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Dissent on development Dissent on development P. T. Bauer The studies in this book cover a wide range of major issues in development economics. In the first part general problems of concept, method, analysis, historical experience, and policy are examined. … OL10502368W
People of Plenty People of Plenty David M. Potter America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundan… OL10637673W
India unbound India unbound Gurcharan Das "India today is a vibrant free-market democracy and has begun to flex its muscles in the global information economy and on the world stage. Now, acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das traces India's recen… OL1075254W
The Fifties The Fifties David Halberstam The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of… OL109601W
A Different Vision A Different Vision Thomas D. Boston This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immens… OL1135437W
Le Cameroun et la question énergétique Le Cameroun et la question énergétique Yris D. Fondja Wandji L'accès à l'énergie est un problème majeur en Afrique. Pour le Cameroun en particulier, la question énergétique est intimement liée aux différentes exigences auxquelles le pays est confronté: croissa… OL11747900W
Only yesterday Only yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen A social history of the United States during the "roaring twenties." Examines American individualism and the decade that they knew Mah Jong and Mencken, Couéism and Coolidge, Listerine and Lindbergh… OL1212453W
Money Has No Smell Money Has No Smell Paul Stoller Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illumi… OL13372974W
Start-Up Nation Start-Up Nation Saul Singer,Dan Senor START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with… OL13775244W
Economic and social history of medieval Europe Economic and social history of medieval Europe Pirenne, Henri "In this book, Henri Pirenne, the great Belgian economic historian, traces the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire t… OL1433144W
Conservation of natural resources Conservation of natural resources Guy Harold Smith Covers land utilization, forest resources, water supply, mineral resources, wildlife, recreation etc. OL143580W
Aftershock Aftershock Robert B. Reich When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown, and for a perilous road ahead. He … OL15091463W
The big short The big short Michael Lewis The #1 *New York Times* bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public… OL15118378W
Sketches of America Sketches of America Henry Bradshaw Fearon The author writes in the introduction that he was deputed by friends in England to visit America, investigate, and provide an account that would help them decide whether or where to emigrate. He was … OL15466527W
How the West Was Lost How the West Was Lost Dambisa Moyo "In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial … OL15673776W
Sketches of America Sketches of America Henry Bradshaw Fearon The author writes in the introduction that he was deputed by friends in England to visit America, investigate, and provide an account that would help them decide whether or where to emigrate. He was … OL15686558W
The role of science for conservation The role of science for conservation Matthias Wolff,Mark Gardener "The book integrates the knowledge and reflections of thirty scientists, of which many have dedicated a substantial part of their professional life to the Galapagos archipelago, to the conservation o… OL16215163W
The Return of Depression Economics The Return of Depression Economics Paul R. Krugman Our newest Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe. In his 1999 book, Nobel… OL1648192W
Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Woodrow H. Sears "This book identities a variety of factors, including an anti-business attitude and a resistance to Western style change, that hinder some attempts at development within Central and Eastern Europe. I… OL16935612W
Does North America Exist Governing The Continent After Nafta And 911 Does North America Exist Governing The Continent After Nafta And 911 Stephen Clarkson "Clarkson's rigorous study of the many political and economic relationships that link Canada, the United States, and Mexico probes this curious question by looking at the institutions created by NAFT… OL17471664W
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