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  Economics

  Aristotle

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  Economics may not have been written by Aristotle. The author provides examples of methods used by the state to raise money including debt, currency devaluation, commodity controls, tariffs, sales tax, fines, violence and sacrilege.

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  Thriving Beyond Sustainability -...

  Andres R. Edwards

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  Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming atmosphere. But against this bleak backdrop, beacons of hope shine from thousands of large and small initiatives taking place everywhere from isolated villages to major urban centers. 
  Thriving Beyond Sustainability draws a collective map of individuals, organizations and communities from around the world that are committed to building an alternative future - one that strives to restore ecological health, reinvent outmoded institutions and rejuvenate our environmental, social and economic systems. the  projects and initiatives profiled are meeting the challenges of the day with optimism, hope and results, leading the way in: 
  - relocalization- green commerce- ecological design- environmental conservation- social transformation. 
  Overflowing with inspiration, the stories and ideas in these pages will cause the most chronic pessimist to see the glass as half full - to move beyond a perception of surviving with scarcity to one of flourishing with abundance. the  comprehensive resource section provides the tools for everyone to become a catalyst for change. 
  Published by Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Distrubited by Big Happy Family LLC.

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  Supermarket USA - Food and Power...

  Shane Hamilton

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  This cultural history examines the global rise of American-style supermarkets during the Cold War era and how they shaped the way we eat today. 
   
  Supermarkets were invented in the United States, and from the 1940s on they made their way around the world, often explicitly to carry American-style economic culture with them. This innovative history tells us how supermarkets were used as anticommunist weapons during the Cold War, and how their proliferation has shaped our current food system. 
   
  The widespread appeal of supermarkets contributed to a “farms race” between the United States and the Soviet Union, as the superpowers vied to show that their contrasting approaches to food production and distribution were best suited to an abundant future. In the aftermath of the Cold War, US food power was transformed into a global system of market power, laying the groundwork for the emergence of our contemporary world, in which transnational supermarkets operate as powerful institutions in a global food economy.

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  The 10 Pillars of Wealth -...

  Alex Becker

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  USA Today Bestseller: How to think like a multimillionaire and leave 9-to-5 behind.The world has led you to believe that financial freedom is not something you can willfully create. You have been taught to view wealth as something that happens only to a lucky few who win a random business lottery or are blessed with unimaginable talent. The truth is that creating wealth does not come down to luck or talent. It comes down simply to your beliefs, understanding, and views—the “pillars” that reinforce your every action.Alex Becker not only breaks down the most important pillars for you, but also shows you how to bring them into your life today—to begin generating lifelong financial freedom. Discover how to:  Successfully quit your 9 to 5 and take back your life without taking massive financial risks  Separate your time from money so that you are constantly getting paid (even in your sleep)  Understand the lessons multimillionaires have learned through years of trial and error  Map out the exact steps needed to build million-dollar businesses   Skip time-wasting mistakes and learn how to make money quickly by focusing solely on what gets you paid  And more

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  We All Scream - The Fall of the...

  Andrew Gifford

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  For more than seventy years, Gifford's Ice Cream and Candy Company was associated with nothing but pleasure for native Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital. But behind the iconic business's happy facade lay elaborate schemes, a crushing bankruptcy, two million dollars of missing cash, and a tragic suicide. As the last Gifford heir unfolds his story with remarkable immediacy and candor, he reveals the byzantine betrayals and intrigue rooted in the company from its modest beginnings—dark influences that would ultimately destroy the legendary Gifford business and its troubled founding family.

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  A Thirsty Land - The Fight for...

  Seamus McGraw

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  “An important story not just about [Texas’s] water history, but also about its social, economic, and political identity” (Western Historical Quarterly). 
   
  As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux? 
   
  The most comprehensive—and comprehensible—book on contemporary water issues, A Thirsty Land delves deep into the challenges faced not just by Texas but also by the nation, as we struggle to find a way to balance the changing forces of nature with our own ever-expanding needs. Part history, part science, part adventure story, and part travelogue, this book puts a human face on the struggle to master that most precious and capricious of resources, water. Seamus McGraw goes to the taproots, talking to farmers, ranchers, businesspeople, and citizen activists, as well as to politicians and government employees. Their stories provide chilling evidence that Texas—and indeed the nation—is not ready for the next devastating drought, the next catastrophic flood. Ultimately, however, A Thirsty Land delivers hope. This deep dive into one of the most vexing challenges facing Texas and the nation offers glimpses of the way forward in the untapped opportunities that water also presents. 
   
  “A hard look at a hard problem: finding sufficient water to live in a place without much of it. . . . McGraw’s fine book serves as a useful guide. Observers of Western waterways will want to have this on their shelves alongside the likes of Marc Reisner and Charles Bowden.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “In stark prose that often gleams like a bone pile bleached in the sun, McGraw travels back and forth across Texas to give a free-ranging but deadeye view of the crisis on the horizon.” —Texas Monthly 
   
  “It’s hard to write about the slow creep of environmental crises like drought without resorting to shock tactics or getting lost in the weeds . . . [McGraw] draws out the conflicts in compelling ways by drilling into the plight of individual water users. Even if you feel no connection to Texas, these stories are relevant to every part of the country.” —Outside 
   
  “Interviewing both scientific experts and everyday water users, [McGraw] clearly delineates the competing interests, describes political and geological reality, and makes a compelling argument for statewide water policy that utilizes modern technology and fairly weighs parochial needs against the good of the whole.” —Arizona Daily Star, Southwest Books of the Year

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