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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Evolution of Utopian Ideologies -- The Curse of Ideological Utopianism -- The Theocratic Master Creed Utopia -- The Master Race Utopia -- What About Fascism? -- The Socialist Master Class Utopia -- Chapter Two: The Origins and Spread of Socialism -- Early Socialist Thought -- Revolutionary and Messianic Socialism -- The French Revolution of 1789 and Reign of Terror -- "Left" and "Right" is Wrong -- Utopian Holocaust of the 20th Century -- The Russian Empire Becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) -- In the Spanish Civil War the Socialists Lose to the Fascists -- Socialism Spreads into China, North Korea and Southeast Asia -- The Failed Communist Coup Attempt in Indonesia -- The Killing Fields of Cambodia -- Stalin Outwits His Western Counterparts During World War II -- Stalin's Long Shadow and the Denouement of the Soviet Socialist Empire -- Revolution, Right or Wrong? -- Comparison of the American and French Revolutions -- Political Revolutions of a Different Kind -- Chapter Three: Socialist Doctrine, Methods, and Consequences -- Socialism's Deadly Recipe -- The Twelve Tenets of Modern Socialism -- Disingenuous Labels and Doublespeak -- "Democratic Socialists" and "Social Democrats" -- "Progressives" Without Progress -- "Liberals" Without Liberalism -- Boundless Arrogance -- The Immense Tragedy Unfolds -- Chapter Four: Three Faces of Evil -- The Unholy Trinity: Socialism, Marxism, and Communism -- The Incredible Success and Transformation of Democratic Capitalism -- Chapter Five: The Socialist Welfare State -- Socialism and the Liberal Welfare State -- Welfare Without Socialism, "Third Way" Socialism, and Democracy -- Your Labor, Whose Fruits? -- Chapter Six: Socialism, Human Nature, and Spirituality -- Problematic Suppositions.

"A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America's broken mental health care system As director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the back of the room, "Our house is on fire and you're telling me about the chemistry of the paint! What are you doing to put out the fire?" Dr. Insel knew in his heart that the answer was not nearly enough. The gargantuan American mental health industry was not healing millions who were desperately in need. He left his position atop the mental health research world to investigate all that was broken-and what a better path to mental health might look like. In the United States, we have treatments that work, but our system fails at every stage to deliver care well. Even before COVID, mental illness was claiming a life every eleven minutes by suicide. Quality of care varies widely, and much of the field lacks accountability. We focus on drug therapies for symptom reduction rather than on plans for long-term recovery. Care is often unaffordable and unavailable, particularly for those who need it most and are homeless or incarcerated. Where was the justice for the millions of Americans suffering from mental illness? Who was helping their families? But Dr. Insel also found that we do have approaches that work, both in the U.S. and globally. Mental illnesses are medical problems, but he discovers that the cures for the crisis are not just medical, but social. This path to healing, built upon what he calls the three Ps (people, place, and purpose), is more straightforward than we might imagine. Dr. Insel offers a comprehensive plan for our failing system and for families trying to discern the way forward. The fruit of a lifetime of expertise and a global quest for answers, Healing is a hopeful, actionable account and achievable vision for us all in this time of mental health crisis"--

"Pandemic Economics applies economic theory to the Covid-19 era, exploring the micro and macro dimensions of the pre-pandemic, pandemic and post-pandemic phases. Using core economic tools such as marginal analysis, cost-benefit analysis and opportunity cost, this book explores the breadth of economic outcomes from the pandemic. It shows that a trade-off between public health and economic health led to widespread problems, including virus infections and under-employment. Taking an international and comparative approach, the book shows that because countries implemented different economic policies, interventions and timelines during the crisis, outcomes varied with respect to the extent of recession, process of recovery, availability of medical equipment, public health and additional waves of the virus. Pedagogical features are weaved throughout the text, including country case studies, key terms, suggested further reading, and discussion questions for solo or group study. On top of this, the book offers online supplements comprising PowerPoint slides, test questions, extra case studies and an instructor guide. This textbook will be a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on pandemic economics, macroeconomics, health economics, public policy and related areas."

