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    Opera Buffa
    Opera Buffa is Tomaz salamun's last testament. It is a book rooted in torn landscapes of Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Crafted from place and power, these poems are fragments of collective memory. "There are hands, inside. Concordance rises / There are no foodstuffs. There's no branch." These are poems that  examine what is tender and terrible in the world, ranging from the extrajudicial civil massacres of partisans during and after the Second World War, to the prejudicial violence carried out in twenty-first-century Europe against people forced to migrate from the Middle East, North Africa, and India. Opera Buffa witnesses anarchical plutocracy, climate catastrophe, and so much more. "Do you feel the footsteps?/ Do you feel the approach?" This is Opera Buffa.
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    Rebellion in America
    Rebellion in America ab 34.99 € als epub eBook: Citizen Uprisings the News Media and the Politics of Plutocracy. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
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    The Last Tiffany: A Biography of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 840min
    Born in 1891, Dorothy Tiffany was the last child in the long line of the famous Tiffany dynasty of jewelers and artisans. As was expected of the young heiress, Dorothy married a wealthy member of the American plutocracy, Dr. Robert Burlingham. But the lackluster life of wealthy young women in early 20th century America held little appeal for Dorothy. Leaving behind her socially prominent husband, she took her children and moved to Europe, where she underwent psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud. Dorothy and her children became Sigmund and Anna Freud's longterm houseguests and intimate friends, developing a unique and storied extended family relationship that remains fascinating for its depth and complexity. But Dorothy's quest for fulfillment and a rich inner life ultimately had tragic consequences for those who were dearest to her as she embarked on a path that ultimately led to their downfall. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Travis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030574/bk_acx0_030574_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dictatorship Democracy and Political change
    Dictatorship Democracy and Political change ab 71.99 € als Taschenbuch: Are we no longer a functioning democracy & are we really a plutocracy?. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Jura,
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    Problems of Democracy and Analysis of Class Structure in Arab World
    Problems of Democracy and Analysis of Class Structure in Arab World ab 54.99 € als Taschenbuch: Understanding Democracy and Plutocracy within Arab World. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaftswissenschaft,
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    Democracy for the rest of us
    Democracy for the rest of us ab 9.51 € als epub eBook: A strategy guide to transform the US plutocracy into a democracy. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,
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    The Boiling Frog: How Complacency and Ignorance Created Our Leadership Crisis and What We Can Do About It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
    There is an old adage about the boiling frog, which claimed that if you dropped a frog into a pot of boiling water, it would immediately jump out. But if you placed it in cool water and gradually raised the temperature to a boil, the frog would slowly cook without realizing it. True or not, the adage does describe well how we have arrived at this critical juncture, and how crucial it is that we jump out of the water. The "boiling frog" is a metaphor for a society that has been lulled to sleep while perilous forces and corrupt leaders have endangered the world. We stand at an unprecedented crossroads in human history, where the choices and actions we take regarding climate change, income inequality, and technological innovations can either save or sink us as a species. But widespread societal ignorance and complacency have resulted in few demands for leadership accountability and action. Expanding income inequality has created a plutocracy — the 0.1 percent, whose entrenched self-interests stubbornly protect the status quo, despite the impending disaster it portends. We ignore this at our peril. We are in deep trouble. The time to act is now, and this book will tell listeners why and how. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Darmody. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218072/bk_acx0_218072_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
    Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the 20-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance by the Obama administration, the Justice Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to treat Wall Street crimes with the gravity they deserve. On financial reforms, Connaughton criticizes Democrats for relying on the very Wall Street technocrats who had failed to prevent the crisis and Republicans for staunchly opposing real reforms, primarily to enjoy a golden opportunity to siphon fundraising dollars from the Wall Street executives who had raised millions to elect Barack Obama president. Connaughton, a former lawyer in the Clinton White House, illuminates the pivotal moments and key decisions in the fight for financial reform that have gone largely unreported. His arch, nonpartisan account chronicles the reasons why Wall Street’s worst offenses were left unpunished - and why it’s likely that the 2008 debacle will happen again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Connaughton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005524/bk_blak_005524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 436min
    Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edge research, he explains the benign and malign forces that make inequality rise and fall within and among nations. He also reveals who has been helped the most by globalization, who has been held back, and what policies might tilt the balance toward economic justice. Global Inequality takes us back hundreds of years to show that inequality moves in cycles, fueled by war and disease, technological disruption, access to education, and redistribution. The recent surge of inequality in the West has been driven by the revolution in technology. But even as inequality has soared within nations, it has fallen dramatically among nations. A more open migration policy would reduce global inequality even further. Both American and Chinese inequality seems well entrenched and self-reproducing, though it is difficult to predict if current trends will be derailed by emerging plutocracy, populism, or war. For those who want to understand how we got where we are, where we may be heading, and what policies might help reverse that course, Milanovic's compelling explanation is the ideal place to start. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008027/bk_tant_008027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min
    How interracial love and marriage changed American history and continues to alter the landscape of American politics. When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of Loving v. Virginia ended bans on interracial marriage and remains a signature case - the first to use the words white supremacy to describe such racism. Drawing from the earliest chapters in US history, legal scholar Sheryll Cashin reveals the enduring legacy of America's original sin, tracing how we transformed from a country without an entrenched construction of race to a nation where one drop of nonwhite blood merited exclusion from full citizenship. In vivid detail she illustrates how the idea of whiteness was created by the planter class of yesterday and is reinforced by today's power-hungry dog whistlers to divide struggling whites and people of color, ensuring plutocracy and undermining the common good. Not just a hopeful treatise on the future of race relations in America, Loving challenges the notion that trickle-down progressive politics is our only hope for a more inclusive society. Accessible and sharp, Cashin reanimates the possibility of a future where interracial understanding serves as a catalyst of a social revolution ending not in artificial color blindness but in a culture where acceptance and difference are celebrated.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trei Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005129/bk_rand_005129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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