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We were created in freedom. Human beings across the globe possess a common thread of human dignity and a desire to express this dignity in a multitude of ways absent of obstacles and restrictions. Created in Freedom is the first in a series of books exploring in essay form the ideas of human dignity, freedom, and productivity.
In this first publication, Created in Freedom: Poverty and Economics, Dr. Phillip D. Fletcher reflects on topics of participation,...
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Comment réhumaniser notre économie capitaliste?
L'économie moderne, au moyen des contrats et du marché, évacue les relations personnelles directes. En garantissant une sécurité maximale, elle évite le contact avec les autres, qui est toujours source de blessures. Mais elle élimine aussi le bonheur de la rencontre avec l'autre. Un économiste napolitain du XVIII siècle, Antonio Genovesi, disait: « C'est une loi de l'univers que nous ne...
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America's #1 retirement adviser offers tried and true investment strategies for before and after retirement. Sound guidance from the creator of RetirementWatch.com and the author of “Where's My Money?: Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Your Social Security”.
The 2020s are likely to be among the worst times to be nearing retirement or in the early years of retirement. The book first explains the forces that are coming together to make it more...
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America seems to be on a downward slide. Our government spends too much, our economy creates too little, and we aren't preparing our children to compete in a global marketplace. Yet our politicians - Republican and Democrat alike - just don't get it. While once-great cities fall into decay, Washington thrives, living off the hard work and tax dollars of the private sector. It's time for an American comeback - and it starts with innovation. Throughout...
405) Growing up in Iran
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80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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Iran is a complex, multi-faceted country. Iranian youngsters grow up in a culturally rich nation where politics and religion are intertwined, and where certain personal freedoms are restricted. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Iran's youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Presents an overview of growing up in Iran, discussing family life, education, work, social life, and religion....
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xvii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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A fresh look at the Gilded Age, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of the people" and economic democracy were betrayed by political parties that fanned memories of the war to distract Americans from government of the corporation. Jay Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for office,...
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268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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"Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 28 out of 3,140 counties in America. The single worst place in the United States to look for affordable housing is Osceola County, Florida. Once the main approach to Disney World, where vacationers found lodging on their way to the Magic Kingdom, the fifteen-mile Route 192 corridor in Osceola has become a site of shocking contrasts. At one end, absentee investors snatch up foreclosed...
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Herbert and Lydia Gettridge raised nine children in the Lower Ninth Ward. Their house, which Mr. Gettridge built on land he purchased in 1943, took on 10 feet of water when the levees breached. Five of their children who owned homes in New Orleans also lost everything. Over the year and a half that reporter June Cross follows him, Mr. Gettridge battles with the city, the insurance company, and the bureaucracy of the state-run Road Home homeowner...
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An analysis of 2014 budget outcomes and 2015 plans of ADB's Pacific member countries is the focus of this issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor, also including an analysis of opportunities and challenges from external factors. An analysis of 2014 budget outcomes and 2015 budget plans of ADB's Pacific developing member countries is the focus of this issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor. The policy briefs in this issue consider longer-run opportunities...
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335 pages ; 19 cm.
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The author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the event we were told was impossible -- the free fall of the American economy -- finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment executives to eat the forbidden fruit of toxic derivatives.
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156 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
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At a time in history when fear of 'the other' has become commonplace, The Broken Silence is a book that shows a glimpse in the timeline of how Islam has been marginalized in society. It examines the impacts of economic sanctions on vulnerable populations and opens with an essay by the author's daughter, that paints a bleak picture of the human costs of years of international sanctions against Iraq, including the deaths of over half a million children...
413) Titans
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597 pages ; 24 cm
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"Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres...
414) Growing up in Italy
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80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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In Italy, family is everything; kids are loved and nurtured, but they are also expected to be respectful. And as much as they enjoy spending time with family, Italian kids also like being with friends. When Italians gather, whether young or old, they are likely to be friendly, boisterous, animated and loud. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Italy's youth experience home and family, education and work, social life,...
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"From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the...
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319 pages ; 24 cm
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"[The authors] use a blend of humor, storytelling, and detailed analysis to reveal for the first time the unbelievable truth about the Great Reset, tying together nearly two decades of groundbreaking research about authoritarian movements and their efforts to fundamentally transform the United States"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.
Glenn Beck argues that the American way of life will not survive the Great Reset and warns us to stop it before it's too...
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328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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In the 1970s the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wanted and sent money back to communities that depended on their support. But as U.S. authorities pursued more aggressive anti-immigrant measures, migrants...
418) Growing up in Canada
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Teenagers make up less than 9 percent of Canada's population of about 35 million. Although Canada has ten provinces, two-thirds of teens live in either Quebec or Ontario. Whether they live in cities or rural areas, these young people are growing up in a country that has two national languages, French and English, welcomes immigrants, is socially tolerant, and places a lot of emphasis on their education, independence, and happiness. Featured is an...
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xiv, 386 pages ; 24 cm
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Describes a time of upheaval in America--when the country was in a deep economic depression, white supremacists roamed the South, and a nationwide railroad strike led to bloodshed--and discusses how the events of 1877 also fueled cultural and intellectual innovation.
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In this scathing book, the author produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential...
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