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Intro -- John le Carré -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold -- Summary -- Death of an agent -- Defection and debrief -- Behind the Iron Curtain -- Endgame -- Character study -- Alec Leamas -- Liz Gold -- Hans-Dieter Mundt -- Fiedler -- George Smiley -- Control -- Analysis -- The antidote to James Bond -- Real deception -- West is best? -- Then and now -- Further reflection -- Further reading.

• Encouraging reports came out of the health office today; these numbers were the smallest number reported since the epidemic began• There were forty-seven new cases of influenza and four cases of pneumonia received today• There have been 1,264 cases of influenza in the city of Spokane• Dr. J.B. Anderson, city health officer, estimates there are not more than 600 sufferers of the disease at this time• Dr. Anderson advises there is nothing to suggest the existing policy ban will be lifted soon• Dr. Anderson advises the extensive use of masks as in other cities will not be used in Spokane, and believes there is no need for this drastic measure• Lt. Stewart at Fort George Wright appointed Drs. Stanley Titus and C.E. Grove to assist the military at the fort and at Whitworth ; Newspaper article

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Wealth and Health Insurance 2. Macro Markets and FinancialSecurity 23 -- Stefano Athanasoulis, Robert Shiller, and Eric van Wincoop -- 3. Gene Insurance 47 -- Alexander Tabarrok -- 4. Time-Consistent Health Insurance 53 -- John H. Cochrane -- Part II. The Use of Information in Markets -- 5. Decision Markets 79 -- Robin D. Hanson -- Part III. The Shortage of Human Organs -- 6. A Market for Organs 89 -- Andy H. Barnett, Roger D. Blair, and David L. Kaserman -- 7. The Organ Shortage: A Tragedy of the Commons? 107 -- Alexander Tabarrok -- Part IV. Efficient Justice -- 8. A Modest Proposal to Improve Judicial Incentives 115 -- Steven Landsburg -- 9. Privatizing Probation and Parole 117 -- Morgan Reynolds -- 10. More Juslice foI Less Money: A Slep beyond Cimino 129 -- David Friedman -- Part V. Bankruptcy and Securities Regulation -- 11. Improving Bankruptcy Procedure 153 -- Philippe Aghion, Oliver Hart, and John Moore -- 12. Empowering Investors: A Market Approach to Securities -- Regulation 177 -- Roberta Romano -- Part VI. Patents without Monopoly -- 13. Patent Buyouts: A Mechanism for Encouraging Innovation 245 -- Michael Kremer -- Part VII. Urban Transit -- 14. Curb Rights: Eliciting Competition and Entrepreneurship in Urban -- Transit 275 -- Daniel B. Klein, Adrian T. Moore, and Binyam Reja -- Index 299 -- About the Independent Institute 315

Enthält Rezensionen von: MacKinnon, Stephen: An oral history of American journalism in the 1930s and 1940s. / By Stephen R. MacKinnnon and Oris Friesen. + MacKinnon, Janice R.: Agnes Smedley: The life and times of an American radical. / By Janice MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon. + Burchett: Reporting on the other side of the world, 1939-1983. / Ben Kiernan, ed

The passing of John Kie-chang Oh is a vivid reminder of how much political science is driven by political responsibility. As a young man in Seoul, John Oh found himself at the center of the great upheaval that was the Korean War. His enrollment in law at the prestigious Seoul National University was cut short, and the prospect of a career in law and politics was put permanently on hold. Even worse, as he recalled, he could not depart from the city, as he was recovering from an appendectomy. The bright optimism of a 20-year-old had been shattered on that September morning in 1950, as he suddenly found himself on the run in his own native land.

'"I do not trouble myself whether my conduct in Parliament" . John Bright.' ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

"Predislovie" signed: Dzhems E . Torol d Rodzhers. ; Translation of selected speeches. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Rethinking Poles and Jews focuses on the role of Holocaust-related material in perpetuating anti-Polish images and describes organizational efforts to combat them. Without minimizing contemporary Polish anti-Semitism, it also presents more positive material on contemporary Polish-American organizations and Jewish life in Poland