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Deficit Delusion: Why Everything Left, Right, and Supply-Side Tells You About the National Debt Is Wrong
by John TamnyThere&’s a growing consensus about the causes of budget deficits and the national debt. And that&’s the problem. At present, members of the Left claim that higher rates of taxation levied on the rich are the fix, members of the Right call for a combination of spending cuts, tax increases and entitlement reform, while supply siders confidently assert that the path out of debt is tax cuts that will shower the Treasury with higher tax revenues borne of soaring economic growth. The solutions flamboyantly mistake the problem. In his latest and arguably most pathbreaking book, Parkview Institute president John Tamny asks readers to contemplate government debt in an all-new way, and in doing so makes a powerful case that deficits and the national debt will continue to grow precisely because left, right and supply side profoundly misunderstand why there&’s debt in the first place. While the warring ideologies promote what they imagine are different solutions to the perceived debt problem, it&’s lost on them that they&’re basically saying the same thing: an insufficiency of federal tax revenue has resulted in deficits and debt that seemingly soar without endpoint. Tamny makes a case that the arguments fail repeatedly precisely because they&’re backwards. Drawing on examples from private individuals and businesses, Tamny turns the debt discussion on its head. Far from a signal of insufficient revenue, Tamny shows that government debt is a logical and perilous effect of market optimism about rising tax revenues now, and much more dangerous, the expectation of exponentially more tax revenue in the future. Readers of The Deficit Delusion will gradually see the folly of a deficit and debt discussion that has grown stale and terribly confused, all the while looking at the Reagan tax cuts, skyrocketing government debt in California, entitlement reform, and the soaring national debt through an entirely different lens. Far from an apology for all the government debt, Tamny makes a passionate case that the debt crisis is not what the alarmists of the competing ideologies imagine it to be, but is instead one of soaring tax revenue itself that, if unchecked, will render the national debt of the moment rather pedestrian in comparison to what&’s ahead. For far too long readers have been inundated with the same arguments and same solutions dressed up differently to feed the differing views of the competing ideologies. With The Deficit Delusion, readers finally have a book that will prove the mask-off moment for left, right and supply side.
One Dark Night: A Novel
by Hannah RichellWhen a body is found the day after Halloween, a small British community must reckon with its past and the dangers lurking in its present in this spine-tingling novel from &“not to be missed&” (Hayley Scrivener, author of Dirt Creek) author Hannah Richell.On Halloween, a group of teenage students meet in the woods near Sally in the Wood, a road steeped in local lore and rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl. By the end of the night, one student will be dead. Rachel, the school guidance counselor, is trying to keep a handle on her increasingly distant teenaged daughter, Ellie, while students and parents panic and mourn. Her ex-husband and detective Ben, dealing with a personal crisis of his own, has concerns about his daughter&’s safety as he investigates the death. Meanwhile, Ellie is keeping secrets from both her parents, including one about where she was that night. Told from multiple perspectives and with Hannah Richell&’s distinct &“atmospheric and ever-twisting&” (Emylia Hall, author of the Shell House Detective Mysteries) prose, One Dark Night is a white-knuckled and suspenseful thriller about urban legends, privilege, and how the past continues to haunt us.
