"According to conventional wisdom, the economic well-being of all but the wealthiest Americans has stagnated or declined over the past twenty-five years. In Prices, Poverty, and Inequality: Why Americans Are Better Off Than You Think, Christian Broda and David E. Weinstein argue that this idea is based upon misleading measurements of wealth and poverty. The consumer price index used to compute official measures of real wages and poverty ..."
"Japan, the world's second largest economy, has suffered from a prolonged period of stagnation and malaise since 1991. Subpar growth, failing banks, plummeting real estate and stock prices, deflation, unprecedented unemployment, and huge government liabilities have persisted, despite extraordinary fiscal and monetary policy fixes. In Reviving Japan's Economy, 16 top American ..."
"The 'Art of Life' is John Stuart Mill's name for his account of practical reason. In this volume, eleven leading scholars elucidate this fundamental, but widely neglected, element of Mill's thought. Mill divides the Art of Life into three 'departments': 'Morality, Prudence or Policy, and Æsthetics'. In the volume's first section, Rex Martin, David Weinstein, Ben Eggleston, and Dale E. Miller investigate the relation between the departme ..."
"The "Art of Life" is John Stuart Mill's name for his account of practical reason. In this volume, eleven leading scholars elucidate this fundamental, but widely neglected, element of Mill's thought. Mill divides the Art of Life into three "departments": "Morality, Prudence or Policy, and Aesthetics."In the volume's first section, Rex Martin, David Weinstein, Ben Eggleston, and Dale E. Miller investigate the relation between the departme ..."
"Japan's economic bubble burst in the early 1990s, and the country entered its famous "lost decade"--a period of stagnation and economic disruption that persisted until 2003. The current declines in global equity and real estate markets have eerie parallels to Japan's economic woes of the 1990s. If we are to avoid repeating Japan's experience on a global scale, we must under ..."
"This book is the first significant contribution to thoroughly examine the potential hazards associated with snakes of the former family, Colubridae. This family contained 65% of living snake species (approximately 3,000 taxa) and has recently been split into multiple families. Many of these snakes produce oral secretions that contain toxins and other biologically-active substances. A large variety of these snakes figure in the pet indus ..."
"The first edition of this book provided "one-stop shopping" by offering information regarding their possible toxicity and clinical relevance as well as recommendations for medical management of their bites."
"The seventh issue of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. Fiction: The Dead House, by Bruce Kilstein A Letter from Legrand, by David Ellis An Old-Fashioned Villain, by Nick Andreychuk The Premature Murder, by Michael Mallory The Double, by Janice Law The Way It Is (novel excerpt), by Carole Buggé A House Divided, by Marc Bilgrey Classic repri ..."
"Negative theology is the attempt to describe God by speaking in terms of what God is not. Historical affinities between Jewish modernity and negative theology indicate new directions for thematizing the modern Jewish experience. Questions such as, What are the limits of Jewish modernity in terms of negativity? Has this creative tradition exhausted itself? and How might Jewish thought go forward? anchor these original essays. Taken toget ..."
"In this daring anthology of cutting-edge short stories, new science fiction luminaries including Rebecca Roanhorse, Amal El-Mohtar, and Sam J. Miller, are showcased with the rising stars that are transforming their genre. Discover exciting writers who are already out of this world, in this space-age sequel to the 2018 World Fantasy Award-winning anthology, The New Voices of Fantasy.[STARRED REVIEW] “Superlative.” ―Publishers WeeklyYour ..."
"For forty years, Harvey Mansfield has been worth reading. Whether plumbing the depths of Machiavelli s Discourses or explaining what was at stake in Bill Clinton s impeachment, Mansfield s work in political philosophy and political science has set the standard. In Educating the Prince, twenty-one of his students, themselves distinguished scholars, try to live up to that standard. Their essays offer penetrating analyses of Machiavelliani ..."
The Eddie Cantor Story(1st Edition) A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by DavidWeinstein Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Brandeis University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5126-0048-3, ISBN: 1-5126-0048-2
"This absorbing biography chronicles the life and work of one of the most important entertainers of the twentieth century. Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) starred in theater, film, radio, and television. His immense popularity across a variety of media, his pride in his Jewish heritage, and his engagement with pressing political issues distinguished him from other headliners of his era. Paying equal attention to Cantor’s humor and politics, Wei ..."
The Forgotten Network Dumont and the Birth of American Television by DavidWeinstein Hardcover, 228 Pages, Published 2004 by Temple Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-245-4, ISBN: 1-59213-245-6
"During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name DuMont was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money could buy. More viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was established in 1946. Network founder Allen B. Du Mont became a folk hero for his entrepreneurial spirit in bringing television to the American people. Yet, by 1955, the DuMo ..."
Best Loop Hikes Colorado (Best Hikes) by Steve Johnson, DavidWeinstein Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Mountaineers Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89886-978-1, ISBN: 0-89886-978-1
"Loop hikes mean you end back where you started—but you get fresh scenery every step of the way! • 60 loop hikes accessible from metro areas including Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Boulder • Illustrated with topo maps, elevation profiles, and photos for each hike • Trailfinder chart lists hikes by factors including distance, hiking time, elevation gain, season, and highlights—quiet wilderness, mountain meadow, great views ..."
"Steve Johnson, David Weinstein ... Maps □ USGS Conifer Contact □ Jefferson
County Open Space Driving directions: To reach the trailhead, drive 16 miles
west of Denver on US 285. ... This wide, well-trodden trail guides itself away from
the hectic populace of the freeway and delves 8600' 1 22.3 9000' 8200' 7800' 0 ..."
INDUSTRAT(Loose Leaf) (TM): The Strategic Industrial Marketing Simulation by Jean-Claude Larreche, DavidWeinstein, Dave Weinstein Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1988 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-459157-5, ISBN: 0-13-459157-7
"A computerized simulation of actual operating environments, INDUSTRAT places managers in the midst of a competitive scenario and provides them with feedback on their decisions."
The Eddie Cantor Story A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics by DavidWeinstein 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Brandeis University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5126-0134-3, ISBN: 1-5126-0134-9
"The thirty-seven-minute skit, long by vaudeville standards, mainly showcased the
musical talents of the fourteen kids. Cantor, in blackface, played the family's
wisecracking butler. “Mine was a good part, there's always sympathy in the
theater for anyone in a servile capacity; and when I'd talk back to my little Master
Buzzell the audience loved it,” Cantor remembered.29 In one scene, Cantor
imitated two more famous blackface perfo ..."
"Hans Baron, Karl Popper, Leo Strauss and Erich Auerbach were among the many German-speaking Jewish intellectuals who fled Continental Europe with the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. Their scholarship, though not normally considered together, is studied here to demonstrate how, despite their different disciplines and distinctive modes of working, they responded polemically in the guise of traditional scholarship to their shared trauma. For ..."
"But, Beiser continues, it is “not easy to say” just what historicism amounted to as it
has “meant many things to many people.”27 Nonetheless, Beiser insists that
several principles characterize any historicism. First, for every version, “all values
and institutions are the product of time and place.” Second, “everything in the
human world has to be understood within its specific social-historical context,”
making all social-histori ..."