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(Statement of Responsibility) by Robert Blackwell. ; "Published for the author" ; Includes index. ; Illustrations engraved by Treadwell. ; (Funding) Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1870-1889 (NEH PA-50860-00).

This article addresses the fundamental changes that are taking place today in many practical translation contexts and processes, namely the changed relationship between the so-called 'original' and its translations. This relationship has always been more problematic than translation theory has been willing to accept, but today there are so many instances in which there is no 'original' in the traditional sense and, even when there is one, its claim to being the 'original' is often elusive and doubtful. This is exemplifi ed in numerous modern texts, possibly the majority of those read in the West in everyday life. They span linguistic transfers between one language pair to transfers involving numerous languages. They range from labels on food and other goods in shops and modest tourist brochures to important legal documents in the European Union.

At the centre of John Rawls's political philosophy is one of the most influential thought experiments of the twentieth century: which principles of justice would a group of individuals choose to regulate their society if they were deprived of any information about themselves that might bias their choice? In this collection of new essays, leading political philosophers examine the ramifications and continued relevance of Rawls's idea. Their chapters explore topics including the place of the original position in rational choice theory, the similarities between Rawls's original position and Kant's categorical imperative, the differences between Rawls's model and Scanlon's contractualism, and the role of the original position in the argument between Rawls and other views in political philosophy, including utilitarianism, feminism, and radicalism. This accessible volume will be a valuable resource for undergraduates, as well as advanced students and scholars of philosophy, game theory, economics, and the social and political sciences

ARE WE DESCENDED FROM ADAM OR FROM RATIONAL ECONOMIC HOMUNCULI? RATIONAL-MAN THEORIES USUALLY FAVOR THE LATTER. BUT ALL FOUR MAIN VERSIONS RUN INTO FAMOUS PUZZLES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION. AMONG THE CONSTANTS THERE NEEDS TO BE A PRIDE, WHICH SPURS MEN BOTH TO CREATE A SOCIAL FRAMEWORK & TO UNDERMINE THEIR OWN CREATION. THE OLD NAME FOR THIS SOURCE OF SOCIAL CONTRADICTIONS IS ORIGINAL SIN.

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This paper draws on newly expanded BIS government bond statistics to document how emerging market sovereigns have reduced their reliance on foreign currency denominated bonds since the emerging market crises of the 1990s. With external funding still important for emerging market governments, they have increasingly been able to borrow from foreign investors in their domestic currency. In this respect, emerging market governments are overcoming "Original Sin". The flipside of these developments is that foreign investors increasingly bear the currency risk associated with fluctuations in emerging market exchange rates, making foreign investors' portfolio decisions more sensitive to prevailing global financial conditions. Emerging markets thus remain vulnerable to reversals of investor sentiment in bond markets, whether or not they have outstanding debt in foreign currency.

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This article explores how Herman Melville uses the elegant structure of the April Fool's Day prank to anticipate not only the critical and commercial failure of his final novel in 1857, but also the proclivities of the twentieth-century literary scholar. The Confidence-Man simultaneously invites and defies the many attempts to read it as allegory and, through a series of increasingly antagonistic metafictional interludes, Melville's narrator berates his imagined reader and, vicariously, all his readers for their delusional expectations, hypocritical standards, and otherwise irrational reading habits.