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Capital in the twenty-first century / by Piketty, Thomas,1971-(CARDINAL)636283; Goldhammer, Arthur,translator.(CARDINAL)636265;

Includes bibliographical references and index.What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this work the author analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. He shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality--the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth--today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values if political action is not taken. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, the author says, and may do so again. This original work reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.

Subjects: Capital.; Income distribution.; Wealth.; Labor economics.;

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Rewriting the rules of the European economy : an agenda for growth and shared prosperity / by Stiglitz, Joseph E.,author.(CARDINAL)147756; Dougherty, Carter,author.; Foundation for European Progressive Studies,author.;

Introduction: Europe today and the path forward -- Part I. Achieving full employment, rapid growth, and economic stability -- Employment, not austerity -- Monetary policy: prioritizing employment -- Investing for an equitable future -- Part II. Making markets work for fairness and efficiency -- Promoting competitive markets: incentives, regulations, and innovation -- Toward a financial system that serves society -- Taxation to promote justice and growth -- Part III. Inquality and a twenth-first-century European social model -- Poverty, inequality, and the welfare state -- A European social security system for the twenty-first century -- Labor markets, good wages, and working conditions -- Part IV. Managing globalization for Europe and the world-- The future of Europe in a globalized world.Includes bibliographical references and index."A companion to his acclaimed work in Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz, along with Carter Dougherty and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, lays out the economic framework for a Europe with faster growth that is more equitably shared. Europe is in crisis. Sluggish economic growth in many countries, widespread income stagnation, and recession have led to severe political and social consequences. Social protections for citizens have been cut back. Governments offer timid responses to deep-seated problems. These economic and political failures have contributed to the rise of extremist parties on the right. Marginalized populations are being made scapegoats for Europe's woes. But the problems of today's Europe stem from decisions based on a blind worship of markets in too many areas of policy. If Europe is to return to an innovative and dynamic economy-and if there is to be shared prosperity, social solidarity, and justice-then EU countries need to break with their current, destructive trajectory. This volume offers concrete strategies for renewal that would also reinvigorate the project of European integration, with fresh ideas in the areas of both macroeconomics and microeconomics, including central banking, public investment, corporate governance and competition policy, social policy, and international trade"--

Subjects: Public investments; Banks and banking;

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A thirst for empire : how tea shaped the modern world / by Rappaport, Erika Diane,1963-author.(CARDINAL)355395;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-527) and index.Introduction : A soldiers' tea party in Surrey -- Part I. Anxious relations. "A China drink approved by all physicians" : setting the early modern tea table -- The temperance tea party : making a sober consumer culture in the nineteenth century -- A little opium, sweet words, and cheap guns : planting a global industry in Assam -- Packaging China : advertising food safety in a global marketplace -- Part II. Imperial tastes. Industry and empire : manufacturing imperial tastes in Victorian Britain -- The planter abroad : building foreign markets in the fin de siècle -- "Every kitchen an empire kitchen" : the politics of imperial consumerism -- "Tea revives the world" : selling vitality during the Depression -- "Hot drinks means much in the jungle" : tea in the service of war -- Part III. Aftertastes. Leftovers? : an imperial industry at the end of empire -- "Join the tea set" : youth, modernity, and the legacies of empire during the swinging sixties."Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies--the effects of which are with us even today. A Thirst for Empire takes a vast and in-depth historical look at how men and women--through the tea industry in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa--transformed global tastes and habits and in the process created our modern consumer society. As Erika Rappaport shows, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries the boundaries of the tea industry and the British Empire overlapped but were never identical, and she highlights the economic, political, and cultural forces that enabled the British Empire to dominate--but never entirely control--the worldwide production, trade, and consumption of tea. Rappaport delves into how Europeans adopted, appropriated, and altered Chinese tea culture to build a widespread demand for tea in Britain and other global markets and a plantation-based economy in South Asia and Africa. Tea was among the earliest colonial industries in which merchants, planters, promoters, and retailers used imperial resources to pay for global advertising and political lobbying. The commercial model that tea inspired still exists and is vital for understanding how politics and publicity influence the international economy ..."--Jacket.

Subjects: Tea; Tea; Imperialism; History, Modern.;

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Empire / by Hardt, Michael,1960-(CARDINAL)523021; Negri, Antonio,1933-(CARDINAL)506503;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-472) and index."Imperialism as we knew it may be no more, but Empire is alive and well. It is, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri demonstrate in this bold work, the new political order of globalization. Their book shows how this emerging Empire is fundamentally different from the imperialism of European dominance and capitalist expansion in previous eras. Rather, Today's Empire draws on elements of U.S. constitutionalism, with its tradition of hybrid identities and expanding frontiers." "Empire identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation, and people. Hardt and Negri link this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society - to new forms of racism, new conceptions of identity and difference, new networks of communication and control, and new paths of migration. They also show how the power of transnational corporations and the increasing predominance of postindustrial forms of labor and production help to define the new imperial global order." "More than analysis, Empire is also work of political philosophy, a new Communist Manifesto. Looking beyond the regimes of exploitation and control that characterize today's world order, it seeks an alternative political paradigm - the basis for a truly democratic global society."--Jacket

Subjects: Imperialism.;

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Capitalism vs. socialism [sound recording] : comparing economic systems / by Stuart, Edward F.,author.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444; Recorded Books, Inc.(CARDINAL)340508;

