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Business and Democracy promote one another.......2005-05-03

"What we are arguing is not that democracy is the inevitable outcome of successful capitalist development, but that such development is a necessary prerequisite of democracy..... We are also saying that authoritative regimes rarely meet the conditions under which business can optimally flourish." In the book, Business and Democracy, Cohabitation or Contradiction?, edited by Ann Bernstein and Peter L. Berger, this statement is well proven: business and democracy do not work to promote one another. Rather, the externalities/pressures of one are a benefit to the other. The editors pull numerous short articles together to support their thesis and then use examples of several developing or transitioning countries in the last half century. In the short term, business can thrive in an authoritative regime but will inevitably lead to "Crony Capitalism". However, eventually pressures for reform and independence will weaken the state ruling institution. In contrast, democracies have continued to be successful when a free market system was already established. The editors have made an excellent case for the cohabitation of Business and Democracy. Business Associations and the thickening of civil society are in the best interests of democracy and visa versa. It allows for a reduced size of government, eliminates excessive taxes that discourage investment, and creates stability. Government still has control with the ability to take power away from the association, but the alternative would be a large expensive government and "Crony Capitalism." It is in the best interest of all society for government and business to work together. The increase of civil liberties and the standard of living are the externalities we all gain from the cohabitation of Business and Democracy.
This book is a must read for those who wish to better understand the role of business and the development of the third world. I would also recommend this book to anyone who wishes to discourage a capitalist system.

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The Hobo Philosopher

seminal, but inscrutable for the average Joe

The Failure of the "New Economics"

If you haven't read this masterpiece at least twice

Neoclassical Economics is a Special Case

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
John Maynard Keynes
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The Hobo Philosopher.......2007-09-12

This is not the book for the beginner. Unless you know economics and economic terminology save this book for some time down the road.
Keynes did not write for the general reader. He was clearly an elitist economist. He may know what he is talking about but I doubt that you will. I didn't.
His "A Tract on Monetary Reform" is a little more intelligible but not much. He is obviously not a teacher and isn't trying to be one. Try Galbraith, Heilbroner, Samuelson, or William Greider or anybody else first.
If you think you know your economics and you are looking for a challenge - this is your man.

seminal, but inscrutable for the average Joe.......2007-07-04

Published in 1936 during the height of the the Great Depression, Keynes's "General Theory" is widely credited, rightly or wrongly, as being the theory that actually pointed out how to end the Depression. It has never been out of print since its first publication.

The volume you're getting here hasn't much in terms of being "reader friendly." There is a brief (2-page) introduction. There are no footnotes (other than Keynes's original ones), and no helpful commentary or other aid that would help make Keynes's book more comprehensible to the general reader. So you're basically getting the bare bones.

But the book can be very tough going, even for those with extensive preparation in economics. It has plenty of nasty equations and there are more thistles than you'll find in an English hedgerow. In brief, it's one of those universally heralded classics that many pay lip service to but few have ever read.

As for whether this is "the book that ended the Depression," I'm not so sure. There were many competing theories floating around during the Depression, and Keynes's was only one of those.

While Keynes's recipe of counteracting a decline in private spending with an increase in government spending turned out to be what Roosevelt (and Hitler) actually did, certainly the war would have come along whether or not Keynes published his book. Hence governments would have stumbled upon "the Keynesian solution" on their own anyway.

The Failure of the "New Economics".......2007-05-22

Henry Hazlitt,

"A Path-Breaking Pioneer?

Now though I have analyzed Keynes's General Theory in the following pages theorem by theorem, chapter by chapter, and sometimes even sentence by sentence, to what to some readers may appear a tedious length, I have been unable to find in it a single important doctrine that is both true and original. What is original in the book is not true; and what is true is not original. In fact, as we shall find, even much that is fallacious in the book is not original, but can be found in a score of previous writers."

If you haven't read this masterpiece at least twice.......2007-04-18

...you're not a real person. If it was not for this wizard's brilliant insight on how to create prosperity with a little math and a little monetary expansion, there would undoubtedly still be poverty in the world today. It's not just a book, it's a religion. And it's the best religion.

Verdict: Read it at least twice.

