, Bourdieu directly addresses American readers about the role they can play in the burgeoning anti-globalization movement. [via]
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Folklore of Capitalismby Thurman W. ArnoldISBN 1587980258 (1-58798-025-8)
Softcover, Beard Books Inc
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Foundations of the Economic Approach to Lawby Avery Wiener KatzISBN 1566629934 (1-56662-993-4)
Softcover, West Group
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United Statesby Priscilla Murolo, A. B. Chitty, Joe SaccoISBN 1565847768 (1-56584-776-8)
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Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theoryby Eric RasmusenISBN 1557865027 (1-55786-502-7)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to Be Youngby Anya KamenetzISBN 1594489076 (1-59448-907-6)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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The German Ideology: Including Thesis on Feuerbachby Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsISBN 1573922587 (1-57392-258-7)
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Globalization and Inequality: Neoliberalism's Downward Spiralby John RapleyISBN 1588262200 (1-58826-220-0)
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Globalization and Its Discontentsby Saskia SassenISBN 1565843959 (1-56584-395-9)
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Guide to Financial Marketsby Marc LevinsonISBN 157660201X (1-57660-201-X)
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Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Managementby Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. SuttonISBN 1591398622 (1-59139-862-2)
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Health Economicsby Charles E. PhelpsISBN 1428809813 (1-4288-0981-3)
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Higher Learning in Americaby Thorstein B. VeblenISBN 1560006005 (1-56000-600-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Higher Learning in America'Book summary:At the time of its initial publication in 1904, The Higher Learning in America was known in educated circles as the most reflective study ever made of the university system in America. Veblen's evaluation of the misleading notions and erroneous beliefs were inherent in "the higher learning" was received as fair by most academics. As a result, many believed he paved the way to an improved age in college education. Just as applicable today as they were decades ago, his sophisticated style remains deprecatingly amusing; his biting critique just as disquieting as it was at the turn of the 19th century. The Higher Learning in America remains a penetrating book by one of America's greatest social critics. American economist and sociologist THORSTEIN BUNDE VEBLEN (1857-1929) was educated at Carleton College, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. He coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption." Among his most famous works are The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904), and Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution (1915). [via]
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How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The Worldby Francis WheenISBN 158648348X (1-58648-348-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World'Book summary:In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.[via]
What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.More editions of How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World:
How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canalby Ovidio Diaz EspinoISBN 1568582668 (1-56858-266-8)
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The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earthby Jeremy RifkinISBN 1585422541 (1-58542-254-1)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Senseby Francis WheenISBN 1586482475 (1-58648-247-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense'Book summary:In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.[via]
What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
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International Political Economy: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Orderby C. Roe Goddard, Patrick Cronin, Kishore C. DashISBN 1588260976 (1-58826-097-6)
Softcover, Lynne Rienner Pub
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Intertemporal Macroeconomicsby Costas AzariadisISBN 1557863660 (1-55786-366-0)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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is the first text to offer a unified and systematic exposition of the key issues, both traditional and new, in dynamic macroeconomics. Based on neoclassical growth theory, the book is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in macroeconomics and finance. [via] More editions of Intertemporal Macroeconomics:
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Introducing Keynesian Economicsby Chris Garratt, Peter Pugh, Richard AppignanesiISBN 1840461578 (1-84046-157-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introducing Keynesian Economics'Book summary:John Maynard Keynes was the most brilliant and infuential economist of the 20th century. His revolutionary treatise written during the Great Depression of the 1930s, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money", overturned the conventional free market vision of the time and proposed that a healthy economy and full employment depended on the total spending of consumers, business investors "and" governments. Frightened by mass unemployment, governments throughout the capitalist world pursued Keynesian policies until the late 1970s, when a new economic theory, Monetarism, became fashionable. However, Monetarism was not as successful as its advocates had precdicted, and a Keynesian approach returned to favour. Keynes "remains" the most influential economist of the 20th century. "Introducing Keynesian Economics" lucidly explains the Keynesian revolution and paints a vivid picture of Keynes the man - a brilliant scholar, a colourful member of the Apostles and the Bloomsbury Group, and an open homosexual who later married a ballerina. This book is the ideal introduction to Keynes, for both students and general readers. [via]