Lecturer: Professor Edward F. Stuart."All of the tradeoffs in competing economic systems-capitalism, socialism, and communism-are controversial. These systems and ideologies have undeniably shaped the way people view both the world today and modern history. But where does capitalism begin and socialism end? In short, it's about choice and compromise. Understanding and endeavoring to solve these perpetual dilemmas is the job of comparative economics. By looking at the many economies around the world-their histories, their failures and successes-comparative economics attempts to uncover the influences, systems, and decisions that can do the most good for the most people. Guiding you through this complex web of values and theories is Edward F. Stuart, who is a specialist in both comparative economics and Russian and Eastern European studies. Professor Stuart has been traveling, teaching, and learning about these economic systems-in the former Soviet Union, the former Eastern Bloc, China, Scandinavia, and Europe-for more than 30 years. The illuminating 24 lectures of Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems will show you the many ways the most influential modern economic theories were developed, how they function (or don't), and how they manage to operate both together and in opposition to each other, from the rise of Soviet communism to the future of the European Union and beyond. As you compare and contrast the many ways societies tackle economic issues, Professor Stuart demonstrates that even the most controversial economic decisions boil down to a deceptively simple question: What makes a good society?"

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Socialism.; Capitalism.; Comparative economics.;

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The Wilmington Shipyard : welding a fleet for victory in World War II / by Scott, Ralph L.(CARDINAL)283707;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index."As the nation launched into World War II, the North Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation began building the vessels to ensure victory. Although the brief life of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was surrounded by controversy, including location and labor disputes, some 243 Liberty- and Victory-class ships were built in Wilmington between 1942 and 1946 to bolster the United States Navy's World War II fleet. Author Ralph Lee Scott examines the impact of this shipyard and its effect on Wilmington's transformation from a sleepy post-Depression coastal town into a major state industrial center. Workers from around the Southeast pitched in and pulled together to build the ships that would help win the largest global conflict of the twentieth century"--Amazon.

Subjects: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; Shipyards; Shipbuilding industry; World War, 1939-1945; North Caroliniana.;

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In pursuit of color : from fungi to fossil fuels, uncovering the origins of the world's most famous dyes / by MacDonald, Lauren,author.(CARDINAL)885612; Atelier Editions,publisher.(CARDINAL)884284;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Over the centuries our manipulation of the natural world has resulted in an explosion of synthetic dye production and application globally. To gain insight into the history of how folk practices have been lost and technical processes found, anthropologist and textile artist Lauren MacDonald explores a practice that is both ancient and wholly modern: coloring cloth. The pursuit of color has long spurred economic and social contest, and through this deeply researched volume we explore the stories that the materials used to dye cloth tell us about our complex relationship to nature, our troubling ideas about progress and our understanding of power and labor. In Pursuit of Color brings together historic techniques, archive photography, specimens and present-day events to tell the histories of some of the world's most important dyestuffs. A 32-page supplement accompanies the volume, detailing practical applications and the chemistry behind dyeing processes.

Subjects: Informational works.; Color.; Dyes and dyeing; Pigments.;

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Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it / by Batstone, David B.,1958-(CARDINAL)781064;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298).Introduction: finding slavery in my own backyard -- Shining light into the sexual darkness: Cambodia and Thailand -- Breaking the chains of bonded laborers: South Asia -- Rescuing the child soldiers: Uganda -- Undermining the sex syndicate: Europe -- Sheltering the lost children: Peru -- Building a new Underground Railroad: USA -- Conclusion: ending the slave trade in our time.Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Award-winning journalist David Batstone, whom Bono calls "a heroic character," profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic"--P. [4] of cover.Adult

Subjects: Enslaved children.; Forced labor.; Human trafficking.; Slavery.;

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The top 100 : the fastest-growing careers for the 21st century. by Ferguson Publishing.(DLC)n 2007073176;

This handbook provides updates on job market information, with special attention to new technologies and the effects of globalization. It gives information on jobs projected to experience the fastest growth, the greatest opportunity, and the best earnings through 2018, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor. It examines a wide range of industries, including computers, education, engineering, finance, food, health care, and more as well as job opportunities at various levels of skill and education. Each job article describes the job duties, required education, training, and skills, expected earnings and more.

Subjects: Occupations; Vocational guidance;

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Greater Gotham : a history of New York City from 1898 to 1919 / by Wallace, Mike,1942-author.(CARDINAL)339656; Burrows, Edwin G.,1943-2018.Gotham.;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Part one. Consolidations and contradictions -- Mergers -- Acquisitions -- Consolidation -- Wall Street -- Critics and crisis -- Who rules New York? -- Part two. Construction and connection -- Sky boom -- Arteries -- Ligaments -- Housing -- Industrial and commercial city -- Part three. Cultures -- Acropoli -- Show biz -- Popular cultures -- Seeing New York -- Part four. Confrontations -- Progressives -- Repressives -- Union town -- Radicals -- Bending gender -- Black metropolis -- Insurgent art -- Part five. Wars -- Over there? -- Over here."In Greater Gotham Mike Wallace, co-author of GOTHAM, picks up the story of New York at the critical juncture of 1898 and carries it forward during the period when it became not just the country's greatest urban center but a megapolis on an internationalscale, and with global reach. Between consolidation and the end of World War One, New York was transformed and transforming, mirroring the juggernauting dynamism of the country at large--and largely fueling it. The names of two its streets encapsulate thedegree of the city's preeminence: Wall Street and Broadway. Greater Gotham reveals the workings of the city's consolidation; the emerging hegemony of its financial markets, which effectively reconstructed U.S. capitalism; the influx of migrants from other continents and from the American South; the development of its massive infrastructure--subways and waterways and electrical grid; and New York's growing dominance over the arts, media, and entertainment. It captures and illuminates the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom, to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, to the labor upheavals and repressions during and after the World War One. By 1920, New York was the second-largest city in the world and arguably its new capital"--Provided by publisher.

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