1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394088603316

Autore

Crofton Zachary <1625 or 6-1672.>

Titolo

Three treatises all tending to Christian practice [[electronic resource] ] : First, the vertue and value of baptism, wherein the dignity and duty of baptism is doctrinally explained, and practically applyed. Second, the hard way to Heaven, intended to be preached at Michaels Cornhil, but by reason of the extraordinary concourse of people, preached at Creet-Church the day after the authors coming out of the Tower. Third, reformation not separation, or Mr. Croftons plea for communion with the Church of England, notwithstanding those administrations by which he cannot administer. A work suited to these times, and may serve as a guide to private Christians in their publique and private worship. By Zach. Crofton late minister of Botolph Aldgate, Lond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1663

Descrizione fisica

[30], 117, [11], 39, [9], 74, [15], 28 p

Soggetti

Baptism

Catechisms, English

Children - Religious life

Christian life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The hard way to Heaven" has title page dated 1662, separate pagination and register. "Reformation not separation: or, Mr. Crofton's plea for communion with the Church," has title page dated 1662, separate pagination and register. "Appendix to the foregoing letter ..." has an undated title page, pagination and register are continuous. "The Great benefit of the Christian education of children" has an undated title page, pagination and register are separate with Sig. A missigned B.

Reproduction of original in Dr. Williams' Library, London, England.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0037



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815775803321

Autore

Møller J Ørstrøm

Titolo

The global economy in transition : debt and resource scarcities / / Jorgen Orstrom Moller, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Singapore Management University, Singapore & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark ; foreword by professor Jagdish Bhagwati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hackensack], NJ, : World Scientific, c2013

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

981-4494-87-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Economics

Economic development

International trade

Debt

Scarcity

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

Foreword; About the Book; About the Author; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; Overview of The Global Economy in Transition: Debt and Resource Scarcities; Part I The Global System; Introduction to Part I; China's Effort to Redefine Corporate Governance; CONCLUSION; Welcome to the Age of Angst; THE GOOD OLD DAYS; A STAGNATING WORLD; FAILURE TO DELIVER; Wikileaks and Consequences for Modern Diplomacy; WIKILEAKS AND RAISON D'ÉTAT; SECRET VERSUS NON-SECRET DIPLOMACY; WHAT DID WIKILEAKS TELL US?; THE FUTURE OF DIPLOMACY; CONCLUSION; References; The Deadly Cocktail; NATIONALISM; POPULISM

INEQUALITIESTHE CLASH; CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS; Private Gain, Public Loss; Making Profit at the Cost of Society's Interest; Conventional Economic Theory - A Critique Highlighting Flaws in American Style Capitalism; INTRODUCTION; WHY DO WE QUESTION THE AMERICAN STYLE CAPITALISM?; WORLD OF PLENTY; SCARCITIES AND



BURDEN SHARING; HOMO OECONOMICUS; INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL COSTS; Social Transaction Costs; Social Opportunity Costs; Net Social Costs of Economic Transactions; PRODUCTION THEORY; CONSUMPTION THEORY; COMPETITION?; GLOBAL ECONOMICS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Part II Scarcities - New Economic ThinkingIntroduction to Part II; Key Events Driving the Future of Chinese Economy; "BOTH" INSTEAD OF "EITHER-OR"; LESS INDIVIDUALISM, MORE COLLECTIVISM; Saving Resources with a Tax on their Total Use; Want a Way Out of the Recession? Create Jobs by Saving Resources; ENORMOUS SOCIETAL COST; COHERENT POLICY FRAMEWORK; The Era of Scarcities; HOW DO WE COPE WITH THIS CHALLENGE?; Food Scarcity; Energy Looks the Same; A Clean Environment is the Fifth Scarcity; Can It Be Done?; Asia Redraws the Map of Progress; ASIAN DEMOGRAPHY AND THE NEW ECONOMIC MODEL

TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONMATCHING EDUCATION TO NATIONAL NEEDS; FIVE SCARCITIES: FOOD, COMMODITIES, ENERGY, WATER, AND A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT; FORCES THREATENING ASIA'S FUTURE; A NEW PARADIGM FOR GROWTH; Tax on Commodity Profits Could Postpone Scarcity; Part III Debt; Introduction to Part III; The Way Out of the Debt Trap; BURDEN OF ADJUSTMENT; BLESSING IN DISGUISE; Global Debt Picture Not Very Pretty; UNDIGESTED LESSON; DYSFUNCTIONAL U.S.; Inflation or Deflation? Both!; U.S. More Worrying than Europe; Why Debt Does Not Go Away; CONSUMER SENTIMENT; BITING THE BULLET

Global Economy Faces Wealth RedistributionUNCHARTED WATERS; Has the Fed Got it Wrong Again?; The Markets Prey on Debt-Laden Nations; Nationalism or Capitalism? Sovereign Wealth Funds of Non-OECD Countries; INTRODUCTION; THE FIGURES; THE EUROPEAN REACTION; EU/OECD SWFS; WHAT MAKES AN SWF INVESTMENT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER INWARD FDI?; Defensive Actions; SWF - Risk-Taking Profile; SWFs - Points of Concern and Answers; SWFs - Perceived Impacts; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Agonising Wait for U.S. Economy to Rebalance; Get Out While you Can; U.S. Recession: Spend Now, Save Later

Part IV The Euro-zone

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of essays written by Ambassador, Professor Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller. from the middle of 2009 to end of 2012, commenting on global economic and political events, which reflect Moeller's judgment and evaluation on these issues.Readers get an overview to the collection of essays and the worldview they represent in an introductory chapter weaving together strands of economics, politics, and societal issues. Møller goes a step further by sketching up a picture of how a future economic model and political system may look - forged by debt, scarcities, economic integration,