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La Gran Guerra

(1914-1918)

La Primera Guerra Mundial, o Gran Guerra como la denominaron los coetáneos, fue un cataclismo global que produjo desajustes económicos, desazón social y un aumento de la militancia ideológica que socavó las bases del liberalismo europeo. El conflicto provocaría el desmenuzamiento de la Europa central ...

John Maynard Keynes

free trader or protectionist?

Over the course of his professional life, John Maynard Keynes altered his views from free trade in the classical tradition to restricted trade. At the end of his career, his position on the issue was still not categorically resolved even though the evidence seems to ...

Utopia or bust

a guide to the present crisis

"The deepest economic crisis in eighty years prompted a shallow revival of Marxism," writes Benjamin Kunkel of the 2008 recession--and the shallowness was undoubtedly a result of the complex, sometimes difficult nature of contemporary Marxist thought. Enter Kunkel's Utopia or Bust, which leads the ...

The tragedy of the European Union

disintegration or revival?

The European Union could soon be a thing of the past. Xenophobia is rampant and commonly reflected in elections across the continent. Great Britain may hold a referendum on whether to abandon the union altogether. Spurred by anti-EU sentiments due to the euro crisis, national ...

The A-Z of contrat clauses

In this high speed world, the ability to turn an agreement around quickly is a necessity for most busy lawyers. The A-Z of Contract Clauses, Sixth Edition is a master toolkit of contract clauses drafted by experts in copyright and contract. Thousands of clauses ready ...

The fog of peace

the human face of conflict resolution

Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of individuals. This book argues that the most important aspect of conflict resolution is for antagonists to understand their opponents as individuals, their ambitions ...

Contemporary housing issues in a globalized world

Constitutionalising secession

Constitutionalising Secession proceeds from the question, 'What, if anything, does the law have to say about a secession crisis?' But rather than approaching secession through the optic of political or nationalist institutional accommodation, this book focuses on the underpinnings to a constitutional order as a ...

Conspiracy theories and other dangerous ideas

The nation’s most-cited legal scholar who for decades has been at the forefront of applied behavioral economics, and the bestselling author of Nudge and Simpler, Cass Sunstein is one of the world’s most innovative thinkers in the academy and the world of practical ...

The seven sins of Wall Street

big banks, their Whasington lackeys, and the Next financial crisis

We all know that the financial crisis of 2008 came dangerously close to pushing the United States and the world into a depression rivaling that of the 1930s. But what is astonishing--and should make us not just afraid but very afraid--are the shenanigans of the ...

The civic constitution

civic visions and struggles in the path toward constitutional democracy

The role of the Constitution in American political history is contentious not simply because of battles over meaning. Equally important is precisely who participated in contests over meaning. Was it simply judges, or did legislatures have a strong say? And what about the public's ...

Getting past capitalism

history, vision, hope

Getting Past Capitalism begins with a critique of the impacts of capitalism on human society and the environment. It looks in new ways at what capitalism is and at how it is reproduced. That investigation opens the door to fresh ways of looking at how ...

Crises of imagination, crises of power

capitalism, creativity and the commons

Today, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen as an economic or political problem that can be solved through better policy, and when the idea of moral values has been commandeered by the right, how can we re-imagine ...

The economics and politics of High-Speed Rail

lessons from experiences abroad

The technological revolution linked to high speed rail (HSR) has been accompanied by myths and claims about its contribution to society and the economy. Although HSR is unquestionably a technological advance that has become a symbol of modernity, this review and analysis of the international ...

A concise history of U.S. foreign policy

Now in a fully updated edition, this compact and accessible introduction offers a historical perspective on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy from the founding to the present. Joyce P. Kaufman provides students with a clear and concise understanding of key decisions and why ...

Charlas con Fortuny

Un escritor despistado con sus historias pasea en una mañana soleada por Reus, y de manera casi inconsciente se ve envuelto en una fascinante historia, que por imposible que parezca, resulta casi verosímil. La escultura de 'El condesito', bajando de su pedestal y transformándose en ...

El suplicio del aroma de sándalo

'El suplicio del aroma de sándalo' es una historia de amor y una crítica a la corrupción política durante los últimos años de la dinastía Qing, la última época imperial china. Una orgía de violencia y compasión, de humor feroz y crueldad que desvela el ...

Una invitación a leer... mejor

Leer, conversar en torno a lo leído, mejorar la expresión, lleva a una mayor hondura de pensamiento y a cultivar lo más humano del hombre. Una invitación a leer... mejor anima a leer y releer, con disciplina mental, de modo selectivo. Como sucede con el ...

El camino del hombre por la mujer

el matrimonio en el Antiguo Testamento

El camino del hombre por la mujer (cf. Prov 30,19) es una cuestión que recorre la Biblia de principio a fin, desde varón y hembra los creó (Gn 1,27) hasta el Espíritu y la Esposa dicen: Ven (Ap 22,17). Y es una ...

Paul and the Philosophers

The apostle Paul has re-emerged as a force on the contemporary philosophical scene. Some of the most powerful recent affirmations of nonrepresentational, materialist, and event-oriented philosophies repeat topics and tropes of the ancient apostle. Other thinkers find in Paul and his numerous cultural "afterlives" the ...