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Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Sowell
| Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Sowell |
| Autore | Sowell Thomas <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 460 p |
| Disciplina | 973.92 |
| Collana | Hoover Institution Press publication |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - United States
Popular culture - United States Intellectuals - United States - Attitudes Political activists - United States - Attitudes |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8179-4753-1
0-8179-4758-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453384003321 |
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| Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 | ||
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Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Sowell
| Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Sowell |
| Autore | Sowell Thomas <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 460 p |
| Disciplina | 973.92 |
| Collana | Hoover Institution Press publication |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - United States
Popular culture - United States Intellectuals - United States - Attitudes Political activists - United States - Attitudes |
| ISBN |
0-8179-4753-1
0-8179-4758-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790862503321 |
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Sowell Thomas <1930->
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| Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 | ||
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Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays / / Thomas Sowell
| Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays / / Thomas Sowell |
| Autore | Sowell Thomas <1930-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 460 p |
| Disciplina | 973.92 |
| Collana | Hoover Institution Press publication |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - United States
Popular culture - United States Intellectuals - United States - Attitudes Political activists - United States - Attitudes |
| ISBN |
0-8179-4753-1
0-8179-4758-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The Culture Wars -- Ever Wonder Why? -- Animal Rites -- "Us" or "Them"? -- Twisted History -- Explaining to the Grand Kids -- Human Livestock -- The Wright Stuff -- The Legacy of Eric Hoffer -- One-Uppers versus Survival -- The Equality Dogma -- The Inequality Dogma -- Equality, Inequality, and Fate -- Hiroshima -- The Tyranny of Visions -- The Tyranny of Visions: Part II -- The Tyranny of Visions: Part III -- The Immigration Taboo -- The Left Monopoly -- I Beg to Disagree -- 4th Estate or 5th Column? -- Part II: Economic Issues -- Why Economists Are Not Popular -- Housing Hurdles -- The "Cost" of Medical Care -- Subsidies Are All Wet -- A Taxing Experience -- Profits without Honor -- Profits without Honor: Part II -- Two Earthquakes -- Peter Bauer (1915-2002) -- Journalists and Economics -- Stock Crash Aftermath -- Milton Friedman at 90 -- "Price Gouging" in Florida -- Economic "Power" -- A Relic of the Recent Past -- Who Can Afford It? -- Free-Lunch Medicine -- Free-Lunch Medicine: Part II -- Free-Lunch Medicine: Part III -- Manufacturing Confusion -- A Cold Shower -- An Old "New Vision" -- Third World Sweatshops -- Third World Sweatshops: Part II -- Privatizing Social Security -- Privatizing Social Security: Part II -- "Living Wage" Kills Jobs -- A Happy Birthday? -- Part III: Legal Issues -- Calculated Confusion -- Judges and Judgment -- Justice for Little Angelo -- Property Rites -- Property Rites: Part II -- Property Rites: Part III -- Foreign Law Is Not Law -- Medical Lawsuits -- Fixing the Jury System -- Half a Century after Brown -- Half a Century after Brown: Part II -- Half a Century after Brown: Part III -- Umpires, Judges, and Others -- Big Business and Quotas -- The Grand Fraud -- The Grand Fraud: Part II -- The Grand Fraud: Part III -- The Grand Fraud: Part IV.
