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Book Money Manipulation and Social Order

Download or read book Money Manipulation and Social Order written by Denis Fahey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 1952 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Money Manipulation and Social Order

Download or read book Money Manipulation and Social Order written by Denis Fahey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Money Manipulation and Social Order

Download or read book Money Manipulation and Social Order written by Dinis Fahey and published by . This book was released on 1949-01-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Social Meaning of Money

Download or read book The Social Meaning of Money written by Viviana A. Zelizer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dollar is a dollar—or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument that impoverishes social life by reducing relations to cold, hard cash. After all, it's just money. Or is it? Distinguished social scientist and prize-winning author Viviana Zelizer argues against this conventional wisdom. She shows how people have invented their own forms of currency, earmarking money in ways that baffle market theorists, incorporating funds into webs of friendship and family relations, and otherwise varying the process by which spending and saving takes place. Zelizer concentrates on domestic transactions, bestowals of gifts and charitable donations in order to show how individuals, families, governments, and businesses have all prescribed social meaning to money in ways previously unimagined.

Book Money Manipulation and the Social Order

Download or read book Money Manipulation and the Social Order written by Denis Fahey and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book What Money Can t Buy

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  • Author : Michael J. Sandel
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Release : 2012-04-24
  • ISBN : 1429942584
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book What Money Can t Buy written by Michael J. Sandel and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society. Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons, auctioning admission to elite universities, or selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay? In his New York Times bestseller What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes up one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don't belong? What are the moral limits of markets? Over recent decades, market values have crowded out nonmarket norms in almost every aspect of life. Without quite realizing it, Sandel argues, we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. In Justice, an international bestseller, Sandel showed himself to be a master at illuminating, with clarity and verve, the hard moral questions we confront in our everyday lives. Now, in What Money Can't Buy, he provokes a debate that's been missing in our market-driven age: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?

Book Finance and the Good Society

Download or read book Finance and the Good Society written by Robert J. Shiller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why we need to reclaim finance for the common good The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance—he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this important and timely book, Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good. He makes a powerful case for recognizing that finance, far from being a parasite on society, is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems and increasing the general well-being. We need more financial innovation—not less—and finance should play a larger role in helping society achieve its goals. Challenging the public and its leaders to rethink finance and its role in society, Shiller argues that finance should be defined not merely as the manipulation of money or the management of risk but as the stewardship of society's assets. He explains how people in financial careers—from CEO, investment manager, and banker to insurer, lawyer, and regulator—can and do manage, protect, and increase these assets. He describes how finance has historically contributed to the good of society through inventions such as insurance, mortgages, savings accounts, and pensions, and argues that we need to envision new ways to rechannel financial creativity to benefit society as a whole. Ultimately, Shiller shows how society can once again harness the power of finance for the greater good.

Book Money  How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy     and What We Can Do About It

Download or read book Money How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy and What We Can Do About It written by Steve Forbes and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why a return to sound money is our only hope for a true recovery and a healthy global economy “Money clearly illustrates that sound money is an essential foundation for a free and prosperous society and that the Federal Reserve’s current policies are a greater threat to the economic future of the U.S. than government deficit spending. This is an important book well worth reading.” -- John A. Allison, President and CEO, Cato Institute, and author of the New York Times bestselling The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure “Few topics today are as misunderstood as the subject of money. Steve Forbes understands money better than most heads of state do, and in this provocative book he shares his vast knowledge and gives us sensible and time-tested recommendations for stopping future financial meltdowns.” -- Lawrence Kudlow, CNBC Senior Contributor “Economic and monetary policies can be difficult to master for even the savviest politicians. Money effectively communicates these complexities into a cohesive argument for economic recovery and preventing a new financial crisis. Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames deliver a gripping read and an intriguing viewpoint on how to get our economy back on track.” --Greta Van Susteren, host of On the Record, Fox News Channel Few topics are as misunderstood today as the subject of money. Since the U.S. abandoned a gold-linked dollar more than four decades ago, the world’s governments have slid into a dangerous ignorance of the fundamental monetary principles that guided the world’s most successful economies for centuries. Today’s wrong-headed monetary policies are now setting the stage for a new global economic and social catastrophe that could rival the recent financial crisis and even the horrors of the 1930s. Coauthored by Steve Forbes, one of the world’s leading experts on finance, Money shows you why that doesn’t need to happen--and how to prevent it. After reading this entertaining and hugely well-informed book, you will know more about money than most people in the highest government positions today. Money explains why a return to sound money is absolutely essential if the U.S. and other nations are ever to overcome today’s problems. Stable money, Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames argue, is the only way to a true recovery and a stable and prosperous economy. Today’s system of fluctuating “fiat” money, in which governments manipulate the value of the dollar and other currencies, has been responsible for the biggest economic failures of recent decades, including the 2008 financial crisis, from whose effects we continue to suffer. The Obama/Bernanke/Yellen Federal Reserve and its unstable dollar policies are accelerating our course toward disaster, the authors show, in numerous convincing examples. In Money, Forbes and Ames answer these crucial questions: What is the difference between money and value? What is real wealth? How does sound money contribute to a well-functioning society? How have our money policy errors led to the current problems in global financial markets? What can we do now to reestablish the strength of the dollar and other currencies? The authors argue that the most effective way to return to a sound money policy and a healthy economy is to put the dollar back on a gold standard, and they outline the several different forms a gold standard could take. They also share invaluable suggestions for how to preserve our wealth and where to invest our money. Money is essential reading for anyone interested in this crucially important subject.

