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Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and...
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"[An] ambitious economic history of the united States...rich with details." ?-David Leonhardt, New York Times Book Review
How did a weak collection of former British colonies become an industrial, financial, and military colossus?
From the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of emerging technology: the steam engine, electricity, the internal combustion engine, computer technology....
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The great American middle class is dying-and not from natural causes. The Murder of the Middle Class exposes the crime and indicts the conspirators, from the Obama administration to their willing accomplices in big business, big media, and big unions-naming names and pointing out their misdeeds.
Bestselling author Wayne Allyn Root doesn't just prove the crime and profile the suspects, he provides bold solutions to save American capitalism, the middle...
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"Squeezed" weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutionsfor how we might change things. Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular...
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Bestselling author and international political expert Joel C. Rosenberg tackles the question, Is America an empire in decline or a nation poised for an historic renaissance?
America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds. Will history's greatest democracy stage a miraculous...
America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds. Will history's greatest democracy stage a miraculous...
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La obra muestra la inteligencia y la frescura de los ensayos de Sun Tzu. En ella Sun Tzu explica al detalle los preparativos previos a la guerra: estrategias de engaño, disposición de las tropas en el campo de batalla, armamento necesario, carros de combate, etcétera. Cómo poder llegar a vencer al enemigo sin tener que desempeñarse al enfrentamiento cara a cara: simplemente imponiendo una moral dominante, infundiendo el miedo al enemigo para...
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Summary of The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon | Includes Analysis Preview: The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an analysis of American growth from 1870 to the present. It focuses especially on the unprecedented "special century" of 1870-1970. Throughout most of human history, economic growth was basically flat or advanced very slowly. After the Civil War in the United States, however, life began to improve exponentially....
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A highly paradigm shift manifesto that is a call to action to most Zimbabwean citizens with regards to their role in the economics of the country. The citizens are exposed to the priorities they need to be focusing on if the economics of the nation should improve. And part of the advise goes beyond just political revolutions and protests.
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Claude Manzagol (1938-2008) est le pilier de la géographie économique dans le milieu de la recherche francophone. Comprenant un texte inédit de Manzagol lui-même, ce livre dévoile les différents aspects du renouvellement de la géographie économique que cet homme a amorcé et qui doit se poursuivre afin d'apporter des réponses aux principaux problèmes sociaux provoqués par les restructurations économiques en cours.
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After half a decade of austerity based crisis management by international lenders, Greece is still caught up in a debt trap. Two thirds (!) of its youth is out of work and forty per cent of its population lives below the poverty line. Even the IMF has had to admit that stabilization of the country has failed. Is Greece hopelessly corrupt and lazy as a matter of national character? This book starts out by refuting these widespread cultural stereotypes...
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Diagnóstico del mercado agrícola y agroindustrial en Colombia. Una estrategia para la reactivación de la agricultura, pretende ser un aporte en estrategias actualizadas y prácticas para incentivar el mercadeo, que estudios de diagnóstico sobre el tema. Entrega una visión global y ordenada de la evolución de la comercialización de productos agrícolas, especialmente de los perecederos que se distribuyen en estado natural o procesados, como...
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Cet ouvrage aborde à la fois les notions d'équité en emploi et d'équité salariale dans les régimes juridiques applicables aux entreprises de compétence québécoise et canadienne. Parmi chacun de ces régimes, il faut encore distinguer un régime général applicable à tous et des régimes particuliers qui s'appliquent à certains employeurs et à certains travailleurs.
Dans cette 2e édition, on retrouve des descriptions statistiques mises...
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Rick Roedel provides a comprehensive overview of the loss of manufacturing in America, the effects this loss has had on the U.S. economy, and the important steps that need to be taken in order to bring manufacturing and jobs back to America. As product manufacturing has moved oversees, so have American jobs. To bring these jobs home, Americans must start supporting companies that manufacture here... in the United States.
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What is a "green job" anyway? Few can adequately define one. Even the government isn't sure, you will learn in these pages. Still, President Obama and environmentalist coalitions such as the BlueGreen Alliance claim the creation of green jobs can save America's economy, and are worth taxpayers' investment. But in Regulating to Disaster, Diana Furchtgott-Roth debunks that myth. Instead, energy prices rise dramatically and America's economic growth...
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In 1920, Ludwig von Mises proclaimed that all attempts to establish socialism would come to grief, for reasons of informational efficiency. At first, socialists and economists took Mises's argument seriously, but by the end of the Second World War, a consensus prevailed that Mises had been discredited. More recently, that consensus has been rapidly reversed: it is now widely agreed that 'Mises was right'. Yet the momentous implications of the Mises...
19) Cruel World
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What kind of world have we created? Increasing numbers of us live in fear of losing our homes and jobs, many forced to rely on the charity of food banks to feed ourselves and our children. Many of us live on the streets in utter destitution, often with mental health problems, and no-one seems to care. Many more of us live in poor countries where for want of clean water and basic sanitation we must watch helplessly as our children and infants die...
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The financial crisis of 2008 devastated the American economy and caused U.S. policymakers to rethink their approaches to major financial crises. More than five years have passed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but questions still persist about the best ways to avoid and respond to future financial crises. In Across the Great Divide, a copublication with Brookings Institution, contributing economic and legal scholars from academia, industry,...
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