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  • Poor No More

    Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty

    de Peter Cove ...
    In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empowering the poor through ineffectual employment-related education and training. However, these handouts produced little change, and efforts to provide education and job-training proved inconsequential, boasting only a 2.8 percent decrease in the poverty ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

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  • Reign of Error

    The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

    de Diane Ravitch ...
    From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, “whistle-blower extraordinaire” (The Wall Street Journal), author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System (“Important and riveting”—Library Journal), The Language Police (“Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Complacent Class

    The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

    de Tyler Cowen ...
    A Wall Street Journal and Washington Post Bestseller"Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, The Complacent Class, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now."--Malcolm GladwellSince Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Under the Affluence

    Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America

    de Tim Wise ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    "Tim Wise is one of the great public moralists in America today. In his bracing new book, Under the Affluence, he brilliantly engages the roots and ramifications of radical inequality in our nation, carefully detailing the heartless war against the poor and the swooning addiction to the rich that exposes the moral sickness at the heart of our culture. Wise's stirring analysis of our predicament is ... Leer más

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  • The Death and Life of the Great American School System

    How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

    de Diane Ravitch ...
    An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education expertsIn this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Why Government Fails So Often

    And How It Can Do Better

    de Peter H. Schuck ...
    How government can implement more successful policies, more oftenFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Freedom Manifesto

    Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't

    de Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Ames ...
    From Steve Forbes, the iconic editor in chief of Forbes Media, and Elizabeth Ames coauthors of How Capitalism Will Save Us—comes a new way of thinking about the role of government and the morality of free markets.Americans today are at a turning point. Are we a country founded on the values of freedom and limited government, as envisioned by the founding fathers in the Declaration of ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools

    The Real Crisis in Education

    de David C. Berliner, Gene V Glass ...
    Two of the most respected voices in education and a team of young education scholars identify 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools. With hard-hitting information and a touch of comic relief, Berliner, Glass, and their Associates separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive look at modern education reform. They explain how the mythical failure of public education has been ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Public Administration and Public Affairs

    de Nicholas Henry ...
    Public Administration and Public Affairs demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field. Now in its 13th edition, this ... Leer más

    $200.99 USD

  • So Rich, So Poor

    Why It's so Hard to End Poverty in America

    de Peter Edelman ...
    "A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field." — Kirkus ReviewsIncome disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today's economy has stultified wage growth for half of America's workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color—while bestowing billions on the few at the very top.In this ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives

    The Essential Women's Guide for Achieving Equality, Health, and Success

    Edición de National Council of Women's Organizations ...
    Series series Inner Ocean Action Guide
    A powerful new call-to-action series was launched with the New York Times bestselling MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country. The second book in the series, 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives, written by nationally recognized women, is poised to again become an instrument for change and reinvigorate a movement. 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives parlays the collective expertise of the National Council ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Big Is Beautiful

    Debunking the Myth of Small Business

    de Robert D. Atkinson, Michael Lind ...
    Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation.In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. American democracy does ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD