Reviving the invisible hand [[electronic resource] ] : the case for classical liberalism in the twenty-first century / / Deepak Lal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453340903321
• Autore: Lal Deepak
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-96465-8; 9786612964657; 1-4008-3744-8
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.51/2
• Soggetti: Liberalism; Capitalism; Globalization; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Liberal international economic orders -- From laissez faire to the dirigiste dogma -- The changing fortunes of free trade -- Money and finance -- Poverty and inequality -- Morality and capitalism -- "Capitalism with a human face" -- The greens and global disorder.
• Sommario/riassunto: Reviving the Invisible Hand is an uncompromising call for a global return to a classical liberal economic order, free of interference from governments and international organizations. Arguing for a revival of the invisible hand of free international trade and global capital, eminent economist Deepak Lal vigorously defends the view that statist attempts to ameliorate the impact of markets threaten global economic progress and stability. And in an unusual move, he not only defends globalization economically, but also answers the cultural and moral objections of antiglobalizers. Taking a broad cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, Lal argues that there are two groups opposed to globalization: cultural nationalists who oppose not capitalism but Westernization, and "new dirigistes" who oppose not Westernization but capitalism. In response, Lal contends that capitalism doesn't have to lead to Westernization, as the examples of Japan, ; China, and India show, and that "new dirigiste" complaints have more to do with the demoralization of their societies than with the capitalist instruments of prosperity. Lal bases his case on a historical account of the rise of capitalism and globalization in the first two liberal international economic orders: the nineteenth-century British, and the post-World War II American. Arguing that the "new dirigisme" is the thin edge of a wedge that could return the world to excessive economic intervention by states and international organizations, Lal does not shrink from controversial stands such as advocating the abolishment of these organizations and defending the existence of child labor in the Third World.

Stato e societa in eta giolittiana : l'Italia tra il 1901 e il 1914 / Giovanni Schinina

• Record Nr.: UNISOBSOBE00070755
• Autore: Schininà, Giovanni
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Acireale, : Bonanno, c2008
• ISBN: 88-7796-438-3
• Descrizione fisica: 316 p. ; 21 cm
• Collana: Storia e politica ; 32
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Climate change 2014 : impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Part A Global and sectoral aspects / / edited by Christopher B. Field [and fifteen others] [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996320232503316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-316-23656-0; 1-107-41537-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 1131 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetti: Climatic changes; Global environmental change; Climatic changes - Government policy; Climatic changes - International cooperation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and policy makers in environmental science, meteorology, climatology, biology, ecology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental policy.