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Awesome book by a provocative and diligent writer who remains the authority on stuff like this. This stuff he is an expert on, mostly. Dr. Holm- Hudson, who while an expert on stuff like this cannot find socks without holes, continues to amaze all his fans out there, mostly me and his family of a lovely wife, son and daughter, with gripping work like this, which he remains the ultimate expert of, providing you want to read stuff like this, of which Dr. Holm- Hudson is the pre- eminent authority.
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Wonderful positive instuctional & motivational article. Very interesting ideas and sources. Not your "quick read," requires some digestion.

This riveting compilation of 26 essays includes contributions by Alan Greenspan, Nathaniel Branden and Robert Hessen. It is primarily a treatise on the moral aspects of capitalism. The themes revolve around human nature and mankind's relationship to existence. Capitalism is advocated because it is the only system compatible with the life of a rational being.

Rand claims that the classical defenders and modern apologists of capitalism are by default responsible for undermining it. In her view, they are unwilling or unable to fight the battle on moral-philosophical grounds.

The essays provide a plethora of gripping insights and novel angles. Rand detests the idea of using altruism to defend capitalism. She proposes rationality instead, with a ruling principle of justice.

I do not necessarily agree with her on this but I enjoy Rand's scathing criticism of conservatism's perceived fallacies. Her vitriolic dissection of the 3 conservative strains is highly amusing! She identifies and attacks the Religious and the Traditionalists but really unleashes the sharp edge of her scorn on those who defend capitalism from the argument of mankind's depravity.

In the essay Requiem For Man, she savages the encyclical Populorum Progressio by Pope Paul VI, in which she also rips apart the reactions to it by publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine.

The book consists of two parts. The first is Theory And History, which includes essays on inter alia war, the persecution of big business, antitrust, gold and economic freedom, property status of the airwaves, and patents and copyrights.

Part two: Current State, includes essays on the anatomy of compromise, the art of smearing, rule by consensus as a form of fascism, and the student rebellion. The final two essays: Man's Rights and The Nature Of Government, appear in the appendix.

Whatever the flaws in Rand's Objectivist philosophy, this book remains a brilliant and unique defence of freedom and capitalism. Moreover, history has proved Rand a prescient thinker who was correct in many of her analyses.

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal ranks among the very best of her non-fiction works. It is highly engaging, thought-provoking and often quite amusing. The book concludes with an index and a bibliography listing titles by Henry Hazlitt, Isabel Paterson and Ludwig von Mises, amongst others.

In Defense of Global Capitalism

On The Wealth of Nations (Books That Changed the World)

Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement

An excellent example of what young people today are capable of. Thoughtful and poignant, this book will serve as an excellent teaching tool for journalism students across the country.

The intense reality of the Latin American citizen was expresed acidically by Octavio Paz when stetd : "Latin America is the final result of a rape among the Spanish conquerer and the sumise Indian"

Carlos Rangel was a very intelligent and sharp thinker who really wrought with bloody letters the terrible and awful realñity of the Latin American way of thinking in most of cases.

The general tendency of loving the myths as well as not accept his own mistakes and even to think is the other who has to pay my own faults has always surrounded the mental maps of the Latin American and so we should not miss the populism is a kind invitation to find the final shelter in search of a promising future.

Read it; you will be amazed.

One of the most interesting women in Mexico reveals her research in the controversial commercial and cultural connection between East Asia and the Americas. Did such a connection exist? More evidence emerges every day, to support the possibility. Meanwhile Miller, a sculptress, writer, translator, explorer of cultural convergence, ties the ends together. A fascinating interview with a remarkable subject.

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Che lives in the Cuban revolution. If you don't believe it read this book that contains articles on Cuba reprinted from the Militant newspaper in 1997, the 30th year after Che was murdered in Bolivia. They are mostly interviews with Cuban revolutionists, summarizes of debates in Cuba, and speeches and writing about Che by his comrades, his friends, and by his daughter. They show how Cuba's communist leaders aim to continue and deepen the revolutionary struggle for socialism Che led. Whether it is the interviews with Pombo and others fought alongside Che in Cuba, Africa, and Bolivia, or the speeches by Cuban communist leaders on why they reject the Soviet model of socialism and why they continue to fight for revolutionary communism, this is an inspiring historic collection of documents and reports.

Former Algerian President's Ahmed Ben Bella's article from Le Monde Diplomatique about Che and Cuba's collaboration with the Algerian and African revolutions is worth the whole price of this book by itself. Also recommended: To Speak the Truth, Che Speaks, Capitalism's World Disorder, Pombo: A Man of Che's Guerilla, The Opening Guns of World War III

Ouch! The scenario described by the authors may sound all too familiar. All too often companies launch the next big tech project without being fastidiously specific in developing and communicating critical points of information - expected business benefits and results; how the project fits into the company's business strategy; roles that individuals and teams are expected to play; a detailed implementation plan, with timelines, milestones, budget and resource requirements, and risk mitigation; itemized lists of how work procedures will - and won't - change; training programs on new equipment and systems; and personalized explanations of how performance will be measured and rewarded. Like the article illustrates, shiny, state-of-the-art systems and technical jargon usually won't get people and work teams engaged in making change happen. But timely, actionable, non-tech talk usually will.

Although this re-printed article is brief, it contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in AT&R. The author displays exceptional knowledge on this topic as well as extensive bibliographic references. A "MUST HAVE" for anyone interested in higher levels of human resource development. Truly brilliant work!