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Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (ca. 16.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Where does innovation come from, and how does it spread through a society? And why do some eras see the fruits of innovation spread more democratically, and others, including our own, see the opposite? In Capitalism in America, Alan Greenspan distils a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a master reckoning with the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. In partnership with the journalist and historian Adrian...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 480 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke helps readers understand how the Federal Reserve, the steward of U.S. monetary policy, got to where it is today, what it has learned from the diverse challenges it has faced, and how it may evolve in the future"--
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
120 p.
Language
English
Description
This report examines a variety of socio-economic trends in Pennsylvania and makes recommendations about Pennsylvania's future. The study includes profiles of nine metropolitan areas including Erie, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton, and York. Funded by the Heinz Endowments and the William Penn Foundation. Description based on content as of: March 8, 2004.
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Donald Trump outlines how a crippled America could be restored to greatness. The book explores Trump's view on key issues including the economy, big CEO salaries and taxes, healthcare, education, national security, and social issues. Of particular interest is his vision for complete immigration reform, beginning with securing the borders and putting American workers first.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the course of three days—from August 13 to 15, 1971—at a secret meeting at Camp David, President Richard Nixon and his brain trust changed the course of history. Before that weekend, all national currencies were valued to the U.S. dollar, which was convertible to gold at a fixed rate. That system, established by the Bretton Woods Agreement at the end of World War II, was the foundation of the international monetary system that helped fuel...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Catherine Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place that's been called "Bloody Lowndes" because of its violent, racist history. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it's Ground Zero for a new movement that is Flowers's life's work. It's a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly...