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Adam Smith
From his favorite spot on a hill overlooking a bay in Scotland in 1730, the boy Adam smith watched ships arrive from foreign countries to trade cloth and scrap iron for salt and nails. But some of the trade he observed was illegal. The Government permitted foreign countries to buy Scottish products, but did not allow Scots to reciprocate and buy many exported products. As a student and later a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow, Smith decided that such laws prohibiting free trade between people were wrong. At a time when kings and queens believed that allowing free trade between people caused chaos, and people needed government to protect them, wrote on the importance of individual freedom and trade for promoting social harmony. Based on his influential writings about the importance of free trade in making people and nations wealthier, the humble Scotsman is recognized as the founding father of economics. Book jacket.
On Stage at the Ballet
Dancer Robert Barnett trained under legendary choreographer Bronislava Nijinska. His professional ballet career was launched when he joined the Colonel de Basil Original Ballet Russe company. In the late 1940s, when George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet, Barnett was among the first generation of dancers. Under Balanchine's direction, he rose from corps de ballet to soloist. In 1958 he became principal dancer and associate artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet--the oldest continuously operating company in America--and served as artistic director for more than thirty years. He was head coach of the American delegation to the International Ballet Competitions in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1980 and in Moscow in 1981. Barnett's autobiography recounts the life of a dancer and artistic director, offers insight into what is involved in pursuing a professional career in dance and provides a history of ballet in America from the early 1920s through 2019.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was born in 1912 to parents who had emigrated from Europe for the freedom and opportunity to work hard and become successful. He earned a scholarship and worked his way through college. Drawn to the study of economics by two influential teachers and the Great Depression, his scholarly research focused on the role of money in promoting economic growth and stability. Over time Friedman became convinced that free markets and individual liberty were inseparable. While he recognized that government has an important role to play in protecting people's rights, he also believed that government does the most to promote prosperity and protect freedom when its role is limited. Short in stature but a giant intellectually, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his contribution to monetary history and theory, which indicated that the Great Depression was caused and prolonged by monetary policy that interfered with the self-correcting forces of the market. Book jacket.
John Maynard Keynes
In the 1930s, as Europe and the United States struggled to I overcome the worse depression in history, British economist John Maynard Keynes counseled governments to do something never attempted before-spend huge amounts of money to stimulate the economy and get people working again, even though it meant running large budget deficits. Tireless and outspoken, he developed and promoted a new approach on stabilizing capitalist economic systems. That approach became known as Keynesian economics. Professor, philosopher, British lord, patron of the arts and husband of a famous ballerina, Keynes was all of these things, and more. His radical idea for governments to spend more than they have, made him one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. His controversial approach has its ardent supporters and critics. It is taught at universities and continues to influence economic policy throughout the world. Book jacket.
Toilet Training to Independence for the Handicapped
The result of extensive research and testing, this book details a program for toilet training mentally handicapped individuals. The manual begins with an overview of the development of bladder and bowel control. Initial assessment of toileting skills, behavior management, establishment of the training environment, selection of trainers, and professional and organizational support all receive thorough coverage. The program itself is presented in steps. Each step is detailed with respect to behavioral target, performance criteria and specific procedures. The author explains techniques for ensuring smooth performance of the entire toileting sequence, and she describes methods for maintaining the skills learned.
