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This book is a critical analysis of the impact of the financial system on the economy, society and the natural environment. It cuts through the noise to looks at its purpose, its activities, and what it does in practice. Unlike other books that cover the last financial crisis and the risk of another one; this book is about the consequence of the financial system continuing in its current form. It argues that the financial system is a construct of flawed economic theories, designed in the hope that the market will efficiently allocate society’s capital. Instead, the finance sector allocates savings and investment to maximize its own revenues, with resulting collateral damage to the economy, society and the environment. Although governments try to preserve and regulate the existing system, it is being replaced by a new system driven by technological innovation. The book describes the opportunities this presents for a renaissance of the financial system to actually meet the needs of society, and to re-engineer our economy to avoid environmental crisis. The book is for anyone who would like to understand the finance system’s purpose, what it does in practice and its impact on the real world. For those working in the industry it provides an overview of the system, their place within it, and how to bring about change. For students and academics it provides a valuable critique of the financial system, and the theories on which it is based. For financial policymakers and regulators it identifies key challenges in their activities.
International finance. --- Economics. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- International monetary system --- International money --- Finance. --- Corporate governance. --- Business enterprises --- Finance, Public. --- Corporations --- Banks and banking. --- Capital market. --- Capital Markets. --- Public Finance. --- Corporate Finance. --- Banking. --- Business Finance. --- Corporate Governance. --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Finance --- International economic relations --- Corporations-Finance. --- Business enterprises-Finance. --- Governance, Corporate --- Industrial management --- Directors of corporations --- Agricultural banks --- Banking --- Banking industry --- Commercial banks --- Depository institutions --- Financial institutions --- Money --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Capital markets --- Market, Capital --- Loans --- Money market --- Securities --- Crowding out (Economics) --- Efficient market theory --- Public finances --- Corporations—Finance. --- Business enterprises—Finance.
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This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter addresses how common words and long-established grammatical rules are often misused or ignored altogether – including such common words as ‘interesting’, ‘possible’, and ‘apparent’. By tackling language in this way, the author provides an illuminating and practical stylistic guide that will interest students and scholars of grammar and philosophy, as well as readers looking to improve their technical writing skills. Bruce Silver is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, USA.
English literature --- Criticism, Textual. --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- English language. --- Linguistics --- Lexicology. --- Language and languages-Style. --- Grammar. --- English. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Lexicology/Vocabulary. --- Stylistics. --- English language --- Language and languages --- Germanic languages --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Philology --- Philosophy. --- Lexicology --- Grammar, Comparative --- Language and languages—Philosophy. --- Language and languages—Style.
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This book analyzes key aspects of Marx’s Capital with an eye towards its relevance for an understanding of issues confronting us in the 21st Century. The contributions to this volume suggest that while aspects of Marx’s original analysis must be adjusted to take into account changes that have occurred since its initial publication in 1867, his overall perspective remains necessary for understanding the nature of crises in 21st century. Part I emphasizes the central concepts Marx employed in Capital, including exploitation, capital accumulation, commodity fetishism, and his use of dialectics as a method for baring the underlying relations that define capitalism. Parts II and III extend that focus by addressing the concept of value, fictitious capital, credit and financialization. Parts IV and V offer analyses of several concrete manifestations of contemporary crises from national contexts (Europe, Latin America, China, and the United States). The volume argues that we have to combat the imperatives of capitalism to move towards a more humane and egalitarian future.
Capitalism --- History. --- Political theory. --- Political economy. --- Political sociology. --- Economic policy. --- Political Theory. --- International Political Economy. --- Political Sociology. --- Economic Policy. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- State, The --- Sociological aspects
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This volume looks at the natural and human history of North Carolina's Mount Mitchell, part of the Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the United States. It chronicles the geological forces that created this landscape, traces its environmental change and human intervention.
Mountain ecology --- Human ecology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Alpine ecology --- Alpine region ecology --- Alpine regions --- Mountains --- Upland ecology --- History. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) --- Black Mountains (N.C.) --- Blue Ridge Mountains --- Black Dome (N.C.) --- Black Mountain (Yancey County, N.C.) --- Mitchell's High Peak (N.C.) --- Mitchell's Peak (N.C.) --- Mount Mitchell (N.C.) --- Mount Mitchell (N.C. : Mountain) --- Environmental conditions.
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Jews --- Attitudes toward Israel. --- Uris, Leon, --- I︠U︡ris, Leon, --- Uris, Leon M., --- Yuris, Leon, --- Yūrīs, Liʼūn, --- Yūrīs, Liyūn, --- Юрис, Леон, --- יוריס, לאון, --- יוריס, לעאן, --- יוריס, ליאון, --- يوريس، لئون، --- Uris, Leon --- United States --- Attitudes toward Israel
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This photocopiable resource offers a framework for the assessment and measurement of the communication skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders. With assessment and planning sheets, it enables teachers, educators and other professionals to observe and record how children use and understand language, following their progress over time.
Autistic children --- Communication --- Communicative disorders in children --- Thought and thinking --- Disorders of communication in children --- Pediatric neurology --- Education. --- Language. --- Rehabilitation. --- Study and teaching. --- Diagnosis. --- Treatment. --- Methodology
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An informal introduction to attachment and what it means for understanding and helping children who have experienced trauma, neglect or abuse. Doodles featuring throughout the book bring the ideas to life - ideal for parents or professionals caring for fostered, adopted and looked after children.
Abused children --- Adopted children --- Attachment behavior in children. --- Child psychology --- Emotions in children --- Parent and child --- Battered children --- Child abuse victims --- Maltreated children --- Victims of child abuse --- Children --- Victims of crimes --- Adult child abuse victims --- Child abuse --- Psychology.
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"Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallake, the hetaira, and the nothos. It is argued that legitimate marriage - that is 'marriage by loan of the bride to the groom' - was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia, that is, 'marriage by sale of the bride to the groom', also was legally recognized. The pallake-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father's household. The 'bastard' (nothoi) children of pallakai lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira ('companion') is not 'prostitute'/'courtesan' but 'single woman' - that is, a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into 'packs', most famously the Daniads and Amazons"--
Single women. --- Single women --- Spinsters --- Unmarried women --- Single people --- Women --- History --- Marriage --- Economic aspects --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Greece --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Economic history. --- Economic aspects. --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- To 146 B.C. --- Greece. --- Mariage --- --Femme --- --Aspects économiques --- --Grèce ancienne --- --Condition sociale --- --Condition économique --- --Civilisation --- --Economic aspects --- Marriage - Economic aspects - Greece - History --- Women - Greece - Social conditions --- Women - Greece - Economic conditions --- Femme --- Aspects économiques --- Grèce ancienne --- Condition sociale --- Condition économique --- Civilisation --- Greece - Economic conditions - To 146 B.C. --- Greece - Civilization - To 146 B.C.
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"Tracing the emergence of the Puerto Rican and Latino presence in Orlando from the 1940s through an ethnographic moment of twenty-first-century electoral redistricting, Sunbelt Diaspora provides a timely prism for viewing how differences of race, class, and place play out in struggles to claim political, social, and economic ground for Latinos."
Puerto Ricans --- Hispanic Americans --- Politics and government. --- Orlando (Fla.) --- Ethnology --- City of Orlando (Fla.) --- Boricuas
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Qumran community. --- Dead Sea scrolls. --- Kumran community --- Jewish sects --- Essenes --- Jerusalem scrolls --- ʻAin Fashka scrolls --- Jericho scrolls --- Scrolls, Dead Sea --- Qumrân scrolls --- Rękopisy z Qumran --- Shikai bunsho --- Megilot Midbar Yehudah --- Dodezee-rollen --- Kumránské rukopisy --- Documentos de Qumrán --- Textos de Qumrán --- Rollos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscritos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscrits de la mer Morte --- Dödahavsrullarna --- Kumranin kirjoitukset --- Kuolleenmeren kirjoitukset --- Qumranhandskrifterna --- Qumranin kirjoitukset --- Qumran Caves scrolls
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