Saving Quotas -- The High Cost of Nuances -- The Polio Fallacy -- Part IV: Political Issues -- Spoiled Brat Politics -- Spoiled Brat Politics: Part II -- The "Compassion" Racket -- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) -- Gun Control Myths -- Gun Control Myths: Part II -- A Painful Anniversary -- The High Cost of Shibboleths -- "Why Do They Hate Us?" -- Foreign "Allies" -- My Platform -- The Oldest Fraud -- The Left's Vision -- The Left's Vocabulary -- Abstract People -- Looking Back -- Part V: Social Issues -- Mealy Mouth Media -- Achievements and Their Causes -- Talkers versus Doers -- Talkers versus Doers: Part II -- Liberals and Class -- Liberals and Class: Part II -- Liberals and Class: Part III -- The Autism "Spectrum" -- The High Cost of Busybodies -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part II -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part III -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part IV -- "Partial Truth" Abortion -- Lying about Yosemite -- Growing Old -- April Fools' Party -- Part VI: Education Issues -- Choosing a College -- The Idiocy of "Relevance" -- Julian Stanley and Bright Children -- For What Purpose? -- School Performances -- School Performances: Part II -- School Performances: Part III -- College Admissions Voodoo -- Summer De-Programming -- Fat in California's Budget -- A Scary Report -- "Teaching to the Test" -- "Teaching to the Test": Part II -- "Teaching to the Test": Part III -- Smart "Problems" -- Vouchers Vindicated -- Artificial Stupidity -- "Good" Teachers -- A Sign of the Times -- Suspicious Stats -- Peers and Pied Pipers -- Part VII: Racial Issues -- Older Budweiser -- Rosa Parks and History -- "Friends" of Blacks -- "Friends" of Blacks: Part II -- Recycled "Racism" -- Dangerous Democracy? -- Are Cops Racist? -- Rattling the Chains -- Roasting Walter Williams -- "Diversity" in India -- Race and IQ -- Race and IQ: Part II -- Race and IQ: Part III. An Old War and a New One -- Silly Letters -- Black History Month -- Bravo for Bill Cosby -- Quota "Logic" -- Quota "Logic": Part II -- Part VIII: Random Thoughts -- Random Thoughts. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822210803321 |
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Sowell Thomas <1930->
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| Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006 | ||
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Evolution of an economic crisis? : the subprime lending disaster and the threat to the broader economy : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 19, 2007
| Evolution of an economic crisis? : the subprime lending disaster and the threat to the broader economy : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 19, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 150 p.) : ill |
| Soggetto topico |
Subprime mortgage loans - United States
Foreclosure - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Mortgage loans
Foreclosure United States Business & economics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Evolution of an Economic Crisis |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694472903321 |
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exile on Wall Street [[electronic resource] ] : one analyst's fight to save the big banks from themselves / / Mike Mayo
| Exile on Wall Street [[electronic resource] ] : one analyst's fight to save the big banks from themselves / / Mike Mayo |
| Autore | Mayo Mike |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.10973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking - United States
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 |
| ISBN |
1-118-20366-6
1-282-25347-6 9786613814128 1-118-20364-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst's Fight to Save the Big Banks from Themselves; Contents; Introduction: Watering Down the Wine; Chapter 1: ""God's Work"" at the Fed; Chapter 2: The Big Time-or Something Like It; Chapter 3: Exile . . . and Redemption; Chapter 4: The Professional Gets Personal; Chapter 5: The Crisis; Chapter 6: The Vortex; Chapter 7: Citi, Part I: A Long, Sad Saga; Chapter 8: Citi, Part II: The Plot Sickens; Chapter 9: A Better Version of Capitalism; Chapter 10: The Meaning of Life; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781870403321 |
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Mayo Mike
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| Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Exile on Wall Street : one analyst's fight to save the big banks from themselves / / Mike Mayo
| Exile on Wall Street : one analyst's fight to save the big banks from themselves / / Mike Mayo |
| Autore | Mayo Mike |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.10973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Banks and banking - United States
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 |
| ISBN |
1-118-20366-6
1-282-25347-6 9786613814128 1-118-20364-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst's Fight to Save the Big Banks from Themselves; Contents; Introduction: Watering Down the Wine; Chapter 1: ""God's Work"" at the Fed; Chapter 2: The Big Time-or Something Like It; Chapter 3: Exile . . . and Redemption; Chapter 4: The Professional Gets Personal; Chapter 5: The Crisis; Chapter 6: The Vortex; Chapter 7: Citi, Part I: A Long, Sad Saga; Chapter 8: Citi, Part II: The Plot Sickens; Chapter 9: A Better Version of Capitalism; Chapter 10: The Meaning of Life; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820778603321 |
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Mayo Mike
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| Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Failure by design [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel
| Failure by design [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel |
| Autore | Bivens Josh |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MishelLawrence |
| Collana | Economic Policy Institute |
| Soggetto topico |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century Working class - United States - Economic conditions - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6065-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Great Recession: The damage done and the rot revealed -- The Great Recession's Trigger: Housing bubble leads to jobs crisis -- The Policy Response to the Great Recession: What was done, and did it work? -- The Great Recession Ended More Than a Year Ago- so, "Mission Accomplished"? -- The Cracked Foundation Revealed by the Great Recession -- Where to from Here? -- Bibliography -- About EPI -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456705303321 |
