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"Thomas Piketty's bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system. Our economy, Piketty...
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distributed in North America by Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
144 p. ; col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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English
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This travel pictorial and Japan travel guide captures the sites and soul of Kyoto-Japan's historic and spiritual center. An elaborate kaleidoscope of craft, artistry and religion, Kyoto is one of the world's most popular travel destinations. Art and design form the weft and warp of this vibrant 1, 200-year-old city, home to hundreds of gardens, palaces, villas and wooden temples, including seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites. Like a Zen koan, Kyoto...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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vi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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VC tells the riveting story of how the venture capital industry arose from the United States' long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. From nineteenth-century whaling to the multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture capital has been driven by the pull of low-probability but substantial financial rewards. Appreciating the history of venture capital, Tom Nicholas shows, is essential to understanding the industry's future...
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English
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When Washington's splendid Union Station opened its doors in 1908, the glorious structure epitomized capital stylishness. Today, restored and refurbished, the station is again a hub of activity where the world's famous and infamous meet - and often collide. Now the landmark locale becomes the scene of a sensational shooting whose consequences ricochet from seedy bars to the halls of Congress.
9) Capital
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
40 p. ; 26 x 29 cm.
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English
Description
Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.
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Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2022.
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164 pages : illustration ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Why is our society so unequal? Why, despite their small numbers, do the rich dominate policy and politics even in democratic countries? Why is it so difficult for working people to organize around common interests? How do we begin to build a more equal and democratic society? Vivek Chibber provides a clear and accessible map of how capitalism works, how it limits the power of working and oppressed people, and how to overcome those limits. The capitalist...
11) The sane society
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English
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The Sane Society is a continuation and extension of the psychiatric concepts Erich Fromm first formulated in Escape from Freedom; it is also, in many ways, an answer to Freud's "Civilization and its discontents." Fromm examines man's escape into overconformity and the danger of robotism in contemporary industrial society: modern humanity has, he maintains, been alienated from the world of their own creation. Here Fromm offers a complete and systematic...
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Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
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x, 480 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Germany's rise to industrial might has traditionally been attributed to the development of "organized" capitalism, which is said to encompass large, bureaucratic corporations, a unique system of universal banking, centralized peak associations, and an accommodating state. Gary Herrigel argues that this conceptualization of the sources of German industrial power is highly misleading because it ignores the achievement of a very robust alternative form...
13) Rediscovering God in America: reflections on the role of faith in our nation's history and future
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Publisher
Integrity Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
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159 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
"Significant monuments, memorials, and artifacts found in our Nation's capital are Creator-endowed as seen through a walk through tour of Washington DC"--Provided by publisher.
14) The White House
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
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96 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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English
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A history of the White House and its inhabitants from 1790, when a site for the new capital was chosen, to the present day.
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Pluto Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Analyses how political and economic imbalances in China exacerbate system collapse - and how this collapse could happen much sooner than we had previously anticipated. China is the last region into which capital can expand: the system is at its limits. Examining this, as well as ecological issues and the internal politics of the Chinese Communist Party, Minqi Li commands a narrative of China at a pivotal moment and the country's possible impact on...
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Library Juice Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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322 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Traces the connections between library history and the larger history of capitalist development, suggesting that the relationship between the library and capitalism is closer and more insidious than the democratic tradition allows"--
"The idea that libraries are crucial democratic institutions has a long history in librarianship. It remains dominant despite a long tradition of critical library movements within the profession. In Confronting the...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
©2012
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xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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How can developing countries grow their economics? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank--focuses on what developing nations can do to help themselves. Since the end of the Second World War, prescriptions for economic growth have come and gone. Often motivated more by ideology...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xxxii, 603 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Insights into investing and leadership from the founder of The Vanguard Group Throughout his legendary career, John Bogle-founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group and creator of the first index mutual fund-has helped investors build wealth the right way, while, at the same time, leading a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. A collection of essays based on speeches delivered to professional groups and college students...
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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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xx, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Warsaw, Poland, once described as the "Paris of the East," had been transformed into a landscape of ruin by the ravages of World War II. Among the few areas of the city center that escaped Nazi decimation was Ujazdowskie Avenue, where German officials lived during the occupation. In the late 1940s, while most surviving Polish Jews were making their homes in new countries, ten Jewish families reclaimed a once elegant building at 16 Ujazdowskie Avenue...
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