A "provocative...persuasive" ("The New York Times") book that examines countries' economic destinies. In "False Economy," Alan Beattie weaves together the economic choices, political choices, economic history, and human stories, that determine whether governments and countries remain rich or poor. He also addresses larger questions about why they make the choices they do, and what those mean for the future of our global economy. But despite the heady subject matter, "False Economy" is a lively and lucid book that engagingly and thought-provokingly examines macroeconomics, economic...
A "provocative...persuasive" ("The New York Times") book that examines countries' economic destinies. In "False Economy," Alan Beattie weaves tog...
This reader documents the growing debate about health and wellbeing. Some 'new voices' speak from neglected lay experiences and values; others are challenging medical perspectives 'from within'. Competing perspectives on health beseige familiar areas of everyday life: our bodies, the home and workplace. Health goals are increasingly debated on wider agendas in social planning: in the marketing of lifestyles, in transport policies, and in the appraisal of alternative futures. But prospects for health are bound up with social equity, international justice, and global sustainability - as well as...
This reader documents the growing debate about health and wellbeing. Some 'new voices' speak from neglected lay experiences and values; others are cha...