Book Other People s Money

Download or read book Other People s Money written by Louis Dembitz Brandeis and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1914 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great monopoly in this country is money. So long as that exists, our old variety and individual energy of development are out of the question. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit.

Book On the Manipulation of Money and Credit

Download or read book On the Manipulation of Money and Credit written by Ludwig Von Mises and published by Liberty Fund Library of the Wo. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by Liberty Fund for the first time in English, "On the Manipulation of Money and Credit" consists primarily of three pieces on monetary theory written by Ludwig von Mises between 1923 and 1931. As a precursor to Human Action, Mises's magnum opus, this volume includes some of his most important contributions to trade-cycle theory. The first essay, "Stabilization of the Monetary Unit from the Viewpoint of Theory" written in 1923 during a period of German hyperinflation, discusses the consequences of the fluctuating purchasing power of paper money and explores such ideas as the outcome of inflation, that is, the result of the increase in the amount of money, and an emancipation of monetary value from the influence of government. Written in 1928, the second essay, "Monetary Stabilization and Cyclical Policy" critiques schemes for stabilising prices and for "measuring" purchasing power. The third selection is a speech Mises gave in 1931, "The Causes of the Economic Crisis". It explores the nature and role of the market and cyclical changes in business conditions.

Book Debasement

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kevin Butcher
  • Publisher : Oxbow Books
  • Release : 2020-04-30
  • ISBN : 1789254019
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Debasement written by Kevin Butcher and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debasement of coinage, particularly of silver, was a common feature of pre-modern monetary systems. Most coinages were issued by state authorities and the condition of a coinage is often seen (rightly or wrongly) as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the state that produced it. While in some cases the motives behind the debasements or reductions in standards are clear, in many cases the intentions of the issuing authorities are uncertain. Various explanations have been advanced: fiscal motives (such as a desire to profit or a to cover a deficit caused by the failure to balance expenditure and revenues); monetary motives (such as changing demand for coined money or a desire to maintain monetary stability in the face of changing values of raw materials or labour costs); pressure from groups within society that would profit from debasement; misconduct at the mint; or the decline of existing monetary standards due to circulation and wear of the coinage in circulation. Certain explanations have tended to gain favour with monetary historians of specific periods, partly reflecting the compartmentalization of scholarship. Thus the study of Roman debasements emphasizes fiscal deficits, whereas medievalists are often more prepared to consider monetary factors as contributing to debasements. To some extent these different approaches are a reflection of discrepancies in the amount of documentary evidence available for the respective periods, but the divide also underlines fundamentally different approaches to the function of coinage: Romanists have preferred to see coins as a medium for state payments; whereas medievalists have often emphasized exchange as an important function of currency. The volume is inter-disciplinary in scope. Apart from bringing together monetary historians of different periods, it also contains contributions from archaeometallurgists who have experience with the chemical and physical composition of coins and technical aspects of production of base alloys

Book Violence and Social Orders

Download or read book Violence and Social Orders written by Douglass Cecil North and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked.

