Author: Robert Pollin
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781844675340
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The concepts of modernity and modernism are among the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this new, muscular intervention, Pollin explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner.
Contours of Descent
Author: Robert Pollin
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781844675340
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The concepts of modernity and modernism are among the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this new, muscular intervention, Pollin explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781844675340
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The concepts of modernity and modernism are among the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this new, muscular intervention, Pollin explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner.
Back to Full Employment
Author: Robert Pollin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262017571
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Economist Robert Pollin argues that the United States needs to try to implement full employment and how it can help the economy.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262017571
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Economist Robert Pollin argues that the United States needs to try to implement full employment and how it can help the economy.
Greening the Global Economy
Author: Robert Pollin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262322870
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being. In order to control climate change, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030. Achieving the target goals will be highly challenging. Yet in Greening the Global Economy, economist Robert Pollin shows that they are attainable through steady, large-scale investments—totaling about 1.5 percent of global GDP on an annual basis—in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy sources. Not only that: Pollin argues that with the right investments, these efforts will expand employment and drive economic growth. Drawing on years of research, Pollin explores all aspects of the problem: how much energy will be needed in a range of industrialized and developing economies; what efficiency targets should be; and what kinds of industrial policy will maximize investment and support private and public partnerships in green growth so that a clean energy transformation can unfold without broad subsidies. All too frequently, inaction on climate change is blamed on its potential harm to the economy. Pollin shows greening the economy is not only possible but necessary: global economic growth depends on it.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262322870
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being. In order to control climate change, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030. Achieving the target goals will be highly challenging. Yet in Greening the Global Economy, economist Robert Pollin shows that they are attainable through steady, large-scale investments—totaling about 1.5 percent of global GDP on an annual basis—in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy sources. Not only that: Pollin argues that with the right investments, these efforts will expand employment and drive economic growth. Drawing on years of research, Pollin explores all aspects of the problem: how much energy will be needed in a range of industrialized and developing economies; what efficiency targets should be; and what kinds of industrial policy will maximize investment and support private and public partnerships in green growth so that a clean energy transformation can unfold without broad subsidies. All too frequently, inaction on climate change is blamed on its potential harm to the economy. Pollin shows greening the economy is not only possible but necessary: global economic growth depends on it.
Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal
Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 178873985X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An engaging conversation with Noam Chomsky—revered public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author—about climate change, capitalism, and how a global Green New Deal can save the planet. In this compelling new book, Noam Chomsky, the world’s leading public intellectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change—and present a realistic blueprint for change: the Green New Deal. Together, Chomsky and Pollin show how the forecasts for a hotter planet strain the imagination: vast stretches of the Earth will become uninhabitable, plagued by extreme weather, drought, rising seas, and crop failure. Arguing against the misplaced fear of economic disaster and unemployment arising from the transition to a green economy, they show how this bogus concern encourages climate denialism. Humanity must stop burning fossil fuels within the next thirty years and do so in a way that improves living standards and opportunities for working people. This is the goal of the Green New Deal and, as the authors make clear, it is entirely feasible. Climate change is an emergency that cannot be ignored. This book shows how it can be overcome both politically and economically.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 178873985X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An engaging conversation with Noam Chomsky—revered public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author—about climate change, capitalism, and how a global Green New Deal can save the planet. In this compelling new book, Noam Chomsky, the world’s leading public intellectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change—and present a realistic blueprint for change: the Green New Deal. Together, Chomsky and Pollin show how the forecasts for a hotter planet strain the imagination: vast stretches of the Earth will become uninhabitable, plagued by extreme weather, drought, rising seas, and crop failure. Arguing against the misplaced fear of economic disaster and unemployment arising from the transition to a green economy, they show how this bogus concern encourages climate denialism. Humanity must stop burning fossil fuels within the next thirty years and do so in a way that improves living standards and opportunities for working people. This is the goal of the Green New Deal and, as the authors make clear, it is entirely feasible. Climate change is an emergency that cannot be ignored. This book shows how it can be overcome both politically and economically.
According to Her Contours
Author: Nancy Boutilier
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780876858844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Compelling personal poems by a lesbian writer who wanted to be a Harlem Globetrotter--instead became a high school English teacher. Published by Black Sparrow Press, 24 Tenth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780876858844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Compelling personal poems by a lesbian writer who wanted to be a Harlem Globetrotter--instead became a high school English teacher. Published by Black Sparrow Press, 24 Tenth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Information Processing in Medical Imaging
Author: Chris Taylor
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540405607
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
This book constitutes the refeered proceedings of the 18th Interational Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2003, held in UK, in July 2003. The 57 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections shape modeling, shape analysis, segmentation, color, performance characterization, registration and modeling similarity, registration and modeling deformation, cardiac motion, fMRI analysis, and diffusion imaging and tractography.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540405607
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
This book constitutes the refeered proceedings of the 18th Interational Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2003, held in UK, in July 2003. The 57 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections shape modeling, shape analysis, segmentation, color, performance characterization, registration and modeling similarity, registration and modeling deformation, cardiac motion, fMRI analysis, and diffusion imaging and tractography.
Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers I
Author: Carl M. Bender
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475730691
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
A clear, practical and self-contained presentation of the methods of asymptotics and perturbation theory for obtaining approximate analytical solutions to differential and difference equations. Aimed at teaching the most useful insights in approaching new problems, the text avoids special methods and tricks that only work for particular problems. Intended for graduates and advanced undergraduates, it assumes only a limited familiarity with differential equations and complex variables. The presentation begins with a review of differential and difference equations, then develops local asymptotic methods for such equations, and explains perturbation and summation theory before concluding with an exposition of global asymptotic methods. Emphasizing applications, the discussion stresses care rather than rigor and relies on many well-chosen examples to teach readers how an applied mathematician tackles problems. There are 190 computer-generated plots and tables comparing approximate and exact solutions, over 600 problems of varying levels of difficulty, and an appendix summarizing the properties of special functions.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475730691
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
A clear, practical and self-contained presentation of the methods of asymptotics and perturbation theory for obtaining approximate analytical solutions to differential and difference equations. Aimed at teaching the most useful insights in approaching new problems, the text avoids special methods and tricks that only work for particular problems. Intended for graduates and advanced undergraduates, it assumes only a limited familiarity with differential equations and complex variables. The presentation begins with a review of differential and difference equations, then develops local asymptotic methods for such equations, and explains perturbation and summation theory before concluding with an exposition of global asymptotic methods. Emphasizing applications, the discussion stresses care rather than rigor and relies on many well-chosen examples to teach readers how an applied mathematician tackles problems. There are 190 computer-generated plots and tables comparing approximate and exact solutions, over 600 problems of varying levels of difficulty, and an appendix summarizing the properties of special functions.
Asymptotic Expansions of Integrals
Author: Norman Bleistein
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN: 9780030835964
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Coherent, systematic coverage of standard methods: integration by parts, Watson's lemma, LaPlace's method, stationary phase and steepest descents. Also includes Mellin transform method and less elementary aspects of the method of steepest descents. Abundant exercises. 1975 edition.
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN: 9780030835964
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Coherent, systematic coverage of standard methods: integration by parts, Watson's lemma, LaPlace's method, stationary phase and steepest descents. Also includes Mellin transform method and less elementary aspects of the method of steepest descents. Abundant exercises. 1975 edition.
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2004
Author: Monika Hardygóra
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780415359375
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Spearheading the promotion of international technology transfer in the fields of mine planning, mining systems design, equipment selection and operation techniques, the International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection is recognised by the mining society as a key annual event in highlighting developments within the field. Here in this volume, proceedings from the thirteenth annual symposium concentrate on the following major topics: * open pit and underground mine planning, modelling and design * geomechanics * mining and processing methods * design, monitoring and maintenance of mine equipment * simulation, optimalization and control of technological processes * management, mine economics and financial analysis * health, safety and environmental protection. Including 147 papers from leading experts and authorities, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection undoubtedly provides valuable information and insight for a range of engineers, scientists, researchers and consultants involved in the planning, design and operation of underground and surface mines.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780415359375
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Spearheading the promotion of international technology transfer in the fields of mine planning, mining systems design, equipment selection and operation techniques, the International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection is recognised by the mining society as a key annual event in highlighting developments within the field. Here in this volume, proceedings from the thirteenth annual symposium concentrate on the following major topics: * open pit and underground mine planning, modelling and design * geomechanics * mining and processing methods * design, monitoring and maintenance of mine equipment * simulation, optimalization and control of technological processes * management, mine economics and financial analysis * health, safety and environmental protection. Including 147 papers from leading experts and authorities, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection undoubtedly provides valuable information and insight for a range of engineers, scientists, researchers and consultants involved in the planning, design and operation of underground and surface mines.
Introduction to Perturbation Techniques
Author: Ali H. Nayfeh
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 3527618457
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Similarities, differences, advantages and limitations of perturbation techniques are pointed out concisely. The techniques are described by means of examples that consist mainly of algebraic and ordinary differential equations. Each chapter contains a number of exercises.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 3527618457
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Similarities, differences, advantages and limitations of perturbation techniques are pointed out concisely. The techniques are described by means of examples that consist mainly of algebraic and ordinary differential equations. Each chapter contains a number of exercises.