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MIAMI DYNASTY

How Father and Son Shaped the Magic City

By: Xavier L. Suarez

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MIAMI DYNASTY

How Father and Son Shaped the Magic City

By: Xavier L. Suarez

Miami Dynasty is an accurate but easy-to-read narrative of the four decades of service of father and son in the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County. Technical issues of planning, transportation, budgeting and municipal policy are discussed, as seen by the eyes and from the actions of Xavier and Francis Xavier Suarez, as well as many well-known politicians and journalists with whom they interacted during the period from 1985 to the present.

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The Wealth of a Nation

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The Wealth of a Nation

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The Great Depression of 1929 was similar to the Great Recession of 2008, but not identical, either in its cause or its cure. This book explores the reasons why that is and suggests that the US economy has changed radically in the last half-centuryto the point that one must reanalyze the theories of the four great economists, with a view to synthesizing and applying their separate bits of wisdom into a compatible, modern diagnosis of recessions and prescription for curing and avoiding them. Buttressed on the brilliant reinterpretation of Keynes by Princetons Allan Meltzer, and on the writings of modern commentators and academics, the author weaves together a readable explanation of what nowadays passes for the liberal view and the conservative view. Numerous examples are given of specific industries and enterprises, of joint public-private projects, and of the interdependence between government and the free market. Vignettes and quotes are also offered of the great deeds, as well as the dismal failures of policies implemented by Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Bush father and son, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. In the end, a tantalizing fusion is achieved of the best elements of Keynesianism, monetarism, and free-market economics. And all the time, the level of discussion is reachable by all and interesting to all who have even a minimal interest in the history and politics of economic theory.

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1496929810

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Democracy in America

2010

By: Xavier L. Suarez

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Democracy in America

2010

By: Xavier L. Suarez

Since Alexis de Tocqueville's seminal work on American democracy, no one has attempted to diagnose the current state of democracy in the United States. This book is a modest attempt to do such an update, based on both democratic theory and the author's actual practice in governing one city (Miami) for three terms. As with De Tocqueville, Suarez reports from his perspective as an immigrant, but also from the perspective of a trial lawyer, college professor and politician with half a century of being fully immersed in the American experience.

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1456760564

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On the Likely Origin of Species

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On the Likely Origin of Species

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Einstein once famously proclaimed: "Make things as simple as you possibly can, but no simpler." This book is an attempt to do precisely that, and in the process to take lay readers on a voyage all the way from the Big Bang to the human species. In doing so, it avoids both the simplistic neo-Darwinian idea that everything happens by pure chance and the unscientific notion that if we want to know how our universe came to be, all we have to do is read our bibles. Suarez presents here a rigorous and also entertaining description of life from the moment (approximately 13.7 billion years ago) when total darkness gave way to blinding light, and from there all the way to the present. It tackles the mystery of biogenesis - that is to say the moment when chemicals, which did not seem predisposed to arrange themselves into something more complex, somehow overcame the tendency to break apart and instead combined into something as harmonious and perfectly synchronized as a living cell. In between the singularity that marked the beginning of all matter and the wondrous complexity of the human mind, the author tackles the inflationary moment, Dark Energy, the Second Law, biogenesis and the so-called "missing link," using analogies, stories, and quotes from history's great thinkers. The book does not solve the four mysteries of natural history, but it provides the reader insights by which to weigh to what extent modern science has solved them and to what extent they remain scientific voids that beg for a metaphysical explanation. At the very end, a theory is put forth that connects two of science's four great mysteries. If true, the philosophical implications are so startling that it makes reading the book worthwhile just to ponder the possibility that Suarez may be right about that connection.

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Democracy in America 2020

Second in a Series

By: Xavier L. Suarez

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Democracy in America 2020

Second in a Series

By: Xavier L. Suarez

This book is a sequel to the one by the author, “Democracy in America 2010,” which picks up the title and theme of the seminal book in political science by Alexis DeTocqueville. Mr. Suarez examines the landscape of American politics, culture and education as the nation progressed through the second decade of the twenty-first century. Being a political independent who held office – as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner – during most of the last decade (2011-2020), Mr. Suarez is able to bring a unique perspective to his narrative. It helps enormously that Suarez has degrees in mechanical engineering, law and public policy (the last two from Harvard University), which enables him to qualitatively and quantitatively discern how various forces shape the life of America. The ideology is both progressive and conservative; it is both reform-minded and also seeking to preserve the traditions espoused by the Founders. As an elected official in the largest county of the third largest state (Florida), which happens to be the ultimate bell-weather of presidential elections, Suarez brings a special, onsite perspective to the forces pulling the nation from right to left, under Obama, and then back to the right, under Trump. Two impeachments, various trade wars, the continuing culture war, and the emergence of the China colossus are dissected in terms that a lay person can grasp. On China, Suarez reaches perhaps the boldest level of analysis – taking on his JFK School professor, Graham Allison, whose book “The Thucydides Trap” is critiqued in incisive yet pithy terms.

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1665523867

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Science and the Theory of God

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Science and the Theory of God

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The supposed tension between religion and science is explored in this book in a most anecdotal and refreshing way. From the beginning, the author, Xavier L. Suarez, makes no assumptions about the existence of God, or the nature of God, if he/she/it exists. Instead, Suarez engages the reader in an objective discussion of what empirical and social science says about the likelihood of an infinite big banger or first cause who propelled the universe about fourteen billion years ago, endowing it with matter, space-time, and order. Moving very quickly from astrophysics to history, psychology and sociology, Suarez looks at the God theory in a most entertaining way. Questions like why bad things happen to good people? and whether our species is just a more intelligent edition of animals are tackled in a conversational style that is readable and even fun. In the end, the author concludes that the God theory is quite consistent with the latest discoveries of science.

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MIAMI DYNASTY

How Father and Son Shaped the Magic City

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Fire, Flint and Faith

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Fire, Flint and Faith

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Fire, Flint and Faith is a coherent and holistic - but also entertaining - journey through the history of the universe. Following on other works by the author which analyze otherwise unexplainable jumps in the history of our planet, this book focuses on the so-called "Great Leap Forward" that scientists believe connected our species to our animal ancestors. Using history, science and logic, the author convincingly debunks the latest in a scientific materialism, which argues that "only matter matters." Instead, the author uses recent scientic discoveries and common sense to suggest that humans are a marvelous combination of body, mind and spirit. Told in a conversational style that any adult can comprehend, the book goes on to conclude that humans are a wonderful combination of body, mind and spirit. In the process, it debunks the notion that "only matter matters," as taught by some modern academicians.

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Science and the Theory of God

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On the Likely Origin of Species

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Democracy in America

2010

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2010

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Book's by Xavier L. Suarez

MIAMI DYNASTY

MIAMI DYNASTY

The Wealth of a Nation

The Wealth of a Nation

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

On the Likely Origin of Species

On the Likely Origin of Species

Democracy in America 2020

Democracy in America 2020

Science and the Theory of God

Science and the Theory of God

MIAMI DYNASTY

MIAMI DYNASTY

Fire, Flint and Faith

Fire, Flint and Faith

Science and the Theory of God

Science and the Theory of God

On the Likely Origin of Species

On the Likely Origin of Species

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

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