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Investment Biker: Around the World With Jim Rogersby Jim RogersISBN 1558505296 (1-55850-529-6)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclassby Theodore DalrympleISBN 1566635055 (1-56663-505-5)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass'Book summary:Here is a searing account-probably the best yet published-of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does. Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England, has seemingly seen it all. Yet in listening to and observing his patients, he is continually astonished by the latest twist of depravity that exceeds even his own considerable experience. Dalrymple's key insight in Life at the Bottom is that long-term poverty is caused not by economics but by a dysfunctional set of values, one that is continually reinforced by an elite culture searching for victims. This culture persuades those at the bottom that they have no responsibility for their actions and are not the molders of their own lives. Drawn from the pages of the cutting-edge political and cultural quarterly City Journal, Dalrymple's book draws upon scores of eye-opening, true-life vignettes that are by turns hilariously funny, chillingly horrifying, and all too revealing-sometimes all at once. And Dalrymple writes in prose that transcends journalism and achieves the quality of literature. [via]
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Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Marketby Walter BagehotISBN 1596055073 (1-59605-507-3)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The Search for a Value of Placeby Thomas Michael PowerISBN 1559633697 (1-55963-369-7)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The Search for a Value of Place'Book summary:Today's academic economists have, for the most part, withdrawn from "the parochial fray of local economic development policy" in pursuit analyzing broader national and international issues. Not so, says Thomas Michael Power, whose intent in his scholarly and deeply felt Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies is to address the fundamental errors and distractions inherent in folk economics. Power is uniquely suited to the task. A professor at the University of Montana, his is the perfect perch from which to regard the rapacious plunder of local and state economies by the mining and timber companies.
"A popular folk economics," Power writes, "teaches us that the extraction and processing of natural resources are the heart of economic development, that 'all wealth springs from the earth.'" Power argues against this conventional model of extractive-dependent communities. Such models play a role, he proves, in the decline and destabilization of local economies. To see landscape and its preservation not as an aesthetic whim but as an economic necessity is a brave and lonely stance, indeed. Economic health equals nothing less than "avoiding needless damage to the natural--and therefore human--environment."
We recognize the battle lines, clearly drawn between the environmental and resource-industry sides. At stake: both the extinction of whole species and traditional ways of life that have supported families and communities for generations. "If we could lay to rest," Power argues, "the fear that environmental protection will cause the imminent economic collapse of communities, the acrimony would subside and it would be much easier to engage in civil discourse over the real choices communities face." With a persuasive overview and the use of powerful case studies on the impact of ranching, mining, and timber on the land, Thomas Power has himself extracted a clear definition of the real issues from the rubble of misguided passions, paranoia, and a divisive media. [via]
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The Mainspring of Human Progressby Rose Wilder Lane, G. Henry WeaverISBN 1572460644 (1-57246-064-4)
Softcover, Foundation for Economic Education
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Manacle and Coinby Andrew Watt, John Snead, Malcolm Sheppard, White W0LfISBN 1588466671 (1-58846-667-1)
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Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalismby Patricia AburdeneISBN 1571744568 (1-57174-456-8)
Hardcover, Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc
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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Brokeby Suze OrmanISBN 1594482241 (1-59448-224-1)
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Money Cards: Words That Lead to Wealthby Suze OrmanISBN 1561708984 (1-56170-898-4)
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Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empireby Antonio Negri, Michael HardtISBN 1594200246 (1-59420-024-6)
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The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Workby Dani RodrikISBN 156517027X (1-56517-027-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (Cram101 Textbook Outlines)by Cram 101ISBN 142881020X (1-4288-1020-X)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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The Origin of Capitalismby Ellen Meiksins WoodISBN 1583670009 (1-58367-000-9)
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Paper Boom: Why Real Prosperity Requires a New Approach to Canadas Economyby Jim StanfordISBN 1550286560 (1-55028-656-0)
Softcover, Formac Pub Co Ltd
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Lots of Money, Not Enough Jobs
Part I - Money in Motion: Investment and Job-Creation
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Parkinson's Lawby ParkinsonISBN 1568490151 (1-56849-015-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Poverty in The United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policyby Gwendolyn Mink, Alice O'ConnorISBN 1576075974 (1-57607-597-4)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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Priceless: On Knowing The Price Of Everything And The Value Of Nothingby Frank Ackerman, Lisa HeinzerlingISBN 1565849817 (1-56584-981-7)
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EPA estimates of the value of one human life: in 2000: $6.1 million. In 2002: $3.7 million.
