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Why only 5 stars?.......2007-05-02

Ricardo's text speaks for itself and is truly a classic. In Sraffa's careful and patient hands, this great work finds an editor who is the peer of its author. This is extraordinary value for money - this is a 6-star book.

The Works And Correspondence Of David Ricardo: Notes On Malthus, Principles of Political Economy

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The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo: Pamphlets and Papers 1809-1811

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The Works of David Ricardo
David Ricardo , and J. R. McCulloch
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David Ricardo [1772-1823] has been called " the principle founder of what has been called the classical school of political economy" (Dictionary of National Biography) and "first 'scientific' economist " (Printing and the Mind of Man 277). Here McCulloch's authoritative Life and Writings of Mr. Ricardo prefaces this collection of Ricardo's pamphlets and other works, including his influential treatise on the distribution of wealth, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.

Psychiatry for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 59)

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David A. Brizer
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The Wonderful World of O.D........2000-02-04

David Brizer's book on the introduction to Pyschiatry is an interesting perspective which attempts to show Freud running about a psuedo-land of Oz. From the ancient days of boring a hole in ones head to let out the demons to the current trend of shoving pills down ones throat. The author definately condones the use of medication over therapeutic style treatment, where medication is used in moderation and speculation. Basically this is a crash course in the history and practice of psychiatry, which for such a complex subject, you may think the author would take it at a slower pace. Yet, as an introduction, one is expected to move to another book with more detail and moderation. Reccomended for the curious and those thinking about the field of psychiatry. Also, at this point the book is somewhat dated, in which it needs to be up-dated.

Bizarre and disappointing.......1998-04-08

Many of the books in "Writers and Readers Beginners Documentary Comic Books" series are quite good; the books on Saussure, Lacan, and Derrida are consistently entertaining and informative. However, this book on psychiatry is an exception. The writer, David Brizer, seems intent on communicating his political agenda, not the facts. For example: "The psychiatrist, who has been trained to fit his observations into a 'medical model', attempts to diagnose and treat such problems, regardless of their ultimate (political or social or economic) origin." As if the horrendous syntax were not enough, the writing is prone to actual grammatical errors, and the book is printed in an eyeball-searing font. Brizer seems actively hostile to his topic, which makes this a peculiarly inappropriate book "for beginners." This hostility is seen in the misanthropic drawings as well, which portray psychiatrists as freaks and their patients as morons. In one charming drawing, a man is shown eating a plateful of feces. Throughout the book, Brizer goes out of his way to abuse Freud, and in the end his hostility seems completely unjustified; why write a book that abuses its subject? What is the point? Brizer is more intent on indulging his personal (and disturbing) predilictions than in informing the reader about his topic. As if this were not enough, he often gets the facts wrong, as when he gives Janet credit for Breuer's accomplishments. This book is a crime against knowledge. I urge Brizer to get himself to a psychiatrist and to stop writing.

Call in Pinkerton's: American Detectives at Work for Canada

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Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton's is the history of the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton's operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down the Reno Brothers in Windsor, Ontario, and investigated labour unrest in Hamilton. The agency's detectives countered crimes all over Canada, particularly in the West and British Columbia. Pinkerton's activities went as far north as the Yukon, where fears were growing of an imminent invasion by a force of Americans from Alaska. Call in Pinkerton's is the first book to chronicle the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. This entertaining book provides accounts of actual Pinkerton's investigations while detailing the day-to-day activities of a private detective at work. Call in Pinkerton's is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in crime and espionage.

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Crime which exploits offshore haven banks, trusts and companies is extensive, and is expanding. Criminals, tax evaders, and fraudulent offshore operators can rely on the secrecy and non-cooperativeness of specific offshore havens to shield them from detection and prosecution. The Subcommittee has also identified a number of cases involving what appear to be otherwise ordinary Americans engaged in the illegal use of offshore facilities to facilitate tax fraud. These cases signify that the illegal use of offshore facilities has enveloped "the man next door" - a trend which forecasts severe consequences for the country. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations produced this staff study (and held these hearings) to present the issues in context and perspective, describe various criminal cases, and document their conclusions.

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Using creativity as its starting point this fresh approach to training draws on sources as diverse as theatre, accelerated learning, sports, co-operative games and pychology. Whatever series of events make up a training programme, there is always scope for more excitement, fun and effectiveness - and as the author shows the abilty to improvise and go with the flow is crucial for success. This book will provide readers with both the tools and the attitude to be confident in trying new approaches in their training. Backed by the author's experience in theatre, television and corporate training the book offers simple but powerful techniques that will develop both trainer and trainee.

