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Book The Meddlers

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  • Author : Jamie Martin
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2022-06-14
  • ISBN : 0674275772
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book The Meddlers written by Jamie Martin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Meddlers is an eye-opening, essential new history that places our international financial institutions in the transition from a world defined by empire to one of nation states enmeshed in the world economy.” —Adam Tooze, Columbia University A pioneering history traces the origins of global economic governance—and the political conflicts it generates—to the aftermath of World War I. International economic institutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank exert incredible influence over the domestic policies of many states. These institutions date from the end of World War II and amassed power during the neoliberal era of the late twentieth century. But as Jamie Martin shows, if we want to understand their deeper origins and the ideas and dynamics that shaped their controversial powers, we must turn back to the explosive political struggles that attended the birth of global economic governance in the early twentieth century. The Meddlers tells the story of the first international institutions to govern the world economy, including the League of Nations and Bank for International Settlements, created after World War I. These institutions endowed civil servants, bankers, and colonial authorities from Europe and the United States with extraordinary powers: to enforce austerity, coordinate the policies of independent central banks, oversee development programs, and regulate commodity prices. In a highly unequal world, they faced a new political challenge: was it possible to reach into sovereign states and empires to intervene in domestic economic policies without generating a backlash? Martin follows the intense political conflicts provoked by the earliest international efforts to govern capitalism—from Weimar Germany to the Balkans, Nationalist China to colonial Malaya, and the Chilean desert to Wall Street. The Meddlers shows how the fraught problems of sovereignty and democracy posed by institutions like the IMF are not unique to late twentieth-century globalization, but instead first emerged during an earlier period of imperial competition, world war, and economic crisis.

Book Meddler s Moon

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
  • Release : 2022
  • ISBN : 1479479039
  • Pages : 43 pages

Download or read book Meddler s Moon written by and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He travelled back in time to find his grandfather the right wife. Only his grandfather had other ideas...and promptly got engaged to the wrong woman!

Book Meddling Kids

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  • Author : Edgar Cantero
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2018-05-29
  • ISBN : 1101974443
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Meddling Kids written by Edgar Cantero and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A mad scientist's concoction of teen detectives, H. P. Lovecraft, and a love of Americana, this is a story filled with rich horror, thrilling twists, outright hilarity, and surprising poignancy. "While this is obviously an ode to Scooby Doo... fans will love the idea of a group of mystery hunters coming back together after leaving the business.” —Bustle “Filled with high jinks both terrorizing and hilarious.” —USA Today In 1977, four teenagers and a dog—Andy (the tomboy), Nate (the nerd), Kerri (the bookworm), Peter (the jock), and Tim (the Weimaraner)—solved the mystery of Sleepy Lake. The trail of an amphibian monster terrorizing the quiet town of Blyton Hills leads the gang to spend a night in Deboën Mansion and apprehend a familiar culprit: a bitter old man in a mask. Now, in 1990, the twenty-something former teen detectives are lost souls. Plagued by night terrors and Peter's tragic death, the three survivors have been running from their demons. When the man they apprehended all those years ago makes parole, Andy tracks him down to confirm what she’s always known—they got the wrong guy. Now she'll need to get the gang back together and return to Blyton Hills to find out what really happened in 1977, and this time, she's sure they're not looking for another man in a mask.

Book A Nation Of Meddlers

Download or read book A Nation Of Meddlers written by Charles Edgley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the emergent meddling phenomenon with insightful and provocative descriptions about why meddling is so appealing and how meddling is packaged and marketed. It is a testimony to a life filled with accomplishment, loyalty, friendship, laughter, and love.

Book Meddling in the Ballot Box

Download or read book Meddling in the Ballot Box written by Dov H. Levin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do world powers sometimes try to determine who wins an election in another country? What effects does such meddling have on the targeted elections results? Great powers have attempted for centuries to intervene in elections occurring in other states through various covert and overt methods, with the American intervention in the 2013 Kenyan elections and the Russian intervention in the 2016 US elections being just two recent examples. Indeed, the Americans and the Soviets/Russians intervened in one out of every nine national-level executive elections between 1946 and 2000. Meddling in the Ballot Box is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of foreign meddling in elections from the dawn of the modern era to the 2016 Russian intervention in the US election. Dov Levin shows that partisan electoral interventions are usually an "inside job" occurring only if a significant domestic actor within the target wants it. Likewise, a great power will not intervene unless it fears that its interests are endangered by an opposing party or candidate with very different preferences. He also finds that partisan electoral interventions frequently have significant effects on the results--sufficient in many situations to determine the winner. Such interference also tends to be more effective when it is conducted overtly. However, it is usually ineffective, if not counterproductive, when done in a founding election. A revelatory account that explains why major powers have meddled so frequently across the entire postwar era, Meddling in the Ballot Box also provides us with a framework for assessing the cyber-future of interference.

