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Download or read book Squandered written by David Craig and published by Constable. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last ten years, New Labour has boosted public spending by around a trillion pounds - that's £1,000,000,000,000 of our taxes - over £50,000 for every household in Britain. But what have we got for our money? Effective and responsive public services that are the envy of the world? Or the creation of a vast, self-serving bureaucracy that has presided over the greatest waste of money in British history? With so much money, a tsunami of extra cash, being thrown at public services - health, education, policing, defence, social services and public administration - there have been some successes. Nevertheless, the results of the Government's tidal wave of extra spending have been worse than pitiful. In department after department, it is the same sorry story - a triple whammy of incompetence, cover-up and cuts that have all but decimated public services, while those responsible have lavished money and honours on themselves. David Craig exposes the sometimes tragic, sometimes comic story of how New Labour's years of mismanagement have led to a bureaucratization of Britain that has squandered almost unimaginable amounts of taxpayers' money, caused irreparable damage to all our lives and rewarded the man responsible with the keys to Number 10.
Book Synopsis Hill of Squandered Valour by : Ron Lock
Download or read book Hill of Squandered Valour written by Ron Lock and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, after the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State had gotten a jump on the British Empire and besieged a British army in the town. It was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Spion Kop, just northeast of Ladysmith, was the largest hill in the region, being over 1,400 feet high, and it lay almost exactly at the center of the Boer line. If the British could capture this position and bring artillery to the hill they would then command the flanks of the surrounding Boer positions. On the night of 23 January 1900, a large British force under Major General Edward Woodgate was dispatched to secure the height, with Lt. Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft selected to lead the initial assault. However, the Boers refused to give up the position and a bitter two days of fighting ensued. In the initial darkness the British mistakenly entrenched at the center of the hill instead of the crest, and suffered horribly from Boer marksmen clinging to the periphery. Suffering badly themselves, the Boers were finally inclined to admit defeat when they discovered that the British had retreated, leaving behind their many dead. Yet, in light of the devastation wrought on both sides, the British were finally able to rally and relieve Ladysmith four weeks later. Ron Lock, esteemed author of many Zulu warfare histories, brings to life this bitter and previously overlooked campaign in vivid and complete detail, with supporting sources including then-journalist Winston ChurchillÕs battle report, as well as many previously unpublished illustrations and 6 newly commissioned maps. His account will be valuable to both historians and strategists wanting to better understand this difficult and devastating conflict.
Book Synopsis Squandered Opportunities by : George J. Marlin
Download or read book Squandered Opportunities written by George J. Marlin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When George Pataki was swept into office in 1994, conservatives throughout New York rejoiced. Not only had they helped knock off liberal icon Mario Cuomo, but after thirty-two years in the political wilderness the New York Conservative Party had provided the margin of victory that fulfilled their mission to elect a governor who was not a legatee of Nelson Rockefeller/Jacob Javits/John Liudsay-style liberal, big-government Republicanism. But after Pataki's good start, conservatives became disenchanted. They realized that in his desperate desire to be all things to all people, Pataki squandered the historic opportunity entrusted to him in 1994." "In this first commentary on the Pataki administration, George Marlin, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and New York Conservative Party activist, traces how fiscally, economically, and culturally Governor Pataki sold out to leftist interests." "In Squandered Opportunities, Marlin contends that the Pataki Administration did not possess a philosophical compass. Political expediency overwhelmed any political philosophy, and "political conscience" and "political ideals" were mere slogans used to patronize conservatives." "Marlin examines how Pataki's social policies betrayed conservatives. Pataki approved gay-rights, bias crime bills, restricted the medical insurance "conscience clause" for religious institutions, increased gun regulations and repudiated term limits." "Marlin concludes that by deserting mainstream Republican principles, George Pataki, who harbors 2008 presidential aspirations, has forfeited his seat at the leadership table of the party of Ronald Reagan."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Squandering Aimlessly by : David Brancaccio