Detenido: El diario de supervivencia y determinación de un niño
by D. Esperanza Gerardo Iván MoralesEl primer relato de uno de los niños que fue detenido en el infame campamento migrante Tornillo en la frontera de Estados Unidos y México. D Esperanza tenía solo trece años cuando fallecieron sus cuidadores, su querida abuela y su tío. Ya que ambos de sus padres se encontraban trabajando y viviendo en Estados Unidos, D quedó solo en su pequeño pueblo en Honduras. Rápidamente se dio cuenta de que simplemente no podía ganar suficiente dinero para sobrevivir, por lo que tomó la difícil decisión de emprender el viaje al norte acompañado de sus primos con la esperanza de reunirse con sus padres en Estados Unidos. Juntos los niños lucharon por sobrevivir el largo y traicionero viaje a través de Centroamérica y México. A lo largo del camino D y sus primos forman un profundo vínculo, hasta que los cuatro son brultalmente separados en la frontera de los Estados Unidos. Cuando es capturado y procesado en un centro de detención, ni D ni su familia son notificados sobre su liberación o próximo traslado. Durante los siguientes cinco meses D llevó un diario narrando detalladamente sus experiencias. Estas páginas cuentan una desgarradora historia de dolor, crueldad, amistad y resiliencia, formando un testimonio de la realidad que se vive en la frontera. En medio de la inhumanidad y la violencia sin sentido de la política de inmigración de Estados Unidos, D encuentra esperanza en la amistad y hermandad que forja con sus compañeros y en el apoyo de un intrépido defensor que lucha por el, Iván Morales. Oportuno, poderoso e inolvidable, Detenido da vida a la crisis fronteriza.
Leverage: A Novel
by Amran GowaniFor readers of Percival Everett and viewers of Industry, a hotshot hedge fund employee must risk everything to save his job—and his life—in this timely and darkly funny thriller about race, power, and the corrupting influence of the almighty dollar.Ali &“Al&” Jafar is a rising star at notorious hedge fund Prism Capital, but fortunes change fast on Wall Street. When his biggest investment goes up in smoke, Al loses $300 million—and his fragile sense of self-worth—in a single afternoon. He&’s certain he&’ll be fired, but Prism&’s obscenely rich and politically connected founder isn&’t that merciful. Instead, he gives Al an impossible ultimatum: recover the lost money in three months or become the fall guy for the government&’s insider-trading investigation into the firm. Desperate and depressed, Al turns to high finance&’s dark side, where he battles back-stabbing coworkers and cutthroat competitors and digs himself into an even deeper hole. As the clock winds down, and the pressure mounts, Al&’s mental health deteriorates. To survive, he&’ll have to outfox one of the world&’s most powerful men and decide if he values the dearest asset of all: himself.
One Dark Night: A Novel
by Hannah RichellWhen a body is found the day after Halloween, a small British community must reckon with its past and the dangers lurking in its present in this spine-tingling novel from &“not to be missed&” (Hayley Scrivener, author of Dirt Creek) author Hannah Richell.On Halloween, a group of teenage students meet in the woods near Sally in the Wood, a road steeped in local lore and rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl. By the end of the night, one student will be dead. Rachel, the school guidance counselor, is trying to keep a handle on her increasingly distant teenaged daughter, Ellie, while students and parents panic and mourn. Her ex-husband and detective Ben, dealing with a personal crisis of his own, has concerns about his daughter&’s safety as he investigates the death of one of her classmates. Meanwhile, Ellie is keeping secrets from both her parents, including one about where she was that night. Told from multiple perspectives and with Hannah Richell&’s distinct &“atmospheric and ever-twisting&” (Emylia Hall, author of the Shell House Detective Mysteries) prose, One Dark Night is a white-knuckled and suspenseful thriller about urban legends, privilege, and how the past continues to haunt us.
What We Left Unsaid: A Novel
by Winnie M LiOn an unexpected road trip, three estranged siblings uncover a startling family secret and larger truths about being Asian American in a post-COVID world—from the author of the &“dazzling and devastating&” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author) thriller Complicit. The Chu siblings haven&’t seen each other in years but when they&’re told that their ailing mother is scheduled for an operation next month, they agree to visit her together. Then their mother makes an odd request: before seeing her, they must go on a road trip together to the Grand Canyon. Thirty years ago, a strange incident had aborted a previous family road trip there. No one&’s ever really spoken about it, but during this journey, the middle-aged Chu siblings have no choice but to confront their childhood experience. Together, Bonnie, Kevin, and Alex travel along Route 66—but as the trip continues, they realize the Great American Road Trip may not be what they expected. Facing their own prejudices and those of others, they somehow learn to bridge the distances between them, the present-day, and their past. With &“powerful and beautiful writing&” (Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author), Winnie M Li weaves an emotive and eye-opening exploration of family, race, growing up, and what it means to be American.
