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Author : Pierre Force
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421421285
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Author : Sean Brodrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470463161
From the investment experts at Weiss Research, the ultimate guide to preparing for and profiting during a disaster of any kind Life is unpredictable. Economic and natural disasters can happen anytime and anywhere. The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide: The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis describes the simple things people can do today to prepare for anything and everything that life might throw at them tomorrow. It also offers comprehensive advice on how to profit during a market collapse, energy crisis, or natural disaster. The guide Explains how to invest in today's new, more turbulent financial landscape Reveals what can be used as money should the dollar lose its value How to cut home energy costs, and why it's prudent to stock up on supplies in preparation for natural disasters Panicking during a disaster won't solve anything. Be prepared for any number of potential economic calamities and natural disasters with The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide.
Author : Pierre Force
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421421292
How two French families made—and lost—their fortunes in the brutal plantation culture of pre-revolutionary Haiti. In 1729, Marc-Antoine Lamerenx, a minor French nobleman, set sail for Saint-Domingue. Twenty years later, peasant Jean Mouscardy also made the long and difficult journey to Saint-Domingue. Although the men were not related and had little in common, they hailed from the same Pyrenean town, La Bastide Clairence. In the New World, they both settled in Saint-Martin-du-Dondon, where they made their fortunes growing coffee. After the Haitian slave revolt uprooted them, some of their descendants stayed in Haiti and took part in building the new nation. Others took refuge in France, started businesses in New Orleans, or transferred their slaves and their Haitian experience to new coffee plantations in Cuba. Wealth and Disaster follows the emigrant Lamerenx and Mouscardy families over three generations and various locations across the Caribbean. Pierre Force traces their white and mixed-race descendants from the early-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries and over decades of comings and goings between their French ancestral town and Saint-Domingue, Cuba, and New Orleans. A chance encounter in a French archive led Force to uncover an epic saga, a fascinating and character-driven story of pirates, revolution, staggering riches, financial ruination, natural disaster, harsh imprisonment, and the rise and fall of the plantation economy. By observing the circulation of a few individuals between the Pyrenees and the Caribbean, Force is able to show how these two worlds became interconnected. Arguing that who emigrated and how depended on one’s position in the Pyrenean house-based system, Force also reveals how capital accumulation in Saint-Domingue relied on Pyrenean networks and how, in turn, wealth acquired in America changed the rules of the game back home. An exciting and accessible history, Wealth and Disaster offers riveting insight into the matrimonial strategies and inheritance customs of French rural society and the resulting choices to emigrate or to stay.
Author : John C. Mutter
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466879416
Natural disasters don't matter for the reasons we think they do. They generally don't kill a huge number of people. Most years more people kill themselves than are killed by Nature's tantrums. And using standard measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) it is difficult to show that disasters significantly interrupt the economy. It's what happens after the disasters that really matters-when the media has lost interest and the last volunteer has handed out a final blanket, and people are left to repair their lives. What happens is a stark expression of how unjustly unequal our world has become. The elite make out well-whether they belong to an open market capitalist democracy or a closed authoritarian socialist state. In Myanmar-a country ruled by a xenophobic military junta-the generals and their cronies declared areas where rice farms were destroyed by Cyclone Nargis as blighted and simply took the land. In New Orleans the city was re-shaped and gentrified post Katrina, making it almost impossible for many of its poorest, mostly black citizens to return. In The Disaster Profiteers, John Mutter argues that when no one is looking, disasters become a means by which the elite prosper at the expense of the poor. As the specter of increasingly frequent and destructive natural disasters looms in our future, this book will ignite an essential conversation about what we can do now to create a safer, more just world for us all.
Author : Christina Felfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931067733
Author : Naomi Klein
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307371300
From the bestselling author of No Logo—the gripping story of how America’s “free market” polices exploited crises and shock for three decades from Pinochet’s coup in Chile in 1973 to the "War on Terror." In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of one the most dominant ideologies of our time: Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.
