... Wars and Empire 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...es I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Liberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire ... ...onchalantly flouting them far and wide. Hence the fervid demonstrations against its military presence in places as disparate as South Korea, Japan, ... ... but also its facilities to the inspectors of the Chemical Weapons Convention, its military to the sanctions of the (anti) land mines treaty and th... ...eas are impossible to suppress. Already, militant Islam is far more widespread and established that any Western government would care to admit. Hi... ...crative contracts and sinecures once the sponsored candidate attained office. Long-established, prominent families - political dynasties - increase... ...Iraq's soil are unexplored, including up to 100 billion barrels of deep oil-bearing formations located mainly in the vast Western Desert. Of the 73 ... ...ajor, modern facilities ... in China, (including) the first and second (generating) units at the Tianwan nuclear power plant." China has also signed... ...try" of Reconstruction and Development (MORAD) in Irbil lists thousands of housing units, dormitories, schools, and guest houses built this year wi...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

...Capitalistic Musings 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...end V. The Merits of Inflation VI. The Benefits of Oligopolies VII. Moral Hazard and the Survival Value of Risk VIII. The Business of Risk IX.... ...onomic outcomes - and why. c. Consistency – It must be self-consistent. Its sub-"units" cannot contradict one another or go against the grain of ... ...l lead inexorably to the congealing of industries into a few suppliers. Such market formations are known as oligopolies. Oligopolies encourage custo... ... be extraneous to the firm - now it is commonly an internal affair among autonomous units within a loose overall structure. This is how Jack "neutr... ... Enough to mention Enron and its accountants, the formerly much vaunted Andersen. Established economic theory - pioneered by Merton in 1977 - show... ...erations to future ones. Export and credit insurance schemes - such as the recently established African Trade Insurance Agency or the more veteran ... ...r aspire to become one), or because they are under the economic (or geopolitical or military) umbrella of a regional power or a superpower. Another ... ...g with them rising output, low unemployment and full use of industrial capacity as military demands add to normal economic activity." According to ...

Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.