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Complacent Nation
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Author : Gavin Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Complacent Nation written by Gavin Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Freedom of information categories.
"New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden"--Publisher information.
Complacent Nation
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Author : Gavin Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Release Date : 2016-08-12
Complacent Nation written by Gavin Ellis and has been published by Bridget Williams Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-12 with Political Science categories.
New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden. Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.
The Complacent Class
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Author : Tyler Cowen
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2017-02-28
The Complacent Class written by Tyler Cowen and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with Business & Economics categories.
A Wall Street Journal and Washington Post Bestseller "Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, The Complacent Class, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now."--Malcolm Gladwell Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs. The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist and best selling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition—we’re working harder than ever to avoid change. We're moving residences less, marrying people more like ourselves and choosing our music and our mates based on algorithms that wall us off from anything that might be too new or too different. Match.com matches us in love. Spotify and Pandora match us in music. Facebook matches us to just about everything else. Of course, this “matching culture” brings tremendous positives: music we like, partners who make us happy, neighbors who want the same things. We’re more comfortable. But, according to Cowen, there are significant collateral downsides attending this comfort, among them heightened inequality and segregation and decreased incentives to innovate and create. The Complacent Class argues that this cannot go on forever. We are postponing change, due to our near-sightedness and extreme desire for comfort, but ultimately this will make change, when it comes, harder. The forces unleashed by the Great Stagnation will eventually lead to a major fiscal and budgetary crisis: impossibly expensive rentals for our most attractive cities, worsening of residential segregation, and a decline in our work ethic. The only way to avoid this difficult future is for Americans to force themselves out of their comfortable slumber—to embrace their restless tradition again.
The Stupidity Of War
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Author : John Mueller
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-04
The Stupidity Of War written by John Mueller and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-04 with History categories.
This innovative argument shows the consequences of increased aversion to international war for foreign and military policy.
Warrior Nation
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Author : Ian McKay
language : en
Publisher: Between the Lines
Release Date : 2012-05-26
Warrior Nation written by Ian McKay and has been published by Between the Lines this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-26 with History categories.
Once known for peacekeeping, Canada is becoming a militarized nation whose apostles—-the New Warriors-—are fighting to shift public opinion. New Warrior zealots seek to transform postwar Canada’s central myth-symbols. Peaceable kingdom. Just society. Multicultural tolerance. Reasoned public debate. Their replacements? A warrior nation. Authoritarian leadership. Permanent political polarization. The tales cast a vivid light on a story that is crucial to Canada’s future; yet they are also compelling history. Swashbuckling marauder William Stairs, the Royal Military College graduate who helped make the Congo safe for European pillage. Vimy Ridge veteran and Second World War general Tommy Burns, leader of the UN’s first big peacekeeping operation, a soldier who would come to call imperialism the monster of the age. Governor General John Buchan, a concentration camp developer and race theorist who is exalted in the Harper government’s new Citizenship Guide. And that uniquely Canadian paradox, Lester Pearson. Warrior Nation is an essential read for those concerned by the relentless effort to conscript Canadian history.
Singapore Singapura
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Author : Nicholas Walton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-01
Singapore Singapura written by Nicholas Walton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-01 with History categories.
Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago it unwillingly became an independent nation, after it was thrown out of the Malay Federation. It was tiny, poor, almost devoid of resources, and in a hostile neighborhood. Now, this unlikely country is at the top of almost every global national index, from high wealth and low crime to superb education and much-envied stability. But have these achievements bred a dangerous sense of complacency among Singapore's people? Nicholas Walton walked across the entire country in one day, to grasp what it was that made Singapore tick, and to understand the challenges that it now faces. Singapore, Singapura teases out the island's story, from mercantilist Raffles and British colonial rule, through the war years, to independence and the building of the current miracle. There are challenges ahead, from public complacency and the constraints of authoritarian democracy to changing geographic realities and the difficulties of balancing migration in such a tiny state. Singapore's second half-century will be just as exacting as the one since independence--as Walton warns, talk of a "Singapore model" for our hyper-globalized world must face these realities.
The Contemporary Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Contemporary Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Literature categories.
The Complacent Class
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Author : Tyler Cowen
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2018-03-06
The Complacent Class written by Tyler Cowen and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-06 with Business & Economics categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A wide-ranging, against-the-grain argument about the state of American culture—the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestseller--now in paperback with new material "Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, The Complacent Class, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now." —Malcolm Gladwell Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs. The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist and best selling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition—we’re working harder than ever to avoid change. We're moving residences less, marrying people more like ourselves and choosing our music and our mates based on algorithms that wall us off from anything that might be too new or too different. Match.com matches us in love. Spotify and Pandora match us in music. Facebook matches us to just about everything else. Of course, this “matching culture” brings tremendous positives: music we like, partners who make us happy, neighbors who want the same things. We’re more comfortable. But, according to Cowen, there are significant collateral downsides attending this comfort, among them heightened inequality and segregation and decreased incentives to innovate and create. The Complacent Class argues that this cannot go on forever. We are postponing change, due to our near-sightedness and extreme desire for comfort, but ultimately this will make change, when it comes, harder. The forces unleashed by the Great Stagnation will eventually lead to a major fiscal and budgetary crisis: impossibly expensive rentals for our most attractive cities, worsening of residential segregation, and a decline in our work ethic. The only way to avoid this difficult future is for Americans to force themselves out of their comfortable slumber—to embrace their restless tradition again.
Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States
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Author : United States. President
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States written by United States. President and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with United States categories.
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Of 1975
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Ad Hoc Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Of 1975 written by United States. Congress. House. Ad Hoc Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Continental shelf categories.