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An Intimate War

An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict, 1978-2012

By: Mike Martin

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An Intimate War

An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict, 1978-2012

By: Mike Martin

An Intimate War tells the story of the last thirty-four years of conflict in Helmand Province, Afghani- stan as seen through the eyes of the Helmandis. In the West, this period is often defined through different lenses - the Soviet intervention, the civil war, the Taliban, and the post-2001 nation-building era. Yet, as experienced by local inhabitants, the Helmand conflict is a perennial one, involving the same individuals, families and groups, and driven by the same arguments over land, water and power. This book - based on both military and re- search experience in Helmand and 150 inter- views in Pashto - offers a very different view of Helmand from those in the media. It demonstrates how outsiders have most often misunderstood the ongoing struggle in Helmand and how, in doing so, they have exacerbated the conflict, perpetuated it and made it more violent - precisely the opposite of what was intended when their interventions were launched. Mike Martin's oral history of Helmand under- scores the absolute imperative of understanding the highly local, personal, and non-ideological nature of internal conflict in much of the 'third' world.

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Martin Kampchen

By: Martin Kampchen

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Martin Kampchen

By: Martin Kampchen

Martin Kämpchen is an author, translator, journalist and social worker.

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Niyogi Books

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9383098570

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Uncertainty and the Philosophy of Climate Change

By: Martin Bunzl

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Uncertainty and the Philosophy of Climate Change

By: Martin Bunzl

When it comes to climate change, the greatest difficulty we face is that we do not know the likely degree of change or its cost, which means that environmental policy decisions have to be made under uncertainty. This book offers an accessible philosophical treatment of the broad range of ethical and policy challenges posed by climate change uncertainty. Drawing on both the philosophy of science and ethics, Martin Bunzl shows how tackling climate change revolves around weighing up our interests now against those of future generations, which requires that we examine our assumptions about the value of present costs versus future benefits. In an engaging, conversational style, Bunzl looks at questions such as our responsibility towards non-human life, the interests of the developing and developed worlds, and how the circumstances of poverty shape the perception of risk, ultimate developing and defending a view of humanity and its place in the world that makes sense of our duty to Nature without treating it as a rights bearer. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental studies, philosophy, politics and sociology as well as policy makers.

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The Nature and Challenges of Indigenous Psychologies

By: Carl Martin Allwood

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The Nature and Challenges of Indigenous Psychologies

By: Carl Martin Allwood

The indigenous psychologies (IPs) stress the importance of research being grounded in the conditions and culture of the researcher's own society due to the dominance of Western culture in mainstream psychology. The nature and challenges of the IPs are discussed from the perspectives of science studies and anthropology of knowledge (the study of human understanding in its social context). The Element describes general social conditions for the development of science and the IPs globally, and their development and form in some specific countries. Next, some more specific issues relating to the IPs are discussed. These issues include the nature of the IPs, scientific standards, type of culture concept favored, views on the philosophy of science, understanding of mainstream psychology, generalization of findings, and the IPs' isolation and independence. Finally, conclusions are drawn, for example with respect to the future of the IPs.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108650600

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The Rough Guide to Brussels

By: Martin Dunford

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The Rough Guide to Brussels

By: Martin Dunford

The Rough Guide to Brussels is the ultimate companion to the beer-guzzling capital of Belgium. The full-colour introduction gives an inspiring insight into many of the city's highlights, from the top museums to Brussel's handsome Art Nouveau buildings. There are two new full-colour sections on the nation's twin passions, beer and food, plenty of easy-to-use maps and that essential practical information. You'll find dozens of extensive, up-to-the-minute reviews for bars, shopping, entertainment, restaurants and hotels of Berlin for every budget. With delightful day-trips to the neighbouring cities of Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp, this is your must-have item to the cultural and political hotspot of Brussels Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Brussels.

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Rough Guides UK

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Black Athena

The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence

By: Martin Bernal

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Black Athena

The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence

By: Martin Bernal

Winner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages – Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.

