Why are democracies pursuing more military conflicts, but achieving worse results? Democratic Militarism shows that a combination of economic inequality and military technical change enables an average voter to pay very little of the costs of large militaries and armed conflict, in terms of both death and taxes. Jonathan Caverley provides an original statistical analysis of pub...(展开全部)

Why are democracies pursuing more military conflicts, but achieving worse results? Democratic Militarism shows that a combination of economic inequality and military technical change enables an average voter to pay very little of the costs of large militaries and armed conflict, in terms of both death and taxes. Jonathan Caverley provides an original statistical analysis of pub...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An intriguing look at how past market wisdom can help you survive and thrive during uncertain times In Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Street investor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World War II intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessons can help the twenty-first-century investor comprehend our own perilous times as well as ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An intriguing look at how past market wisdom can help you survive and thrive during uncertain times In Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Street investor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World War II intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessons can help the twenty-first-century investor comprehend our own perilous times as well as ...(展开全部)

In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts of childhood have been appropriated as tools for decidedly unchildlike purposes: to validate, moralize, humanize, and naturalize war, and to sentimentalize peace. She argues that modern conceptions of war insist on and exploit a specific and stat...(展开全部)

In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts of childhood have been appropriated as tools for decidedly unchildlike purposes: to validate, moralize, humanize, and naturalize war, and to sentimentalize peace. She argues that modern conceptions of war insist on and exploit a specific and stat...(展开全部)

In this acclaimed work, Gilder offers an illuminating discussion of how to increase wealth and curtail poverty, arguing that most welfare programs only serve to keep the poor in poverty as victims of welfare dependency.

乔治·吉尔德（George Gilder），当今美国知名未来学家、经济学家，和尼古拉斯·尼葛洛庞帝和马歇尔·麦克卢汉一起，被誉为“数字时代的三大思想家”。毕业于哈佛大学，并曾服务于美国海军陆战队。 20世纪80年代，他成为供应学派经济学的代表人物，其作品《财富与贫困》被誉为里根革命的改革指南，在美国销售超过100万册；90年代，成为新经济的倡导者，曾被白宫授予“企业杰出奖”。在90年代中期的美国高科技领域，乔治?吉尔德就已经声名远播，经常与安迪?格罗夫、彼得·德鲁克等同场演讲。他还是《福布斯》《哈佛商业评论》等著名杂志的撰稿人，《企业之魂》《知识与权力》《通信革命》《货币之惑》等著作影响极大。

In this acclaimed work, Gilder offers an illuminating discussion of how to increase wealth and curtail poverty, arguing that most welfare programs only serve to keep the poor in poverty as victims of welfare dependency.

乔治·吉尔德（George Gilder），当今美国知名未来学家、经济学家，和尼古拉斯·尼葛洛庞帝和马歇尔·麦克卢汉一起，被誉为“数字时代的三大思想家”。毕业于哈佛大学，并曾服务于美国海军陆战队。 20世纪80年代，他成为供应学派经济学的代表人物，其作品《财富与贫困》被誉为里根革命的改革指南，在美国销售超过100万册；90年代，成为新经济的倡导者，曾被白宫授予“企业杰出奖”。在90年代中期的美国高科技领域，乔治?吉尔德就已经声名远播，经常与安迪?格罗夫、彼得·德鲁克等同场演讲。他还是《福布斯》《哈佛商业评论》等著名杂志的撰稿人，《企业之魂》《知识与权力》《通信革命》《货币之惑》等著作影响极大。