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State of the World, 1991
Lester R. Brown , Christopher Flavin , Sandra Postel
Издател: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Now in its eighth year, the Worldwatch Institute's "annual physical of the planet" has achieved semi-official international status. As environmental issues move from news headlines onto the political agenda, State of the World has become an indispensable guide for national leaders as well as concerned citizens on all continents. Charts and
The Business of Risk
Peter G. Moore
Издател: Cambridge University Press
Risk pervades virtually all areas of human endeavour, whether these endeavours be for social, personal, commercial or national purposes. It is vitally important for all those involved in decision making in these areas to know how to evaluate the risks involved in any action if choices are to be made meaningfully. In this introduction, Professor
The Catholic Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism
Michael Novak
Издател: The Free Press
The Catholic Church has, for generations, been reluctant to come to terms with capitalism. Novak argues that a 100-year debate within the Catholic Church has yielded a richer and more humane vision of capitalism than that described in Weber's "Protestant Ethic".
The Division of Labour in Society
Émile Durkheim
Издател: The Free Press
The Division of Labor in Society is the dissertation of French sociologist Émile Durkheim, written in 1893. It was influential in advancing sociological theories and thought, with ideas which in turn were influenced by Auguste Comte. Durkheim described how social order was maintained in societies based on two very different forms of solidarity
The Great Crash 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
Издател: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Great Crash, 1929 published in 1954 is an economic history of the lead-up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The book argues that the 1929 stock market crash was precipitated by rampant speculation in the stock market, that the common denominator of all speculative episodes is the belief of participants that they can become rich without work
The Keynesian Episode: A Reassessment
W. H. Hutt
Издател: Liberty Press
W. H. Hutt was a preeminent and persistent critic of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. In The Keynesian Episode, he presents a comprehensive review of Keynes’s General Theory, including the finest critique to date of the Acceleration Principle. He questions the very legitimacy of Keynes’s fundamental epistemology.
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The Neoconservative Imagination
Christopher DeMuth , William Kristol
Издател: The AEI Press
A who's who of scholars and friends -- from Norman Podhoretz to Leon R. Kass, from Robert H. Bork to James Q. Wilson -- celebrates Kristol's ideas and ideals and his contributions to American life as the nation's leading neoconservative. The volume also contains passages and epigrams from the life work of Irving Kristol and a complete bibliography
The Philosophy of History in Our Time
Hans Meyerhoff
Издател: Doubleday
This careful selection of writings by major 20th century historians and philosophers centers on crucial contemporary debate -- the nature and validity of historical analysis and the role of the historian in discovering and confirming the past experience of the race.
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