Author : Eugene Weber
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Financial crises
ISBN : 0713483504
Author : Scott Frickel,James R. Elliott
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610448734
From a dive bar in New Orleans to a leafy residential street in Minneapolis, many establishments and homes in cities across the nation share a troubling and largely invisible past: they were once sites of industrial manufacturers, such as plastics factories or machine shops, that likely left behind carcinogens and other hazardous industrial byproducts. In Sites Unseen, sociologists Scott Frickel and James Elliott uncover the hidden histories of these sites to show how they are regularly produced and reincorporated into urban landscapes with limited or no regulatory oversight. By revealing this legacy of our industrial past, Sites Unseen spotlights how city-making has become an ongoing process of social and environmental transformation and risk containment. To demonstrate these dynamics, Frickel and Elliott investigate four very different cities—New Orleans, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Portland, Oregon. Using original data assembled and mapped for thousands of former manufacturers’ locations dating back to the 1950s, they find that more than 90 percent of such sites have now been converted to urban amenities such as parks, homes, and storefronts with almost no environmental review. And because manufacturers tend to open plants on new, non-industrial lots rather than on lots previously occupied by other manufacturers, associated hazards continue to spread relatively unabated. As they do, residential turnover driven by gentrification and the rising costs of urban living further obscure these sites from residents and regulatory agencies alike. Frickel and Elliott show that these hidden processes have serious consequences for city-dwellers. While minority and working class neighborhoods are still more likely to attract hazardous manufacturers, rapid turnover in cities means that whites and middle-income groups also face increased risk. Since government agencies prioritize managing polluted sites that are highly visible or politically expedient, many former manufacturing sites that now have other uses remain invisible. To address these oversights, the authors advocate creating new municipal databases that identify previously undocumented manufacturing sites as potential environmental hazards. They also suggest that legislation limiting urban sprawl might reduce the flow of hazardous materials beyond certain boundaries. A wide-ranging synthesis of urban and environmental scholarship, Sites Unseen shows that creating sustainable cities requires deep engagement with industrial history as well as with the social and regulatory processes that continue to remake urban areas through time. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology.
Author : Macenzie Guiver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1516385292
Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes". The threat of economic collapse is real and growing every day. The complexity and interconnected nature of the global economy means any economic catastrophe will send ripples around the world. For families, it can be challenging to prep for this kind of threat because there are so many possibilities, variables, and factors at play.Much of the discussion around economic collapse centers on mistrust of the government and the national debt, but these are not the only potential problems that plague our nation's economy. Rather than focus on the politics or the people, this guide dives into the sources of economic strife in order to provide an in-depth understanding of what an economic collapse would mean for your family.In "The Death of Money: The Prepper's Guide to Economic Collapse,the Loss of Paper Wealth, and What to Do When Money Dies" #1 Best Selling author Macenzie Guiver, will introduce you to the possible causes of an economic collapse and outline the kinds of impacts you can expect from each. It will walk you through the five stages of economic collapse and show you what you can do from a preparedness perspective to be ready to weather each stage. After reading this guide, you have a basic understanding of:The common causes of economic collapse and what they can mean for you and your family from a preparedness perspectiveThe five stages of economic collapse, and what you can expect at each of oneWhat economic assets you will need to have to survive and thrive, even in the event of another crash like in 2008What you can do now so you family is prepared to weather any economic storm that comes your wayAnd much moreFrom explaining the difference between hyperinflation and deflation to outlining what happens when the government can't borrow more money, this guide provides you with the information you need, to understand the different aspects of an economic collapse and to take action now so your family is ready to weather whatever economic storm rolls in.Scroll up and get your copy of "The Death of Money: The Prepper's Guide to Economic Collapse, the Loss of Paper Wealth, and What to Do When Money Dies" before it's too late....
Author : Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134528615
The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
Author : Ben Wisner,J.C. Gaillard,Ilan Kelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1191 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136918681
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.
Author : Macenzie Guiver
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1500576824
**** #1 Best Seller in Inflation **** Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes". Go to www.SurvivalFamilyBasics.com to reserve your FREE copy now. The threat of economic collapse is real and growing every day. The complexity and interconnected nature of the global economy means any economic catastrophe will send ripples around the world. For families, it can be challenging to prep for this kind of threat because there are so many possibilities, variables, and factors at play. Much of the discussion around economic collapse centers on mistrust of the government and the national debt, but these are not the only potential problems that plague our nation's economy. Rather than focus on the politics or the people, this volume from the "Survival Family Basics – Prepper's Survival Handbook Series" dives into the sources of economic strife in order to provide an in-depth understanding of what an economic collapse would mean for your family. In “The Death of Money: The Prepper's Guide to Economic Collapse, the Loss of Paper Wealth, and What to Do When Money Dies” #1 Best Selling author Macenzie Guiver, will introduce you to the possible causes of an economic collapse and outline the kinds of impacts you can expect from each. It will walk you through the five stages of economic collapse and show you what you can do from a preparedness perspective to be ready to weather each stage. After reading this guide, you have a basic understanding of: • The common causes of economic collapse and what they can mean for you and your family from a preparedness perspective • The five stages of economic collapse, and what you can expect at each of one • What economic assets you will need to have to survive and thrive, even in the event of another crash like in 2007/08 • What you can do now so you family is prepared to weather any economic storm that comes your way • And much more From explaining the difference between hyperinflation and deflation to outlining what happens when the government can't borrow more money, this guide provides you with the information you need, to understand the different aspects of an economic collapse and to take action now so your family is ready to weather whatever economic storm rolls in. Scroll up and get your copy of “The Death of Money: The Prepper's Guide to Economic Collapse, the Loss of Paper Wealth, and What to Do When Money Dies” before it's too late….
Author : Douglas C. Dacy,Howard Kunreuther
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034919121
Author : Tawny Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108496940
Examines debt insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain, a period of famously rapid economic growth when many people nevertheless experienced financial failure.
Author : Thor Ramsey
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802481115