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An Adult Approach to Further Education
Alison Wolf
Издател: Institute of Economic Affairs
In the UK, further education is a bastion of Soviet central planning that has wholly avoided the market-based reforms that have been adopted in other parts of the state sector. In terms of total spending, further education is important, but hitherto - perhaps because of its complexity - there has been little serious policy analysis of the sector.
Were 364 Economists All Wrong?
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Издател: IEA
In March 1981, 364 economists agreed to write to The Times arguing strongly against the then government's monetary and fiscal policy. However, the Thatcher government decided to ignore these voices and continue the pursuit of policies to defeat inflation and restore fiscal responsibility. To the opponents of the 364, this decision marked a turning
Corporate Governance
Elaine Sternberg
Издател: IEA
The present brochure is one of the outcomes of the project “Corporate Governance and Foreign Private Portfolio Investments after the Mass Privatisation in Bulgaria”, kindly supported by the Swiss Embassy in Sofia and the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.
Business as a Calling
Michael Novak
Издател: The Free Press
In straightforward language, Novak (Belief and Unbelief) sets out to refute the popular conception that business leaders are materialistic and rapacious, asserting that ""business not only creates social connections, lifts its participants out of poverty, and builds the foundation of democracy, but also can and must be morally uplifting."" His
Governing by Network
Stephen Goldsmith , William D. Eggers
Издател: The Brooking Institution Press
Governing by Network examines, for the first time, government’s transformation from centralized control over public programs to facilitating services through networks of nongovernmental entities, as seen through the experience of dozens of public innovators.
In this model, the role of government is transformed from direct service provider to
Gun Control on Trial
Brian Doherty
Издател: Cato Institute
Clearly supportive of the Supreme Court's decision, Doherty (a senior editor of Reason magazine) tells the story of District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark 2008 case which struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 and affirmed, for the first time in US history, the Bill of Rights protection of the "right of the
Junk Science Judo
Steven J. Milloy
Издател: Cato Institute
Junk science is faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special interests and hidden agendas.
Examples of special interests include:
The media may use junk science to produce sensational headlines and programming, the purpose of which is to generate increased readership and viewership. More readers and viewers mean more revenues
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