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Author: Chris Clearfield
Publisher:
Published: 2019-02
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781786492265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA groundbreaking take on how complexity causes failure in all kinds of modern systems--from social media to air travel--this practical and entertaining book reveals how we can prevent meltdowns in business and life.
Author: Thomas E. Woods
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-02-09
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1596981067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith a foreword from Ron Paul, Meltdown is the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis. As the new Obama administration inevitably calls for more regulations, Woods argues that the only way to rebuild our economy is by returning to the fundamentals of capitalism and letting the free market work.
Author: Richard L. Hasen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2020-02-04
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 0300252862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the nation’s leading expert, an indispensable analysis of key threats to the integrity of the 2020 American presidential election As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness. Old-fashioned and new-fangled dirty tricks, including foreign and domestic misinformation campaigns via social media, threaten electoral integrity. Inflammatory rhetoric about “stolen” elections supercharges distrust among hardcore partisans. Taking into account how each of these threats has manifested in recent years—most notably in the 2016 and 2018 elections—Hasen offers concrete steps that need to be taken to restore trust in American elections before the democratic process is completely undermined.
Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781419735950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
Author: Fred Bortz
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1512453005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJapan. March 11, 2011. 2:46 P.M. The biggest earthquake in Japan's history—and one of the world's five most powerful since 1900—devastated the Tohoku region, 320 kilometers (200 miles) northeast of Tokyo. It triggered a huge tsunami that left crippling damage in its wake. More than 13,000 people drowned, and thousands of buildings and homes were reduced to rubble. As people assessed the damage, they made the most frightening discovery of all: the Fukushima #1 nuclear power plant was seriously damaged and three of its six reactors were heading for meltdowns. Workers tried desperately—but unsuccessfully—to save them. Explosions and fires released radioactivity into the air. Within days the Japanese government declared a 20-kilometer (12-mile) evacuation zone. The future of the plant, the long-term health of those exposed to radiation, and the effects on the environment remained uncertain. Learn more about this massive catastrophe as Dr. Fred Bortz examines both the human tragedy and the scientific implications of the nuclear meltdown. Compare this disaster to similar nuclear events in the United States and in Ukraine, and move ahead with Dr. Bortz as he explores the global debate about the future of nuclear power and alternative sources of energy.
Author: Judy Shelton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-11-24
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 1439188467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this analysis, Shelton calls for a unified international monetary regime—a new Bretton Woods—to lay the foundation for worldwide stability and prosperity in the post-Cold War era. Despite worldwide rhetoric about free trade and the global economy, the leading economic powers have done little to address the most insidious form of protectionism—the inherently unstable international monetary system. In outlining steps toward a new world monetary structure, Judy Shelton elevates the needs of individual producers—who actually create wealth in the global economy—over the programmes of governments.
Author: Liam O'Donnell
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 1554690668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile learning about media consolidation and the power of money over truth, Bounce, Pema and Jagroop decide to take on the developers and the media. When Karl Reed, Owner of Oasis Developments, tries to force the sale of a local fruit farm—through whatever means necessary—Pema, Bounce and Jagroop decide to expose him through the media. Little do they realize that when it comes to the news and the advertisers who make it possible, the truth is not always part of the story and nothing can be taken at face value.
Author: Madellaine Paxson
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2006-09
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780439848732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the changes in Addie Singer's life increase, she is in danger of losing her friends in Rocky Road Middle School.
Author: Deirdre Langeland
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2021-02-23
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 162672699X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeirdre Langeland's Meltdown explores for middle grade readers the harrowing story of the deadly earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that caused the 2011 Fukushima power plant disaster On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast. It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high. The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario--a nuclear meltdown. For six days, employees at the plant worked to contain the meltdown and disaster workers scoured the surrounding flooded area for survivors. This book examines the science behind such a massive disaster and looks back at the people who experienced an unprecedented trifecta of destruction.
Author: Paul Craig Roberts
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 1990-09-01
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1937184188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the irrational life of Soviet producers, the monstrous deprivation of Soviet consumers, and the ideological origins of the Soviet economy that have resulted in a system unable to bear the weight of being a superpower. The authors spell out the challenges that Gorbachev and his successors face. The penultimate chapter deals with the privatization of the Soviet economy. In the last chapter they document the failure of Western experts and pundits to create a true picture of the Soviet system.
