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THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time - from THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, the groundbreaking book in which he conined the tern "conventional wisdom," to THE GREAT CRASH, an unsurpassed account of the events that triggered America's worst economic crisis. Galbraith's new introductions place the works in their historical moment and make clear their enduring relevance for the new century. THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH will delight old admirers and introduce one of our most beloved writers to a new generation of readers. It is also an indispensable resource for scholars and students of economics, history, and politics, offering unparalleled access to the seminal writings of an extraordinary thinker.
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More people need to know this stuff.......2003-08-05
It does not take this book very long to get to how organizations need a system of motivation which appeals to the individuals who will take part in the organization's activities. Economists primarily serve planners, with whatever can promote the organizers of the technostructure who are looking for ways to expand their activity, usually in ways that produce private profit. To produce examples of individual motivations, Galbraith mentions "Ditch-digging" (p. 81) and soon moves up, or down, depending on your point of view. "But once again the ditch-digger is not the most powerful example. The cabinet officer or high official who serves and on occasion concurs in action that he finds repugnant in order to advance measures of which he approves is a better case. He came to be part of something approaching a majority of American officialdom as those involved in the Vietnam war came to explain why they went along." (p. 82). A common form of ditch in Vietnam was a latrine, dug by soldiers because each of them was likely to need to use the latrine as much as the next G.I., and a place that had already been prepared next to a big pile of loose dirt, or a can under a simple crate with a large hole on top, was as luxurious an accommodation as any soldier could expect prior to being evacuated from Nam himself. Digging the ditch was a pleasure, compared to the chore of burning what was in the can, but Nam was a situation that lasted so long, the Army needed to provide for human waste in a way that avoided unsanitary results from new troops coming in and digging up an area that had been the previous unit's latrine.
After a century of fantastic organizational growth, and fifty years of economics from Galbraith, it takes a tremendous amount of balancing contrary ideas to avoid the worst of what has gone before, in particular, the "cabinet officer or high official who serves and on occasion concurs in action that he finds repugnant." (p. 82). "The Case for Social Balance" on pages 40-54 noted how, in times of economic growth that was highly profitable, industry salaries could rise faster than governments could keep up, and with high inflation, the revenues of cities "lag behind when prices rise. The problem of financing services thus becomes increasingly acute as and when inflation continues." (p. 52). Trying to balance public needs with the views of typical investors, "Urgent warnings were issued of the unfavorable effects of taxation on investment" (p, 53), Galbraith ends his balancing by trying to foist the higher sense of disorder on F. A. von Hayek, who wrote "Where distinction and rank is achieved almost exclusively by becoming a civil servant of the state . . . it is too much to expect that many will long prefer freedom to security." [THE ROAD TO SERFDOM, p. 98] (THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH, pp. 53-54).
Arguments tend to illustrate how primitive political positions are, and sending millions of individuals from America to Vietnam as members of the armed forces, supposedly to protect American interests in drilling for oil in the South China Sea, where oil reserves had not even been identified at the time, helped some of them to learn, "Compulsion is inconsistent with either identification or adaptation. If a person is compelled to accept the goals of an organization, he is unlikely, at least as long as he is under the sense of compulsion, to find them superior to his own." (p. 83). This does not resolve the situation in 2003, except for those lucky investors who check the news every day to see if the oil wells are still safe.
After everyone has absorbed "The Concept of the Conventional Wisdom," (pp. 18-30) in a way that assumes a higher standard of living will be most highly regarded in our society, pursuant to "The Myth of Consumer Sovereignty," the position of Galbraith as a thinker might be considered self-effacing in the extreme. Once you see what he is saying about American society, the truer it is, the less likely a political movement which must appeal to voters with such values is to succeed in putting his point across. Anyone who claims to represent the interests of the people, whether they are people of America, or peasants in Nam, or the people of Iraq, is quickly accused of being a fake with views that do not conform to reality in any corner of the globe.
If readers are looking for irony, allow me to point out the observation, common in 1987 prior to the crash of October 19, "Galbraith doesn't like to see people making money." in "The Speculative Episode." (p. 254). Themes in THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH might be considered to be in the order followed by the economic cycle. Near the end, "In Goldman, Sachs We Trust" is a selection from THE GREAT CRASH, 1929, which was published in 1955 "and is still in print today; on occasion it sells more than all my other books combined. The reason for its durability is simple: a citizen of sense, encountering someone deeply involved with the imaginative technology of recent times and the speculative enthusiasm surrounding it, advises, `You should read Galbraith on 1929.' " (p. 255)
I like history. The history of economics is represented by Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Thorstein Veblen in pages 153-223. Keynes is a key topic of "The Mandarin Revolution" (pp. 224-235) and "How Keynes Came to America" (pp. 236-248). The great political triumph achieved by Walter Heller for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson is described as, "they added the new device of the deliberate tax reduction to sustain aggregate demand." (p. 248). This book ends with a lecture in June 1999, which began with the idea, "Over the years I've often presented myself to ardent conservatives as a student of von Hayek; it has added in an agreeable way to their normal confusion." (p. 307).
