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Deception in High Places : A History of Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade

Gilby, Nicholas - 2014

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. The Chancer: Negotiating BAE's First Saudi Deals (1963-66) -- 2. Hand in Glove: Whitehall's Involvement in Bribery Schemes (1968-73) -- 3. The 'Deniable Fiddle': Dealing with the Saudi Arabian National...

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Rail and the City : Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space

Warren, Roxanne - 2014

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Perceptions of Cities and Rail, and a Changing Paradigm -- 2 The Parking Challenge to Compact and Affordable Transit-Oriented Development -- 3 Transit Options and the Unique Features of Rail -- 4 Easing Access to Rail -- 5 Different Speeds for...

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The Power of Inaction : Bank Bailouts in Comparison

Woll, Cornelia - 2014 - 1st ed.

The Power of Inaction -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Bailout Games -- 2. Crisis Management across the World -- 3. The Power of Collective Inaction -- 4. From Theory to Practice -- 5. The United States and the United Kingdom -- 6. France and Germany -- 7....

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The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot.

Prochaska, Frank - 2013

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- A Somerset Childhood -- A London Education -- A French Experience -- Banking and Letters -- History -- Marriage and Ambition -- London and The Economist -- Spare Mind -- The American Crisis and the English Constitution -- Politics -- Political Economy --...

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The Watchful Clothier : The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist

Kadane, Matthew - 2013

Cover -- Contents -- Note on Style -- 1. Double-Minded Men -- 2. "My Character & Conduct" -- 3. "That Single Word Watch" -- 4. "An Active Frame in Courts Below" -- 5. "The Sparks That Fly Upward" -- 6. Mourning, Melancholy, and Money -- 7. The Changing Meaning of God and Man -- 8. The Making of...

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Masters of the universe : Hayek, Friedman, and the birth of neoliberal politics

Jones, Daniel Stedman - 2012

How did American and British policymakers become so enamored with free markets, deregulation, and limited government? This book--the first comprehensive transatlantic history of the rise of neoliberal politics--presents a surprising answer. Based on archival research and interviews with leading...

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The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order

Steil, Benn - 2013

When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944, in...

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The BBC and national identity in Britain : 1922 - 53

Hajkowski, Thomas - 2010 - Online-Ausg.

proud you are a Britisher:"empire and identity, 1923-39; 2 From the war to Westminster Abbey: the BBC and the empire,1939 … Broadcasting a nation: the BBC and national identity in Scotland; 6 BBC broadcasting in Wales, 1922-53; 7 This Is Northern Ireland …: regional broadcasting and identity in "Ulster"; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index …

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Globalisation and Ideology in Britain : Neoliberalism, free trade and the global economy

Berry, Craig - 2011 - Online-Ausg.

Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Globalisation studies, the materialist bias and the 'third wave'; 2. Political economy and ideology; 3. Competition and change: the case of New Labour; 4. Serving the 'offshore': the case of International...

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Property boom and banking bust : the role of commercial lending in the bankruptcy of banks

Jones, Colin - 2018

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Sub-prime Lending Enters the Financial Vocabulary -- The Global Extension -- Commercial Property Market Context -- Past UK Experience -- A Worldwide Phenomenon -- Commercial...

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