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Money, Language, and Thought
Marc Shell
Издател: The Johns Hopkins University Press
"In Money, Language, and Thought, Marc Shell explores the interactions between linguistic and economic production as they inform discourse from Chretien de Troyes to Heidegger. Close readings of works such as the medieval grail legends, The Merchant of Venice, Goethe's Faust, and Poe's "The Gold Bug" reveal how discourse has responded to the
Flat Tax Revolution
Steve Forbes
Издател: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
America's federal income tax code is a horror of incomprehensible complexity, corruption, and opportunity-killing provisions. Meanwhile, our competitive position in the world economy is being threatened and undermined by a worldwide wave of tax simplification. Nations -- such as Russia, Hong Kong, Romania, Lithuania, and Slovakia -- who are
A Gift of Freedom
John J. Miller
Издател: Encounter Books
In the 1970s, John M. Olin, one of the country’s leading industrialists, decided to devote his fortune to saving American free enterprise. Over the next three decades, the John M. Olin Foundation funded the conservative movement as it emerged from the intellectual ghetto and occupied the halls of power. The foundation spent hundreds of millions
Exchange and Production
Armen A. Alchian , William R. Allen
Издател: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Exchange and Production is a textbook that is unique in economics. It is much more literary and humorous than any other modern economics textbook that deals with complex issues for an undergraduate audience. Example: “Since the fiasco in the Garden of Eden, most of what we get is by sweat, strain, and anxiety.” It also welcomes controversy
From Parchment to Power
Robert A. Goldwin (editor)
Издател: The AEI Press
In this book, renowned constitutional historian and AEI resident scholar Robert A. Goldwin tells the story of how and why Madison went from skeptic to advocate of a bill of rights, and how he single-handedly maneuvered his amendments through a reluctant Congress. Goldwin reveals how James Madison thought through, and then implemented, a design to
Abramovich
Dominic Midgley , Chris Hutchins
Издател: HarperCollins Publishers
Featuring exclusive interviews with some of his closest associates and members of his inner circle, this is an investigative biography of Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate and boss of Chelsea FC. This is a story of risk-taking, courage, shrewdness, ruthlessness and, above all, a subtle and manipulative charm.
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