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Economic futures of the West.
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ISBN: 9781781951712 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cheltenham Edward Elgar

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This thought-provoking book considers the global challenges and challengers to the economic supremacy of the West. Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that are not only economic but also socio-psychological and, therefore, political. The author also considers the evolution of Western Europe and the USA from a new perspective, noting the Europeanization of US economic policies and regulation and the Americanization of polices and regulation in some European countries. The book concludes that the main challengers to the West Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so-called BRIC group of countries) are unlikely to gain economic supremacy over the West any time soon, given that they have to contend with their own difficulties.Economic Futures of the West will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and development.


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Losing control : the emerging threats to western prosperity.
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ISBN: 9780300154320 Year: 2010 Publisher: New Haven Yale university

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The government debt iceberg
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ISBN: 0255366973 0255366981 9780255366977 9780255366984 9780255366663 0255366663 Year: 2014 Publisher: London, [England] : The Institute of Economic Affairs,

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What It's Worth, Architecture and Engineering Firm Value : A BVR Special Report.
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ISBN: 1621500950 9781621500957 Year: 2015 Publisher: Portland : Business Valuation Resources, LLC,


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Tribute and trade : China and global modernity, 1784-1935
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ISBN: 1743325991 1743327056 9781743327050 9781743325995 9781743326916 1743326912 1743326009 9781743326008 2147483647 Year: 2020 Publisher: Sydney, Australia : Sydney University Press,

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A portrait of the visual arts : meeting the challenges of a new era
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ISBN: 0833037935 0833040715 1601290160 9780833040718 9781601290168 9780833037930 9780833040701 0833040707 Year: 2005 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp.,

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Providing information about developments in the visual arts world, this book promotes analysis of the sector, describing the characteristics of visual arts consumers (collectors and appreciators), artists, finances, and organizations. It also tells a story of rapid, even seismic change, systemic imbalances, and dislocation.


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The Work of Art : Value in Creative Careers
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ISBN: 9781503603820 9780804798310 9781503604032 1503604039 Year: 2020 Publisher: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press,

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Artists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a café wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of fabricators while others patiently teach schoolchildren how to finger-knit. All of these artists might well be shown in the same exhibition, the quality of work far more important than education or income in determining whether one counts as a "real" artist. In The Work of Art, Alison Gerber explores these art worlds to investigate who artists are (and who they're not), why they do the things they do, and whether a sense of vocational calling and the need to make a living are as incompatible as we've been led to believe. Listening to the stories of artists from across the United States, Gerber finds patterns of agreements and disagreements shared by art-makers from all walks of life. For professionals and hobbyists alike, the alliance of love and money has become central to contemporary art-making, and danger awaits those who fail to strike a balance between the two. The stories artists tell are just as much a part of artistic practice as putting brush to canvas or chisel to marble. By explaining the shared ways that artists account for their activities-the analogies they draw, the arguments they make-Gerber reveals the common bases of value artists point to when they say: what I do is worth doing. The Work of Art asks how we make sense of the things we do and shows why all this talk about value matters so much.


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Big bucks : the explosion of the art market in the 21st century
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ISBN: 1848221592 9781848221598 9781848221581 1848221584 9781848221383 184822138X Year: 2014 Publisher: Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Lund Humpries,

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This highly readable and timely book explores the transformation of the modern and contemporary art market in the 21st century from a niche trade to a globalised operation worth an estimated 50 billion a year. Drawing on her personal experience, the author describes in fascinating detail the contributions made by a range of actors and institutions to these recent developments. The author's engaging style makes this informative text ideal for collectors, students, and anyone interested in learning more about the evolution of the unprecedented market for art which exists today.


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Unmasked : corruption in the West
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ISBN: 9781786720795 1786720795 1786730790 9781786730794 9781784536084 1784536083 9781350989603 1350989606 Year: 2016 Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris,

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"How corrupt is the West? Europe and North America's formal self-perception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receiving ever greater attention in the European, American and Canadian press, with high-profile cases affecting both the corporate and political worlds. This book identifies the driving forces behind such cases, particularly the role of political finance, lobbying, the banking system and organised crime. It analyses the sectors which are particularly prone to corruption, including sport, defence and pharmaceuticals. In the course of their investigation, the authors consider why anti-corruption legislation has not been more effective and why there is an increasing discrepancy between regulation and commercial and cultural practice. Are Europe and the US genuinely serious about fighting corruption and if so what measures will be taken to roll it back?"--Bloomsbury Publishing.


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L'art pour l'art ? : L'impact de l'éducation artistique
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ISBN: 9789264183841 9264183841 1306643120 9264183752 Year: 2014 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Dans nos sociétés, les artistes, tout comme les scientifiques et les chefs d’entreprise, sont perçus comme des modèles en termes d’innovation. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que l’éducation artistique soit souvent considérée comme un moyen de développer des compétences perçues comme essentielles pour l’innovation : pensée critique et créative, motivation, confiance en soi, et capacité à communiquer et coopérer efficacement, mais aussi des compétences dans des disciplines scolaires non artistiques telles que les mathématiques, les sciences, la lecture et l’écriture. L’éducation artistique a-t-elle vraiment un impact positif sur les trois sous-ensembles de compétences formant ce que nous appellerons ici « les compétences liées à l’innovation » : compétences techniques, compétences de réflexion et de créativité, et caractère (compétences comportementales et sociales) ? Cet ouvrage dresse un état des lieux des connaissances empiriques concernant l’impact de l’éducation artistique sur ce genre de retombées. Les différents types d’éducation artistique étudiés comprennent l’enseignement des arts dans le cadre scolaire (cours de musique, d’arts plastiques, de théâtre et de danse), les cours intégrant un enseignement artistique (où les arts sont enseignés en accompagnement d’une discipline scolaire), et l’enseignement artistique se déroulant en dehors du cadre scolaire (par ex., les cours particuliers de musique, les cours extrascolaires de théâtre, d’arts plastiques et de danse). Ce rapport ne porte pas, en revanche, sur l’enseignement théorique des arts ni sur l’éducation culturelle, qui peuvent intervenir dans tout type de disciplines.

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