Johan Norberg Livres

A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society as a whole.

To work our way out the economic crisis, and to avoid such meltdowns in the future, we must fully understand how it happened. The chief culprits are now trying to pin the blame on one another—with Congress pointing at Wall Street, financiers blaming the Federal Reserve, who in turn point back to Congress.

The book explores the causes of the economic meltdown, attributing it to deliberate actions by consumers and decision-makers across various sectors. It examines how Federal Reserve policies inflated the real estate market, government initiatives to boost home ownership contributed to the credit bubble, and how new financial regulations failed to prevent misconduct. Accessible to general readers, it highlights irresponsible behaviors and cautions against repeating past mistakes in proposed solutions, while providing insights on moving forward.

Contrary to what most of us believe, our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.

A vital exploration of openness and why we must defend it at all costs.

This widely acclaimed book throws new light on the complex processes that are reshaping the contemporary world. All too often debates about globalization - and about whether it implies the end of the nation-state - have descended into polemics and confusion. Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www. polity.

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate.

Marshalling facts and the latest research findings, the author systematically refutes the adversaries of globalization, markets, and progress. This book will change the debate on globalization in this country and make believers of skeptics.

The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greece to the present and a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today.

This book focuses on elucidating leading theoretical approaches to understanding globalization, both in its current form and potential future shapes. It is divided into two parts: the first examines competing explanatory theories of globalization in its contemporary form; the second looks at competing prescriptions for the future of globalization.