Four years after Hitler assumed leadership of the German government in January 1933, the German economy had achieved full employment. This first "German economic miracle" was an important factor in assuring the Nazi government and party of the essential consensus of the majority…
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of socialist economics. It addresses the reasons for the early successes of socialist systems, and the reasons for their gradual breakdown.
A comprehensive account of the structure, conduct, and performance of the centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe, the USSR, Communist China and the Marxist LDCs, looking at 26 nations in all.
Commoning was a way of life for most of our ancestors. In Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good, Heather Menzies journeys to her roots in the Scottish Highlands, where her family lived in direct relation with the land since neolithic times. Beginning with an intimate accoun…
Introduction : Hunters and Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century / Karen L. Kramer and Brian F. Codding -- Diversify or Replace : What Happens to Wild Foods when Cultigens Are Introduced into Hunter-Gatherer Diets? / Karen L. Kramer and Russell D. Greaves -- Inuit Culture : To H…
"Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case stud…
"The following study on the economics, politics and morals of socialism and capitalism is a systematic treatise on political theory. Interdisciplinary in scope, it will discuss the central problems of political economy and political philosophy: how to organize society so as to p…