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From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand

Author : Irene Wu
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804779805
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand written by Irene Wu and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand uses telecommunications policy as a window to examine major contradictions in China's growth as an economic and political superpower. While China policy analysts wonder why the government occasionally restrains growth and raises prices, technologists marvel at how the telecommunications industry continues to grow enormously despite constraints and unpredictability in the market. Frustration is pervasive in the business environment, where regulations are constantly changing. This book provides six policy-focused case studies, each centered on a question with implications for telecome stakeholders, such as: Who is the regulator?Who are the regulated? Which foreigners can enter China, thereby regulating wholesale prices, setting consumer prices, and introducing Internet and innovative technologies? These cases explain the government's liberal and conservative approach toward reform, the policies that both promote and constrain business, and the major hurdles that lie ahead in telecommunications reform.

The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand

Author : Kevin A. Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand written by Kevin A. Carson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes

Author : Mark Skousen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317458214
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes written by Mark Skousen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. "The Big Three in Economics" traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, representing laissez faire; Karl Marx, reflecting the radical socialist model; and John Maynard Keynes, symbolizing big government and the welfare state. Each view has had a significant influence on shaping the modern world, and the book traces the development of each philosophy through the eyes of its creator. In the twenty-first century, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" model has gained the upper hand, and capitalism appears to have won the battle of ideas over socialism and interventionism. But author Mark Skousen shows that, even in the era of globalization and privatization, Keynesian and Marxian ideas continue to play a significant role in economic policy.

Rebounding Identities

Author : Dominique Arel
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN 13 : 0801885620
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Rebounding Identities written by Dominique Arel and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press. This book was released on 2006-11-29 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebounding Identities is based on a series of workshops held at the Kennan Institute in 2002 and 2003.

Iron Fist: Star Wars Legends (X-Wing)

Author : Aaron Allston
Publisher : Random House Worlds
ISBN 13 : 0553578979
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Iron Fist: Star Wars Legends (X-Wing) written by Aaron Allston and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 1998-07-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rebel Alliance’s elite strike force must double-cross an infamous warlord in the second book of the Wraith Squadron series, the companion to the hit Rogue Squadron series. Against all odds, the controversial Wraith Squadron has survived its first covert mission. But now they are called upon to cheat death twice. This time, Wedge Antilles sends them in to stop the warlord Zsinj and his Super Star Destroyer, Iron Fist. If Zsinj joins the Empire, it could turn the tide of war against the Rebels. The Wraith Squadron’s mission: infiltrate the warlord’s fleet and uncover his carefully guarded plans. To do so, they must pose as ruthless pirates seeking to join Zsinj’s forces. And that means first becoming pirates in space lanes teeming with Imperial navy patrols. If that isn’t enough to get them killed, they’ll have to pass one last test—a suicide mission for Zsinj. Can they survive the test and turn the tables on Zsinj? Or is this the end for Wraith Squadron?

The Making of Modern Economics

Author : Mark Skousen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317513797
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Modern Economics written by Mark Skousen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a bold, engaging and updated history of economics--the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. Noted financial writer and economist Mark Skousen has revised this popular work, now in its third edition. This comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers of the past 225 years begins with Adam Smith and continues through the present day. The text examines the contributions made by each individual to our understanding of the role of the economist, the science of economics, and economic theory. Boxes in each chapter highlight little-known and entertaining facts about the economists' personal lives that had an influence on their work.

