Jon Erickson
Author
Language
English
Description
In The Progress Illusion, Jon D. Erickson charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives as a theory of everything. Drawing on his own experience as a young economist inoculated in the 1980s era of "greed is good," Erickson shows how pseudoscience came to dominate economic thought. He pokes holes in the conventional wisdom of neo-classical economics, illustrating how flawed theories about financial decision-making...
Author
Language
English
Description
This documentary is the story of an attempt to build a twenty-first-century progressive movement in the United States. Five remarkable individuals wrestle with persistent racial injustice, growing economic inequality, and the corrupting influence of money in politics against the backdrop of an extraordinary 2016 presidential race. From the presidential-campaign trail with Senator Bernie Sanders to a local race in the failing economy of rural West...
Author
Publisher
MoonScoop
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"The rich heritage of Lionel Trains comes to vivid life for the very first time through stunning, computer-generated animation and a thrilling, heartwarming tale for the whole family. On the eve of Lionel's annual Christmas display, a fiendish plot to steal the company's breakthrough technology goes awry, ripping a hole in the fabric of time and space. Years later, teenage twins, Nancy and Bobby Pullmor, seek to uncover what happened that night, embarking...