Download or read book Squandering Aimlessly written by David Brancaccio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-02-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor, misguided fellow. David Brancaccio, host of public radio's rambunctious and eclectic business program Marketplace, used to think the big problem with money was getting some. Didn't he understand that during a time of bounty the big problem is knowing what to do with money once you have it? It took a conversation with one of the richest guys in America to set him straight. "I think Warren Buffett's got the problem and Gates has the problem and Bloomberg's got the problem," the billionaire said. "And the problem doesn't just have to be at our level. It can be with people who have just a couple of million bucks." It was the second "just" in that sentence that made tears well up in Brancaccio's eyes. Most of us once thought the problem was getting some money. Now what? Squander: to spend or use something precious in a wasteful way. Squandering ranks even below "leaving it in a passbook savings account" on the list of the greatest personal finance sins of our age, according to Brancaccio, who hit the road to determine the right answer to the question of what to do with money. Brancaccio gets this question from Marketplace listeners all the time: What does one do with a lump sum, perhaps the proceeds from some stock options, the profit on the sale of a house, an inheritance, a bonus, a settlement, or even a modest accumulation in a savings account? A natural storyteller, Brancaccio has a clear, intelligent, and delightfully offbeat way of explaining to his listeners the complexities of business, investing, and the economy. He has access to rivers of market information that should help answer this question of what to do with money. But data do not necessarily equal wisdom, so Brancaccio hit upon the idea of venturing out on a random "walk" to acquire some street smarts. Imagining a windfall of his own and haunted by his own checkered history with money, Brancaccio embarked on a funny and irreverent personal finance pilgrimage. His travels took him from Minnesota's Mall of America to New York City's Wall Street to one of the poorest towns in the West. He encountered entrepreneurs in California, homeowners in New York, retirees in Arizona, and some folks following their lifelong dreams in Texas. A drifter in a desert offered advice. So did a U.S. secretary of the treasury. Along the way, Brancaccio was challenged by a cascade of practical and philosophical issues: If consumption drives the economy, is there something wrong with saving? Is there such a thing as a socially responsible investment? Is charity an investment? If you can't beat a Las Vegas casino, can you beat the stock market? While Brancaccio's journey was a personal one, his eye-opening adventures reveal a great deal about attitudes toward money in America at the dawn of the new century -- and they provide entertaining lessons about how best to spend, invest, and save.
Book Synopsis The Squanders of Castle Squander by : William Carleton (Novelist.)
Download or read book The Squanders of Castle Squander written by William Carleton (Novelist.) and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Squander Bug Mystery by : United States. War Finance Division. Treasury Department
Download or read book The Squander Bug Mystery written by United States. War Finance Division. Treasury Department and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Don't Squander Our Dearly-Bought Freedom by : J. C. Buthelezi
Download or read book Don't Squander Our Dearly-Bought Freedom written by J. C. Buthelezi and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Squander Our Dearly-Bought Freedom tells a story of political turmoil in the Post-apartheid era. Vista University campus becomes a site of protest, where demonstrators decry the education of so-called slaves and claim that inferior education should not be allowed.
Book Synopsis The Squanders of Castle Squander by : William Carleton
Download or read book The Squanders of Castle Squander written by William Carleton and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Squandering America's Future—Why ECE Policy Matters for Equality, Our Economy, and Our Children by : Susan Ochshorn
Download or read book Squandering America's Future—Why ECE Policy Matters for Equality, Our Economy, and Our Children written by Susan Ochshorn and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This remarkable book manages to pinpoint the critical issues in the care and education of young children with up-to-date research, and all of this in a pleasurable and lively style. This needs to be read widely, and right away.” —Deborah Meier, MacArthur award–winning public school teacher, principal, and author “An ambitious book, unlike any other in early childhood policy . . . a must-read for all who care about kids.” —Nancy Carlsson-Paige, professor emerita, Lesley University “Susan Ochshorn . . . shows us how a few dedicated people, schools, agencies, and institutions have made a difference in children’s lives—a difference that is enhancing early development in this generation and those to come.” —Samuel J. Meisels, founding executive director, Buffett Early Childhood Institute University of Nebraska “Indispensable for policymakers, educators, and all who care about our future.” —Riane Eisler, social scientist, attorney, and author “Sharp eyed, warm, and lively—a delightful read on a dead-serious topic.” —Janet Gornick, professor of political science and sociology, City University of New York “An urgent call to action that could change the course of the nation’s future.” —Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University “A kaleidoscope of stories and statistics to illustrate the profound injustices we are visiting on our children and the corresponding injuries we are inflicting on ourselves. We can only hope that Squandering America’s Future will help to turn the tide.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America
Book Synopsis The Squandering of America by : Robert Kuttner
Download or read book The Squandering of America written by Robert Kuttner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate, articulate argument detailing how the United States political system has failed to adapt to the economic challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The American economy is in peril. It has fallen hostage to a casino of financial speculation, creating instability as well as inequality. Tens of millions of workers are vulnerable to layoffs and outsourcing, health care and retirement burdens are increasingly being shifted from employers to individuals. Here Kuttner debunks alarmist claims about supposed economic hazards and exposes the genuine dangers: hedge funds and private equity run amok, sub-prime lenders, Wall Street middlemen, and America's dependence on foreign central banks. He then outlines a persuasive, bold alternative, a new model of managed capitalism that can deliver security and opportunity, and rekindle democracy as we know it.
