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American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper / by Hacker, Jacob S.; Pierson, Paul,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.Introduction : prosperity lost -- Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- American amnesia -- We're not in Camelot anymore -- This is not your father's party -- The modern robber barons -- A crisis of authority -- Conclusion : the positive-sum society.In the past, government and business were as much partners as rivals, resulting in broad-based growth and healthy social development. But advocates of anti-government market fundamentalism are intent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. Hacker and Pierson examine why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned.
Subjects: Government, Resistance to;
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Veiled courage : inside the Afghan women's resistance / by Benard, Cheryl,1953-; Schlaffer, Edit,1950-;
Men, boys and dust -- Petal and the rock: Meena -- Work of RAWA -- "I can be a sword": life in the underground -- Shahla in November -- Books and flowers -- RAWA and the men's questions -- Boxing with Hashemi -- RAWA and postmodern politics -- No place at the men's table -- Gender apartheid and the political order.
Subjects: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.; Women; Women; Women in Islam; Government, Resistance to;
© c2002., Broadway Books,
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Violent London : 2000 years of riots, rebels, and revolts / by Bloom, Clive.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-564) and index.
Subjects: Riots; Violence; Insurgency; Revolutions; Political violence; Government, Resistance to;
© 2003., Sidgwick & Jackson,
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Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them / by Spellberg, Brad.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-255) and index.Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C -- Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance -- Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus: deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria escape the hospital -- Beyond MRSA: infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- Lack of antibiotic development -- The war against microbes? -- Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics. Not! -- "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing -- So what will work? -- What can you do to help? -- Consequences and conclusions."In Rising Plague, Dr. Brad Spellberg?an infectious diseases specialist and member of a national task force charged with attacking antibiotic resistant infections?tells the story of this potentially grave public health crisis. The author shares true and very moving patient stories to emphasize the terrible frustration he and his colleagues have experienced while attempting to treat untreatable infections, not to mention the heart-break and tragedy that many of these patients? families had to endure" -- inside cover.
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Drug Resistance, Bacterial.;
© 2009., Prometheus Books,
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A spy's guide to seduction / [electronic resource]. by Moore, Kate.;
When her desperate mother sends her The Husband Hunter's Guide to London, outspoken Emily Radstock rails against the slim book of manners, boldly declaring that she should wed the first "imbecile" she meets and be done with the matter. Too bad Sir Ajax Lynley overhears her outrageous proposal and holds her to it. But he's no dullard—he's a wily government agent who needs the cover of a beautiful fiancé to pursue a deadly enemy. To resist his charms, Emily turns to the guide she disdains—and does exactly the opposite. Dress fashionably? She enshrouds herself in black crepe. Be demure? She steps into danger and faces down criminals alongside her "intended" . . . whose thrilling seduction may be anything but a charade.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Literature.; Romance.;
© 2019.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=4288187 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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We need to talk about inflation : 14 urgent lessons from the last 2,000 years / by King, Stephen D.,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The resurrection of inflation -- 2. A history of inflation, money and ideas -- 3. The inflationary role of governments -- 4. The case for resisting inflationary temptations -- 5. How to get rid of inflation ... and how not to -- 6. Four inflationary tests -- 7. Lessons, warnings and possible next steps."From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality. How have we arrived in this situation? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Celebrated economist Stephen D. King--one of the few to warn ahead of time about the latest inflationary upheaval--identifies key lessons from the history of inflation that policy makers chose not to heed. From ancient Rome through the American Civil War and up to the asset bubbles of today, inflation stems from policy error, sovereign greed, and a collective loss of faith in currencies. We Need to Talk About Inflation cuts through centuries of bad judgment and misunderstanding, offering a means to intervene now--so we can begin to tackle the political and social upheaval unleashed by inflation."--Amazon
Subjects: Inflation (Finance); Inflation (Finance);
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Is shame necessary? : new uses for an old tool / by Jacquet, Jennifer.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.Shame explained -- Guilt's ascendancy -- The limits to guilt -- Bad apples -- How norms become normal -- The 7 habits of highly effective shaming -- The scarlet Internet -- Shaming in the attention economy -- Reactions to shaming -- The sweet spot of shame -- Appendix : shame totem v. 2.1. Presents a "case for public shaming as a nonviolent form of resistance that can challenge corporations and even governments to change policies and behaviors that are detrimental to the environment. Jennifer Jacquet argues that public shaming, when it has been retrofitted for the age of social media and aimed in the proper direction, can help compensate for the limitations of guilt in a globalized world. Jacquet leaves us with a new understanding of how public shame, when applied in the right way and at the right time, has the capacity to keep us from failing other species in life's fabric and, ultimately, from failing ourselves"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Shame.; Guilt.; Human behavior.;
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The battle to stay in America : immigration's hidden front line / by Kagan, Michael,J.D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index."The Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community learning to defend itself from the U.S. federal government's crackdown on immigrants. Told through the eyes of a lawyer on the front line, the book offers an introduction to a broken legal system"--Preface: A note about word choice -- Part I: The targets. The graveyards of Nevada -- Plan B -- The cleaners -- Part II: The attack. The unaccompanied -- Two arrests -- Psychological warfare -- Part III: The defense. How to talk to your neighbors about immigration -- The strip mall resistance -- Dirty immigration lawyers -- The coming battle.