Clever as Serpents

Author : Jim Grote
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814658673
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Clever as Serpents written by Jim Grote and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centuries ago Thomas Aquinas remarked that there can be no joy in life if there is no joy in one's work. Drawing upon the seminal insights of Rene Girard, Clever as Serpents confronts this timeless issue of finding peace in one's work and offers practical guidance on how people, acting together, can cultivate virtuous business. Clever as Serpents provides ethical insight in business life, the job market, and office politics, revealing that business culture, while often corrupt, can be transformed through the practice of asceticism. It suggests that instead of renouncing worldly comforts and retreating to a monastery, business asceticism embraces and masters the discomforts of business life through disciplined and unique approach to the rigors of the competitive marketplace. Clever as Serpents is divided into two parts - theory and strategy. Chapters one through five deal with a unique approach to management theory and the behavior of financial markets. It first examines the myths that hide the reality of the marketplace. Chapter two examines the myth of freedom; chapter three, the myth of competition. With these myths exposed, chapters four and five examine the secret of the marketplace through the theories of borrowed desire" and the management complex. Chapters six through ten deal with practical techniques for dealing with the jungle of office politics. Chapter six relates the theory of "borrowed desire" to the dynamics of office gossip. Chapters seven through nine offer practical tips on surviving office politics, becoming successful, and redeeming the marketplace through ethical action. For the many people who experience the workplace as frustrating or unfair, struggle with office politics - as well as the question of whether their workday lives have any religious significance or spiritual depth - this work provides concrete suggestions for practicing an ethics of survival, of success, and of service. Jim Grote works in stewardship and development for a Roman Catholic archdiocese. He has taught business ethics and philosophy at several colleges and universities. Co-author ofTheology and Technology, he has written articles for the Catholic Worker, Church, Cistercian Studies Quarterly, Cross Currents, and Spirituality Today. John McGeeney, an attorney for a financial services company, has worked in securities law for a Fortune 500company, and for a large social service organization in New York City. "

Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System

Author : Bertram Silverman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315486873
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System written by Bertram Silverman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere is the tension attending simultaneous political democratization and economic liberalization more sharply felt than in the realm of labour relations. What is happening in Soviet trade unions today? How will the emerging independent unions respond to anticipated rises in unemployment? What kind of social regulation of the labour market will be appropriate in the future? These papers from a pathbreaking US-Soviet conference on labour issues reveal a considerable diversity of views on questions whose resolution will be essential to social peace in this period of transition. Among the noted contributors are Joseph Berliner, Sam Bowles, Richard Freeman, Leonid Gordon, V.L.Kosmarskii, Alla Nazimova, Michael Piore, Boris Rakitskii, Iurii Volkov, Ben Ward and Tatiana Zaslavskaia.

The Invisible Hand

Author : Adam Smith
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141963352
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Hand written by Adam Smith and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Smith’s landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole community, as if by an ‘invisible hand’. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Free Trade within North America: Expanding Trade for Prosperity

Author : Gerald P. O'Driscoll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461531284
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Free Trade within North America: Expanding Trade for Prosperity written by Gerald P. O'Driscoll and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: s countries around the globe were rediscovering political freedom, speakers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' fourth annual South A west Conference called for greater economic freedom-free trade in markets free of artificial barriers and misguided regulations, free trade through out a continent (perhaps a hemisphere) that has discarded unnecessary restraints and is poised to emerge as a preeminent competitive force in the 21st century. The Dallas Fed conference, titled "Beyond the Border: Expanding Trade for Prosperity" and held October 24-25, 1992, brought together several hundred participants interested in the possibility of free trade throughout North America and beyond. "How far south can we go?" conference speaker Javier Murcio asked. His answer: "As far as economic reform takes hold. " Around the globe, countries were becoming engulfed in what Henry an "absolute prairie fIre of democracy. " And one of the fIrst Cisneros called places many nations were attempting to exercise this new-found political freedom was in the marketplace. As Richard Fisher put it: " . . . market capitalism is a universally accepted dogma. " "This world . . . is becoming one interdependent marketplace. State and national boundaries have become meaningless. No longer are there such things as domestic or foreign fIrms. Decisionmakers can be anywhere they wish to be because computerization and telecommunications allow people to be every where at once," Fisher said.

David Mamet and American Macho

Author : Arthur Holmberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521620643
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book David Mamet and American Macho written by Arthur Holmberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be an American man? Holmberg demonstrates how David Mamet's plays explore complex issues of masculinity.

