Author: David Gordo
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Keywords: reasoning, economic, introduction
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2000-06-01
ISBN-10: 0945466285
ISBN-13: 9780945466284

This high-school text, published in May 2000, is aimed at teaching the intelligent young reader how to think about economic problems in a manner consistent with the Austrian School tradition. Its chapters on action, preference, demand and supply, value theory, money, and price controls emphasize deductive logic, the market process, and the failures of government intervention. As the only text of its kind, this book is engaging, funny, filled with examples, and never talks down to the student. It is perfect for homeschoolers, but every student, young or old, will benefit from it. Indeed, a stud

Authors:Karl Barth, Christoph Blumhardt,
Publisher: Plough Pub House
Keywords: waiting, action
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1998-06-10
ISBN-10: 0874869544
ISBN-13: 9780874869545

Given the number of people who’ve been "saved", you’d think the world was becoming a brighter place. It could be, too, if more people would grasp the joy of losing themselves in service to God and each other. People like Christoph Blumhardt, who, in his quest to get to the essentials of faith, burns away the religious trappings of modern piety like so much chaff. Blumhardt writes with unabashed fervour, but his passion encourages rather than intimidates. His witness influenced theological giants like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. But "Action in Waiting" is not theology; it is

Authors:Harold Alan Pincus, Stephen Thomas, Donna Keyser,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: community, action, pittsburgh, region, blueprint, care, maternal, child, health, improving
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 083303717X
ISBN-13: 9780833037176

Community leaders in the Pittsburgh region have long recognized the critical importance of the health and well-being of mothers, infants, and young children and have made intensive efforts to develop effective community-based early childhood interventions and support services. Despite these efforts, in several key areas, mothers and young children in this community are not receiving the health care services they need, and the result is premature illness and preventable death. In 2002, The Heinz Endowments commissioned the RAND Corporation and the University of Pittsburgh, in partnership with t

Authors:Frank Carlucci, Robert E. Hunter, Zalmay Khalilza
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: foreign, policy, national, security, elect, president, charge, bipartisan, report, taking
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833029568
ISBN-13: 9780833029560

A report prepared by Transition 2001, a bipartisan panel of about 60 American leaders in the areas of foreign and defense policy, outlining the most important national security challenges for the new administration, suggesting priorities, and recommending specific courses of action that the new president could take in the early days of his administration. Such decisive early action will be critical for setting U.S. foreign and national security policy on the right path for the balance of his term and beyond. This summary is based on more than 25 discussion papers on key issues and areas, prepa

Author: David E. Johnson Gary Cecchine
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: medical, army, department, transformation, workshop, results, action, risk, future, force, unit
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037757
ISBN-13: 9780833037756

This report describes the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Transformation Workshop (ATW) IV, conducted at the RAND Corporation Washington Office in February 2004, and it includes an analysis and discussion of the workshop results. This workshop continued the assessment, begun in ATWs I-III, of the medical risks associated with emerging Army operational concepts and the capacity of the AMEDD to mitigate these risks. The principal purpose of ATW IV was to begin the process of providing casualty demand estimates that will need to be addressed by the health service support system at echelons above

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Anny Wong, S. R. Bohandy, Br
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: area, tianjin, technology, tbna, economic, technological, teda, development, new, binhai, executive, china, summary, emerging, global, opportunities, revolution
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046489
ISBN-13: 9780833046482

In 2007, the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and one of its administrative zones, the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), in northeast China commissioned the RAND Corporation to perform a technology-foresight study to help them develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for economic growth through technological innovation. The principal objectives were to identify the most-promising emerging technology applications for TBNA and TEDA to pursue as part of their plan for growth, to analyze the drivers and barriers they would face in each case, and to recommend action pla

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Anny Wong, S. R. Bohandy, Br
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: area, tianjin, technology, tbna, economic, technological, teda, development, new, binhai, depth, china, analyses, emerging, global, opportunities, revolution
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046470
ISBN-13: 9780833046475

In 2007, the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and one of its administrative zones, the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), in northeast China commissioned the RAND Corporation to perform a technology-foresight study to help them develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for economic growth through technological innovation. The principal objectives were to identify the most-promising emerging technology applications for TBNA and TEDA to pursue as part of their plan for growth, to analyze the drivers and barriers they would face in each case, and to recommend action pla