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What are individual rights? What is freedom? How are they related
to each other? Why are they so crucial to human life? How do you
protect them? These are some of the questions that A Declaration
and Constitution for a Free Society answers. The book uses
Objectivist philosophy-the philosophy of Ayn Rand-to analyze
subjective, intrinsic, and objective theories of rights and show
why rights and freedom are objective necessities of human life.
This knowledge is then used to make changes to the Declaration of
Independence and U.S. Constitution. Through these changes, the book
shows the fundamental legal requirements of a free society and why
we should create such a society. It demonstrates why a free society
is morally, politically, and economically beneficial to human
beings.
In all of the contemporary economics textbooks that have been
written there is typically at least one chapter that addresses
'market failure.' Markets Don't Fail! is a response to what author
Brian Simpson sees as a fundamental error in the thinking of some
economists. The chapter titles of this book are crafted against the
premises of 'market failure' arguments, and a significant portion
of this book focuses on exposing the invalid premises upon which
the claims of market failure are based and providing a proper basis
upon which to judge the free market. The material in this book
provides a strong antidote to the arguments typically presented in
contemporary economics textbooks. Through example and argument,
Brian Simpson shows that the claims against the free market are not
true. In fact, he demonstrates how free markets succeed, how they
raise the standard of living of all individuals who live within
them, and how free markets allow human life to flourish. However,
the book goes much deeper than economics by providing a moral and
epistemological defense of the free market. Markets Don't Fail!
gets to the fundamental, philosophical reasons why the claims of
market failure are false and why markets actually succeed. Through
an integration of economics and philosophy Simpson is able to
provide a comprehensive, rigorous, and logically consistent defense
of the free market. The specific topics covered in the book include
monopoly, antitrust laws and predatory pricing, 'externalities,'
the regulation of safety and quality, environmentalism, economic
inequality, 'public goods,' and asymmetric information. This book
is an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to gain a sound
understanding of the free market.
In all of the contemporary economics textbooks that have been
written there is typically at least one chapter that addresses
"market failure." Markets Don't Fail! is a response to what author
Brian Simpson sees as a fundamental error in the thinking of some
economists. The chapter titles of this book are crafted against the
premises of "market failure" arguments, and a significant portion
of this book focuses on exposing the invalid premises upon which
the claims of market failure are based and providing a proper basis
upon which to judge the free market. The material in this book
provides a strong antidote to the arguments typically presented in
contemporary economics textbooks. Through example and argument,
Brian Simpson shows that the claims against the free market are not
true. In fact, he demonstrates how free markets succeed, how they
raise the standard of living of all individuals who live within
them, and how free markets allow human life to flourish. However,
the book goes much deeper than economics by providing a moral and
epistemological defense of the free market. Markets Don't Fail!
gets to the fundamental, philosophical reasons why the claims of
market failure are false and why markets actually succeed. Through
an integration of economics and philosophy Simpson is able to
provide a comprehensive, rigorous, and logically consistent defense
of the free market. The specific topics covered in the book include
monopoly, antitrust laws and predatory pricing, "externalities,"
the regulation of safety and quality, environmentalism, economic
inequality, "public goods," and asymmetric information. This book
is an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to gain a sound
understanding of the free market.
This book brings together non western, indigenous and eastern
perspectives on leadership. Leadership theory has for too long been
the exclusive domain of western academics developing leadership
theories from the perspective of western institutions. Worldly
leadership calls for pooling of the combined leadership wisdoms
from all parts of the globe.
Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle provides a comprehensive
framework for analyzing these mechanisms, and offers a robust
prescription for reducing financial instability over the long-term.
Volume I bridges tough economic theory with empirical evidence.
Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle provides a comprehensive
framework for analyzing these mechanisms, and offers a robust
prescription for reducing financial instability over the long-term.
Volume I bridges tough economic theory with empirical evidence.
Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature
about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure
and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus
on Germany.
The family remains a fundamental social, emotional, and economic
unit, but it is undergoing change, especially in the European
Union. Reimagining the Family explores contemporary films and
literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on
the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European'
family, with a focus on Germany. Multiple models, from nuclear to
extended, local to transnational, encounter each other in
statistics and in fictions. Narratives about work, love,
generational difference, and conflicts among them alternately
resist and embrace the influences of migration and immigration.
Defining cosmopolitan identities in new and more inclusive ways,
these stories of transnational families go beyond the demographic
studies to expand the range of possibilities for understanding
work, parenting, and citizenship in contemporary Europe.
Worldly Leadershipis the first of its kind to bring together
non-western, indigenous, and eastern perspectives on leadership. It
offers a number of radically different ways of thinking about the
process of leadership and presents a challenge to conventional
mainstream theory. Each chapter draws on recent research from
different cultures and societies to bring alternative leadership
wisdoms and insights into the practice of leadership for today's
complex world. As such, this book calls for a pooling of
contemporary and ancient leadership wisdoms from all parts of the
globe and contrasts these with the popular construct of 'global
leadership'. Scholars and practitioners who believe in the
'globality' of management and leadership relate global leadership
to multiple organizational themes such as change, culture,
performance, values, globalization, environment, vision and
strategy. However, what concerns the authors ofthis book is how
leadership is practiced in contemporary organizations and whether
it is meaningful to speak of 'global leadership' at all. This book
provides an analysis of worldly leadership in terms of the
leadership development processes pervasive in today's corporate
world. Such an analysis entails evaluating global leadership from a
critical management perspective and giving appreciative attention
to non-western and indigenous leadership constructs and narratives
which are readily silenced within the mainstream discourse.
