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Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.

From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks and one of the most influential writers on economics a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are being strained and rejected even in democracy s notional heartlands Around the world democratic capitalism which depends on the determined separation of power from wealth is in crisis Some now argue that capitalism is better without democracy others that democracy is better without capitalism This book is a forceful rejoinder to both views It analyses how the marriage between capitalism and democracy has become so fraught and yet insists that a divorce would be an almost unimaginable calamity Martin Wolf one of the wisest public voices on global affairs argues that for all its recent failings slowing growth increasing inequality widespread popular disillusion democratic capitalism though inherently fragile remains the best system we know for human flourishing Capitalism and democracy are complementary oppo

Un espectre ronda per Europa, l''espectre del comunisme. Totes les potencies de la vella Europa s''han aliat en una santa cacera major per acorralar aquest espectre: el Papa i el Tsar, Metternich i Guizot, els radicals francesos i els policies alemanys. On es el partit d'' oposicio que no hagi estat acusat de comunisme pels adversaris en el govern? On es el partit d''oposicio que no hagi estigmatitzat amb el retret infamant de comunista els seus adversaris ja siguin de dretes o d''esquerres? En resulten dues coses: El comunisme ja es reconegut com una potencia per totes les potencies europees. Ha arribat l''hora que els comunistes exposin; obertament a tothom les seves concepcions, els seu s objectius i les seves tendencies, i contraposin a les llegendes de l'' espectre comunista un manifest del propi partit. Amb aquest objectiu els comunistes de di verses nacionalitats s''han reunit a Londres i han esbossat el seguent manifest, que es publica en llengua anglesa, francesa, alemanya, italiana, flamenca i danesa.

This open access book draws together key research from the UK Climate Resilience programme

Fun illustrations and a humorous writing style make the science of climate change less overwhelming and easier to understand

The Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations plus the European Union to explore why some sub federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years As the contributing authors find there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub federal participation This they attribute to three key factors the distinctive institutional features of federal systems the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation As a whole The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub federal actors interests jurisdictional political and economic are what motivate them to participate in trade debates However institutional configurations coupled with the influence of civil society actors political parties and others determine the nature and scope of that participation Informed by a deep knowledge of federal dynamics this volume provides extensive comparative analyses of all seven of the North American and European federations and represents a significant intervention into the study of both federalism and political economy

Energy drives the economy economics informs policy and policy affects social outcomes Since the oil crises of the 1970s pundits have debated the validity of this sequence but most economists and politicians still ignore it Thus they delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs and constraints on economic policies that address such pressing contemporary issues as income inequality growth debt and climate change To understand why Carey King explores the scientific and rhetorical basis of the competing narratives both within and between energy technology and economics Energy and economic discourse seems to mirror Newton s 3rd Law of Motion For every narrative there is an equal and opposite counter narrative The competing energy narratives pit drill baby drill against renewable technologies such as wind and solar Both claim to provide secure reliable clean and affordable energy to support economic growth with the most benefit to society but how To answer this question we need to understand the competing economic narratives techno optimism and techno realism Techno optimism claims that innovation overcomes any physical resource constraints and enables the social outcomes and economic growth we desire Techno realism in cont

Spanning millennia and continents here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization Boccaletti of The Nature Conservancy tackles the most important story of our time our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity Kelly McEvers NPR Host Writing with authority and brio Giulio Boccaletti honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment University of Oxford shrewdly combines environmental and social history beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping which in turn led to a population explosion and labor specialization We see with clarity how irrigation s structure informed social structure inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity how in ancient Greece the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation and how the modern world as we know it began with a

Spanning millennia and continents here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization Boccaletti of The Nature Conservancy tackles the most important story of our time our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity Kelly McEvers NPR Host Writing with authority and brio Giulio Boccaletti honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment University of Oxford shrewdly combines environmental and social history beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping which in turn led to a population explosion and labor specialization We see with clarity how irrigation s structure informed social structure inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity how in ancient Greece the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation and how the modern world as we know it began with a

In 2008 the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economist and thinkers but was ignored within the tumults of the financial crash A decade later the ideas was revived within the democratic socialists in the US forefront by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez The Green New Deal demands a radical and urgent reversal of the current state of the global economy including total de carbonisation and a commitment to fairness and social justice Critics on all sides have been quick to observe that the GND is a pipe dream that could never be implemented and would cost the earth But as Ann Pettifor shows we need to rethink the function of money and how it works within the global system How can we bail out the banks but not the planet We have to stop thinking about the imperative of economic growth nothing grows for ever The program will be a long term project but it needs to start immediately

After decades of pervasive influence over government policy economists have done much to create the world in which we live And yet how well do they actually understand human behaviour As the Western world turns against experts has their time come to an end

This open access book foregrounds novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities SSH and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics STEM disciplines for the benefit of Eu

The current model of economic expansion driven by fossil fuels is unsustainable leading many to toy with the idea of ditching growth to save the planet But as Alessio Terzi argues a post growth world would be prone to catastrophes no less serious than climate change itself Luckily with the right policies growth can be made earth friendly