This earnest and eloquent Letter to the Pope is by far the most remarkable utterance which the Encyclical of 1890 has evoked. The Pope could not have found a fitter controversialist to oppose him, for Mr. George meets him on the same basis of metaphysical theology, and appeals to the same authority of Scripture and St. Thomas of Aquino. And the whole letter seems, in its manner, curiously to echo the Pope ' s own dignified ecclesiastical – ...
First published in 1881, under the title of «The Irish Land Question,» but dealing, as it does with matters of universal and permanent importance, it still retained its value and popularity in 1893, when the title was changed. Meant as an attack on Herbert Spencer for a position taken up by him ten years ago it was rather late in its appearance. ...
Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field. From countries with long established research traditions to places where it is relatively new, contributors set out the different aims and objectives of investigations into the minimum needs and requirements of populations, and the historical contexts, theoretical frameworks and methodolog ...
Целью пособия является предоставление слушателям теоретических и практических знаний об этническом и религиозном экстремизме, как крайней форме конфликтного поведения молодежи в этнорелигиозных конфликтах. Составной частью целевой установки является овладение теоретико-методологическими основами технологий эффективной профилактики проявлений экстремизма в среде молодежи, определение роли и места органов государственной молодежной политики, право ...
Henry George on free trade! The dismal science is being reclaimed, its swamp lands drained, its jungles cleared, sunshine and free air let in; and the cheap publishers are establishing a prosperous settlement on the bogs where the owl but lately was wont to hoot its wisdom to unlistening ears. The singular success of Mr. George is that he has made Political Economy interesting. A vast deal of heresy might well be pardoned to the author who has s ...
This book by the author of 'Progress and Poverty' will doubtless be read with much interest on this side of the Atlantic. The name of Mr. Henry George is now a familiar one to both sections of the Anglo-Saxon race, and they really have no reason to be ashamed of so robust and genial a son, sadly mis guided on many points though he is. Enthusiasts there will always be with an easy method of curing social discontent – men who do not take ...
Этот текст – сокращенная версия книги Николаса Кристакиса, Джеймса Фаулера «Связанные одной сетью. Как на нас влияют люди, которых мы никогда не видели». Только самые ценные мысли, идеи, кейсы, примеры. Когда муж набирает вес, риск располнеть для жены увеличивается на 37 %, а для братьев и сестер – на 40 %. Книга Николаса Кристакиса и Джеймса Фаулера «Связанные одной сетью» объясняет силу социальных связей и глубокое влияние людей на жизнь дру ...