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Main Symbols -- Part I. From the Short Run to the Long -- 1 Introduction: Toward a Classical Growth Model -- 2 The Nature of the Long Run -- Part II. Long-run Models of Fiscal Policy -- 3 A Two-Class Model -- 4 Saving and the Class Structure -- 5 Debt and Endogenous Growth -- 6 Debt and Exogenous Growth -- 7 Pensions and Endogenous Growth -- 8 Pensions and Exogenous Growth -- 9 Optimal Policy -- Part III. Technical Change and the Production Function -- 10 Fossil Production Function: Theory -- 11 Fossil Production Function: Evidence -- Part IV. Summary -- 12 Fiscal Policy Reconsidered -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

"The Evidence Behind HR: An Open Evaluation of Contemporary HR Practices is a critical take on the assumptions and strategies used within modern HR practice. This book takes a detailed look at some of the latest academic and practitioner work used to justify mainstream HR practices"--

Understanding Global Crises is an innovative and interdisciplinary text thatinvestigates the key contemporary economic, social, and environmental crises and demonstrates their deep interconnection. Contributing to the discussion of large-scale crises, this book provides a conceptual framework to understand the current global landscape. Essential cascading crises topics, such as economic collapse, climate change, racial injustice, domestic violence, and epistemic oppression, are explored in order to equip readers with the clarity to understand global crises, assess policy interventions, and analyze social responses. To achieve future resilience, the book shows that society must recognize various forms of inequality and make policy changes. Each chapter showcases an international case study, covering real-life examples of topics such as climate disinformation, vaccine distribution disparities, environmental racism, and socioeconomic deprivation. Other features of the book include key terms, suggested further reading, and discussion questions, as well as online supplements comprising PowerPoint slides and an instructor's guide. Understanding Global Crises will be a valuable text to support courses in economics, environmental studies, political science, public health, and social policy.

Understanding Global Crises is an innovative and interdisciplinary text thatinvestigates the key contemporary economic, social, and environmental crises and demonstrates their deep interconnection. Contributing to the discussion of large-scale crises, this book provides a conceptual framework to understand the current global landscape. Essential cascading crises topics, such as economic collapse, climate change, racial injustice, domestic violence, and epistemic oppression, are explored in order to equip readers with the clarity to understand global crises, assess policy interventions, and analyze social responses. To achieve future resilience, the book shows that society must recognize various forms of inequality and make policy changes. Each chapter showcases an international case study, covering real-life examples of topics such as climate disinformation, vaccine distribution disparities, environmental racism, and socioeconomic deprivation. Other features of the book include key terms, suggested further reading, and discussion questions, as well as online supplements comprising PowerPoint slides and an instructor's guide. Understanding Global Crises will be a valuable text to support courses in economics, environmental studies, political science, public health, and social policy.

Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have labored to imagine the unimaginable and prevent it. They confronted a deceptively simple question: When is a reactor "safe enough" to adequately protect the public from catastrophe? Some experts sought a deceptively simple answer: an estimate that the odds of a major accident were, literally, a million to one. Far from simple, this search to quantify accident risk proved to be a tremendously complex and controversial endeavor, one that altered the very notion of safety in nuclear power and beyond. Safe Enough? is the first history to trace these contentious efforts, following the Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as their experts experimented with tools to quantify accident risk for use in regulation and to persuade the public of nuclear power's safety. The intense conflict over the value of risk assessment offers a window on the history of the nuclear safety debate and the beliefs of its advocates and opponents. Across seven decades and the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the quantification of risk has transformed both society's understanding of the hazards posed by complex technologies and what it takes to make them safe enough.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Part I. Leader at Last -- 1. Launching a Movement -- 2. Blackout in Houston -- 3. Railroads, Baseball, and the Color Line -- 4. "I Was Going Places" -- Part II. A Boy from Galveston and San Augustine -- 5. Uphome -- 6. Rabbit Returns -- 7. Driving Mr. Gus -- Part III. Wandering and Return -- 8. "They Got Me, But They Can't Forget Me": A Mad Odyssey -- 9. Drew and Me: Recovering Separate Selves -- Appendix. Interview Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Part 1: Fundamentals of Energy Economics -- 1. Introduction to Energy Economics -- 2. Energy Systems, Efficiency, and Conservation -- 3. Energy Sectors, part I: Power and Electricity -- 4. Energy Sectors, part II: Fuels, Buildings, Industry, and Transportation -- 5. Energy Policy: Theory and Applications -- 6. Energy Supply, Demand, and Markets -- Part 2: Traditional Energy Resources -- 7. Oil: Fuel for the Global Economy -- 8. Coal: Fuel for the Power Industry -- 9. Natural Gas: A New Horizon in Energy -- 10. Nuclear Energy: The Controversy Continues -- Part 3: Moving Forward -- 11. The Rise of Renewable Energy -- 12. Energy, Economics, and the Climate Crisis -- 13. Energy Security -- 14. Conclusion: Achieving a Clean Energy Transformation