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Public Religions in the Modern World
José Casanova
Издател: The University of Chicago Press
In a sweeping recnsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casaova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of the modern societies. Casanova looks at five cases from two religious traditions in four countries. These cases challenges post-war - and indeed post-Enlightenment - assumptions about the role
Funded Systems: Their Role in Solving the Pension Problem
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Издател: CIEDESS
Presentations given at the International Seminar "Funded Systems: Their role in solving the pension problem", organized by FIAP, May 31 and June 1 2007, held in Varna, Bulgaria
The Conference was jointly organized by the International Federation of Pension Funds Administrators (FIAP) and the Bulgarian Association of Supplementary Pension Security
Waging the War of Ideas
John Blundell
Издател: IEA
This paper discusses how wars of ideas can be waged, using the author's extensive experience, both as director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and at other classical liberal think tanks.
John Blundell begins his stimulating collection of published essays, reviews and introductions by showing how the founders of the IEA
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Издател: ABACUS
New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a
The Crisis Hits Home
Издател: The World Bank
The report analyses household vulnerabilities by examining credit markets, external prices (food and fuel), and income shocks during the crisis and by assessing their impact on household welfare. Because actual household survey data over the crisis period will typically not be available for some time to come, we use the most recent pre-crisis
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