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The Great Degeneration
Niall Ferguson
Издател: Allen Lane
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. But what is the cause? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are
The Great Democracies
Winston S. Churchill
Издател: Bantam Books Inc.
This last volume spans the period between 1815 and 1901. It draws to a close when the British Empire is at its peak - with a staggering one-fifth of the human race presided over by the longest reigning monarch in British history. Queen Victoria. As with the other volumes it is a history not only of the English-speaking peoples, but also for the
The Great Depression 1929 - 1938
Christian Saint-Etienne
Издател: Hoover Institution Press
Economists as diverse in approach as Lord Keynes and Milton Friedman have analyzed the causes of the Great Depression, and their answers have ranged from underconsumption to failings in monetary policy. In Part 1 of the Great Depression, Christian Saint-Etienne compares these theories with economic statistics for the interwar period and adds a
The Great Equations
Robert P. Crease
Издател: W. W. Norton & Company
The Great Equations tells the stories of how these equations were discovered, revealing the personal struggles of their ingenious originators. From "1 + 1 = 2" to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Crease locates these equations in the panoramic sweep of Western history, showing how they are as integral to their time and place of creation as are
The Great Rebirth
Anders Åslund , Simeon Djankov
Издател: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Twenty-five years after the fall of communism, the Peterson Institute for International Economics has published a new collection of analytical histories by the economic policymakers who themselves led reform of the former Soviet bloc countries. The authors conclude that rapid and bold economic modernization brought greater success than a slower,
The Greatest Trade Ever
Gregory Zuckerman
Издател: Penguin Books
In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing. He had spent a career
The Guide to Reform
Johnny Munkhammar
Издател: Timbro/Institute of Economic Affairs
“The Guide to Reform” addresses a fundamental issue in today’s policy debate:
“We all know what to do, but we don‘t know how to get re-elected once we have done it.”
This simple statement by Jan-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, throws light on a key political conundrum. Why have proven successful reforms not spread like
The Gypsies in the Transition Period
Ilona Tomova
Издател: International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations
Various representatives of the Roma intelligentsia have shown an increased interest in their community's culture in recent years. We are looking forward with interest to a collection of Roma tales and legends gathered and set out by Yosif Nunev, a head teacher in Rakitovo, which is due to come out in print. Manouche Romanov and Vasil Chaprazov
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
Издател: The Heritage Foundation
Analyzes each line of the American federal government's written set of principles and precedents, interpreting the original intent of each clause of the Constitution.
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