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Effective citizens--engaged, knowledgeable, and persistent, and united in common cause--are the most powerful force that ever was, or ever will be. I hope this book will help citizens to be more effective. In his uniquely straightforward and accessible style, Political insider Graham Steele pulls back the curtain on our political system and gives readers a look inside. A lawyer, analyst, former Nova Scotia cabinet minister, and author of the Globe...
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America's greatness comes from people working hard to fulfill their dreams. But today that greatness is being undermined by people using the government to steal other people's dreams (and money). Rather than participate and innovate in the marketplace, generating goods and services that benefit society, people are increasingly vying for political advantage to live at the expense of others. Something for Nothing reveals the social and personal threats...
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Si hay un mantra neoliberal muy extendido es el que ha situado a la izquierda como herramienta incapaz de gestionar de forma eficaz los recursos públicos. Se atribuye a la derecha la habilidad de hacerlo con eficacia y de resolver los excesos en que la izquierda cae cuando plantea cómo redistribuir el crecimiento económico.
Desde 2015 a 2019, por primera vez en nuestro último periodo democrático, la izquierda ha tenido la responsabilidad de...
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In a world of ageing populations, and in the midst of a global shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pensions, the onus is increasingly on individuals rather than employers to bear the risks of retirement provision. This book weighs the experiences of eight nations across the Americas, Asia and Europe, who have in common early adoption of DC pensions, but very different experiences of mitigation of that risk by the state, either...
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Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.
This first-person account brings readers inside the biggest and most consequential issue campaign in American history. Fighting for Our Health recounts how a reform campaign led by grassroots organizers played a crucial role in President Obama's signing historic health reform legislation in March of 2010-defeating the tea partiers, Republican Party,...
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The must-read summary of Newt Gingrich's book: "Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America".
This complete summary of "Winning the Future" by Newt Gingrich, a prominent Republican politician, presents his vision of the "liberal elite" and the direction of the US if threats to its power and security are not heeded. Among these threats he cites a lack of investment in education, a move away from religion, terrorism and the budgetary burden...
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Everyone has, experienced some suffering in their life, often through illness, and, of course, everyone wants to heal. This is a book about healing based on Louis Heyse-Moore's forty years of experience as a doctor, counsellor and a Somatic Experiencing trauma therapist. The author believes healing is much, more than just physical cure. Over the many years that he has worked with ill people, it has become obvious to him that their body, mind and spirit...
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Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution. Drawing on a wide range of international expertise, contributors examine important policy challenges arising from the transformation of work as a result of the introduction of digital technology at work.
Authors in this volume discuss the effects of...
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This study maps out the major weaknesses of each fragile situation on the latest country performance assessment exercises. It identifies the overall common issues which require special attention when crafting strategies and implementing programs and projects. Rethinking the Asian Development Bank's engagement in these fragile countries is critically important. This must be backed by a comprehensive understanding of the governance, institutional, political,...
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Tras el éxito de sus dos magníficos libros anteriores, Rousseau no usa bitcoins y Por fin me comprendo, Alfredo Sanfeliz, el "Harari español", vuelve a sacudirnos con un gran ensayo sociológico acerca de las paradojas y absurdas creencias que se dan en torno al funcionamiento de nuestra sociedad, poco visibles pero que de hecho condicionan nuestro desarrollo, convivencia y bienestar.
Nos encontramos anclados en mentalidades que no conciben una...
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As middle-class incomes stagnate in advanced economies while the rich experience record income gains, the eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate pits wealth redistribution supporters Paul Krugman and George Papandreou against Newt Gingrich and Arthur Laffer to debate taxation - should the rich pay more? For some the answer is obvious: redistribute the wealth of the top income earners who have enjoyed, for almost a generation, the lion's share of all income...
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By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as Ai-Jen Poo convincingly argues, will generate millions...
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What happens when the European Union sets new rules for the provision of cross-border healthcare services that once were conceived for the population living on the national territory ?
This books presents how new rules on the provision of cross-border healthcare in the European Union have the potential of destabilizing national welfare boundaries.
A book of political science that takes Austria, a prototypical Bismarckian healthcare system, as an...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009" Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Robert R. Kaufman is professor of political science at Rutgers University.
This is the first book to compare the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman trace the historical origins of social policy...
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Jonathan Rothwell is the principal economist at Gallup, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a visiting scholar at George Washington University. He lives in Washington, DC. Twitter @jtrothwell
Why political inequality is to blame for economic and social injustice
Political equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access to markets...
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This vintage book contains a collection of forty-nine essays written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton that deal with the various societal problems of his day. A fascinating and arguably timeless social inquiry, "What's Wrong with the World?" tackles such subjects as role of women in society, education, socialism, capitalism, the family unit, and much more. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in early-twentieth century English society...
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The introduction of Universal Credit arguably stands as the most far-reaching reform so far this century. Clashing Agendas is the traumatic inside story of how this simple concept became unimaginably complicated in execution, and then nearly self-destructed, told by its architect - David Freud who was the Minister for Welfare Reform.
David's initial welfare proposals in 2007, commissioned by the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair in one of his last...
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The must-read summary of Derek Bok's book: "The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being".
This complete summary of "The Politics of Happiness" by Derek Bok, an American lawyer and former president of Harvard University, presents his examination of research on happiness and illustrates how government policy on equality, growth, education, health care and mental health could foster greater satisfaction and...
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The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment to the political sensibilities of America; immediately sending the country into a frenzy of commentary, critique, and a never-ending media coverage that has bordered on the absurd. But, the question still remains: what does it all mean?
The Meaning of Trump is an ideological critique that sees the election of Donald Trump as a completely natural progression to the general trajectory of digitized...
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The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. Coronavirus crisis from one of the
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From former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Slavitt chronicles what he saw and how much could have been prevented - an unflinching investigation of the cultural, political, and economic drivers that...
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