In Defense of Public Debt, Hardcover - Barry Eichengreen

A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in...

Description"Dr. Alexander . . . brings to this book an acute understanding of both why our cherished form of government--and those who serve us in ...

Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar - Barry Eichengreen

The story of how the dollar rose to global dominance in the twentieth century - and an assessment of what the future holds for the world's most imp...

Reducere. DescriptionPrisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals-- even low-level nonviolent offenders-- enter our dysfunctional c...

Reducere. In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, ...

Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In fear of the horrors of totalitarianism should we su...

DescriptionEssential reading for understanding the international economy--now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroug...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Giorgos KallisEditor: Aaron VansintjanBuy the book directly from the publisher at www.indefenseofdegrowth.comThe idea of de...

Reducere. From the author of the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Greg Johnson's In Defense of Prejudice collects 45 essays, speeches, reviews, and opinion pieces on a wide range of topics, including White Nationa...

Reducere. After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to t...

Reducere. DescriptionBringing together new essays by philosophers and activists, In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave highlights the new challenges facing ...

Populism, on both the right and the left, has spread like wildfire throughout Europe and the United States and is making inroads in other parts of ...

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the history of the modern global eco...

Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. This work offers a...

Joshua Stuchlik defends the principle of double effect, according to which there is a morally significant difference between intentional and incide...

DescriptionWhy should we read? We assume that reading is good for us, but often we cannot articulate exactly what it does for us. In this fascinati...

Reducere. In Defense of Hunting: Yesterday and Today, Paperback

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights, or do such rights violate their cultures? Should Western-based corp...

Reducere. Recent events in the US--high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress--have raised serious doubts about the fut...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our dev...

Rebellious Conservatives analyzes three movements, the anti-abortion/pro-life movement, the anti-illegal immigration movement, and the Tea Party, t...

Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation.

Reducere. In this illuminating celebration of the political world, Bernard Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the...

Publisher: Crossway BooksAuthor(s): K. Scott OliphintNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 22Cover type: Paperback / so...

A fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy.Looting -- a crowd of people publicly, openly, ...

The eight essays in Beauty in Photography provide a critical appreciation of photography by one of its foremost proponents. The result is a rare bo...

Reducere. "We can still learn much from Judah Halevi... his serene allegiance to history and the long-range forces of destiny, high above the immediate brute...

The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism shows how people can live together and overcome the challenge of religious terror...

In this important historical account of the role that religion played in defining the political life of a modern national society, Paul A. Hanebrin...

Reducere. Has modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Designed as a practical resource for Christian families and churches, the book empowers and inspires Christians to reform international adoption an...

Reducere. " A] witty and beguiling meditation on weeds and their wily ways....You will never look at a weed, or flourish a garden fork, in the same way again...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Defense of Loose Translations is a memoir that bridges the personal and professional experiences of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Having spent...

This book examines how attorneys enable a meaningful opportunity for parole release for individuals sentenced to life as juveniles. The work will b...

In Defense of Farmers illuminates anew the critical role farmers play in the future of agriculture and examines the social, economic, and environme...

Reducere. Featured on the front page of the New York Times, Our Declaration is already regarded as a seminal work that reinterprets the promise of American d...

Reducere. Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a demo...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Mahesh AnanthNumber of pages: 254Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 231 x 18Cover type: Paperback / ...

The respect for religious difference has formed the bedrock of our nation and made equality possible. Yet today we are told that "moral values"--co...

Reducere. Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas championed the rights of the Indians of Mexico and Central America, disputing a widely held belief that they were "beas...

Reducere. Too Heavy a Load celebrates this century's rich history of black women defending themselves, from Ida B. Wells to Anita Hill. Although most promine...