Download PDF: economics-books-in-2017-by-the-enlightened-economist Here is my annual round up of titles that look interesting from the various spring catalogues (I’ve noted a few of these in separate posts before but it’s always handy to gather them together). There are quite a few enticing titles in the Princeton University Press one (my own publisher). Cass Sunstein has&n
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According to a UN report, the global improvement in living standards has passed much of the Arab world by. Robert Fisk explains why Why is the Arab world – let us speak with terrible sharpness – so backward? Why so many dictators, so few human rights, so much state security and torture, so terrible a literacy rate? Why does this wretched place, so rich in oil, have to
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DOWNLOAD PDF A century after diplomats Mark Sykes of Britain and François Georges-Picot of France drew up a secret agreement to divide the Ottoman lands of the Middle East, a look at the modern map indicates the resulting states have largely stood the test of time -- at least thus far. Most of these states are now under considerable demographic, economic,
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The liberation of Mosul is as close as one can find to a certainty in warfare. The Islamic State has perhaps 2,000 to 3,000 fighters to defend a 12-square-mile metropolis, as around 54,000 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga barrel down on them. One can easily summon nightmare scenarios that could unfold during the battle. What if 1 million people flee the city? What
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Download PDF: sulaiman-sameer-adam-smith-karl-marx-final-2 It is important for everyone to learn the essential principles of contemporary economics since many of our decisions are made according to these principles. For instance, when we are about to buy certain goods, we see what interests us the most and compare prices of goods to see which one fits our needs the bes
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