Social Systems

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In Building Tomorrow, Paddy Le Flufy brings together six organizational technologies being developed and implemented by pioneering experts. Each of them fundamentally redesigns a key element of our economic system. Together, they form a holistic vision of a new system–one that can help us avoid the catastrophe looming on the horizon.

Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure. This entertaining journey includes bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bedmates, and hilarious food cravings. Alt walked more than five million steps in tribute to his brother, who has cerebral palsy and lives in a home called Sunshine. This trail adventure has inspired an annual event that has raised more than $200,000 for Sunshine. It includes hiking tips for the whole family.

Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities.

In Unhealthy: Corruption and Malpractice in the American Health System, Dr. Richard Kradin, a professor at Harvard Medical School and expert in pulmonary infectious diseases, explores the history of the corporate and ideological transformation of America’s medical profession and how it has diminished the quality of health care. He describes how progressive medical education has produced a generation of physicians as concerned with political activism as they are with medical science.

These seven precedent-setting case studies taken from the files of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission illustrate vital issues addressed in the first decade of Las Vegas' megaresorts.

A Tale of Two Economies details the ongoing battle between the material and the monetary economies. The good news is that the development of modern technology in our material economy has us on the brink of prosperity. The bad news is that a turf war over the money supply in our monetary economy is destroying our prospects for enjoying this success. Thus, we have rampant inflation and a growing gap between the rich and the poor today.

This book offers 44 bite-sized chapters, filled with practical ideas that parents and educators can use to develop the leadership potential in children and youth. These can be heard in any order. While applicable for all ages, it's primarily designed to help parents and those who work with children, under the age of 14. The author is a global authority on young leader development.

Existem Estados pelo mundo que cobram altos impostos e oferecem muitos serviços à população. Outros têm oferta bem mais limitada, porém cobram poucos tributos, deixando a riqueza nas mãos dos cidadãos. Nosso Estado é de um terceiro tipo, mais próximo a um sádico obeso que rouba os que estão embaixo para dar aos grupinhos de cima, encastelados no poder.

In The Diaspora of Belonging, author Jay Sharma explores the history of systemic racism, structural oppression, and state-sanctioned discrimination and injustice as it relates to urban settings. Drawing on 12 unique cities across the country, Sharma demonstrates how calculated decisions regarding our cities are, and how those in power have weaponized the built environment for decades. Explore the connections between justice and design, economics and identity, and segregation and community. Let it challenge and inspire you to make our cities better places for us all.

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This book provides the listener with nine foundational values that transform a healthcare organization, outfitting it to succeed in the modern environment of high accountability and value-based medicine. Plagued by traditional leadership paradigms, the healthcare industry continues to deliver status quo results. Transformational thinking must dominate by embracing the values that have been vetted over 25 years in healthcare settings that are described in The Culture Cure.

Todo lo que no quieres pero necesitas saber sobre el poder, la economía, la sociedad y las telecomunicaciones en la era de la información.

Today’s raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. Now two respected political pollsters show what it means for the future of American politics. The riotous tea parties and town hall meetings of last summer seemingly took everyone by surprise. They shouldn’t have. Populist movements have always arisen in times of economic hardship. Here, Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen explore the heart of the uprising that has thrown American politics into turmoil.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall, one economic model emerged triumphant. Capitalism - spanning a spectrum from laissez-faire to authoritarian - shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. The trouble is cracking its shiny veneer. In the US, economic growth is no longer matched by economic development. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, natural resources are exploited for short-term profits, and good jobs are hard to find.

Inhalt: A. Behandlungsarten der Geschichte. Ursprüngliche Geschichtsschreibung, Reflektierende Geschichtsschreibung, Philosophische Geschichtsschreibung. B. Bestimmung des Geistes in der Weltgeschichte. Die Natur des Geistes: Die Freiheit, Die Mittel zur Realisierung seiner Idee: Menschliche Tätigkeit, Die Gestalt seiner Realisierung: Der Staat. C. Der Gang der Weltgeschichte. Das Prinzip der Entwicklung, Der Anfang der Geschichte, Die Art des Ganges der Geschichte - Geographische Grundlage der Weltgeschichte: Die Neue Welt: Amerika, Die Alte Welt. Die geographischen Unterschiede.

Inhalt: A. Bestimmung der Geschichte der Philosophie; 1. Gewöhnliche Vorstellungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie; a. Die Geschichte der Philosophie als Vorrat von Meinungen; b. Erweis der Nichtigkeit der philosophischen Erkenntnis durch die Geschichte der Philosophie selbst; c. Erklärungen über die Verschiedenheit der Philosophien; 2. Erläuterungen für die Begriffsbestimmung der Geschichte der Philosophie; a. Der Begriff der Entwicklung; b. Der Begriff des Konkreten.

Inhalt: I. Begrenzung der Ästhetik und Widerlegung einiger Einwürfe gegen die Philosohie der Kunst, II. Wissenschaftliche Behandlungsarten des Schönen und der Kunst: 1. Kunstgeschichte und Kunsttheorie, 2. Platons Idee des Schönen, 3. Philosophischer Begriff des Schönen. III. Begriff des Kunstschönen Gewöhnliche Vorstellungen von der Kunst: 1. Das Kunstwerk als Produkt menschlicher Tätigkeit, 2. Das Kunstwerk als für den Sinn des Menschen dem Sinnlichen entnommen.

Inhalt: A. Das Verhältnis der Religionsphilosophie zu ihren Voraussetzungen und zu Zeitprinzipien; I. Die Entzweiung der Religion mit dem freien, weltlichen Bewußtsein; II. Die Stellung der Religionsphilosophie zur Philosophie und zur Religion; III. Das Verhältnis der Philosophie der Religion zu den Zeitprinzipien des rel. Bewußtseins; B. Vorfragen; C. Einteilung; I. Allgemeiner Begriff der Religion; II. Das Urteil oder die bestimmte Religion; III. Die offenbare Religion - Anfang des Begriffs der Religion: Von Gott.

This document discusses problems that the US Supreme Court presents to stability and democracy in the United States. It then gives examples of the problem and concludes with recommendations about how to depoliticize the Court.