Paul Gregory

Robert C. Stuart

Since the first edition of this book in 1975 (previously titled Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century), this market-leading title has examined different economies in theory and practice.This edition represents a complete revision and a significant expansion of the previous (2004) edition. The authors have completely rewritten and reorganized the 21 chapters of the previous edition and included a new chapter (Chapter 12, The Europen Model).

The Global Economy and Its Economic Systems

In "Too Much and Never Enough", Donald Trump's niece Mary paints a devastating portrait of her uncle Donald, whom she calls "the world's most dangerous man." The book opens a window into the wealthy but dysfunctional family in which Donald grew up, shining a harsh light on Donald's personality and behavior and examining the family environment that made him the kind of man that he became. It's no wonder that family members sued to try to prevent the book's publication.This book lays out such a coherent and comprehensive psychological profile of Donald Trump that it forces the reader to take note of this detailed and sordid narrative if they are being honest in their quest to best understand the man presently leading the (dwindling) free world. Mary Trump believes that if he is afforded a second term, it would be the end of American democracy.Based on the first 2 chapters, it seems that Donald Trump never remotely had a chance to develop into a person with emotions, morals, and consequences. The combative, rigid persona he developed in order to shield him from the terror of his early abandonment, along with his having been made to witness his father's abuse of Freddy, cut him off from real human connection." Donald's personality crushed Freddie and his father assisted and supported this. It is beyond cruel; it is inhumane, evil and hurt many people. Money does not buy happiness; you could have nothing and be much richer than the Trumps. Family love is priceless; faith in stupidity leaves a soulless emptiness in its wake.

A Fascinating Review of Mary Trump's Tell-all.

Too Much Is Just Enough!

Henrietta Lacks is popularly known as the mother of modern medicine, she was a young black mother of five who was wrongly diagnosed with cervical cancer and passed away on the 4th of October 1951. Her cells were harvested while she was undergoing surgery without the consent of her family; it wasn't until 20 years after her death they discovered that her cells were very much alive.Remarkably, the cells continued to grow and replicate outside of her body till this day (60 years after her demise). No one could have predicted that Lacks would become legendary, or that her physical being would contribute so much to medical research that might someday save us all from cancer. The HeLa cells as it is usually called have been responsible for some of the most important medical advances of all time: the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, cloning, gene mapping and IVF: All these health milestones and many more, owe everything to the life, and death, of a young mother.Generally speaking cells taken from an individual and used for research, benefits the common good so it's OK to use them, but in this case Henrietta's cells were used to develop medical treatments available to people who could afford medical insurance, the cells were sold at exorbitant prices and not even a dime was given to her family or relatives. African American were often utilized as medical experiments during the era of slavery, they were subjected to inhumane treatment and enormous risks in the hands of their owners who were physicians. These white doctors saw this as an opportunity which they could execute experimental research programs and develop new tools, techniques and medicines as was the case of Henrietta Lacks.

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