Neoclassical Economics is a Special Case.......2007-03-30

I'm an undergrad economics student, and I was always puzzled by the "Keynesian" economics they taught me. I couldn't see how it fit in with the market clearing story they were also telling me. So I decided to give this book a shot. After reading it, I was surprised at how simple the main concept is. I didn't find it difficult to read at all, or badly organized (but maybe that's because I'm used to reading philosophy). Basically, just like they teach you in Principles of Macroeconomics, the heart of the theory is the Keynesian Cross (which is a rough approximation of Keynes' D-Z model in this book). The consumption function leaves a gap between income and expenditures, which must be filled by planned investment, or the economy will move to a lower equilibrium via the multiplier. Classical economics, in effect, just assumes that gap is always filled by planned investment (where the economy is at full employment, no less) without even making an argument for it. In the classical model, any decrease in planned investment is matched by an increase in consumption, or vice versa. But there is no good reason to think that will be the case, generally. If you hoard your money today, businessmen do not have a magic crystal ball that allows them to determine what you will spend it on in 5 years. Thus they do not invest. A decrease in consumption is not matched by an increase in planned investment. The economy will move to a new, lower equilibrium via the Keynesian Cross, in which income equals expenditures (i.e. no hoarding any more).

The one thing I did find confusing in the book, though, was Keynes' assertion that saving always equals investment, by defintion. I determined that this results from an incorrect definition of saving. While on an individual level, saving is income minus consumption, the same is not true for the economy as a whole. It is more accurate to say that saving in the aggregate is always zero, because an individual act of saving is always matched by an equal amount of dissaving by someone else (the saving deprives them of their income, unless the the savings are invested, in which case they are no longer savings). The gap between income and consumption, in the aggregate, is always investment. Its just the form of investment that changes. If the gap between income and consumption isn't filled by planned investment, it will be filled up by "unplanned" investment (i.e. inventories build up). In macroeconomic equilibrium, there is no unplanned investment. Thus, Y = Ip (planned investment) + C. Classical economics assumes that Y - C always equals Ip, and at the point of full employment. Keynes's theory is the more general case when Y - C could equal Iu (unplanned investment). In that case, the economy moves to a below optimal equilibrium that does not correspond to full employment.

I would definitely recommend this book if you're an economist, or if you have anything to do with public policy. Or even if you're just curious. Don't be frightened off by the people who tell you its "unreadable" or "a mess." They just can't handle a real scholar who writes precisely and clearly.

The Ethics And Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee (Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics)

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The best introduction to Money

Understanding Modern Money: The Key to Full Employment And Price Stability
L. Randall Wray
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In this innovative and very practical book, Randall Wray argues that full employment and price stability are not the incompatible goals that current economic theory and policy assume. Indeed, he advances a policy that would generate true, full employment while simultaneously ensuring an even greater degree of price stability than has been achieved in the 1990s.

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The best introduction to Money .......2005-10-18

Wray makes the the concepts of the chartalist theory of money, functional finance, and employer of last resort understandable and interesting to even someone with no prior knowledge of the issues.

The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes

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John Maynard Keynes
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Das Stabilitatsproblem bei John Maynard Keynes: Eine theoriegeschichtliche Interpretation (European university studies. Series V, Economics and management)

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Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market: Essays in Honour of Paul Davidson (Vol 2)

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Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market is the second of three volumes celebrating Paul Davidson's path-breaking achievements and his seminal role in the foundation and development of Post Keynesian economics. This volume includes new papers by leading economists including, amongst others, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Eisner, John Cornwall, William Darity Jr., Warren J. Samuels and Anthony P. Thirlwall. It focuses in the main on the limitations of the market as a mechanism for creating economic growth, employment and economic justice.

Full Employment and Growth: Further Keynesian Essays on Policy

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Globalization and Unemployment

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Globalization and unemployment are two phenomena which are amongst the most widely discussed subjects in the economic debate today. Often, globalization is regarded as being responsible for the increase in unemployment, particularly in unskilled labor. This book deals with the correlation between globalization and unemployment under various aspects: historical aspects of globalization, empirical trends and theoretical explanations of unemployment, effects of globalization in general and of European Monetary Union in particular on umemployment, labor market policy in a global economy, the impact of fiscal policy on unemployment in a global economy, as well as the effects of globalization on inflation and national stabilization policy.

Inflation policy and unemployment theory;: The cost-benefit approach to monetary planning

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Inflation policy and unemployment theory;: The cost-benefit approach to monetary planning
Edmund S Phelps
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In spite of his tragic death in November 1963, John F. Kennedy remains one of the most popular American presidents. Aside from the great set-piece speeches that helped to define him as a world leader, he possessed a richly warm sense of humor and a ready wit honed both at home and on politics. This collection presents hundreds of examples of that very wit, from Kennedy's opinions on the campaign trail to his view of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Christina Koning's previous books include A Treasury for Mothers and Fabulous Time.

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THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE TOOL FOR ALL MUSICIANS.