The Last Song of Penelope (Songs of Penelope #3)
by Claire NorthThe third book in award‑winning author Claire North's Songs of Penelope Trilogy, a "powerful, fresh, and unflinching" reimagining (Jennifer Saint) that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men. Many years ago, Odysseus sailed to war and never returned. For twenty years his wife Penelope and the women of Ithaca have guarded the isle against suitors and rival kings. But peace cannot be kept forever, and the balance of power is about to break . . . A beggar has arrived at the Palace. Salt-crusted and ocean-battered, he is scorned by the suitors - but Penelope recognises in him something terrible: her husband, Odysseus, returned at last. Yet this Odysseus is no hero. By returning to the island in disguise, he is not merely plotting his revenge against the suitors - vengeance that will spark a civil war - but he's testing the loyalty of his queen. Has she been faithful to him all these years? And how much blood is Odysseus willing to shed to be sure? The song of Penelope is ending, and the song of Odysseus must ring through Ithaca's halls. But first, Penelope must use all her cunning to win a war for the fate of the island and keep her family alive, whatever the cost...
The House of Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller (Alex Cross #30)
by James PattersonCross on Amazon Prime debuted at #1 in over 100 countries worldwide. Now read the latest action-packed Alex Cross thriller. In The House of Cross, Supreme Court Candidates are being murdered—and only Alex Cross and John Sampson can take on the killer.&“[Alex Cross&’s] innate nature is to protect people…If he has a weakness, it&’s his family, especially his children. They&’re the chink in his armor. But aside from that, it&’s tough to get at him.&” –Aldis Hodge, star of Cross on Prime Video In Washington, DC… The president-elect is tapping the country&’s brightest legal minds as candidates for the Supreme Court. Then one of them is gunned down. Another is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street. Now it&’s up to Detective Alex Cross, the FBI&’s top expert in criminal behavior, to go inside the mind of a diabolical killer and protect the country&’s best hope for justice.
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom)
by Rachel GilligINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Prepare to meet your next obsession." — Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum&’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral&’s cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.
The Sins of Silas (The Otacian Chronicles)
by Kylie SnowIn this second book in the spicy and heart-wrenching dark romantasy series, one mage must unite forces with her cruel enemy—and first love—while fighting the growing angst and passion between them. Five years ago, Silas La&’Rune lost everything. After the deaths of his mother and Lena Daelyra, the love of his life, something in Silas changed, turning him into a cold, merciless man. His sole purpose became eradicating the kind he believed responsible for those deaths. Witches. Silas, known to the people of Tovagoth as &“The Slayer of Witches,&” ended lives without remorse. Until one day, he raided a Mage village and saw her. Turns out Lena was very much alive. Not only that, but she herself is a witch—a Mage. Yet, despite his anger and hatred for the Mages, Silas showed mercy when he met eyes with the woman he once loved. Now the two have joined forces, wishing to recruit allies to not only overthrow Ulric La&’Rune, the King of Otacia, but to destroy the necromancer that terrorizes the land. But every glance between Silas and Lena serves as a reminder of the past when they were tangled beneath the sheets, lost in each other&’s embrace. Silas can&’t be with Lena, can&’t hold her in his arms or feel her lips against his...because he's a married man now. But despite his commitment to another, he can&’t get his first love out of his mind. While they hide their history from others, will Lena and Silas be able to battle their rising feelings for one another?The Otacian Chronicles is a dark romantasy that will progressively get darker as the series continues. Please be mindful of the content warnings below and protect your mental health. This book is a triple-POV action-packed dark romantasy novel filled with romantic tension, sexy banter, and heartbreak. It also contains explicit sexual scenes, explicit language, violence, gore, torture, burns/burning, miscarriage, child death, rape, sexual assault, infidelity, panic attacks, hallucinations, poisoning, enslavement, drug use, suicidal ideation, homophobia, physical and mental abuse, grief, loss, and character death.
