Bøger af Lloyd J. Dumas

In six interconnected essays, leading political economist Lloyd J. Dumas presents a pragmatic alternative view of a society that is capable of maximizing individual freedoms and producing sustained prosperity while preserving socially responsible behavior.

The idea that military strength is virtually synonymous with security is deeply entrenched and widely held. This title considers the practical problems of the transition from military-based security arrangements to "economic peacekeeping", and the effects of demilitarized security on economic development and prosperity.

In this eye-opening book, author Lloyd J. Dumas argues that our capacity for developing ever more powerful technologies and the unavoidable fallibility of both machine and man will lead us towards a disaster of an unprecedented scale.

This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.

The crisis that nearly brought the world's financial house down in 2008 demonstrated clearly that the global economy cannot work where there is widespread deception, corruption and lack of accountability. Corruption and lack of accountability are also key reasons why international development assistance so often fails to deliver on its promise.