Is the price of human life going down? Does it cost any less to protect the natural world? There is no meaningful dollar price for life or nature, say economist Frank Ackerman and law professor Lisa Heinzerling in their critique of recent market-based assaults on health and environmental protection. Though cost-benefit analysis sounds like a reasonable way to gauge the extent to which we should regulate private industry, when applied to "priceless" concepts such as childhood disease or the value of a stable climate in years to come, the paradigm is misguided.
Decisions such as removing arsenic from drinking water or weighing the risks of cell phone use while driving should not be left to back-room bean counters. Such issues call for informed public debate drawing on moral, philosophical, and societal considerations beyond market-based assessments. Debunking the overall concept of cost-benefit analysis and the fuzzy math behind it, Priceless is the first comprehensive rebuttal of a strategy at the heart of the current administration's anti-regulatory binge. [via]
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Protection or Free Tradeby Henry GeorgeISBN 1596059737 (1-59605-973-7)
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Securities Regulation: Cases And Analysisby Atephen Choi, Adam C. PritchardISBN 1587789035 (1-58778-903-5)
Hardcover, West Group
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Securities Regulation: Statutory Supplementby Stephen J. Choi, Adam C. PritchardISBN 1587789620 (1-58778-962-0)
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Shortchanged: Life And Debt in the Fringe Economyby Howard KargerISBN 1576753360 (1-57675-336-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shortchanged: Life And Debt in the Fringe Economy'Book summary:"Shortchanged" takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld of high interest rates and ever-increasing debt. The book examines the factors behind the fringe economy's rise -- stagnant wages, rising numbers of working poor, and the 12 million U.S. households without bank accounts -- and investigates the sleazy practices -- instant credit, cash-for-your-title loans, predatory mortgage lending, E-Z home equity loans -- that result in phenomenal growth for the industry and a nightmare for the consumer. Powerful analysis is combined with moving personal stories of the mothers, fathers, and families whose lives have been put on the line for the perpetuation of this economy. Ruthless, compelling, outrageous, and often enraging, "Shortchanged" puts the spotlight on the shady side of America's economic underbelly.[via]More editions of Shortchanged: Life And Debt in the Fringe Economy:
A Tract on Monetary Reformby John M. KeynesISBN 1573927937 (1-57392-793-7)
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Trading Up: The New American Luxuryby Michael Silverstein, John Butman, Neil FiskeISBN 1591840139 (1-59184-013-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trading Up: The New American Luxury'Book summary:A fascinating look at why millions of consumers are "trading up" to premium goods, and how companies can profit from this phenomenon.
Middle-market consumers have more discretionary income than ever before and are willing to pay extra for "new luxury" goods and services-items that deliver higher quality, technical advantages, and superior performance to conventional products. Above all, consumers are looking for emotional engagement-they look to products to help them manage the stresses of everyday life, and to help them realize their aspirations. A new luxury good may be as simple as a shampoo ($9 from Aveda, versus $3 from Suave) that brings moments of comfort and sensual pleasure, or as complex as a car ($26,000 for a bottom-of-the-line Mercedes, versus $20,000 for a Pontiac) that delivers feelings of safety and excitement.
Clothing, cars, beer, coffee, kitchen appliances, lingerie, personal care, pet food, restaurants-in dozens of categories, new luxury goods occupy a sweet spot in the market, because they can sell in much higher unit volumes than "old luxury" goods, but command much higher profit margins than ordinary products. But new luxury leaders-such as Callaway Golf, Victoria's Secret, Panera Bread, Belvedere vodka, Whirlpool Duet, and Williams-Sonoma-create andmarket their goods very differently than do conventional companies. Trading Up explores what's driving this move to premium goods, tells the inside stories of many New Luxury companies and their leaders, and offers insights and methods that can help the reader take advantage of this remarkable phenomenon. The book is based on the authors' experience in helping clients create billions of dollars worth of New Luxury products as well as on exhaustive supporting research. [via]More editions of Trading Up: The New American Luxury:
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Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Themby Michael Silverstein, John Butman, Neil FiskeISBN 1591840805 (1-59184-080-5)
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Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomskyby Noam Chomsky, John SchoeffelISBN 1565847032 (1-56584-703-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The chapters, each covering discrete sessions with Chomsky, arrive in a question-and-answer format that at times becomes delightfully contentious. Chomsky holds forth on such disparate topics as American third-party politics, the stifling of true dissent, the illusion of a muscular media, heavy-handed American imperialism (from Southeast Asia to Mexico), a dysfunctional and self-destructing United States political left, the gilding of the Kennedy and Carter administrations, and the impotent state of labor unions.
