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“patrick h mooney”

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  • Studies In The Transformation Of U.S. Agriculture

    by A. Eugene Havens, Gregory Hooks, Patrick H Mooney, Max Pfeffer ...
    In recent years, the consensual view of rural society has been challenged by theorists identifying the conflict, exploitation, and power relations in rural society. Beyond this theoretical challenge, empirical studies of the sociology of agriculture have provided a fresh understanding of the dynamics of U.S. agriculture. This book contributes to the growing literature by providing a historical ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • My Own Boss?

    Class, Rationality, And The Family Farm

    by Patrick H Mooney ...
    American agriculture has undergone dramatic transformations in the four decades that have passed since the end of World War II. The most obvious is the decline in the number of people living and working on farms. Wisconsin generally reflects many of these national trends. In 1945 the agricultural census reported 177,745 farms in Wisconsin. By 198 ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • "Trickle Down Theory" and "Tax Cuts for the Rich"

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  • Capitalism and Freedom

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  • Keynes

    The Return of the Master

    by Robert Skidelsky ...
    In the debris of the financial crash of 2008, the principles of John Maynard Keynes -- that economic storms are a normal part of the market system, that governments need to step in and use fiscal ammunition to prevent these storms from becoming depressions, and that societies that value the pursuit of money should reprioritize -- are more pertinent and applicable than ever. In Keynes: The Return ... Read more

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  • Zombie Economics

    How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us (New in Paper)

    by John Quiggin ...
    In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land.The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism--the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view ... Read more

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  • The Making of Global Capitalism

    The Political Economy Of American Empire

    by Sam Gindin, Leo Panitch ...
    The all-encompassing embrace of world capitalism at the beginning of the twenty-first century was generally attributed to the superiority of competitive markets. Globalization had appeared to be the natural outcome of this unstoppable process. But today, with global markets roiling and increasingly reliant on state intervention to stay afloat, it has become clear that markets and states aren’t ... Read more

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  • Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us

    by John Quiggin ...
    In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land. The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism--the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Decline of Nations

    Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

    by Mancur Olson ...
    The years since World War II have seen rapid shifts in the relative positions of different countries and regions. Leading political economist Mancur Olson offers a new and compelling theory to explain these shifts in fortune and then tests his theory against evidence from many periods of history and many parts of the world.[T]his elegant, readable book. . . sets out to explain why economies ... Read more

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  • Capital and Imperialism

    Theory, History, and the Present

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  • The Indispensable Milton Friedman

    Essays on Politics and Economics

    Edited by Lanny Ebenstein ...
    Milton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movements, influenced government policies, and changed the course of America’s economic history.Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Dr. Lanny Ebenstein brings together twenty of Friedman’s greatest essays in his new book, The ... Read more

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