Private Prisons

Author : Charles H. Logan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195063538
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Private Prisons written by Charles H. Logan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers information on private prisons, provided by Charles H. Logan. Includes statistics on prison performance measures and public versus private prison quality, a bibliography on private prisons, and studies and reports on topics such as privatizing the prison system, increasing the privatization of prisons, and a comparison of the quality of confinement in public and private prisons.

Peace Operations and Organized Crime

Author : James Cockayne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136643125
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Peace Operations and Organized Crime written by James Cockayne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies. The threat posed by organized crime to international and human security has become a matter of considerable strategic concern for national and international decision-makers, so it is somewhat surprising how little thought has been devoted to addressing the complex relationship between organized crime and peace operations. This volume addresses this gap, questioning the emerging orthodoxy that portrays organized crime as an external threat to the liberal peace championed by western and allied states and delivered through peace operations. Based upon a series of case studies it concludes that organized crime is both a potential enemy and a potential ally of peace operations, and it argues for the need to distinguish between strategies to contain organized crime and strategies to transform the political economies in which it flourishes. The editors argue for the development of intelligent, transnational, and transitional law enforcement that can make the most of organized crime as a potential ally for transforming political economies, while at the same time containing the threat it presents as an enemy to building effective and responsible states. The book will be of great interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, organised crime, Security Studies and IR in general.

The Penguin and the Leviathan

Author : Yochai Benkler
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0385525761
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin and the Leviathan written by Yochai Benkler and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For example, he describes how: --

Prisons of Poverty

Author : Loïc J. D. Wacquant
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816639000
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Prisons of Poverty written by Loïc J. D. Wacquant and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this title, the author examines how penal policies emanating from the United States have spread thoughout the world. The author argues that the policies have their roots in a network of Reagan-era conservative think tanks, which used them as weapons in their crusade to dismantle the welfare state and, in effect, criminalise poverty.

End the Fed

Author : Ron Paul
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 044656818X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book End the Fed written by Ron Paul and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve. Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country's economy could not properly function. But in End the Fed, Ron Paul draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Fed is both corrupt and unconstitutional. It is inflating currency today at nearly a Weimar or Zimbabwe level, a practice that threatens to put us into an inflationary depression where $100 bills are worthless. What most people don't realize is that the Fed -- created by the Morgans and Rockefellers at a private club off the coast of Georgia -- is actually working against their own personal interests. Congressman Paul's urgent appeal to all citizens and officials tells us where we went wrong and what we need to do fix America's economic policy for future generations.

North Korean Reform

Author : Robert L. Carlin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134973217
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book North Korean Reform written by Robert L. Carlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, foreign policy and security concerns have trumped any efforts to reform the North Korean economy. Today, the linkage between security and economic policies is being reconsidered as part of a larger debate in the North Korean leadership that has already transformed the country in fundamental ways. Despite renewed tensions with the United States, North Korea has begun to implement important economic reforms. Moreover, underneath the cover of the ever-present ‘military-first’ slogan in the controlled media, a debate is taking place between ‘reformers’ and ‘conservatives’ over whether Pyongyang’s bloated military industrial complex should be scaled back to help ensure the success of economic reform. Not only do these developments reflect strong political forces in the North Korean leadership that support reform, but they could also have profound implications for the future of Pyongyang’s national security policy. North Korea may decide that it will need a more favourable external security environment in order to secure greater access to international economic and financial assistance for its reform measures and, ultimately, downsizing its military. Pyongyang could launch a new policy of engagement that would include greater flexibility in the Beijing Six Party Talks. A second scenario is continued internal struggle over reform that could lead to an inability to act decisively on key security and foreign policy issues, including at the nuclear talks. Finally, progress in reform may, paradoxically, strengthen conservatives, leading to hopes in Pyongyang that it can improve the economy, while simultaneously maintaining a large powerful military. Whether Washington can do anything at this point to influence directly the emerging debate in Pyongyang is unclear, but a renewed policy of engagement on its part could enhance the chances of success for North Korean advocates of reform.