Book The Meddler

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  • Author : Kate Archer
  • Publisher : A Worthy Young Ladies
  • Release : 2022-02-10
  • ISBN : 9781956003604
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book The Meddler written by Kate Archer and published by A Worthy Young Ladies. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance, and so The Society of Sponsoring Ladies is born.Miss Georgiana Wilcox, eldest daughter of the sixteenth Baron of Manley, has done just what she liked in her little corner of England. She is not unaware that her family's fortunes have been dwindling for the past three generations, nor that her upbringing has not been up to snuff. Her father has regrets from time to time, as his daughter has never had a tutor, musical or otherwise, and he never did get around to purchasing a proper sidesaddle. For all that, Georgiana is rather cheerful regarding her circumstances and imagines she'll marry some dashing soldier who might pass through the neighborhood. That is, until the Countess of Mendleton devises a plan to launch her in London.Jasper Stapleton, Viscount Langley and heir to the Earl of Mendleton, is rendered speechless over his mother's latest plan. Some unknown and penniless lady from an equally unknown family is to be taken under Lady Mendleton's wing. As his mother is a great adopter of the needy-human and canine both-he presumes the young lady is one more lost soul to be rescued. He determines he'll have nothing to do with the project, as he's far too busy working for the queen. Though, he does find Miss Wilcox very pleasant to look at.Jasper is directed by Queen Charlotte to achieve what appears to be a simple task-discover the villain who dares talk to the newspapers about the king's maladies. As he digs deeper, though, it becomes apparent that gossip is the least of their problems. The Stuart has left Russia and Jasper believes he may be in England, poised to take advantage of the incapacity of the king and make a run at the throne. Worse, he discovers evidence that Miss Wilcox is a part of it.Can Jasper unravel the plot in time to keep Miss Wilcox out of the Tower? Or will he realize that it's him that needs saving?

Book Mariachi Murder

Download or read book Mariachi Murder written by D. R. Ransdell and published by Dark Oak Mysteries. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Veracruz is content with his life as the leader of a mariachi band, but when his lover is accused of murder, he has no choice but to defend her. In the process he faces the loss of his strongest loyalties as well as his entire career. arly Readers Say.... What do you get when you mix warm sultry days, late nights filled with Mariachi music, a jealous husband and a beautiful seductive wife? D.R. Ransdell's new book, Mariachi Murder will plunge you into the smoky and seamy world of machismo, musicians, and the women who love them. Pour a cool drink, sit back and enjoy a glimpse into a world few people will experience outside the pages of this book. You will learn about the music and people that make it, and find out that sometimes there are no neat answers. --I.C. Enger, Author of BLUE ICE "It's mystery, music, and murder, Southern California style. Andy Veracruz just wants to play his music, but when his girlfriend wants a baby, his boss goes on a trip and the boss' sexy wife gets involved with murder, Andy just can't keep from jumping into the thick of it. Ransdell burns up the nightclub scene with a slick and saucy story to keep your feet moving to the tunes and your mind guessing till the end." -- Stephen L. Brayton, author of Alpha Mariachi Murders is set near LA, in the fictional Squid Bay. It's summer with long, stifling nights and no air conditioning. The heroine Yiolanda is a sensuous temptress with a murky past. The hero Andy Veracruz is a thirtyish man, who although he refuses to be tied down by anyone or anything but his music, is drawn deeper and deeper into Yiolanda's web....So get a copy quick and feel the heat of summer begin. --J. L Greger, Author of COMING FLU About the Author: D.R. Ransdell teaches writing in Tucson, Arizona, where she moonlights as a mariachi player. Travel is her passion, so she spends vacations traipsing around new countries, experimenting with new languages, and dancing to new music. She shares her house with five cats, whose bird-chasing and lizard-eating activities add color to her stories.

Book Herald of Health

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1871
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 706 pages

Download or read book Herald of Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Standard Poland China Record

Download or read book The Standard Poland China Record written by Standard Poland-China Record Association, Maryville, Mo and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Poland China Record

Download or read book The National Poland China Record written by National Poland-China Record Company and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monitors and Meddlers

Download or read book Monitors and Meddlers written by Sarah Sunn Bush and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign influences on elections are widespread. Although foreign interventions around elections differ markedly-in terms of when and why they occur, and whether they are even legal-they all have enormous potential to influence citizens in the countries where elections are held. Bush and Prather explain how and why outside interventions influence local trust in elections, a critical factor for democracy and stability. Whether foreign actors enhance or diminish electoral trust depends on who is intervening, what political party citizens support, and where the election takes place. The book draws on diverse evidence, including new surveys conducted around elections with varying levels of democracy in Georgia, Tunisia, and the United States. Its insights about public opinion shed light on why leaders sometimes invite foreign influences on elections and why the candidates that win elections do not do more to respond to credible evidence of foreign meddling.

Book The Meddler  1769 70  and the Correspondent  1770 73

Download or read book The Meddler 1769 70 and the Correspondent 1770 73 written by John Trumbull and published by Academic Resources Corp. This book was released on 1985 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Swineherd

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 728 pages

Download or read book American Swineherd written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Shropshire Sheep Record

Download or read book The American Shropshire Sheep Record written by Mortimer Levering and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes constitution, rules and breeders of the Association.

Book Tinsley s Magazine

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1870
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 754 pages

Download or read book Tinsley s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Phenomenal Consciousness

Download or read book Phenomenal Consciousness written by Dimitris Platchias and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can the fine-grained phenomenology of conscious experience arise from neural processes in the brain? How does a set of action potentials (nerve impulses) become like the feeling of pain in one's experience? Contemporary neuroscience is teaching us that our mental states correlate with neural processes in the brain. However, although we know that experience arises from a physical basis, we don't have a good explanation of why and how it so arises. The problem of how physical processes give rise to experience is called the 'hard problem' of consciousness and it is the contemporary manifestation of the mind-body problem. This book explains the key concepts that surround the issue as well as the nature of the hard problem and the several approaches to it. It gives a comprehensive treatment of the phenomenon incorporating its main metaphysical and epistemic aspects, as well as recent empirical findings, such as the phenomenon of blindsight, change blindness, visual-form agnosia and optic ataraxia, mirror recognition in other primates, split-brain cases and synaesthesia.

Book The American Aberdeen Angus Herd book

Download or read book The American Aberdeen Angus Herd book written by American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: