London Publishing: 73 books

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Opting Out: Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society

Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society

by David S. Oderberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018

Should people with deeply held objections to certain practices be allowed to opt out of involvement with them? Should a Christian baker who objects to homosexuality be allowed to deny service to a customer seeking a cake for a gay wedding? Should a Catholic nurse be able to refuse to contribute to...
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by John B. Taylor, Andrew G. Haldane, Patrick Minford
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016

John Taylor is one of the foremost economists of our generation. His ideas were implemented in central banks across the world during the period of price stability, economic growth and financial stability that followed the 1980s. Of course, this period culminated in the financial crisis of 2008, which...
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by Jagadeesh Gokhale
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

Nobody who has even a passing acquaintance with economics could fail to realise that Western governments are highly indebted. Current generations have been consuming at the expense of future generations. However, just how indebted are we? The government measures how much it has borrowed to meet past...
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by John Blundell
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015

This paper discusses how wars of ideas can be waged, using the author's extensive experience, both as director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and at other classical liberal think tanks. John Blundell begins his stimulating collection of published essays, reviews and introductions...
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by Geoffrey E. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014

Whilst it is impossible to argue that the earth is flat without fearing ridicule, fallacies in economics are widespread. Such fallacies pervade the intellectual sphere and even influence policy. Professor Geoffrey Wood of the University of Buckingham exposes such popular economic fallacies in this...
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New Private Monies

A Bit-Part Player?

by Kevin Dowd
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014

Kevin Dowd argues that states must allow a level playing field as far as private money is concerned. For too long the government has stifled competition between state-backed and private currencies. Instead, central banks should welcome competition as it forces them to offer consumers greater choice...
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by Kristian Niemietz
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

The National Health Service remains the sacred cow of British politics – any criticism is considered beyond the pale, guaranteed to trigger angry responses and accusations of bad faith. This book argues that the NHS should not be insulated from reasoned debate. In terms of health outcomes, it is...
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From Crisis to Confidence

Macroeconomics after the Crash

by Roger Koppl
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

From Crisis to Confidence not only describes the process which the economy must go through before a full recovery after the financial crash, it also describes the journey that must be travelled by the discipline of economics. As economics students and other commentators question post-war macroeconomics,...
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The Weaponization of Trade

The Great Unbalancing of Politics and Economics

by Jack Harding, Rebecca Harding
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017

Trade is being weaponized – and this is not good. As politicians on both sides of the Atlantic raise the stakes, trade is increasingly a tool of coercion to achieve strategic influence. This book looks at the risks for us all as trade becomes an instrument of foreign policy, and it shows how politicians could turn things around.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019

Top pay has risen much faster than average pay in the past 20 years. Today there's widespread public concern about the apparent excesses of some pay deals in the corporate sector - although people are more forgiving of the rewards to entrepreneurs, entertainers and sports stars. This collection of...
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by Debby Arthur Warner
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009

Kelly felt numb. It was all too surreal. She knew she was at a funeral, but she still couldn't grasp that it was her best friend, Tara, who lay in the coffin. The officer's words burned in her mind: It was an accident, he had said. Her foot must have slipped. She fell off a cliff. She shouldn't have...
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A Wet Ass and a Hungry Gut

Half a Century of Stories from the White River Valley

by Danny W. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011

Dad’s old ragtop Willys Jeep rolled backwards down the steep mountain road and turned over. Bang! It landed on the driver’s side and lunch stuff, thermos bottles, and Dad’s gun flew everywhere. It was pitch black at 5:30 a.m., and my body trembled with fear. “Dad!?” I yelled. There was only...
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by Roy Robson, Garry Robson
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015

A corrupt system. A city in meltdown. A rogue cop, bent on revenge. Who will deliver justice? Blood on the Streets is the first in the London Large crime thriller series, featuring the exploits of Detective Inspector Harry ‘H’ Hawkins, an old-school London copper with over thirty years...
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by Roy Robson, Garry Robson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018

The first three thrillers in the highly acclaimed London Large series featuring Inspector Harry Hawkins: Blood on the Streets, Bound by Blood and Bloody Liberties - plus six bonus short stories. Meet DI Harry Hawkins, 'H' to his friends and enemies alike. A hurting, damaged man out of time...
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