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Rutgers University Press

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197880721X

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Aromatic Hydroxyketones: Preparation and Physical Properties

Vol.1: Hydroxybenzophenones Vol.2: Hydroxyacetophenones I Vol.3: Hydroxyacetophenones II Vol.4: Hydroxypropiophenones, Hydroxyisobutyrophenones, Hydroxypivalophenones and Derivatives

By: Robert Martin

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Aromatic Hydroxyketones: Preparation and Physical Properties

Vol.1: Hydroxybenzophenones Vol.2: Hydroxyacetophenones I Vol.3: Hydroxyacetophenones II Vol.4: Hydroxypropiophenones, Hydroxyisobutyrophenones, Hydroxypivalophenones and Derivatives

By: Robert Martin

In four volumes, Aromatic Hydroxyketones provides detailed information on the physical properties and syntheses of 6,000 hydroxyketones. Each entry includes basic identification information, including the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number, molecule name, molecular formula, and molecular weight. This resource provides a powerful tool for the synthesis of intermediates of specialty polymers, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402097875

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Travels in the Morea

By: William Martin Leake,Leake

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Travels in the Morea

By: William Martin Leake,Leake

The authoritative and influential survey of the historical topography of the Peloponnese region of Greece, first published in 1830.

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Touring Katutura!

Poverty, Tourism, and Poverty Tourism in Windhoek, Namibia

By: Steinbrink, Malte,Buning, Michael,Legant, Martin,Schauwinhold, Berenike,Süßenguth, Tore

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Touring Katutura!

Poverty, Tourism, and Poverty Tourism in Windhoek, Namibia

By: Steinbrink, Malte,Buning, Michael,Legant, Martin,Schauwinhold, Berenike,Süßenguth, Tore

Guided sightseeing tours of the former township of Katutura have been offered in Windhoek since the mid-1990s. City tourism in the Namibian capital had thus become, at quite an early point in time, part of the trend towards utilising poor urban areas for purposes of tourism – a trend that set in at the beginning of the same decade. Frequently referred to as “slum tourism” or “poverty tourism”, the phenomenon of guided tours around places of poverty has not only been causing some media sensation and much public outrage since its emergence; in the past few years, it has developed into a vital field of scientific research, too. “Global Slumming” provides the grounds for a rethinking of the relationship between poverty and tourism in world society. This book is the outcome of a study project of the Institute of Geography at the School of Cultural Studies and Social Science of the University of Osnabrueck, Germany. It represents the first empirical case study on township tourism in Namibia. It focuses on four aspects: 1. Emergence, development and (market) structure of township tourism in Windhoek 2. Expectations/imaginations, representations as well as perceptions of the township and its inhabitants from the tourist’s perspective 3. Perception and assessment of township tourism from the residents’ perspective 4. Local economic effects and the poverty-alleviating impact of township tourism The aim is to make an empirical contribution to the discussion around the tourism-poverty nexus and to an understanding of the global phenomenon of urban poverty tourism.

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Universitätsverlag Potsdam

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3869563842

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Industrial Policy in Britain 1945-1951

Economic Planning, Nationalisation and the Labour Governments

By: Martin Chick

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Industrial Policy in Britain 1945-1951

Economic Planning, Nationalisation and the Labour Governments

By: Martin Chick

This is a detailed archive-based study of the economic planning of the Attlee governments, in which the author seeks to analyse the interaction between the decisions of central planners and the micro-economic effects of these decisions. Throughout the book, Martin Chick pays particular attention to the level, pattern and quality of fixed capital investment. At the same time, there is a continuous concern with the struggle between politicians, economists and industrialists over the mix of pricing mechanisms and administrative orders which were to be used in this period. This struggle permeated all discussions over matters such as the organisation of nationalised industries, the monopoly structure of nationalised industries, the allocation of resources and the promotion of higher productivity. The author also asks what impact, if any, economic planning had on the productivity performance of the UK economy.