1 a.m. and I'm still reading an economics book.......2001-12-07
Perhaps Galraith's greatest appeal as an economist is the disdain he holds his own profession in. He is a merciless critic of thoughtlessness, ignorance, and the status-quo--and he's quite fun to read.
Because this is an anthology of his life's work, themes are occassionally repeated. But you don't need to know much economics, and the writings are current.
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A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers (9780312085353, 0312085354)
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In a disarmingly simple book, Oshry strips away much of the mystery and mythology of organization life. Part I deals with "Internal Warfare", a painfully familiar scenario of organization life. Part II takes you into the distinctly different worlds of Tops, Middles, Bottoms and Customers of organizations. You see how misunderstanding and conflict develop across "worlds" and how cooperation can be achieved. Part III confronts you with critical choices faced every day, choices that can transform your life and the life of your organization.
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Leadership and Partnership Possibilites---Easy to Grasp.......2000-12-26
Oshrey has a knack for making the realities and possiblites of organizational life and behavior simple and understandable. It provides insight into the world of burdened Tops, oppressed Bottoms, torn Middles, and screws Cusotmers, why the relationships don't work and some possibilites and staregies on how they might work.
By looking at organizations as systems, the reader can get useful insights into why organizaitons works as well as they do and fail as dismally as they fail. If, like me, you struggle with systems thinking but are intrigued with the concept, Oshrey uses simple models that are easy to grasp and profound in their reflections of reality.
This book is a great intoduction into Oshrey's world of power, systems, leadership and partnership. We've all been burdered Tops, torn Middles, oppressed Bottoms, and screwed Customers. The book gives us insight into why these conditions happen and offers some alternative strategies for making organization work both for us and for the organization's purpose.
I'm a great fan of the author and have taken two of his workshops. Along with the reading, the experience of Oshrey's model fun, challeneging, and holds the potential for great personal and organizational change.
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How effective is whole-school high school reform such as the Schools-Within-Schools (SWS) model? What benefits does it have for students and in which areas does it fall short? This book seeks to answer these questions through the compelling stories of five public high schools that have embraced the SWS method. In order to fully understand the effectiveness of such a system, Valerie Lee and Douglas Ready have delved into every aspect of the reform in these settings, including participants' reactions, curriculum structures, governance and leadership, and the allocation of students to the schools. The result is a thoughtful look at the SWS model that considers the benefits and problems of implementation, along with issues of equity and access.
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Schools within schools.......2007-06-12
I never received this product. I paid upfront and you said you would credit my account. I haven't seen any credit.
I ordered the books a month in advance of my classes; therefore, I am very disappointed that you could not deliver.
I will never use your company again.
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Sponsored by the National Academy of Education's Commission on the Improvement of Education Research
It has been a decade since the National Academy of Education last issued a review of education research. This new volume arrives at a critical time for our nation's schools. More than twenty prominent scholars provide an overview of the tensions, dilemmas, issues, and possibilities that currently characterize education research. They examine the state of education research, discuss how it is changing and where it needs to go, and reveal how the results of research--whether good or bad--have become key drivers of educational policy and practice. This revelation raises important questions about standards for sound research and training for future researchers. Issues in Education Research is a valuable reference for the more than 40,000 college faculty members who study schooling and prepare tomorrow's teachers.
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This learner-centered approach to instructional design gives the reader extensive experience in using the principles of instructional design. This book directly involves readers in the process of actually designing instructional events through (1) a comprehensive overview of instructional design principles as they apply in real settings; (2) explanations of how learning principles can be used to design responsive solutions to instructional problems in a range of settings (e.g. educational and training); (3) examination of the component parts of instructional design in a holistic approach by incorporating a wide range of contemporary instructional and assessment methods; and (4) ongoing reflection of one's own understanding of the instructional design process through dialogue with oneself and involvement in a design project. For professionals working in the field of education.
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"Foundations are socially and politically significant, but this simple fact . . . has mostly been ignored by students of American history. . . . This collection represents an important contribution to an emerging field." --Kenneth Prewitt, Social Science Research Council
This book presents examples of cutting-edge work about foundations and their histories and offers the opportunity to ponder the problems and possibilities of foundation history.