Fast Exercise: The simple secret of high intensity training: get fitter, stronger and better toned in just a few minutes a day
by Dr Michael Mosley**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**Just as Dr Michael Mosley's Fast Diet - the original 5:2 - alerted the world to a healthy new way to lose weight, Fast Exercise turns conventional wisdom on its head when it comes to the workout. Can you really get the benefits of exercise in just a few minutes a day?Michael Mosley and Peta Bee investigate the science behind a radically different approach to exercise - one that is incredibly time efficient.Research has shown the extraordinary impact that ultra-short bursts of HIT (high intensity training) can have, whatever your age or level of fitness.In Fast Exercise, Michael Mosley, a self-confessed sloth, teams up with super-fit health journalist Peta Bee to dispel common exercise myths. They offer practical advice and a range of workouts that take just a few minutes a day and can be done any time, anywhere. Fast Exercise is for everyone: those who don't enjoy exercise but want to lose fat and stay healthy, those who love exercise and want to enhance their performance, and those who just want to understand the science behind it all.
Bazaar: Vibrant vegetarian and plant-based recipes
by Sabrina GhayourSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2019iNews Best cookbooks for Christmas 2019bazaarnoun: a market in the Middle EastBazaar is a colourful, flavourful and satisfying celebration of vegetable dishes, designed to suit every occasion and every palate. The magic of this cookbook is that you won't feel like anything is missing, with dishes full of easy-to-achieve flavours and depth that would win over even the most die-hard carnivore. Each recipe utilizes the abundance of varied flavour profiles of the East, from spices, herbs and perfumed aromatics to hearty staples such as grains and pulses, combined with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. You will find salads for all seasons, spectacular sides, bowl comfort, moreish mains and sweet treats.Recipes include:Grilled halloumi flatbreads with preserved lemon & barberry salsaRoasted tomato & chilli soup with herb-fried croutonsRoast vegetable bastillaGrilled tofu salad with tamarind & miso dressingPotato, ricotta & herb dumplings with walnuts & pul biber butterFeta, pul biber & oregano macaroni bakeCourgette, orange & almond cake with sweet yogurt frostingPRAISE FOR BAZAAR:'What (Sabrina) brings to the page is her warmth, brio and sheer greedy enthusiasm for bright and bold flavours, and her understanding that food is there not just to excite, but also to comfort' - Nigella Lawson'Another absolute beauty...I don't think she could write a dull recipe if she tried. Every one an elegantly spiced delight' - Tom Parker-Bowles'Sabrina Ghayour's gorgeous vegetarian recipes are hard to resist' - Red magazine'This book is likely to become a well-thumbed tome for me' - The Caterer'The recipes are vibrant, colourful and wonderfully creative' - Delicious Magazine PRAISE FOR SABRINA GHAYOUR 'The golden girl of Persian cookery' - Observer'Sabrina Ghayour's Middle-Eastern plus food is all flavour, no fuss - and makes me very, very happy' - Nigella Lawson
The Clever Guts Diet Recipe Book: 150 delicious recipes to mend your gut and boost your health and wellbeing
by Clare Bailey Mosley**The fabulous companion recipe book to Michael Mosley's bestselling CLEVER GUTS DIET**Your gut is key to your physical and mental wellbeing - home to your microbiome, an army of microbes that influences your weight, mood and immune system.In this companion book to Dr Michael Mosley's bestselling Clever Guts Diet, Dr Clare Bailey, GP and wife of Dr Mosley, offers the definitive toolkit for bringing your gut back to optimum health.With 150 delicious recipes, ranging from healing broths and fermented foods to enzyme-stimulating salads and meals rich in pre- and probiotics, this book shows you how to put into practice Dr Mosley's revolutionary two-phase gut repair programme and then to incorporate the core principles into your daily life.Whether you are an IBS sufferer, have a food intolerance, or are simply looking to undo the damage done by processed foods and antibiotics, The Clever Guts Diet Recipe Book is packed with nutritional information, meal planners and all the advice you need to mend your gut and boost your health and wellbeing.