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0521892538

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Pursuit of Division

Race, Gender and Preferential Hiring in Canada

By: Martin Loney

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Pursuit of Division

Race, Gender and Preferential Hiring in Canada

By: Martin Loney

The author is identified as a "leader of the 1960s student left," who holds a Phd from the London School of Economics, has taught at universities in Canada and the UK, and is currently a social policy consultant living in Canada. Here he argues that social class, not group membership determines life chances, and that politicians have catered to misconceived notions about discrimination. The result has been preferential treatment for people don't really need help, at the expense of those who are poor and really do need government assistance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Roots Reloaded. Culture, Identity and Social Development in the Digital Age

By: Martin A. M. Gansinger,Ayman Kole

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Roots Reloaded. Culture, Identity and Social Development in the Digital Age

By: Martin A. M. Gansinger,Ayman Kole

This edited volume is designed to explore different perspectives of culture, identity and social development using the impact of the digital age as a common thread, aiming at interdisciplinary audiences. Cases of communities and individuals using new technology as a tool to preserve and explore their cultural heritage alongside new media as a source for social orientation ranging from language acquisition to health-related issues will be covered. Therefore, aspects such as Art and Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Behavioral Science, Psychology, Philosophy and innovative approaches used by creative individuals are included. From the Aboriginal tribes of Australia, to the Maoris of New Zealand, to the mystical teachings of Sufi brotherhoods, the significance of the oral and written traditions and their current relation to online activities shall be discussed in the opening article. The book continues with a closer look at obesity awareness support groups and their impact on social media, Facebook usage in language learning context, smartphone addiction and internet dependency, as well as online media reporting of controversial ethical issues.

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Anchor Academic Publishing

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3960670575

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Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

By: Sarah Ansari,Vanessa Martin

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Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

By: Sarah Ansari,Vanessa Martin

Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy, and the consequences of developments since 1979.

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Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature

What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Our Planet

By: Martin Teitel,Kimberly A. Wilson

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Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature

What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Our Planet

By: Martin Teitel,Kimberly A. Wilson

• The book that takes a comprehensive look at the threat to our food supply from genetic engineering. • 15,000 copies sold in the first six months. • Includes new studies about the dangers of genetically engineered food. • Refutes the "feed the poor" propaganda spread by agribusinesses. • Is both an expose and educational primer on this controversial technology that is already a part of every American's diet. • Explains the dangers of these foods to ourselves and our environment in easily understood terms. Picture a world? • Where the french fries you eat are registered as a pesticide, not a food. • Where vegetarians unwittingly consume fish genes in their tomatoes. • Where corn plants kill monarch butterflies. • Where soy plants thrive on doses of herbicide that kill every other plant in sight. • Where multinational corporations own the life forms that farmers grow and legally control the farmers' actions. That world exists These things are all happening, and they are happening to you. Genetically engineered foods--plants whose genetic structures are altered by scientists in ways that could never occur in nature--are already present in many of the products you buy in supermarkets, unlabeled, unwanted, and largely untested. The threat of these organisms to human and environmental health has caused them to be virtually banned in Europe, yet the U.S. government, working hand-in-hand with a few biotech corporations, has actively encouraged their use while discouraging labeling that might alert consumers to what they are eating. The authors show what the future holds and give you the information you need to preserve the independence and integrity of our food supply. What can you do? First, inform yourself. Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the many ramifications of this disturbing trend. Authors Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson explain what genetic engineering is and how it works, then explore the health risks involved with eating organisms never before seen in nature. They address the ecological catastrophe that could result from these modified plants crossing with wild species and escaping human control altogether, as well as the economic devastation that may befall small farmers who find themselves at the mercy of mega-corporations for their livelihood. Taking the discussion a step further, they consider the ethical and spiritual implications of this radical change in our relationship to the natural world, showing what the future holds and giving you the information you need to act on your own or to join others in preserving the independence and integrity of our food supply.

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Simon and Schuster

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1594775885

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The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-1982

By: Gordon Payton,Martin Grams, Jr.

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The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-1982

By: Gordon Payton,Martin Grams, Jr.

Almost every evening for nine years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre brought monsters, murderers and mayhem together for an hour. Created, produced and directed by Himan Brown, the series remains a landmark in radio drama. This book is a detailed history and episode guide to the show. Descriptive information includes exact titles, airdates and rebroadcast dates, episode numbers, cast lists, writer and adapter credits, and a storyline synopsis. This material comes directly from CBS press releases in order to insure complete accuracy. Also included wherever possible are information about the actors and actresses, quotes from performers and writers (many from personal interviews), anecdotes about various scripts and sound effects, and other notes of interest.