Book Synopsis A Moral Defense of Prostitution by : Rob Lovering
Download or read book A Moral Defense of Prostitution written by Rob Lovering and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is prostitution immoral? In this book, Rob Lovering argues that it is not. Offering a careful and thorough critique of the many—twenty, to be exact—arguments for prostitution's immorality, Lovering leaves no claim unchallenged. Drawing on the relevant literature along with his own creative thinking, Lovering offers a clear and reasoned moral defense of the world's oldest profession. Lovering demonstrates convincingly, on both consequentialist and nonconsequentialist grounds, that there is nothing immoral about prostitution between consenting adults. The legal implications of this view are also brought to bear on the current discourse surrounding this controversial topic.
Book Synopsis Squandering Canada's Surplus : Opting for Debt Reduction and "scarcity by Design" by : Armine Yalnizyan
Download or read book Squandering Canada's Surplus : Opting for Debt Reduction and "scarcity by Design" written by Armine Yalnizyan and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That scarcity has been cre- the UN's Human Development Index for seven years ated by design, the product of political commitment in the 1990s, it precipitously dropped to eighth place to an agenda of tax cuts and aggressive debt reduction, in the period 2000 to 2003. [...] Reducing the burden of the debt as By far the most quirky aspect of the newly pro- much as possible before the baby-boomers retire is the claimed goal is that the debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to main point. [...] It assumes that over the next decade, such as affordable housing and the real growth of the economy will average just above reliable unemployment insurance coverage for the 3% a year and the pace of inflation will be just below growing number of unemployed Canadians. [...] But waiting to be used - money we have collectively put the question of how to bolster the human security of into public coffers to build infrastructures of security citizens in Canada and abroad, today and in the fu- that our communities, our businesses, and our fami- ture, has taken a back seat to the war on terrorism. [...] These documents all have in common the acknowl- edgement that, in order to live harmoniously with one From the early 1990s well into the surplus era and another and develop as individuals, people need the the "mini-budget" of October 2000, the focus was on security of adequate housing, food, and income, and ushering out the cost-heavy welfare state, keeping gov- access to clean water, health care.
Download or read book Indian Appropriation Bill written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Amharic-English dictionary by : Thomas Leiper Kane
Download or read book Amharic-English dictionary written by Thomas Leiper Kane and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1990 with total page 2390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Further Insights into Contrastive Analysis by : Jacek Fisiak
Download or read book Further Insights into Contrastive Analysis written by Jacek Fisiak and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991-02-28 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a period of crisis in the 1960s, Contrastive Analysis has now regained its firm position, although in a different form and with broader goals. This collection of papers reflects the scope of research and the range of interest of linguists who are involved in contrastive linguistics research. The volume contains 35 contributions by 37 authors from 13 different countries and includes an Index of names and an Index of terms.
Book Synopsis Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE) by : Timothy Avants
Download or read book Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE) written by Timothy Avants and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERYTHING YOU NEED to write the TOEFL essay with confidence. And the essay, also known as the Test of Written English, is the hardest part of the test-one that keeps many test takers from succeeding. Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE) gives you simple and clear instruction on what you need to know to score well and provides real essay samples that you can relate to. You'll get the lowdown on what you need to score high in an easy-to-understand format, with everything from lessons on punctuation to real sample essays, plus more than 50 pages of exercises. INSIDE YOU'LL DISCOVER: How to write the essay A complete crash course in grammar 10 real sample essays Study exercises to hone your skills And much more! Don't let the essay stand between you and the score you want. Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE) is the resource you need to tackle the most challenging section of the TOEFL.
Download or read book Post-Saddam Iraq written by Amnon Cohen and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyses the major developments in Iraq from the US-led invasion until 2010. This title provides an important external, international dimension to Iraq's post-war development through discussion of the central role played by the Iranian regime and its deep and multi-faceted involvement in the Iraqi internal scene.