The Clever Guts Diet: How to revolutionise your body from the inside out
by Dr Michael Mosley**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**Your gut is astonishingly clever. It contains millions of neurons - as many as you would find in the brain of a cat - and is home to the microbiome, trillions of microbes that influence your mood, your immune system, and even your appetite. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Mosley takes us on a revelatory journey through the gut, showing how junk food and overuse of antibiotics have wiped out many good gut bacteria, leading to a modern plague of allergies, food intolerances, and obesity.Drawing from the latest cutting-edge research, Dr. Mosley provides scientifically proven ways to control your cravings, boost your mood, and lose weight by encouraging a more diverse microbiome and increasing the good bacteria that keep you healthy.Packed with delicious, healing recipes, meal plans, checklists, and tips.The Clever Guts Diet includes all the tools you need to transform your gut and your health, for life.
A Bird in the Hand: Chicken recipes for every day and every mood
by Diana HenryThe beautiful new edition of Diana Henry's classic Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is OUT NOW***As featured in the Daily Telegraph's 'Best cookbooks to turn to in isolation' Diana Henry named Best Cookery Writer at Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2015Winner - James Beard Award: Best Book, Single Subject The Guild of Food Writers named Diana Henry as Cookery Journalist of the Year 2015Chicken is one of the most popular foods we love to cook and eat: comforting, quick, celebratory and casual. Plundering the globe, there is no shortage of brilliant ways to cook it, whether you need a quick supper on the table after work, something for a lazy summer barbecue or a feast to nourish family and friends. From quick Vietnamese lemon grass and chilli chicken thighs and a smoky chicken salad with roast peppers and almonds, through to a complete feast with pomegranate, barley and feta stuffed roast chicken with Georgian aubergines, there is no eating or entertaining occasion that isn't covered in this book. In A Bird in the Hand, Diana Henry offers a host of new, easy and not-so-very-well-known dishes, starring the bird we all love.
The Fast Diet: Revised and Updated: Lose weight, stay healthy, live longer
by Mimi Spencer Dr Michael Mosley**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**Is it possible to eat well, most of the time, and get slimmer and healthier as you do it? With The Fast Diet it is.Dr Mosley's Fast Diet has become the health phenomenon of our times. And for good reason. This radical approach to weight loss really is as simple as it sounds. You eat normally for five days a week, then for just two days you cut your calorie intake (600 for men, 500 for women).In this fully revised edition, Michael Mosley introduces the science behind the diet, with exciting new research into the wider health benefits of intermittent fasting including studies on asthma, eczema and diabetes. Mimi Spencer, award-winning food and fashion writer, then explains how to incorporate fasting into your daily life, with a wealth of new detail on the psychology of successful dieting. She presents a range of enticing new recipes, along with an easy Fast Diet shopping list and a user-friendly calorie counter to help you sail through your Fast Days.Whether you're a committed faster or a new recruit to the Fast Diet, this revised edition is a must.