This suite of linear teaching programmes in areas of basic organic
chemistry was developed for use by first year undergraduates at
Sussex University where it has proved extremely popular. The
concepts treated in the seven programmes are fundamental to any
introductory course in organic chemistry and include certain
intellectual techniques, such as curly arrows which students often
find difficult, but which need to be fully mastered. With tutorial
time increasingly short, this self-study text should prove
invaluable to students of chemistry, biology or pre-clinical
medicine taking a first course in organic chemistry.
This book brings together non western, indigenous and eastern
perspectives on leadership. Leadership theory has for too long been
the exclusive domain of western academics developing leadership
theories from the perspective of western institutions. Worldly
leadership calls for pooling of the combined leadership wisdoms
from all parts of the globe.
Wendy Crompton's son William and his girlfriend Fiona were killed
in an horrendous attack by another young man when William was just
18 years old. Wendy's experiences of what followed are set out in
this book which tells how, as a secondary victim of crime, she was
treated in ways that ranged from unthinking insensitivity to
downright prejudice and lack of respect. This and being kept out of
'the loop' left her anxious, stressed, mistrusting and suspicious
of people. This extended to the actions of certain police officers,
paramedics and doctors, her 'supporter' from Victim Support (who
took too much for granted and at one point went off to watch 'a
more interesting case' in the court next door), the coroner's
officer who prevented her husband from kissing William goodbye, the
detective who implied that her son was better off dead rather than
alive and the funeral director who told her 'You can't afford
flowers'. The plight of Wendy Crompton and other secondary victims
who have suffered comparable torment was the subject of a feature
in the Daily Mirror on 4 December 2006 and Justice For William was
eagerly awaited by a media critical of Government withdrawal of
financial support for 'lifeline' conferences between people
affected by some of the worst crimes in Britain, the critical
importance of which is emphasised in the book. Justice For William
is a hard-hitting, challenging and at times raw account: a
cautionary tale enhanced by new author Helen P Simpson's vivid
writing. Helen met Wendy through Helen's work with the Reducing
Burglary Initiative in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire after her
curiosity was aroused by the words 'NO CONTACT' on Wendy's case
file. The story of their friendship is an object lesson for anyone
coming into contact with secondary victims of homicide and other
serious offences - as are the more enlightening illustrations of
decent people who lent Wendy support. 'Looks unflinchingly at a
system that is at best thoughtless and at worst downright
disrespectful. It's essential reading for victims of crime and
those who work with them': Carol Anne Davis 'I confess that I did
not find the book comfortable reading and almost put it to one side
after the first couple of chapters. I'm glad that I continued with
it as it taught me to be even more understanding in relating to
those who suffer. Both Wendy and Helen have made a valuable
contribution to my understanding of the problems faced by the
victims of crime and those who work with them. They are living
proof of what I said earlier in the Foreword]. Suffering need not
destroy. Their book is a testimony to that fact': Terry Waite CBE
'I would recommend it to Government Ministers, Members of
Parliament, Consultant Psychiatrists, Criminologists, Senior Police
Officers, Prison Governors, Coroners, members of the legal
profession, Crown Prosecution Service, Senior Judiciary,
Magistracy, the Sentencing Advisory Council and Human Rights
protagonists': Michael Hughes, Internet Law Book Reviews, February
2007 Helen P Simpson is a community safety officer with Kirklees
Safer Communities (a partnership between Kirklees Metropolitan
Council, West Yorkshire Police Service, the National Probation
Service, Victim Support and others) and is involved in the
development and implementation of crime reduction strategies to
lessen crime, disorder and the fear of crime. She first met Wendy
Crompton, shortly after starting work with the Reducing Burglary
Initiative (part of Victim Support) based at Huddersfield Police
Station. They soon became firm friends and co-campaigners for
better treatment of victims of homicide and serious crime.
A decade and more has passed since the first publication of Still
Rebels, Still Yankees. During that time the book has become
recognized as a classic affirmation of the necessity of tradition
in conserving cultural order. Donald Davidson, a major figure in
the Agrarian Movement, summed up the intent of the work this way:
""The general theme that binds the essays- no matter what their
specific subjects- is the conflict between tradition and
anti-tradition that characterizes modern society, with tradition
viewed as the living continuum that makes society and civilization
possible and anti-tradition as the disintegrative principle that
destroys society and civilization in the name of science and
progress. The South, which has suffered most in its devoted defense
of tradition, naturally offers me examples for consideration; but
this is not a book about the South as such. It is as near as I can
come, in essay form, to defining what I would conceive to be the
true American position."" In a brilliant and graceful style,
Davidson pursues his theme in a rich variety of subjects: poetry,
myth, and folklore; and in the complex rivalries between nation and
region, the free citizen and the Leviathan state, the values of
religion and the facts of science. Order, sanity, and fullness of
life are cornerstones of the tradition against which he appraises
writers like Hardy and John Gould Fletcher, the historiography of
Toynbee, and the social reporting of W. J. Cash.
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