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Bivens Josh
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| Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Failure by design [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel
| Failure by design [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel |
| Autore | Bivens Josh |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MishelLawrence |
| Collana | Economic Policy Institute |
| Soggetto topico |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century Working class - United States - Economic conditions - 21st century |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6113-8
0-8014-6065-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Great Recession: The damage done and the rot revealed -- The Great Recession's Trigger: Housing bubble leads to jobs crisis -- The Policy Response to the Great Recession: What was done, and did it work? -- The Great Recession Ended More Than a Year Ago- so, "Mission Accomplished"? -- The Cracked Foundation Revealed by the Great Recession -- Where to from Here? -- Bibliography -- About EPI -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781496503321 |
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Bivens Josh
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| Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Failure by design : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel
| Failure by design : the story behind America's broken economy / / Josh Bivens ; foreword by Lawrence Mishel |
| Autore | Bivens Josh |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MishelLawrence |
| Collana | Economic Policy Institute |
| Soggetto topico |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century Working class - United States - Economic conditions - 21st century |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6113-8
0-8014-6065-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Great Recession: The damage done and the rot revealed -- The Great Recession's Trigger: Housing bubble leads to jobs crisis -- The Policy Response to the Great Recession: What was done, and did it work? -- The Great Recession Ended More Than a Year Ago- so, "Mission Accomplished"? -- The Cracked Foundation Revealed by the Great Recession -- Where to from Here? -- Bibliography -- About EPI -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822294803321 |
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Bivens Josh
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| Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Falling Rate of Profit and the Great Recession of 2007-2009 : A New Approach to Applying Marx's Value Theory and Its Implications for Socialist Strategy / / Peter Jones
| The Falling Rate of Profit and the Great Recession of 2007-2009 : A New Approach to Applying Marx's Value Theory and Its Implications for Socialist Strategy / / Peter Jones |
| Autore | Jones Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 335.4/12 |
| Collana | Historical Materialism Book Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic history
Business cycles - United States Labor theory of value - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface -- List of Tables and Figures -- Advice to Readers -- 1 Marx's Value Theory and the Law of the Tendential Fall in the Rate of Profit -- 1 The Development of the LTFRP and Its Significance -- 2 Criticisms of the Law -- 3 Summary -- 2 Devaluation -- 1 Formalisms, Models and Method -- 2 Devaluation and Value -- 3 Historical Cost, Input Cost and Output Cost -- 4 Measuring Devaluation -- 5 The MELT and Revaluation -- 6 The Rate of Profit, the Rate of Accumulation and the Rate of Growth -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Appendix: A Counter-example to the Okishio Theorem Using Current Cost Measures of the Rate of Profit -- 3 Turnover Time and the Organic Composition of Capital -- 1 Decomposing the Rate of Profit: Existing Approaches -- 2 The Stock of Variable Capital -- 3 The OCC -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Appendix: Decomposing Changes in the Rate of Profit -- 4 Surplus Value, Profit and Output -- 1 The Forms of Appearance of Surplus Value -- 2 Unproductive Labour -- 3 Measuring Surplus Value after Unproductive Expenditures -- 4 The Value of Labour Power -- 5 Measuring Output -- 6 Differences between the Total Price and Total Value of Output -- 7 Surplus Value after Unproductive Expenditures -- 8 Profits from Production -- 9 Conclusion -- 10 Appendix A: Accounting Definitions -- 11 Appendix B: Decomposing Changes in the Rate of Profit from Production -- 12 Appendix C: Decomposing Rates of Profit When the Value of Labour Power Is Not Equal to Its Price -- 5 Marx on Finance -- 1 Money Dealing and Interest-Bearing Capital -- 2 Currency -- 3 Social Relations and Interest -- 4 Dynamics of the Interest Rate ( I ) -- 5 Money Capital and Fictitious Capital -- 6 Fictitious Capital and the Dynamics of the Interest Rate ( II ) -- 7 Conclusions -- 6 The Rate of Profit and Financial Rates of Return.
1 The Separation between Financial Profits and Profits from Production -- 2 Fictitious and Non-fictitious Profits -- 3 The Non-fictitious Financial Rate of Return and the Interest Rate -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Appendix: Accounting Definitions for Financial Rates of Return -- 7 Results -- 1 Output and Surplus Value -- 2 Measures of the Rate of Profit -- 3 Why the Rate of Profit Fell -- 4 The Rate of Profit and Financial Rates of Return -- 5 The Rate of Profit and the Interest Rate over the Long Term -- 8 Conclusions -- 1 The Rate of Profit and the Great Recession -- 2 Capital and Marx's Value Theory -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | A New Approach to Applying Marx's Value Theory and Its Implications for Socialist Strategy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795310203321 |
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Jones Peter
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| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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