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The various economic arguments of the Bolshevik leaders in the 1920s, Bukharin, the post-war debates, the reform economists of the 1960s and modern reassessments are surveyed. The central theme of the book is how state control impaired the economy and the development of a free s…
"In 1858, challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. More was at stake than slavery in those debates. In Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism, John Burt contends that the very legitimacy of democratic governa…
Learning to argue and persuade in a highly competitive environment is only one aspect of life on a high-school debate team. Teenage debaters also participate in a distinct cultural world - complete with its own jargon and status system - in which they must negotiate complicated …
Exploring the two dominant approaches to causation as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem, this text looks at the historical discussion as a debate that surrounds certain themes and ideas.
Exploring the two dominant approaches to causation as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem, this text looks at the historical discussion as a debate that surrounds certain themes and ideas.