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Too much stuff
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ISBN: 1447335694 1447335678 1447335651 1447335686 9781447335696 9781447335658 144733566X 9781447335665 Year: 2017 Publisher: Bristol, UK

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Where has capitalism gone wrong? Why are advanced capitalist economies so sick, and why do conventional policy solutions such as reduced taxes and increased money supply produce only wider income disparity and inequality? We are now living in a new world in which a majority of people enjoys the highest living standard in history, acquiring more and more goods and services as necessary luxuries. But as Kozo Yamamura shows, despite our apparent lust for gourmet food and designer clothes, for larger homes, the latest gadgets, and exotic vacations, demand for these goods actually grows slowly, so relying on them to reinvigorate our economies will not succeed. With Too Much Stuff, Yamamura upends conventional capitalist wisdom to provide a new approach. He calls for increased tax-funded demand to address a range of societal needs such as environmental concerns, social safety nets, infrastructure, and better education and housing for all. By addressing these needs, argues Yamamura, we can also take huge steps toward reducing the growing wealth gap that threatens global democracy. Both solutions-oriented and accessibly written, this book draws on fascinating case studies from the United States, Japan, and Germany, as well as convincing evidence from across the Western world, to suggest practical steps forward that we can all understand and support. Too Much Stuff boldly challenges the economic orthodoxy and, in so doing, challenges us to think outside the box for the betterment of all. --

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Capitalism. --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Industrieländer. --- USA. --- Japan. --- Deutschland. --- Wirtschaftspolitik. --- Kapitalismus. --- Politische Krise --- Wirtschaftliche Lage --- Kapitalismus --- Income distribution. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Business economics --- Industrial management --- Management --- Microeconomics --- Public Policy --- Economic Policy. --- Economic Conditions. --- Macroeconomics. --- Kapitalistische Gesellschaft --- Kapitalistische Wirtschaft --- Kapitalistisches Gesellschaftssystem --- Kapitalistisches Wirtschaftssystem --- Gesellschaftsordnung --- Antikapitalismus --- Wirtschaftliche Situation --- Wirtschaftslage --- Wirtschaftssituation --- Wirtschaftliche Verhältnisse --- Staatskrise --- Krise --- Politischer Konflikt --- Capitalism - Developing countries --- Income distribution - Developing countries --- Capitalism - Germany --- Capitalism - Japan --- Capitalism - United States --- Yamamura, Kōzō --- Developed countries - Economic policy --- Germany - Economic policy --- Japan - Economic policy --- United States - Economic policy --- 331.31 --- 338.313 --- 339.21 --- 339.320 --- Economisch beleid --- Kapitalisme --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid --- Consumptie: algemeenheden. Wet van de vraag in verband met de consumptie. Consumptiebehoefte. Behoeftetheorie --- Capitalism --- Income distribution --- Developed countries --- Germany --- Japan --- United States


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Collapse of a country
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ISBN: 9780773551794 0773551794 9780773551800 0773551808 Year: 2017 Publisher: Montreal Kingston London Chicago

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The first Canadian diplomat to be posted to war-torn Sudan, Nicholas Coghlan was a natural choice to lead Canada’s representation in the new Republic of South Sudan soon after the country was founded in 2011. In late 2013, Coghlan and his wife Jenny were in the capital, Juba, when it erupted in gunfire and civil war pitted one half of the army against the other, Vice-President Machar against President Kiir, and the Nuer tribe against the Dinka. This action-focused narrative, grounded by accounts of meetings with key leaders and travels throughout the dangerous, impoverished hinterland of South Sudan, explains what happened in December 2013 and why. In harrowing terms, Collapse of a Country describes the ebb and flow of the war and the humanitarian tragedy that followed, the Coghlans’ scramble to evacuate South-Sudanese Canadians from Juba, and the well-meant but often ill-conceived attempts of the international community to mitigate the misery and bring peace back to a land that has rarely known it. Coghlan’s stark narrative serves as a lesson to politicians, diplomats, aid workers, and practitioners on the breakdown of governance and relationships between ethnic groups, and the often decisive role of international development representatives. Fast-paced and poignant, Collapse of a Country gives an insider’s glimpse into the chaos, violence, and ethnic conflicts that emerged out of a civil war that has been largely ignored by the West.

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South Sudan --- Republic of South Sudan --- Southern Sudan --- Suid-Soedan --- Republiek van Suid-Soedan --- Südsudan --- جنوب السودان --- Janūb al-Sudān --- Sudán d'o Sud --- Sudán del Sur --- República de Sudán del Sur --- Югалъулаб Судан --- I︠U︡galʺulab Sudan --- Cänubi Sudan --- Lâm Sudan --- Lâm Sudan Kiōng-hô-kok --- Паўднёвы Судан --- Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan --- Рэспубліка Паўднёвы Судан --- Rėspublika Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan --- Habagatan Sudan --- Republika nin Habagatan Sudan --- Južni Sudan --- Republika Južni Sudan --- Džanūb as-Sūdān --- Soudan ar Su --- Susoudan --- Republik Soudan ar Su --- Южен Судан --- I︠U︡zhen Sudan --- Република Южен Судан --- Republika I︠U︡zhen Sudan --- Sudan del Sud --- República del Sudan del Sud --- Кăнтăр Судан --- Kăntăr Sudan --- Jižní Súdán --- Republika Jižní Súdán --- De Sudan --- Sydsudan --- Republikken Sydsudan --- Republik Südsudan --- Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą --- Lõuna-Sudaan --- Lõuna-Sudaani Vabariik --- Νότιο Σουδάν --- Notio Soudan --- Δημοκρατία του Νότιου Σουδάν --- Dēmokratia tou Notiou Soudan --- Sud-Sudano --- Suda Sudano --- Sudán del Sul --- Hego Sudan --- Hego Sudango Errepublika --- Suðursudan --- Lýðveldið Suðursudan --- Soudan du Sud --- République du Soudan du Sud --- Sud-Soudan --- Súd-Sûdan --- Súdáin Theas --- Poblacht na Súdáine Theas --- Toodaan Yiass --- Pobblaght ny Soodaan Jiass --- Sudan-a-Deas --- Sudán do Sur --- República de Sudán do Sur --- Sudan Selatan --- Republik Sudan Selatan --- Suður-Súdan --- Lýðveldið Suður-Súdan --- Sudan Meridionale --- דרום סודאן --- Derom Sudan --- Darom Sudan --- Etelä-Sudan --- Southern Sudan (Sudan) --- Politics and government --- History --- Social conditions. --- Coghlan, Nicholas, --- Diplomatic and consular service, Canadian --- Diplomats --- Soziale Situation --- Außenpolitik --- Wirtschaftliche Lage --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African. --- Wirtschaftliche Situation --- Wirtschaftslage --- Wirtschaftssituation --- Wirtschaftliche Verhältnisse --- Auswärtige Angelegenheiten --- Auswärtige Politik --- Außenbeziehungen --- Politik --- Sicherheitspolitik --- Internationale Politik --- Diplomatie --- Soziale Lage --- Soziale Verhältnisse --- Soziallage --- Sozialverhältnisse --- Soziale Bedingungen --- Situation --- Soziale Stellung --- Lebensbedingungen --- Canadian diplomatic and consular service

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