Book The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire

Download or read book The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire written by Robin Sacredfire and published by 22 Lions. This book was released on with total page 3267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the transformative power of The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire, a collection of 100 groundbreaking eBooks by renowned author Robin Sacredfire. With titles covering a wide range of topics, such as spirituality, self-improvement, prosperity, and mysticism, this collection is a treasure trove of wisdom and guidance. In "7 Secrets to Willpower," Sacredfire reveals ancient Bhagavad Gita wisdom to help you manifest your desires. "10 Characteristics of Inspirational People" provides a roadmap to becoming creative, wise, wealthy, and famous. Explore the quotes and sayings of Sacredfire in "717 Quotes & Sayings of Robin Sacredfire," and unlock the power of alchemy in "Alchemy: How to Be Free, Live Life, and Create Everything You Desire." Embark on a spiritual awakening in "A Rose in a Storm" and uncover the profound message of "Ascension" as communicated from the Pleiades to the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. Unravel the mystery of reincarnation in "A Theory of Reincarnation" and develop authenticity and empathy in "Authenticity & Empathy." Find your true purpose in "Awakening to Abundance" and discover the universal laws of modern Buddhism in "Buddhism 2.0." Restore balance and love for yourself in "Centered & Balanced" and learn how to control your destiny in "Change Yourself." Unleash the power of your mind in "Control" and cleanse your spirit with healing mantras in "Enlightenment." Explore the depths of consciousness in "Enter the Matrix" and unlock your extraordinary success quotient in "ESQ - Extraordinary Success Quotient." Prosper in the Age of Aquarius with "Financial Intelligence & Magick" and learn to harness the Law of Attraction in "Free Your Mind." Uncover the secrets of the Knights Templar in "Give Me Money" and dive into the mysteries of Gnosticism in "Gnosticism: The Greatest Religious Secrets." Refute atheism in "Hardcore Spirituality" and learn to live life to the fullest in "How to Be Awesome." Open your mind to the possibilities of spiritual growth in "How to Change Your Karma" and gain control over your thoughts in "How to Control Your Mind." Rediscover yourself in "How to Find Yourself" and unleash your creativity in "How to Get a Billion Dollar Idea." Experience the immense power of the spiritual laws of wealth and abundance in "How to Magically Make a Lot of Money" and reprogram your destiny in "How to Reprogram Your Destiny." Stop feeling lost and discover your true passion in "How to Stop Feeling Lost in Life and Find What You Love." These are just a glimpse of the extraordinary titles included in The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire. With each book designed to empower, inspire, and transform, this collection is a must-have for anyone seeking personal growth and enlightenment. Whether you're a seeker of wisdom, a lover of spirituality, or a self-improvement enthusiast, The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire offers something remarkable for everyone. Delve into the pages of these mesmerizing books and embark on a journey of self-discovery, empowerment, and fulfillment. Don't miss out on this extraordinary collection of life-changing eBooks. Get your copy of The Complete Works of Robin Sacredfire today and unlock the secrets to a more enlightened and prosperous life.

Book The Church and the Market

Download or read book The Church and the Market written by Thomas E. Woods and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church and the Market is a vigorous and lively defense of the market economy and a withering attack on all forms of state intervention. It covers labor unions, monopoly, money and banking, business cycles, interest, usury, and much more. Although it makes a particular point of noting the moral arguments of the market economy and that Catholics are of course perfectly at liberty to support it, its audience is much broader than Catholics alone. Readers of all religious traditions and none at all have praised The Church and the Market, first-place winner in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards, as one of the most compelling and persuasive defenses of capitalism against its critics ever written.

Book The World Reacts to the Holocaust

Download or read book The World Reacts to the Holocaust written by David S. Wyman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-09-24 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues examined are the extent of the human destruction, the degree of collaboration, Jewish reactions, and efforts to save the Jews.

Book The Vatican  the Bishops and Irish Politics 1919 39

Download or read book The Vatican the Bishops and Irish Politics 1919 39 written by Dermot Keogh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed study of the political relations between church and state in modern Ireland, this work is also an analysis of domestic politics within the context of Anglo-Vatican relations. Dealing exclusively with high ecclesiastical politics, it assesses the relative political strength of both the British and the Irish at the Vatican and challenges 'the myth of English dominance over the Papacy'. Dermot Keogh traces the 'quiet diplomacy' of bishops, politicians and the Vatican from the turbulent years of 1919-21, through the civil war period and the rule of William T. Cosgrove and Cumann na nGaedheal, to the re-emergence of Eamon de Valera and Fianna Fail as exponents of Catholic nationalism in the 1930s. The book draws extensively on unpublished documents and, for the first time, explores with the aid of primary sources the exchanges between bishops, politicians and the Vatican over a twenty-year period. It is an important contribution to the history of modern Ireland, Irish-Vatican and Anglo-Vatican relations, whose findings will lead to a radical revision of interpretations of Irish church-state relations.

Book The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Download or read book The Journal of Ecclesiastical History written by Clifford William Dugmore and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: