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Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy
Leading labor analyst Michael Yates successfully strives to explain why the economic boom of the 1990s benefitted the wealthiest segment of business and society while doing little for the hard-working masses in Naming The System: Inequality And Work In The Global Economy. Aptly discussing a series of related issues including the inequalities that riddle the economic system of capitalism by its very nature (both within and between nations); unemployment and underemployment; contradictions within capitalism; and means for social change that battle for a better world, Naming The System is an accessible and serious economic presentation which has self-evidently been deftly researched and is skillfully argued. A welcome addition to personal and academic Economics Studies reference collections and reading lists, Naming The System is especially recommended to the attention of anyone wanting to understand the rationale behind the importance of placing limits and regulations to ensure a prosperous future for labor and management alike.
Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy
Yates' book "Naming the System" is a valiant attempt to explain the failures, contradictions and problems of modern globalized capitalism in terms understandable to every layman. By and large, he has succeeded, though there are some flaws.His strongest point is reconciling the arguments against the orthodox neoclassical theory of "more free markets = better" with the 'facts on the ground', in the form of valuable statistics and examples from practical experience. He enthousiastically destroys the reformist view of capitalism as followed by many social-democrats and current-day labor union leaders just as much as the libertarian approach. In addition to that, he gives a worthwhile overview of the Marxist interpretation of capitalism and why it is better able to explain certain commonplace phenomena in firm practice than the neoclassicals. Finally, he gives a non-too-critical overview of the great variety of leftist anti-capitalist movements in the world today and some general perspectives on their success, though all this is very vague.The books great benefits are the easy to understand ways in which he shows the workings of capitalism in the many kinds of injustice felt by (young) leftist-inclined people, giving them a more solid ground for their critiques. However, this accessible approach is also the big downside to Yates' work: "Naming the System" is not in-depth at all, its wording is a little simplistic and childish sometimes, and it is virtually useless to those who already have a basic Marxist understanding of the capitalist world. Nevertheless, the book is worth four stars for its excellent utility as an education book on the Marxist approach for young people (high school and students), much like Naomi Klein's book was for the anti-branding movement.
Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy
This man lives in a world od distorted reality. Economic equality and poverty is bound to exist reguardless of the mode of production. Capitalism allows democracy, which is the most important issue to me. He talks about Cuba in this book... The have to give up freedom and live in poverty, but their literacy level is the same as our's; which system sounds better? Tjis was a well written book wth ample information, so I probably should have rated it better. However, I hate the message that it sends.
Isotope Effects In Chemistry and Biology
From the biochemist's point of view, kinetic isotope effects as useful probes for studying enzyme mechanisms date from the 1970s, especially from a landmark symposium organized by Cleland, O'Leary and Northrop in 1976. They were known in chemistry much earlier, of course, but to become really useful in enzymology they needed convenient methods for labelling biological molecules at the required positions, and, in the case of secondary isotope effects, accurate methods of measuring reaction rates. Once this step was passed, a major gap in the usefulness of steady-state measurements was filled, as it became possible to deduce information about the magnitudes of rate constants for bond-breaking steps without the need for transient-state measurements.At nearly 1100 pages this is a major work, with an impressive array of expert authors. So far as the part of the book that deals with isotope effects in enzymecatalysed reactions is concerned, most of the expected names are there, including Warshel, Klinman, Schowen, Plapp, Northrop, Cleland and Frey, as well as others almost equally distinguished. It is not so easy for the biochemist to recognize the names of the contributors to the first half, but there is no reason to doubt that they are just as appropriate. In any case, the book shows every indication of being an expert account written by people who know what they are talking about. It is perhaps a sign of how much the subject has matured that triose phosphate isomerase is not in the index, and appears not to be mentioned in the text, though it was once the universally cited example of analysis of an enzyme-catalysed reaction with kinetic isotope effects, following the classic work of Knowles, Albery and their co-workers. Probably their approach has been perceived as too difficult to be applied generally, and most modern studies derive from the methods pioneered by Cleland, Northrop and Schowen.For the biochemist the second half of the book is clearly the main attraction, and it will serve as a valuable handbook for anyone wanting to learn how to use isotope effects for studying enzyme mechanisms. Nonetheless, the first half is also well worth reading, as it provides a wealth of information on the theory of isotope effects and their application to chemical systems. The first chapter by Jacon Bigelson, an autobiographical perspective on the theory of isotope effects, including a substantial amount of historical information, is particularly interesting.This is a book that no serious library of books on enzymology should be without.
Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein, with two shorter stories
Buy this book, because it includes the amazing "A Long Gay Book." This work is much, much shorter than "The Making of Americans." Within it, Stein begins in the style which ends "The Making of Americans" (rhythmic, repetitive sentences which analyze the psychology of the different characters), and, somehow, during the book she transforms her writing, so that by the end of the book it is in the style of "Tender Buttons" (completely abstract writing, stunningly beautiful combinations of words with no clear referents.) To watch one kind of book change, by gradual degrees, into a completely different kind of book is truly astonishing.
Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein, with two shorter stories
Many might think me crazy for giving this book 5 stars, but I feel that if people take the time to read any one of the sections all the way through many people might find it a mind-altering experience. Gertrude stein is a master of sound and rhythm and her incantatory repetitiveness I find mind-altering. She requires patience. Don't try to figure her out, just listen - get into the sonorous sensuality of it all, enjoy it like you would an abstract painting. Who knows you might develop a new taste - and if you decide you don't like it, well, nothing's for everyone