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state over the individual. The ultimate fate of modern values is now the most pressing question for the West: will Western …
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state over the individual. The ultimate fate of modern values is now the most pressing question for the West: will Western …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097657
How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, unresponsive...
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mismanagement of banks and governments and restored to its fundamental position as the “claim upon society” described by Georg … Simmel. But rather than advancing yet another critique of the state-based monetary system, The Social Life of Money draws out … the utopian aspects of money and the ways in which its transformation could in turn transform society, politics, and …
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Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of local events now cascade over national borders and the...
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promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents …
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level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral methods can be used, what …
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level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral methods can be used, what …
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In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a...
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Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of local events now cascade over national borders and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097661