Hunter Lewis
Autor von A Question of Values: Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives
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Socrates (469-399 BCE) was a classical Greek philosopher viewed by many as the founding figure of Western philosophy. Hunter Lewis, co-founder of global investment firm Cambridge Associates, has written eleven books on economics and moral philosophy. He has served on boards and committees of mehr anzeigen fifteen leading not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural organizations. weniger anzeigen
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A Question of Values: Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives (1990) 120 Exemplare
Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts (2009) 96 Exemplare
Are the Rich Necessary?: Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect Our Personal Values (2007) 41 Exemplare
How Much Money Does an Economy Need?: Solving the Central Economic Puzzle of Money,Prices, and Jobs (2008) 15 Exemplare
Economics in Three Lessons and One Hundred Economics Laws: Two Works in One Volume (2017) 14 Exemplare
Alternative Values: For and Against Wealth, Power, Fame, Praise, Glory, and Physical Pleasure (2007) 5 Exemplare
The real world war: The coming battle for the new global economy and why we are in danger of losing (1982) 4 Exemplare
Alternative values : the perennial debate about wealth, power, fame, praise, glory, and physical pleasure 3 Exemplare
Where Bernie Went Wrong: And Why His Remedies Will Just Make Crony Capitalism Worse (2016) 2 Exemplare
Crony Capitalists in America 2 Exemplare
Cooking Light January/February 2017 233 Ways to Eat Better Now! One-Dish Chicken Dinners (2016) 1 Exemplar
Food & Wine One Pot Meals 1 Exemplar
Make-ahead meals : slow cooker classics, freezer-ready mains, leftover makovers, and more! (2016) 1 Exemplar
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- 1947
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- Dayton, Ohio, USA
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I'm a third of the way through and most of the arguments made by the author are facile and full of holes. If it's meant to be a depiction of the shallowness of modern economic thinking, it may have some merit, but I think it more suffers from intellectual anemia. I have a feeling that Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" will be more intellectually satisfying and useful.
The noise you hear when reading this book is the sound of scales hitting the ground as they fall from your eyes. Jargon-free reading assists in the understanding of the material and ensures that you anger can freely fume about the way governments the world over play with the poor schmucks they are supposed to take serve and protect. I found confirmation for my long-held belief that the altruism professed by politicians is non-existent - how could it be when everything they do is focused on being re-elected? And that includes the ones of whom I approve!… (mehr)
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There is a risk in such selective editing that could result in a disjointed read, but here the selections are skillfully threaded to create a seamlessly coherent work augmented--where appropriate--with editor’s notes.… (mehr)