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Immigration enforcement; Immigrants; Immigrants; Immigration lawyers;
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The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality / by Borstelmann, Thomas.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising."The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. He demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more--and less--equal."--Book jacket flap.
Subjects: Equality; Nineteen seventies.;
© c2012., Princeton University Press,
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Ending the Iraq war : a primer / by Bennis, Phyllis,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-219).What does Iraq at war look like? -- Didn't the "surge" strategy work? -- Isn't the Iraq war really a civil war between Iraqis? -- What are the costs of the war for Iraq and Iraqis? -- What do Iraqis want? -- Didn't Iraqis want the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein? -- Who are Iraq's Shi'a, Sunnis, and Kurds? -- What is the special relationship between Iraqi Kurds and the US? -- Aren't there huge differences between Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'a, and Kurds? : shouldn't we just divide Iraq into three separate states? -- Didn't the US bring democracy, a constitution, and an elected government to Iraq? -- What war crimes have been committed in Iraq? -- Do Iraqis have the right to resist? -- Doesn't the Iraq war make us safer against another terrorist attack like 9/11? : shouldn't we "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here"? -- What are the human, economic, and other costs to the US? -- Why did the US and UK invade Iraq? -- What kind of relationship did the US have with Iraq before the 2003 invasion, war, and occupation? -- Was the US-UK invasion of Iraq legal? : is the war legal now? -- Didn't the US troops in Iraq all volunteer to be there? -- What are "private military contractors" and why does the US need 150,000 of them in Iraq? -- Does calling for an end to the war mean we're not supporting the troops? -- Why is the US maintaining fifteen-plus bases in Iraq? -- What does oil have to do with the Iraq war? -- Who benefits from the Iraq war? -- What do Americans want? -- How does the Iraq war affect global terrorism? -- How does the Iraq war affect what is known as Islamic fundamentalism? -- What is Israel's role in the Iraq war? -- What is Iran's role in the Iraq war? -- Do Arab and other governments in the region support the Iraq war? : what about Arab people? -- Isn't the Iraq war distracting the US from the real war against terrorism in Afghanistan? -- What was the United Nations' role in authorizing the Iraq war? -- What has the UN done during the US-UK occupation of Iraq? -- Even without UN endorsement, wasn't the invasion of Iraq really an international campaign because of the "coalition of the willing"? -- What do people and governments around the world think about the Iraq war and about the US as a result of the war? -- What does it mean to "end the war"? -- Isn't the US trying to get out of Iraq as soon as possible? -- Wouldn't it be irresponsible for the US to withdraw all the troops? : don't we need them to scaffold the Iraqi government, protect the US embassy, defend the bases, train the Iraqi military, protect the oil, and more? -- Should we replace US and UK troops with UN Blue Helmets? -- What will Iraq's neighbors do if the US and UK pull out? -- What can the US Congress do about the war? -- Are opponents to the war really soft on terrorism? -- What will happen if the US and UK end the occupation, withdraw all their troops, and close the military bases? -- If 70 percent of Americans want to end the war, why is it continuing? -- What will it take to force the US government to end the war?
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; Iraq War, 2003-;
© 2009., Olive Branch Press,
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