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For both teachers and the public, school discipline and classroom management are acute problems in contemporary schools, often taking precedence over issues of curriculum and pedagogy. Yet, surprisingly, discipline and management have escaped sustained critical analysis. This book is a unique, heuristic effort to break the silence regarding modes of classroom control, explicitly bringing democratic, moral, and political perspectives to bear on the issues. It analyzes classroom relationships in terms of ethical and political considerations, arguing that current behaviorist and "teacher-tricks" approaches to classroom control fundamentally contradict expectations of moral development and democratic ends.
Classroom Discipline in American Schools rekindles a debate that has atrophied in the last several decades. It invites teachers and scholars in many fields to examine the moral stances and politics that are enacted daily through the implicit curriculum of mainstream modes of control, and to create new frameworks more consonant with the aspirations and ideals of democratic life.
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Breaking Barriers: The Possibilities of Christian Community in a Lonely World
Lyle Vander Broek
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An examination of 1 Corinthians as a book on Christian community for both the early church and contemporary fellowships.
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Enduring Schools: Problems And Possibilities
Rita S. Brause
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From Nihilism to Possibility: Democratic Transformations for the Inner City (Understanding Education and Policy)
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Herbicides and Plant Metabolism (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series)
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A review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action. The introductory chapter begins with the field of herbicide discovery, followed by chapters dealing with the herbicidal inhibition of photosynthesis, carotenoid biosynthesis, lipid biosynthesis, and amino acid biosynthesis. The metabolism of herbicides is discussed with particular reference to the formation of toxic components from non-toxic chemicals, and also the inactivation of toxic chemicals as a basis for selectivity. The final chapters are concerned with mechanisms of herbicide resistance in plants and the possibility of transferring resistance to susceptible crops. A glossary of the most important herbicidal chemicals mentioned in the text is included.
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Molecular Mechanisms of Herbicide Selectivity (Oxford science publications)
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Because plants of different species vary in the way in which they take up, transport, and metabolize chemicals in the soil, selective herbicides can be synthesized. This book examines those aspects of plant physiology, principally in crop plants, which can be affected by herbicides; the
possibilities that are offered by recombinant DNA technology for developing resistance to herbicides; and methods for exploiting or preventing acquired tolerance. The author also covers recent work on ultra-selective mycoherbicides and the use of allelochemicals as herbicide substitutes.
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Pesticide Biotransformation in Plants and Microorganisms: Similarities and Divergences (Acs Symposium Series)
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This volume examines major enzymatic processes involved in pesticide transformation such as hydrolysis, oxidative and reductive metabolism, conjugation and dehalogenation in plants and microbes in the area of xenobiotic metabolism. The molecular biology, enzymology, and regulation of these processes are presented, as well as the use of in vitro cultures of microorganisms and plant tissues to elucidate metabolic pathways of pesticide transformation. Where possible the similarities and differences between enzymes associated with pesticide degradation pathways in microbes and plants are discusses. The text highlights the potential for biorational pesticide design and the limitations of developing synergistic pest control strategies for integrated weed management. The practical implications of plant and microbial biotechnology to manipulate these metabolic transformations to enhance crop production and pest management are also discussed.
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This digital document is a journal article from Chemosphere, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Propanil (3,4-dichloropropionanilide) is a selective contact pesticide, recommended for post-emergence use in rice. This herbicide may end up in surface waters and present potential risk for aquatic vascular plants. Therefore, its toxicity was evaluated on Lemna minor L., an aquatic plant regularly used for toxicological studies, during time- and concentration-dependent exposure. Toxicity assessments were based on inhibition of growth of L. minor cultures after 24 days. The obtained results showed that the growth of Lemna was affected by the herbicide. The responses of the guaiacol peroxidase (G-POD) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) involved in the xenobiotic metabolism and antioxidative system were also investigated following Propanil exposure. Our results showed that Propanil has not induced enzymatic antioxidative defenses of L. minor. Both 3,4-dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA) and 3,4-dichloroacetanilide are the major metabolites in this plant. On the contrary, only 3,4-DCA was found in culture media after 4 days. Probably, the enzymatic hydrolysis by acyl acylamidase and the acetylation by acetyl-CoA are the major pathways for these transformation products, respectively. The results of this study showed that the selected aquatic plant has the potential to accumulate and metabolize rice herbicide, like Propanil. Based on these toxicity data this herbicide should impair the establishment of non-target aquatic plants.
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mindboggling.......2006-03-29
Geometric patterns in the orbits of the planets? Some astrology here... not into astrology myself (at least in the sense that the stars and the planets control our individual destinies), but the existence of geometric patterns and repeating numbers built into the relationships of the planets is just hard to dismiss as an accident. Read the book.
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