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Wealth and welfare an economic and social history of Britain, 1851-1951 / by Daunton, M. J. (Martin J.)

Table of Contents: “…The nation's wealth and the people's welfare -- Agriculture and the land -- Industry and the urban economy -- The service economy -- The growth of the British economy -- Free trade and protectionism -- Capital exports -- The rise and demise of the gold standard -- Rebuilding the international economic order? …”
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Wealth and welfare an economic and social history of Britain, 1851-1951 / by Daunton, M. J. (Martin J.)

Table of Contents: “…The nation's wealth and the people's welfare -- Agriculture and the land -- Industry and the urban economy -- The service economy -- The growth of the British economy -- Free trade and protectionism -- Capital exports -- The rise and demise of the gold standard -- Rebuilding the international economic order? …”
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The future of China's exchange rate policy by Goldstein, Morris, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of China's exchange rate in the reform era -- Transition to an equilibrium exchange rate -- Developments since mid-2005 -- Challenges facing the Chinese authorities under the existing currency regime -- Independence of monetary policy -- Rebalancing economic growth -- Potential effects of Renminbi appreciation on China's banking system -- External adjustment, global imbalances, and the risk of protectionism -- Policy implications and options -- The stay-the-course strategy -- The three-stage approach.…”
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The future of China's exchange rate policy by Goldstein, Morris, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of China's exchange rate in the reform era -- Transition to an equilibrium exchange rate -- Developments since mid-2005 -- Challenges facing the Chinese authorities under the existing currency regime -- Independence of monetary policy -- Rebalancing economic growth -- Potential effects of Renminbi appreciation on China's banking system -- External adjustment, global imbalances, and the risk of protectionism -- Policy implications and options -- The stay-the-course strategy -- The three-stage approach.…”
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Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar, Second Edition : Martinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848 / by Tomich, Dale W., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Sugar and slavery in an age of global transformation, 1791-1848 -- The contradictions of protectionism : colonial policy and the French sugar market, 1804-1848 -- The local face of world process -- Sugar and slavery : forces and relations of production -- The habitation sucriere : cell unit of colonial production -- Obstacles to innovation -- A calculated and calculating system : the dialectic of slave labor -- The other face of slave labor : provision grounds and internal marketing -- Conclusion the global in the local : world-economy, sugar, and the crisis of plantation slavery in Martinique.…”
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Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar, Second Edition : Martinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848 / by Tomich, Dale W., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Sugar and slavery in an age of global transformation, 1791-1848 -- The contradictions of protectionism : colonial policy and the French sugar market, 1804-1848 -- The local face of world process -- Sugar and slavery : forces and relations of production -- The habitation sucriere : cell unit of colonial production -- Obstacles to innovation -- A calculated and calculating system : the dialectic of slave labor -- The other face of slave labor : provision grounds and internal marketing -- Conclusion the global in the local : world-economy, sugar, and the crisis of plantation slavery in Martinique.…”
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From precaution to profit contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal protocol / by Gareau, Brian, 1973-

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From precaution to profit contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal protocol / by Gareau, Brian, 1973-

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Prescription for the People : An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…People everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines.…”
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Prescription for the People : An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…People everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines.…”
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The new comparative economic history essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson /

Table of Contents: “…Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? …”
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The new comparative economic history essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson /

Table of Contents: “…Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? …”
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Monkeys on the edge ecology and management of long-tailed macaques and their interface with humans /

Table of Contents: “…India's rhesus populations: protectionism vs. conservation management Charles Southwick and M. …”
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Monkeys on the edge ecology and management of long-tailed macaques and their interface with humans /

Table of Contents: “…India's rhesus populations: protectionism vs. conservation management Charles Southwick and M. …”
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