The Too Smart Saxophone Fingering Chart is the ultimate easy reference for the fingering of notes on the saxophone. This is a great reference for any saxophone player. The chart has large, clear, concise illustrations as well as a detailed description on how to best use this chart and all the illustrations are numbered for easy reference for both class and individual use.

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Nice Finger Chart..........2007-08-09

I got a few finger charts from Amazon and this one is the best. It's very clear and easy to understand. I agree it's preferable NOT to be folded in 3 sections but my laminate wasn't so thick and it was easy to reverse fold it and thus make it lay flat.

Hard to Use.......2005-10-06

It should have been one piece like a placemat instead of being folded into thirds with a heavy laminate. I've got mine btwn heavy books hoping to make it lie flat.

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"Today you don't have to be filthy rich to be designer and designed in one—whether the product in question is your home or business, your sagging face (designer surgery) or lagging personality (designer drugs), your historical memory (designer museum) or DNA future (designer children). One thing seems clear: design abets a near-perfect circuit of production and consumption, without much running-room for anything else."

In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities, Hal Foster surveys our new political economy of design. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime explores the historical relations of modern art and modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.

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Critical, like Criticism should be.......2007-04-19

Enjoyable, thought-provoking and concise volume from a dignitary of contemporary criticism. Foster nimbly steers clear the of condescension and pretentiousness that can plague high-minded Criticism of this sort, without sacrificing depth of insight and deliberation. Some may welcome the taking-to-task of Gehry, Koolhaas, and Mau - I did! Refreshing to read a critical analysis of the current state of contemporary art and culture that isn't overly prescriptive, dismissive, scathing, or glib and compliant, but is willing to consider that it nevertheless may not be the best of times.

Art can be saved.......2003-03-13

Illunminating, but probably not for everyone. Foster's modestly-sized book looks like easy reading, but it's not. That's part of its appeal: it's not Recent Art History for Dummies. Nor is it pretentious. Foster does a good job of balancing references to contemporary culture with those to "high" art, and the prosaic with the enchanting. He does a dynamite job of picking out the salient points of Benjamin.

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Finally, somebody gets it!

Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love The O.C.
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Following the travails of a set of wealthy families in the harbor-front community of Orange County, California, The O.C. has become an instant success that goes beyond the Tiger Beat crowd. Audiences recognize and appreciate its witty dialogue and self-awareness, but trying to discuss the merits of a teen drama from the same network that aired Beverly Hills 90210 has left mature viewers blue in the face. Alan Sepinwall's Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love The O.C. is a support group of a solution, and a fun look at this television phenomenon for fans of all ages.

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Finally, somebody gets it!.......2004-08-06

The OC is is one of those shows that when you try to tell your friends how smart it is, they give you the kind of look that suggests you're trying to write a thesis paper on social dynamics using the Smurfs as a case study (clearly Gargamel's desire to eat the Smurfs defines him as a mass consumer, a binary opposite to the self-sustained community that is Papa Smurf's ideal...). I love that the show "gets" itself, and I love that the author here gets the show. This book is as smart and loaded with references as Seth Cohen on Jolt cola - and tracing the OC's teen-drama roots was just plain brilliant.

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The best-selling CAD software on the Mac and an industry-standard on Windows, VectorWorks 10 includes a slew of new enhancements to its robust 2D drafting and 3D modeling tools, including a streamlined interface, new tools to help you draw faster, advanced presentation features, improved VectorScripting, native Mac OS X support, and integrated 3D modeling tools. VectorWorks 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will help you get up-to-speed on all of these new features quickly and easily. Updated to reflect the program's streamlined interface and tools, this step-by-step task-based reference explains the new Resource Browser, touches on the advanced 3D modeling tools, and includes an entirely new chapter on customizing the VectorWorks interface to make tools more accessible, create custom keyboard shortcuts, and create highly detailed and structured templates that allow you to maintain consistency over all of their drawings. Unlike competing books, which mimic the software's manual in their text-heavy formats, VectorWorks 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide comes loaded with screenshots that enable you to get up and running fast with this powerful, yet affordable, CAD software.

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VectorWorks 10 VQG a must for the novice user.......2005-09-05

I always purchase Visual Quickstart Guides when I buy new software because generally they make the task of learning the product that much easier. This one is no exception. The guide that comes with the software is extremely difficult to understand because of the way it is written - they go into too much detail. VQG explains things in a way that a is simpler for a non-technical type person to understand. The only problem with this guide is that it is now out of date because VectorWorks has now released version 11.5 and obviously some of the things written in the guide no longer apply. I would still recommend it though.

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