The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Recipe Book: 150 simple, delicious recipes to help you lose weight fast and keep your blood sugar levels in check
by Clare Bailey Mosley**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**In this fabulous companion cookbook, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, GP and wife of Michael Mosley, has teamed up with renowned nutritionist Dr Sarah Schenker to create a collection of low-cal, low-carb recipes, all expertly balanced and easy to make. They range from quick breakfasts to deliciously satisfying supper and follow the Mediterranean style of eating now proven to revolutionise your health.Whether you are embarking on the full 8-week diet plan to reverse your diabetes or simply looking to keep your blood sugar levels in check, this book will help you lose weight and change the way you eat for ever.Average weight loss: 14kg in 8 weeks"I feel amazing. I have been given another chance at life."Cassie, 28, lost 20kg
How to Eat Better: How to Shop, Store & Cook to Make Any Food a Superfood
by James Wong***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'James Wong brings some welcome sanity to the world of healthy eating...its genius is his advice on how to get more nutrition from fruit and veg. It's fascinating, and better than cutting out food groups or paying for so-called superfoods' - delicious. magazineSELECT a Braeburn apple over a Fuji and get almost double the antioxidants from a fruit that tastes just as sweet.STORE strawberries on the counter, instead of in the fridge, and in just four days they will quadruple their heart-healthy compounds.COOK broccoli with a teaspoon of mustard and send its levels of cancer-fighting potential skyrocketing ten-fold.Between the rush to keep up with the latest miracle ingredient, anxiety about E-numbers and demonization of gluten/dairy/sugar (or the next foodie villain du jour) many of us are left in a virtual panic in the supermarket aisle. Tabloid headlines, 'free-from' labels and judgemental Instagram hashtags hardly help matters - so what should we be buying?How to Eat Better strips away the fad diets, superfood fixations and Instagram hashtags to give you a straight-talking scientist's guide to making everyday foods far healthier (and tastier) simply by changing the way you select, store and cook them. No diets, no obscure ingredients, no damn spiralizer, just real food made better, based on the latest scientific evidence from around the world. With over 80 foolproof recipes to put the theory into practice, James Wong shows you how to make any food a superfood, every time you cook.
Food From Plenty: Good food made from the plentiful, the seasonal and the leftover. With over 300 recipes, none of them extravagant
by Diana HenryThe beautiful new edition of Diana Henry's classic Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is OUT NOW***Caring about getting the maximum value out of the ingredients we buy and cook is now second-nature for most cooks. And reduced food waste goes hand-in-hand with spending less of course. It's also about exploring a wider range of ingredients, from seasonal vegetable and fruit gluts to interesting cuts of meat and fish. There is great pleasure to be found in cooking ingredients when they are at their best and in using any leftovers smartly (which neatly saves work for the cook too).As always with Diana Henry, flavour is the key. More than 300 delicious recipes in this book are sourced from cultures around the world that know a thing or two about getting the most out of as little as possible. Cook ahead, make the most of gluts from the garden, magic what's left over into a delicious new meal that takes little time. There is no sense of going without here - it is all about the pleasure of making the most delicious use of everything available.
Food From Plenty: Good food made from the plentiful, the seasonal and the leftover. With over 300 recipes, none of them extravagant
by Diana HenryThe beautiful new edition of Diana Henry's classic Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is OUT NOW***Caring about getting the maximum value out of the ingredients we buy and cook is now second-nature for most cooks. And reduced food waste goes hand-in-hand with spending less of course. It's also about exploring a wider range of ingredients, from seasonal vegetable and fruit gluts to interesting cuts of meat and fish. There is great pleasure to be found in cooking ingredients when they are at their best and in using any leftovers smartly (which neatly saves work for the cook too).As always with Diana Henry, flavour is the key. More than 300 delicious recipes in this book are sourced from cultures around the world that know a thing or two about getting the most out of as little as possible. Cook ahead, make the most of gluts from the garden, magic what's left over into a delicious new meal that takes little time. There is no sense of going without here - it is all about the pleasure of making the most delicious use of everything available.
Urban Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of the Visegrad Group Countries
by Kamil Glinka, Ladislav Cabada,Daniel Klimovský and Edit SoósThis book provides a broad analysis of the important and ongoing issue of municipal self-governments' response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Visegrad Group countries with the special emphasis on the post-pandemic recovery. Focusing on municipal self-governments of the V4 countries – Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia – fills a pressing publishing gap. The monograph provides answers to the question whether the response of municipal self-governments in the Visegrad Group countries fits into a specific model and what are the features of this response.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics and policies with particular emphasis on the V4 counties, local self-government, urban policies, crisis management, Covid-19 pandemic response and recovery. The volume will be of great interest to practitioners, namely the representatives of local self-governments, non-governmental organizations and private entities operating at the urban level.
Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism: The Dengvaxia Vaccine Scandal in the Philippines
by Karl Patrick MendozaThis book delves into the profound impact of trust dynamics during a vaccine scandal on democratic politics. Breaking away from conventional perspectives that perceive scandals merely as maintainers of the status quo or reflections of elite-mass conflict, this book asserts that vaccine-related controversies, as seen in the 2017 Dengvaxia scandal in the Philippines, can reinforce trust in cultural terms.The narrative unfolds by scrutinizing how specific trust cultures, defined as particular ways of trust granting and reciprocating—and public perceptions of politics evolve in the aftermath of such crises. This book presents compelling in-depth case studies of news representation, production, and reception of the Dengvaxia scandal, unveiling significant findings. Firstly, the controversy surrounding the alleged link between the vaccine and child deaths was not solely a medical issue but deeply intertwined with political motivations. This political influence underscores the intricate connection between political motivations and public health narratives, a crucial aspect in understanding the implications of trust cultures during vaccine scandals. Secondly, online journalists covering the vaccine scandal did not contribute to a nuanced understanding but sensationalized the story. This journalistic tendency not only polarized perspectives but also shaped public perception, emphasizing the crucial role of media representation in influencing trust cultures and public narratives during vaccine-related controversies. Lastly, the book explores how parents’ perception of the news media as controlled by specific narratives contributed to forming a distinct parental trust culture.Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism offers a compelling exploration of the Dengvaxia scandal, providing a nuanced analysis beyond immediate health implications. The book invites readers to consider the broader ramifications of democratic ideals and the intricate fabric of trust within society.
Fiscal Policy in China (China Perspectives)
by Yang ZhiyongThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of China’s fiscal policy since 1949. It provides an in-depth understanding of the contextual factors that shape its implementation and examines the transition logic between planned fiscal policy and market-oriented fiscal approaches.The author introduces fiscal policy focused on national economic recovery (1949–1952), planned fiscal policy (1953–1977), fiscal policy adapted to economic transition (1978–2011), and fiscal policy in the new era (2012–present). With “fiscal balance” as the central theme, he summarizes the fundamental principles and key dynamics underpinning China's fiscal policy and presents a clear framework for understanding the evolution and strategic rationale behind the country’s approach to fiscal governance.The title will appeal to scholars of Chinese economy, comparative economics, public finance, and macroeconomics.
Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research
by Melody S. GoodmanThe new edition of Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research is an introductory workbook to provide not only a concise overview of key statistical concepts but also step-by-step guidance on how to apply these through a range of software packages, including R, SAS, and Stata.Providing a comprehensive survey of essential topics – including probability, diagnostic testing, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and survival analysis – each chapter features a detailed summary of the topic at hand, followed by examples to show readers how to conduct analysis and interpret the results. Also including exercises and solutions, case studies, take-away points, and data sets (Excel, SAS, and Stata formats), the new edition now includes a chapter on data literacy and data ethics, as well as examples drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic.Ideally suited to accompany either a course or as support for independent study, this book will be an invaluable tool for both students of biostatistics and clinical or public health practitioners.
Ethics for Managers: Philosophical Foundations and Business Realities
by Joseph GilbertEthics for Managers introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of business ethics and translates this theory into practical terms, demonstrating the moral implications of the decisions managers make. It explains the decision-making processes and constraints that managers face, regardless of their level or function. It then proceeds to show how to identify and analyze the ethical aspects of these decisions.This third edition features updated examples and references throughout. It contains new material on managing employees working from home, increased emphasis on the pattern aspects of individual decisions and on the systemic constraints that affect managers’ decisions. There is a completely new chapter on artificial intelligence. This chapter explains at a basic level what artificial intelligence is, and examines its impact on decisions concerning the hiring, monitoring, evaluating, profiling and termination of employees.Student-friendly features include learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, examples that demonstrate real-world business decisions, and end of chapter discussion questions. These discussion questions provide opportunities for applying chapter materials to actual decisions and can stimulate class discussion or serve as test questions. Students will find this compact, well-organized text a useful tool for understanding ethics in the digital age.