Ethics

The End of Poverty Part 6

THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS              2005 PART VI Chapter 5: Bolivia’s High-Altitude Hyperinflation Chapter 6: Poland’s Return to Europe Chapter 7: Reaping the Whirlwind: Russia’s Struggle for normalcy Chapter 8: China: Catching Up After Half a Millennium Chapter 9: India’s Market …

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Future Food & Seed Part 4

Book Review Introduction In Part 4 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “This manifesto is the outcome of a joint effort among participants in the meetings of the International Commission on the Future of Food, held in late 2002 and early 2003 in Tuscany, Italy.” “We urge people and …

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The End of Poverty Part 5

THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS              2005 PART V Chapter 4: Clinical economics The rich world dominates the training of Ph.D. economists, and the students of rich-world Ph.D. programs dominate the international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World …

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Future Food & Seed Part 3

Book Review Introduction In Part 3 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “In India we deeply believe that this amazing universe, this amazing planet, this amazing earth is connected through the web of food, the web of life.” “In India we have an Upanishad that says, ‘If you give …

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The End of Poverty Part 4

THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS              2005 PART IV   Chapter 3: Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive Of the world’s population of 6.3 billion, roughly 5 billion people have reached at least the first rung of economic development. Five sixths of …

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Sustainable Agriculture Part 4

Book Review In part 4 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “’Free trade’ and ‘leveling the global playing field’ are illusions. Liberalisation is really nothing more than making it easier for powerful, elite interests to take control of a country’s economy. Over 70% of world trade is …

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The Cultural Creatives

Book Review THE CULTURAL CREATIVES HOW 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CHANGING THE WORLD PAUL H. RAY, Ph. D., & SHERRY RUTH ANDERSON, Ph.D. HARMONY BOOKS                       2000   Front cover Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and “making it” on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care …

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Future Food & Seed Part 1

Book Review Introduction In part 1 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “Slow Food, the movement that has put the culture of growing and eating good, healthy, diverse food at the heart of social, political, and economic transformation, brought together 5,000 members from 1,200 food communities in 130 countries.” …

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Sustainable Agriculture Part 3

Book Review In Part 3 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “When asked to support the global goal of food security, we can bask in the false belief that all humanity shares similar values and goals. We can pretend that the drift of the world’s food economy …

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The Ethics of Management Part 2

THE ETHICS OF MANAGEMENT Fifth Edition LARUE TONE HOSMER Professor Emeritus of Corporate Strategy and Managerial Ethics School of Business Administration University of Michigan McGraw-Hill             2006 PART II   Chapter 1: Moral Problems in Business Management Chapter 2: Moral Analysis and Economic Outcomes Chapter 3: Moral Analysis and Legal Requirements Chapter 4: Moral Analysis and …

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