PC Wars addresses the very controversial public issue of political correctness. The collection marks a watershed in the debate about pc in that it presents serious considerations and analyses of the factors, causes, and consequences of the PC debate. PC Wars analyzes political correctness by focusing on the mass media, and class politics, while scrutinizing the undercurrents of anti-intellectualism and anti-professionalism which have tended to create a fertile ground for the pc hysteria. The volume provides a critical look at the reaction, ideology and political forces that have cohered...

The unprecedented rise and fall in silver's price during 1979-80 resulted in charges of market manipulation against the Hunt brothers of Dallas, charges that led to a lengthy trial and a guilty verdict. In this book Jeffrey Williams, who was an expert witness in the actual trial, focuses on the economic analysis used at the trial, the relationship of that analysis to the attorneys' arguments, and its effectiveness before the jury. Manipulation on Trial draws broadly applicable lessons from this important case. Through a series of essays, it investigates the elusive definition of manipulation,...

This book offers an explanation of why commodity processors and dealers use futures markets.