"Pioneering in Cuba" by James Meade Adams is a captivating exploration of the early days of American influence in Cuba. The book delves into the lives of the pioneers who ventured into the island, highlighting their struggles, aspirations, and the cultural exchanges that shaped the region. Adams paints a vivid picture of the landscape, the people, and the socio-political dynamics at play, offering readers a nuanced understanding of this pivotal period in history. The narrative is rich with...

These days current events are fraught with political animosity, global pandemic, warfare, gun violence, and economic insecurity. The troubling times that we live in leave us uncertain where we stand and in what direction we are going. So it is with good reason that anxiety levels have peaked and the affliction has extended to almost every segment of society—whether they like to admit it or not. We may not be able to change the world but End Anxiety!: Proven Benefits of the Transcendent...

Dynamic DNA presents breakthrough knowledge with its validation of Ayurvedic, Yoga, and New Age concepts with Western science thinking. The shelves are heavy with books of yoga, but they do not show, scientifically, the connection between yoga and the DNA. The author presents the interconnection of DNA and kundalini and how diet, lifestyle, and meditation can help purify the body to its highest potential.

My excuse for writing and publishing this book is a threefold one. For some time I have strongly felt that the true story of the La Gloria colony should be told, without bias and with an accurate, first-hand knowledge of all the facts. My close relations with the colony and the colonists, and an actual personal residence in La Gloria for nearly half a year, have made me entirely familiar with the conditions there, and I have endeavored to present them to the reader clearly, correctly, and ...

This analysis of macroeconomic policy, originally published in 1989, argues that key government objectives, such as reduced inflation, decreased unemployment and an adequate level of national saving can be achieved only by employing both monetary and fiscal policies, in conjunction with supply-side policies expressly designed to improve the workings of the labour market.Part 1 is a comparative analysis showing the effects of monetary and fiscal policy on the economy. Real-wage rigi...

First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development. As a small and isolated economy, marked by a very rapid rate of contemporary population growth, by an extreme concentration on a single product, and by a great diversity of racial, religious and linguistic groups within the population, Mauritius is a representative microcosm of the economic problems of a large part of t...

Without question, the most famous battle of the Civil War took place outside of the small town of Gettysburg from July 1-3, 1863. Over those three days, nearly 8,000 would die, over 30,000 would be casualties, and the most famous attack of the war, Picketts Charge, would fail Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia. The South would go on to lose the war, and when it did, the importance of Gettysburg as one of the high tide marks of the Confederacy became apparent, making the battle all the m...

The focus of this volume is on the European context of public budget policy and a variety of different approaches are used - theoretical modelling, econometrics and applied general equilibrium modelling. Empirical evidence and case studies of European countries are contained in all the papers.The papers cover the four general themes of public budget policy:* economic stabilization, in view of the Economic and Monetary Union in the European Community* reinforcing struct...

The Forty-niners:The discovery of gold in January, 1848 at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, by James Marshall was the beginning of the California gold rush. It took some time for the news of the first discoveries to spread and then to be believed as credible. Gold had been found in small quantities several years before, and only the actual sight of the metal in considerable weight could excite men's imaginations and dreams of riches and adventure.By 1849 the westward mi...

Written by two leading experts, this is a compact guide to the key tools and methods necessary to carry out cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The authors use modern economic tools to obtain general equilibrium cost-benefit rules that can be used to evaluate small projects, as well as large and even mega projects. Intertemporal issues like discounting, the shadow price of capital, and the treatment of risk are covered, and a state-of-the-art summary of available methods for the valuation of unpr...

Classic western. According to Wikipedia: "Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American author. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he earned degrees from University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903). From about 1900 until about 1922, he wrote adventure travel books."