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First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The results of macroeconomic policy are often unpredictable. One of
the major reasons for this is the importance of confidence and
expectations in economic affairs. For a government's economic
policies to succeed they must gain and maintain economic
credibility, which many governments are finding increasingly
difficult. "Confidence, Credibility and Macroeconomic Policy"
explores the interaction between fiscal and monetary stabilization,
confidence and expectations, and the credibility of the
government's financial policies. The volume is divided into three
parts. Part I begins with an overview of the inter-relationship
between fiscal policy, credibility and inflation and presents two
pioneering, experimental studies that explore the effects of
macroeconomic policies on expectations. Part II focuses on
empirical research and presents historical as well as contemporary
evidence on the importance of public confidence and expectations to
the success of fiscal and monetary policy. Part III covers the
definition and functions of consumer confidence as it is measured
today.
The companion to Lorraine Clarke's first major UK exhibition since
returning from Italy in 2000, this book explores the mysterious
link between magic, medicine, and religion. Providing a full-color
record of the show, it also includes a statement from the artist
and an essay by medical historian Dr. Ruth Richardson. Clarke's
work is an excavation of the human being, exploring the history of
our bodily awareness and addressing contemporary issues.
Underway is the dawning of a new day, as the bright morning sun -
representing "the sun of prophecy (Micah 3: 6)," lights the night -
the darkness by which prophecy is often explained. With the light
of Jesus shining brightly on the explanation of prophecy - "For the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10),"
we understand it and the rest of the Bible clearly. "Truth to
Share," this book's logo, is almost unseen. The title, arched
overhead, represents a rainbow full of promise.
The cover art is by the writer, inspired by a friend's
visualization.
The title itself is a word-for-word "given," as is the final
section, "The Rainbow," in chapter seven. "The Camel We Christians
Have Swallowed," as stated in the introduction, is not the
well-known "eye of the needle" camel. It is from Matthew (23:23-24)
where Jesus accused the Pharisees of straining out a gnat and
swallowing a camel, neglecting the weightier matters of the law,
justice, mercy and faith. (More explanation of this title is in the
introduction and chapter one.)
In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because
the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged
murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however, the bodies of
those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for
dissection. At a time when such a procedure was regarded with fear
and revulsion, the Anatomy Act effectively rendered dissection a
punishment for poverty. Providing both historical and contemporary
insights, Death, Dissection, and the Destitute opens rich new
prospects in history and history of science. The new afterword
draws important parallels between social and medical history and
contemporary concerns regarding organs for transplant and human
tissue for research.
The recent discovery that as a young man Charles Dickens lived only
a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide,
and the campaign to save the workhouse from demolition caught the
public imagination. Internationally, the media immediately grasped
the idea that Oliver Twist's workhouse had been found, and made
public the news that both the workhouse and Dickens's old home were
still standing, near London's Telecom Tower. This book, by the
historian who did the sleuthing behind these exciting new findings,
presents the story for the first time, and shows that the two
periods Dickens lived in that part of London - before and after his
father's imprisonment in a debtors' prison - were profoundly
important to his subsequent writing career.
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