political aspects

Collects twenty essays spanning the career of economist Milton Friedman, discussing politics and economics.

"Since 2001, the US Department of State has been sending hip hop artists abroad to perform and teach as cultural ambassadors. There are good reasons for this: hip hop is known and loved across the globe, acknoledged and apperciated as a product of American culture. Hip ho has from its beginning been a means of creating community through artistic collaboration, fostering what hip hop artists call building . . . reveals the power of art to bridge cultural divides, facilitate understanding, and express an heal trauma. . . explores the tensions and ambiguities in the relationship between art and the state, reveling the ethical complexities that luke behind what might seem mere goodwill tours"--Adapted from dust jacket.

"Corporations are increasingly dominating the economic and political landscape of our globe. People in even the remotest regions drink Coca Cola, and a McDonald's is located near many of the world's most famous tourist sites. How did this happen in such a relatively short time, and is there any turning back now that deregulation and legislation favor such organizations? Does this dominance threaten democracy? And, given the power of tech companies like Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, what is in store for the future? The perspectives in this volume tackle the powerful rise of corporations and their influence around the world"--.

"This book will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong--and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all"--OCLC.

"Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others"--Publisher.

A critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy that exposes the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the context of two hundred years of American strategic doctrine.

"Body language expert Dr. Donna Van Natten provides . . . [readers] with the tools and resources . . . to analyze movements of . . . notable politicians . . . [including] Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others--and analyzes their physical behaviors, breaking down the lies and deceptions embedded in their everyday movements"--Provided by publisher.

"A book for high school students about the influence of money in American politics"--Provided by publisher.

The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.