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1) Wealth supremacy: how the extractive economy and the biased rules of capitalism drive today's crises
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"Author of The Divine Right of Capital exposes the myths of capitalism today and calls for an end to wealth supremacy and capital bias. Wealth Supremacy makes a case that no one else is making: instead of pointing to billionaires as the sole problem or being another analysis of wealth inequality, it clearly articulates the pervasive, unnamed bias toward wealth that invisibly pervades the system. We know the system is rigged-what isn't commonly understood...
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"Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to...
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"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience--she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...
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Marx and Engels were right when they observed in the Communist Manifesto that free markets had in a short time created greater prosperity and more technological innovation than all previous generations combined. A century and a half later, all the evidence shows that capitalism has lifted millions and millions from hunger and poverty.
Today's story about global capitalism, shared by right-wing and left-wing populists, but also by large sections...
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Author of national bestseller “Life After Google” and generation-defining “Wealth and Poverty”, venture capitalist, futurist, and pioneering thinker extraordinaire George Gilder pinpoints how the clash of creativity with power at the heart of economic systems leads to global cognitive dissonance and argues that the creation of the novel taps capitalism's infinite promise and is humanity's only path of escape from stagnation and tyranny. Gilder...
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Our existing economic infrastructure is under strain. We stand at a turning point where we can reshape it into a system that fosters prosperity for all stakeholders, prioritizing sustainability, and holistic success. To do so, we must address several pressing issues. First, it is imperative to confront the stagnation of wage growth amid rising income disparity. Second, we need to check the disproportionate market power that large corporations exercise,...
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"The Capitalism Chronicles: Tales of Greed, Power, and Fortune"Delve into the captivating world of "The Capitalism Chronicles," a magnum opus that unfurls the riveting and complex tapestry of capitalism, tracing its roots from the dawn of civilization to the contemporary global stage. In this monumental work, you'll embark on an intellectual journey through the annals of human economic history, exploring the remarkable stories, ideologies, and individuals...
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A blueprint for global social justice is needed and this book provides one by showing that the ethical standards inherent in capitalism have been 1) compromised by cultural values inimical to capitalism's essentially egalitarian, rational spirit and 2) distorted by the short-sighted, dog-eat-dog doctrines of social Darwinism into what he calls "brute capitalism." The text presents how the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism's Principles for Responsible...
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Este libro es el resultado de la investigación INV3081 titulada "La discriminación laboral como factor de riesgo para la sostenibilidad del trabajo digno o decente", la cual ha sido financiada por la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia y liderada por el grupo de investigación en Gestión y Desarrollo Organizacional -gdo- de la seccional Medellín. Para el desarrollo de esta investigación, se contó con la participación como coinvestigadores de...
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Pasamos gran parte de nuestra vida en el trabajo y es importante no solo que aprendamos a sentirnos felices en él sino realizados. Debemos sentir que progresamos, que estamos en el sitio correcto, que nos valoran, que aportamos y que, llegado el tiempo, podremos dejar un legado cuando nuestra vida laboral haya concluido.
Pero la realidad, con frecuencia, no se ajusta a estas expectativas. ¿Por qué? Porque, en muchos casos, no sabemos cómo solicitar...
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With a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.
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The verdict of General Elections 2024 in Pakistan is out and Imran Khan has won highest number of seats in national assembly as and his candidates have dominated Provincial Assembly seats in Punjab and Pukhtunkwa. However Imran Khan is in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi that has already hosted quite a few former Prime Ministers and one of the most popular leaders of the country including Mian Nawaz Sharif and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. This book discusses the...
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The world is in danger of plunging into the abyss of another world war. This time it will be even more terrible than the two world wars that had wreaked so much havoc and misery in the past. This time, it may be a nuclear holocaust and the end of human civilization.In many countries around the world, including many that claim to be democratic, political power is largely concentrated in the political elite and the group of powerful capitalists. The...
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In the heart of Africa's quest for progress and prosperity, a groundbreaking solution emerges to combat the age-old adversaries of greed and corruption. "The AI Solution: The Rise of AI Against Greed and Corruption" embarks on a gripping journey that fuses cutting-edge technology with Africa's indomitable spirit. Through the captivating lens of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this book unravels the historical roots of corruption and wealth disparities,...
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¿Por qué insistir en pensar el concepto de felicidad?, ¿por qué este concepto es relevante para la teoría crítica?, ¿cuál es la vigencia de la filosofía de Horkheimer para abordar el problema de la felicidad? Estas preguntas conciernen a la dimensión práctica de la vida en su complejidad.
La felicidad en los tiempos del capitalismo se propone un análisis del concepto de felicidad que trasciende el ámbito subjetivo sin anularlo, al conectar...
16) Grant Writing
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GRANT WRITING BREAKING NEWS: EXPERIENCED CONSULTANT WHO HAS SUCCEEDED IN GETTING MORE THAN 70 CONVENTIONS TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES, REVEALS HIS SECRET METHODS FOR WRITING SURE-TO-BE-SELECTED PROPOSALS Are you a nonprofit, educator, artist, business owner, or entrepreneur looking to secure funding for your project or organization? Would you like to learn how to capture the imagination of reviewers who decide which candidates to select? If...
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The economist and historian Deirdre Nansen McCloskey has been best known recently for her Bourgeois Era trilogy, a vigorous defense, unrivaled in scope, of commercially tested betterment. Its massive volumes, The Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity, and Bourgeois Equality, solve Adam Smith's puzzle of the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, and of the moral sentiments of modernity. The world got rich, she argues, not chiefly by material causes...
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"Communist Utopia or Dystopia? Examining the Realities of Ideals" is a meticulously researched and thought-provoking exploration of communism, from its utopian origins to its tumultuous history and ultimate legacy. This comprehensive book covers key aspects of the communist story, including:Utopian Visions and Influential Thinkers: Explore the early utopian ideals and the foundational works of Marx and Engels.Core Principles: Delve into the key principles...
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Authoritarian regimes have made a concerted effort to shrink the space available for civil society by restricting access to domestic decision-making, transparency, and accountability. An ultimate power ruler is known as an autocrat. A democracy's three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative - serve as an essential check on an executive leader's unchecked and uncontested power. The executive branch has grown at the expense of...
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¿Qué clase de animal es el capitalismo y cuál es su dieta para mantenerse con vida? Si respondemos esta pregunta, dice Nancy Fraser, entenderemos de verdad la crisis de nuestro tiempo y descubriremos el modo de matar de hambre a la bestia. Para eso, no nos alcanzan los modelos teóricos heredados del marxismo, que tienden a concebir el capitalismo como un sistema económico basado en la explotación de la fuerza de trabajo y en la producción con...
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