Understanding Economic Development: The Global Transition from Poverty to Prosperity?
`An invaluable survey of the literature on growth. Colin White argues persuasively and expertly that any attempt to solve the profound mystery of economic growth at the large scales of world history must move beyond the limited vision of neo-classical economic theory, and incorporate the narrative methods and perspectives of history as well. This is a superb overview and critique of contemporary attempts to explain economic growth, and a perceptive re-examination of the whole issue of growth in human history.'
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The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
The stunning new thriller from the grandmaster of international intrigue. The Cocaine industry is worth billions of dollars a year to the drug cartels who spread their evil seed across Western society. Its usage causes incalculable misery, poverty and death. Slowly, gradually, inexorably it is spreading...it is a blight which must be stopped.
From poverty to prosperity : free market based solutions
The monograph that follows is the result of an attempt to explore possibilities for a shift from poverty to prosperity and suggest public policies based on free market solutions for that shift. The findings that follow are products of years’ long research by the Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies in the area of poverty and prosperity.
As fuel prices continue to soar, more and more people are finding themselves unable to meet the basic costs of energy, and may be forced to choose between (for example) adequate food and adequate warmth—they are in fuel poverty. It is a complex issue, and for years companies, governments and civil society have vigorously apportioned blame with little to show in the way of practical results.
