Items related to The Silver Bullet
Face it. The world is no closer to consigning poverty to history. Why is there still poverty from whole countries of the poor South, to the back streets, slums and trailer parks of the rich West? The good intentions, the money, the rhetoric, the pity and the media histrionics are but pinpricks to a world-rampaging monster. They say there is no silver bullet. Neither Geldof or Bono, nor the United Nations, nor the vast assembled hosts of international aid and development agencies have the answer. Doesn t every citizen of the world have an equal right to the good life? With so much wealth in the world, why are so many of us so poor, when we could rid ourselves of this monster? And the fact is, there is only one way to kill poverty...
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Fred Harrison is a graduate of the Universities of Oxford and London. His journalistic career in Fleet Street was followed by a 10-year sojourn in Russia - where inter alia he was an adviser to the federal Parliament and to the Economics Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is research director of the London-based Land Research Trust, and co-founder of the communications company Motherlode Ltd and web-broadcaster The Renegade Economist.
Review:
Fred Harrison emphasises that ''Government's taxes...are a covert way of redistributing income from the poor to the rich'';. I needn t spell out here Harrison s explanation of how that works, but it is clear and it is important to understand it....Intelligent, active people [need] to give serious attention to the book's case - James Robertson, co-founder of the New Economics Foundation --Land&Liberty 1221, Spring 2008
''The Silver Bullet is brilliant!'' --Dr Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics, University of California
''The Silver Bullet is brilliant!'' --Dr Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics, University of California
''The Silver Bullet is brilliant!'' --Dr Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics, University of California
''The Silver Bullet is brilliant!'' --Dr Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics, University of California
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublishertheIU
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0904658104
- ISBN 13 9780904658101
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages220
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 102.27
Shipping:
US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Silver Bullet
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0904658104
Buy New
US$ 102.27
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Silver Bullet
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0904658104
Buy New
US$ 102.24
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Silver Bullet
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0904658104
Buy New
US$ 102.50
Convert currency