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America's Forgotten Majority: Why the White Working Class Still Matters

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If the 1996 presidential election marked the year of the soccer mom, then the 2000 campaign ought to usher in the year of Joe Sixpack, according to Ruy Teixeira and Joel Rogers. Or, at least an early-21st-century version of the white working stiff who was widely viewed as the key to success in American politics between the New Deal and 1980s. "It's next to impossible to cement a dominant electoral coalition without capturing the support of a good share of the forgotten majority"--i.e., the roughly 55 percent of the voting population that is white, earns a moderate income, has a low-rung white collar job or labors in the service industry, and lives in the suburbs. As Teixeira and Rogers admit, this is an incredibly diverse group of people. Yet, the authors claim, they also share common interests--mainly economic--that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans address. America's Forgotten Majority suggests that these folks played a central, if unappreciated, role in the elections of the 1990s, and it proposes some ways both parties might change their approaches to tap this hidden reservoir of votes.

Here the authors' own political biases become clear. "We need a new era of strong government--one in which government doesn't sit on the sidelines but makes a serious effort to solve the great national problems that divide Americans from one another," write Teixeira and Rogers. That sounds like the talk of Democrats disaffected by their party's Clinton-era moderations and, indeed, the authors essentially urge Democrats to revive their party's working-class roots. As for the Republicans, Teixeira and Rogers think they ought to act more like Democrats. Until one of the parties remembers the forgotten majority, "Democrats and Republicans will be reduced to 'marketing at the margins'--attempting to cobble together temporary electoral coalitions in a basically unfavorable and dealigned political universe." It's an intriguing analysis, albeit one more suited to Democratic interests than Republican ones. Fans of E.J. Dionne, John Judis, Robert Kuttner, and Robert Reich will want to have a copy of America's Forgotten Majority on their shelves. --John J. Miller

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A stunning analysis of how American political parties have neglected the core of the nation's electorate-the white working class

Ruy Teixeira and Joel Rogers tackle a central mystery of twentieth-century electoral politics-how did the Democratic party lose the vote of the white working class, which today constitutes roughly 55 percent of the electorate? And why do both parties continue to ignore the wants and needs of this critical mass of American voters?

This "forgotten majority" has played a decisive role in federal elections and policy over the past thirty years, but its experience of declining prosperity and party neglect over the last several decades has left its loyalties unstable. Teixeira and Rogers argue that it is time for politicians to realize that this group will shape the nation's political fortunes in 2000 and beyond.

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Timely.......2000-12-12

The mere mention of a white working class causes many pundits to cringe. Liberals, because the notion of a "white" anything smacks of political incorrectness; conservatives, because mention of any kind of working class puts the fear of Marx in their soul. For decades this key demographic group has been either ignored in polite conversation or caricatured in popular culture. Either way their collective existence has remained submerged, like an iceberg. Yet, as Teixiera and Rogers point out, this grouping composes 55% of the American electorate, or more than enough votes to guarantee governance to any party that can win their allegiance.

This slim volume is elegantly structured, very plainly written, effectively argued, and numerically buttressed, (being neither a statistician nor a political scientist, I'm unable to critically analyze the numbers & so, take them at face value). The authors' aim is to show that this key grouping is identifiable (by income and educational levels), grossly underserved by government ( falling income levels since 1973, without compensatory programs that are perceived as favoring minorities), and without fixed partisan loyalties. ( though working class men have lately trended toward conservative appeals).This last is significant, because the authors seek to show how the loyalty of this class can be won in today's politico-economic mix by advancing the right kind of programmatic appeals, ones that importantly seek to unify along class lines rather than divide along racial lines. In the process the authors must also attack some of the myths that currently surround this grouping, such as their endemic racism or the alleged disappearance of their very existence. No lasting governance can be won by any party, the authors provocatively contend, without significant support from this forgotten majority that has been so used, abused and ignored by the elite powers that be. In sum, there is in the book abundant grist for Republicans, Democrats, and third-partyites to chew on and is well worth the price.

You know it's an election year . . ........2000-07-20

when books like this roll around. "America's Forgotten Majority" is clearly written for the Democratic Party, even though the authors claimed to be apolitical in the book's preface ("the content of politics is not our chief concern").

The central thesis is that the biggest chunk of the American electorate (55%) consists of the white working class. The authors define working class not just in old, heavy-industry terms (the USA is a post-industrial society and relatively few of us earn our living in industry) but also in low-level white collar, technical and secretarial fields. These are exactly the fields that have had the roughest times economically since 1973. The members of this forgotten majority are better educated in the past (they tend to have a high school diploma or even a two-year college degree) but they tend to vote like the working class.

The press, and by inference the Democratic Party, however, has become infatuated with the upper-middle-class, college-educated "soccer mom." College graduates are the people whose standard of living accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. College graduates may or may not constitute a reliable "swing" faction but they are only about one-fifth of the electorate, say the authors.

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Title: The Search for Class Politics.(Review) (book review)
Author: Elizabeth Arens
Publication: Policy Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2000
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
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America's Forgotten Majority: Why the White Working Class Still Matters

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Ruy A. Teixeira
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