The relatively accessibility of Understanding Power is a welcome balance to Chomsky's often formidable scholarly writings. This is a book best taken in doses: a sort of bedside reader. --H. O'Billovitch [via]
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United States Of Wal-martby JOHN DICKERISBN 1585424226 (1-58542-422-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Utilitarianismby John Stuart MillISBN 1551113554 (1-55111-355-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environmentby John Bellamy FosterISBN 158367019X (1-58367-019-X)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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The Wal-Mart Decade: How a New Generation of Leaders Turned Sam Walton's Legacy into the World's #1 Companyby Robert SlaterISBN 1591840066 (1-59184-006-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
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This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
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The War of the World: Twentieth-century Conflict And the Descent of the Westby Niall FergusonISBN 1594201005 (1-59420-100-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the World: Twentieth-century Conflict And the Descent of the West'Book summary:Niall Fergusson's most important book to date-a revolutionary reinterpretation of the modern era that resolves its central paradox: why unprecedented progress coincided with unprecedented violence and why the seeming triumph of the West bore the seeds of its undoing.
From the conflicts that presaged the First World War to the aftershocks of the cold war, the twentieth century was by far the bloodiest in all of human history. How can we explain the astonishing scale and intensity of its violence when, thanks to the advances of science and economics, most people were better off than ever before-eating better, growing taller, and living longer? Wherever one looked, the world in 1900 offered the happy prospect of ever-greater interconnection. Why, then, did global progress descend into internecine war and genocide? Drawing on a pioneering combination of history, economics, and evolutionary theory, Niall Ferguson-one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People"-masterfully examines what he calls the age of hatred and sets out to explain what went wrong with modernity.
On a quest that takes him from the Siberian steppe to the plains of Poland, from the streets of Sarajevo to the beaches of Okinawa, Ferguson reveals an age turned upside down by economic volatility, multicultural communities torn apart by the irregularities of boom and bust, an era poisoned by the idea of irreconcilable racial differences, and a struggle between decaying old empires and predatory new states. Who won the war of the world? We tend to assume it was the West. Some even talk of the American century. But for Ferguson, the biggest upshot of twentieth-century upheaval was the decline of Western dominance over Asia.
A work of revelatory interpretive power, The War of the World is Niall Ferguson's masterwork. [via]
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The Wealthy Barber: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independentby David ChiltonISBN 1559580968 (1-55958-096-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Futureby Daniel PinkISBN 1594481717 (1-59448-171-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future'Book summary:[via]Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But Mom and Dad were wrong. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind. The era of "left brain" dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which "right brain" qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate. That's the argument at the center of this provocative and original book, which uses the two sides of our brains as a metaphor for understanding the contours of our times.
In the tradition of Emotional Intelligence and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Daniel H. Pink offers a fresh look at what it takes to excel. A Whole New Mind reveals the six essential aptitudes on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend, and includes a series of hands-on exercises culled from experts around the world to help readers sharpen the necessary abilities. This book will change not only how we see the world but how we experience it as well.
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Whose Trade Organization: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy An Assessment of the World Trade Organizationby Lori Wallach, Michelle SforzaISBN 1582310017 (1-58231-001-7)
Softcover, Public Citizen Group
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Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the Wtoby Lori Wallach, Patrick WoodallISBN 1565848411 (1-56584-841-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the Wto'Book summary:Surveying eight years of the WTO's gradual erosion of democracy around the world.
No country can be allowed to resist American cultural imperialism.US Chamber of Commerce letter to the Office of the US Trade Representative, 1996
When trade bureaucrats, government ministers and heads of state from around the world gather in Mexico this September for a meeting of the World Trade Organization, they will be confronted by the opposition that has followed the group since it was set up eight years ago, from Seattle to Quebec to Genoa. As Lori Wallach ably demonstrates in this punchy new book, the organization's detractors have ample cause for protest.
Whose Trade Organization? documents the WTO's persistent undermining of the attempts by governments around the world to maintain independent standards on everything from food safety and public health to protections for workers and the environment. With updated, case-by-case studies, the book exposes the lopsided agreements, secret tribunals and legal challenges that are the tools of the WTO's trade, and reveals the core of an aggressive agenda for corporate-led trade liberalization.
With an introduction by Ralph Nader, Whose Trade Organization? shows how the WTO can be effectively challenged and the way to build a public-centered, democratic alternative. [via]
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