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(0)James Robinson
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Infinite Ideas Ltd
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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The science of getting rich was written by New Thought Movement author Wallace D. Wattles in 1910. It is his best known work and is based on his concept of the 'Certain (positive) Way of Thinking'. This new trend for using mind over matter was made even more unusual, yet popular, by Wattles' application of it to business prosperity, mind training, and success in the material world. Wattles showed that we all have a super-power – the power of our...
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Karaite texts and studies volume Volume 7
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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English
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Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the...
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Witchcraft is broken, and the Scarlet Witch must embark on a globe-trotting journey to fix it! From Manhattan's back alleys to the Greek Isles to the Irish countryside, Wanda Maximoff faces myths and legends, combats curses and discovers there's more to her complex family history than she knew. But will the powerful mage called the Emerald Warlock be friend or foe? And even as witchcraft is pieced back together, Wanda must discover who shattered...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats"--
The most fundamental definition of liberty is that people are free from violence, intimidation, and other demeaning acts. Acemoglu and Robinson examine how and why human societies have achieved liberty-- or failed to achieve it....
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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. The studies cover a spectrum of approaches, ranging from a non-quantitative narrative style in the early chapters to quantitative statistical analyses in the later chapters. The studies range from a simple two-way comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, to comparisons...
