Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wall Street veteran Edward Conard argues that our current obsession with income inequality is misguided and will only slow growth further. Conard tracks the implications of an economy now constrained by both its capacity for risk-taking and by a shortage of properly trained talent -- rather than by labor or capital, as was the case historically. He uses this fresh perspective to challenge the conclusions of liberal economists like Larry Summers and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"I wrote this book because I love my country and I'm concerned about our future," writes Bill Clinton. "As I often said when I first ran for President in 1992, America at its core is an idea, the idea that no matter who you are or where you're from, if you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have the freedom and opportunity to pursue your own dreams and leave your kids a country where they can chase theirs."
President Bill Clinton gives us his...
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
This volume presents an interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis. It includes many primary resources never before published in English, and is a thorough introduction to the country's astonishing past.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we're faced with daunting questions - is our democracy under threat? How will Big Tech change our lives? What does job security look like for me? America is on the brink of massive change - change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request