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0786492287

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Genetically Engineered Food

Changing the Nature of Nature

By: Martin Teitel,Kimberly Ann Wilson

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Genetically Engineered Food

Changing the Nature of Nature

By: Martin Teitel,Kimberly Ann Wilson

That world exists. These events are happening now, and they are happening to us all. Genetically engineered foods -- from plants whose genetic structures are altered by scientists in ways that could never occur in nature -- are already present in most of the products you buy in supermarkets. They are unlabeled, unwanted, and largely untested.

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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0892819480

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Geography of a Life

By: Martin Bernal

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Geography of a Life

By: Martin Bernal

‘An Astonishing work, breathtakingly bold in conception and passionately written . . . salutary, exciting and in its historiographical aspects convincing.’ (G. W Bowersock, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.) ‘Demands to be taken seriously . . . Every page that Bernal writes is educating and enthralling. To agree with all his theses may be a sign of naivety, but not to have spent time in his company is a sign of nothing at all.’ (Ray, Herbert Thompson Reader in Egyptology, University of Cambridge.) Anticipation of ‘Geography of a Life’ ‘Martin Bernal himself has avowed that Black Athena owes its conception to a mid-life crisis. Now that he has overcome this set-back with obvious success, one hopes he will live long enough to follow the example set by his mother Margaret Gardiner and his grandfather Sir Alan (Gardiner), who both wrote their memoirs in their eighties. I have no doubt that Bernal’s autobiography will generate more interest among educated lay persons and less irritation among scholars than any future volume of Black Athena.’ (Arno Egberts, Professor of Egyptology, University of Leiden.)

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465363769

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Modern Times?

Work, Professionalism and Citizenship in Teaching

By: Martin Lawn

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Modern Times?

Work, Professionalism and Citizenship in Teaching

By: Martin Lawn

This is an account of modern since the 1930s teaching. The book examines changes in teaching, past policy, and new policies introduced since the 1988 Education Act. It also explores the impact of new kinds of work relations and skills in relation to changes in public service and the state.

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1135717664

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Apokalypsis

Classical Greek: to Reveal Or Uncover That Which Was Hidden Or Buried

By: Martin S. Garthwaite

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Apokalypsis

Classical Greek: to Reveal Or Uncover That Which Was Hidden Or Buried

By: Martin S. Garthwaite

Through intellect and inspired vision, Margaret, the heroine of Apokalypsis, predicts that capitalism will force the removal of more and more people from the reproductive processes of corporations. When one or more develops a self-sufficient reproductive process, it, or they, will have the potential to develop true intelligence and will wreak havoc on humanity in the process. Margaret tries to communicate her fears through venues offered by corporate and religious organizations. These institutions, however, ignore or re-interpret her message and use it and her for their own purposes-purposes which have a bearing later in the book. Margaret strikes out on her own and acquires a band of followers, but will they be able to turn the tide in the face of a blossoming millenarian religious movement? The conflict between man and machine is age old. Apokalypsis presents a new vision of the future in which this conflict is subtle and indirect. Humanity's physical capabilities are not tested, though their spiritual and organizational abilities are. The book draws toward an ultimate conflict, though it plays out in an unexpected way.

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iUniverse

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0595209084

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The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development

By: Roger Beard,Jeni Riley,Debra Myhill,Martin Nystrand

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The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development

By: Roger Beard,Jeni Riley,Debra Myhill,Martin Nystrand

By drawing on international cross-phase and cross-disciplinary research perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive review of writing development, invaluable for researchers and practitioners alike.

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1412948460

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The Political Economy of Education

By: Martin Carnoy

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The Political Economy of Education

By: Martin Carnoy

A textbook providing academically rigorous yet clear explanations of the economics and politics driving today's educational systems and how economists analyze them. This essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in economics, public policy, and education covers all major topics and is packed with international examples.

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1009364472

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