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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following the list of Contributors and "Introduction: Looking Forward Into History" by Editor, Contents divided into 24 Essays in 6 Sections: [I] INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1) Jeffrey G. Williamson, "How Tough Are Times in the Third World?"; (2) Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon, "Do We Really Need All These Immigrants?'; (3) Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, "Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies?"; (4) Robert Higgs, "How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy"; [II] WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT (5) Price V. Fishback, "Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace?"; (6) Lee J. Alston, "American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It?"; (7) Elizabeth Hoffman,"How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs?"; [III] WOMEN AND MINORITIES (8) Robert A. Margo, "What is the Key to Black Progress?"; (9) Elyce J. Rotella, "The Equal Rights Amendment--Yes, But Whose?"; [IV] GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY (10) Barry Eichengreen, "As Good As Gold--By What Standard?"; (11) Mark Thomas, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit?"; (12) John Wallis, "The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again?"; (13) Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray, "The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come?"; (14) Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, "Are Government Giveaways Really Free?"; (15) Jonathan Hughes, "Do Americans Want Big Government?"; [V] REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND REREGULATION (16) Richard Sylla, "Should We Reregulate the Banks?"; (17) Hugh Rockoff, "Can Price Controls Work?"; (18) Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecker, "The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To?'; [VI] TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS (19) Gary M. Walton, "Fulton's Folly"; (20) Peter Temin, "Down the Primrose Path"; (21) Gary Libecap, "What Really Happened at Teapot Dome?"; (22) Paul Uselding, "Does Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness--or Help It?"; (23) Donald N. McCloskey, "Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline"; (24) Nathan Rosenberg, "Does Science Shape Economic Progress--Or Is It the Other Way Around?"; Appendix: Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 181-199; For Further Reading, pp. 201-203; Index, pp. 205-208. Taupe cloth with bold black lettering on spine. Glossy beige dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large, thick, purple letters on top third front cover, above Subtitle lettering in smaller purple across middle front cover; Editor name letters in smaller purple across bottom front cover. Only peccadilloes are spine sunned to lighter taupe than rest of cover (all lettering still bold purple and eminently readable) and SLIGHT crease remaining at top edge front cover from once having had a paper clip positioned there. Book itself is As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Apart from collecting sun's rays on the shelf, book looks unheld, UNREAD. …

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Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine with a hint of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The August 3, 2003, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: double lives, AIDS, and the Black homosexual underground, by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, with photographs by Antonin Kratochvil and Kwaku Alston; a pictorial tour of the modernism meets Rat Pack home of photographer Andrea Stern, photographed by Jason Schmidt; the unlikely story of a mogul, a struggling orchestra, and thirty of world's most valuable stringed instruments, by Mark Levine with photos by Jeff Mermelstein; a profile of Steven Levitt--the most brilliant young economist in America--and his theories, by Stephen J. Dubner, and a portrait by Lloyd DeGrane; Israel is building a giant fence along the length of the country that will divide the Israelis and the Palestinians, by Gershom Gorenberg and photos by Avigail Schimmel; quotes from the subject of a Jerry Wolford image on what he was thinking when photographed; an interview with Madison Smartt Bell; "The Tug of Paternalism" by James Traub; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 58 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches.…

Softcover. xxviii, 882 pp. Softcover. LCC: 9513775 Very good condition; touches of wear on edges of covers and on bottom edges of papers.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 10.63x8.31x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Magazine. The December 2, 2001, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: how Tom Ford is trying to ensure a place for Gucci in a daunting new environment, by Lynn Hirschberg with photographs by Larry Fink, Mark Peterson, Jane Evelyn Atwood, and others; a profile of Wes Anderson by Marshall Sella with a portrait by Platon; Carrie Donovan retires as Style editor and gets together with Donna Karan for a final chat about fashion, the world and the perfect black jacket; Kurt Andersen on the government treating us like children; an interview with Gene Simmons and portrait by Kwaku Alston; Niall Ferguson predicts that historians will see the events of 9/11 as mere ripples in a tidal wave of terrorism and political fragmentation; Ron Suskind on the Ibatan of the Philippines who lived in near total isolation but now have running water, Christianity, satellite TV and their own variation on the global divide between haves and have-nots with photos by Munshi Ahmed; an essay by Jane Smiley on the contention that the war on terror is crusade to liberate women with a photo by Ron Haviv; auditions at the School of American Ballet with photos by Gillian Laub; On Language, William Safire; The Ethicist, Randy Cohen; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 128 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Near Fine with light signs of handling/storage. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 248 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 283 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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