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A comienzos del siglo xx, la ciudad de Cali era una pequeña población que crecía lentamente en términos económicos y demográficos. Una ciudad en donde sus habitantes vivían del trabajo agropecuario, artesanal y algunos comerciantes se beneficiaban de la extracción forestal, la exportación de oro en polvo, la compraventa de productos agropecuarios y la importación de artículos europeos y norteamericanos. Pero, años más tarde, entrado el...
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When Bush came to office in 2001, the 10-year budget balance was officially projected to be at a surplus of $5.6 trillion. But after three big tax cuts, the bursting of the stock-market bubble, and the devastating effects of 9/11on the economy, the surplus has evaporated, and the deficit is expected to grow to $ 5-trillion over the next decade. The domestic deficit is only the half of it. Given our $500 billion trade deficit and our anemic savings...
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The Book, divided into two parts, the Policy Environment and the Recommendations, reviews the South African Government's blueprint for the restructuring of its State-Owned enterprises, the Accelerated Agenda For The Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises. The document was published in 2000, but a lot has happened, both politically, socially and politically since then. The need for it to be reviewed to be in line with the current conditions is urgent....
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The relative effectiveness of various institutions, such as the market or government, is based on the ability for individuals to access and use dispersed knowledge in society and the incentives that steer their actions. Market process theory emphasizes the effectiveness of the price system to consolidate and transmit knowledge in the marketplace.
Together this framework provides new insights on the capability of individuals to cooperate and improve...
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A new edition of F. A. Hayek's three-part opus Law, Legislation, and Liberty, collated in a single volume
In this critical entry in the University of Chicago's Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series, political philosopher Jeremy Shearmur collates Hayek's three-part study of law and liberty and places Hayek's writings in careful historical context. Incisive and unrestrained, Law, Legislation, and Liberty is Hayek at his late-life best, making it essential...
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In the illuminating pages of "Echoes of Equality: Unveiling the Tapestry of Human Rights," a profound collection unfolds, weaving together narratives that challenge, inspire, and advocate for a world anchored in justice and equality. From the struggle for gender and racial equality to the pursuit of LGBTQ+ rights, this anthology explores the complex terrain of human rights with clarity and urgency.As each page resonates with diverse voices, readers...
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A deft selection of unpublished and little-known works by F. A. Hayek that will serve to enlighten and enliven debates around the ever-changing face of Western liberalism
Across seventeen volumes to date, the University of Chicago Press's Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series has anthologized the diverse and prolific writings of the Austrian economist synonymous with classical liberalism. Essays on Liberalism and the Economy traces the author's...
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China ist ein bemerkenswerter Sonderfall. Ausgerechnet eine kommunistisch regierte Bauernnation des Ostens macht praktisch wahr, was der Westen seinen in die Freiheit entlassenen Kolonien als Chance einer Teilnahme an der Staatenkonkurrenz des kapitalistischen Weltmarkts verkaufen wollte: China schafft eine wahrhaft nachholende"Entwicklung", schließt zu den etablierten Nationen auf, wird kapitalistische Weltmacht. Anhänger einer früher antikapitalistisch...
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"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule, a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars have virtually dismissed this assumption. Even in light of skyrocketing campaign costs, the belief that major financial interests primarily determine who parties nominate and where...
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In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind popular discontent. He then follows the ups and downs (mainly the downs) of the Revolution: the causes of rising hopes and expectations, mingled with successive disappointments, sometimes verging on despair, not least in the case of the presidential elections,...
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This book examines how the expanded use of new startup and innovation models and techniques is dramatically transforming government. Those models and techniques include: agile innovation, rapid experimentation, crowdsourcing, and gamification. The book examines current and potential uses of AI and the metaverse in government. It also discusses the implications of such new developments as No Labels' independent Presidential ballot line in the US....
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The new phenomenon of pandemic billionaires has been the quirky result of the terrible Covid pandemic that first emerged at the end of 2019 in China and spread quickly to the rest of the world. The lethal virus then underwent various mutations, ending up with the more transmissible but less lethal Omicron variant by 2022. By early 2023, the last country that practised the strict zero-covid policy of extensive lockdowns, China, has reopened for travels.When...
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"The Wealth of Nations" is the famous work by Adam Smith. In addition to theoretical analysis of the functioning of so-called commercial societies, the advantages and problems associated with the division of labor, value, income distribution, and capital accumulation, the book brings historical considerations and abundant empirical material, being considered a turning point in the development of the history of economic thought. Published in the same...
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Original and comprehensive examination of Chilean political and economic development since the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990.
In The Left Hand of Capital, Fernando Ignacio Leiva provides a theoretically grounded analysis of the last thirty years of socioeconomic policies in Chile, beginning at the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990. He skillfully probes how innovative center-left politico-economic initiatives transformed the...
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter (Triesch, February 1883 - Taconic, Connecticut, January 1950) was an Austrian economist and political scientist who profoundly influenced the history of political thought with his democratic theory, which redefined the meaning of democracy. "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy" is Schumpeter's most famous and debated work, and one of the great classics of the social sciences in the 20th century. First published in 1942, the...
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Two centuries after his birth, Karl Marx is read almost solely through the lens of Marxism, his works examined for how they fit into the doctrine that was developed from them after his death.
With Marx's Dream, Tom Rockmore offers a much-needed alternative view, distinguishing rigorously between Marx and Marxism. Rockmore breaks with the Marxist view of Marx in three key ways. First, he shows that the concern with the relation of theory to practice-reflected...
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter (Triesch, febrero de 1883 - Taconic, Connecticut, enero de 1950) fue un economista y científico político austriaco, que dejó una profunda huella en la historia del pensamiento político con su teoría democrática, la cual redefinió el sentido de la democracia. Su obra más famosa y debatida es "Capitalismo, Socialismo y Democracia", uno de los grandes clásicos de las ciencias sociales del siglo XX. Publicada por primera...
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Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to American democracy but have been burgeoning since the 2016 election, as people struggle to make their voices heard in this moment of societal upheaval. Unfortunately much of that action has not had the kind of impact participants might want, especially among movements representing the poor and marginalized who often have the most at stake when it comes to rights and equality....
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For years Mark Monmonier, "a prose stylist of no mean ability or charm" according to the Washington Post, has delighted readers with his insightful understanding of cartography as an art and technology that is both deceptive and revealing. Now he turns his focus to the story of political cartography and the redrawing of congressional districts. His title Bushmanders and Bullwinkles combines gerrymander with the surname of the president who actively...
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