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Book Aspects of Public Policy and Agricultural Decline in Argentina  1947 1952

Download or read book Aspects of Public Policy and Agricultural Decline in Argentina 1947 1952 written by Colin A. Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aspects of Public Policy and Agricultural Decline in Argentina  1947 52

Download or read book Aspects of Public Policy and Agricultural Decline in Argentina 1947 52 written by Colin A. Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Why Nations Fail

Download or read book Why Nations Fail written by Daron Acemoglu and published by Currency. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.

Book Foreign Agriculture

Download or read book Foreign Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Argentina  1516 1987

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Rock
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1987-11-18
  • ISBN : 9780520061781
  • Pages : 580 pages

Download or read book Argentina 1516 1987 written by David Rock and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987-11-18 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N this comprehensive history, updated to include the climactic events of the five years since the Falklands War, Professor Rock documents the early colonial history of Argentina, pointing to the colonial forms established during the Spanish conquest as the source for Argentina's continued reliance on foreign commercial and investment partnerships. The collapse of Argentina's close western European ties after World War II is thus seen as the underlying cause for her current economic and political crisis.

Book Immigration and Nationalism

Download or read book Immigration and Nationalism written by Carl Solberg and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1969-01-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dirtier than the dogs of Constantinople.” “Waves of human scum thrown upon our beaches by other countries.” Such was the vitriolic abuse directed against immigrant groups in Chile and Argentina early in the twentieth century. Yet only twenty-five years earlier, immigrants had encountered a warm welcome. This dramatic change in attitudes during the quarter century preceding World War I is the subject of Carl Solberg’s study. He examines in detail the responses of native-born writers and politicians to immigration, pointing out both the similarities and the significant differences between the situations in Argentina and Chile. As attitudes toward immigration became increasingly nationalistic, the European was no longer pictured as a thrifty, industrious farmer or as an intellectual of superior taste and learning. Instead, the newcomer commonly was regarded as a subversive element, out to destroy traditional creole social and cultural values. Cultural phenomena as diverse as the emergence of the tango and the supposed corruption of the Spanish language were attributed to the demoralizing effects of immigration. Drawing his material primarily from writers of the pre–World War I period, Solberg documents the rise of certain forms of nationalism in Argentina and Chile by examining the contemporary press, journals, literature, and drama. The conclusions that emerge from this study also have obvious application to the situation in other countries struggling with the problems of assimilating minority groups.

Book Essays on the Economic History of the Argentine Republic

Download or read book Essays on the Economic History of the Argentine Republic written by Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Outlook for U S  Agricultural Trade

Download or read book Outlook for U S Agricultural Trade written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comprehensive Dissertation Index  1861 1972

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861 1972 written by Xerox University Microfilms and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Global Food Crisis

Download or read book The Global Food Crisis written by Jennifer Clapp and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world’s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Book Argentina  1516 1982

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Rock
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 9780520051898
  • Pages : 552 pages

Download or read book Argentina 1516 1982 written by David Rock and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general history of Argentina that emphasizes current history and problems.

Book Economic Survey of Latin America

Download or read book Economic Survey of Latin America written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey for 1950 accompanied by Addenda and Corrigenda.

Book IMF Staff papers

    Book Details:
  • Author : International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
  • Publisher : International Monetary Fund
  • Release : 1958-01-01
  • ISBN : 1451949634
  • Pages : 159 pages

Download or read book IMF Staff papers written by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1958-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the effect transactions with the IMF have on the monetary situation within a country when the foreign exchange purchased from the IMF is used to meet a balance of payments deficit. In some countries, the national currency counterpart is kept on deposit to the credit of the IMF at the central bank. In other countries, the government substitutes a noninterest-bearing note for the national currency counterpart of a transaction with the IMF. It is with the effects of the latter practice that this paper is primarily concerned. The effect of a balance of payments deficit on the money supply will be offset if credit is expanded to finance a government deficit, investment by business, or spending by consumers. The ultimate effect on the money supply will depend upon how the government deals with the national currency turned over to it by the Exchange Equalization Account. Considerable caution is required in concluding that a balance of payments deficit is likely to be moderate and temporary.

Book The Political Economy of Argentina  1946   83

Download or read book The Political Economy of Argentina 1946 83 written by Guido Di Tella and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve international economists analyze every government since Peron's first presidency, including the latest military administrations. The years 1958-74 are examined in a new light and the postscript refers to President Alfonsin's changing economic strategy in his first years of government.

Book Encyclopedia of Nationalism  Two Volume Set

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Nationalism Two Volume Set written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-10-27 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalism has unexpectedly become a leading local and international force since the end of the Cold War. Long predicted to give way to pan-national or economic organizations, nationalism exerts its tremendous force on all continents and in a wide variety of ways. The Encyclopedia of Nationalism captures the aims and scope of this force through a wide-ranging examination of concepts, figures, movements, and events. It is the only encyclopedic study of nationalism available today. Key Features * International Editorial Board * Articles begin with short glossaries and conclude with short bibliographies of titles essential for further reading * Website devoted to project at www.academicpress.com/nations

Book Comprehensive Dissertation Index  1861 1972  Business and economics

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861 1972 Business and economics written by Xerox University Microfilms and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: