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Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

by P. W. Singer

As violence spreads in Iraq, many have been stunned by the extensive roles that private firms now are playing in the fighting. In seeking to understand exactly what was going on, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, The Economist, Fox News, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, PBS, USA Today, and the Washington Post all turn to one source: Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry.... (more)

The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security

The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security

by Deborah D. Avant

The flourishing role of the private sector in security management over the last twenty years has challenged state control of the legitimate use of force. Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. She describes the growth of private security companies, explains how the industry works, and describes its range of customers--including states, non-government... (more)

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.

by Cynthia Barnett

“Never before has the case been more compellingly made that America’s dependence on a free and abundant water supply has become an illusion. Cynthia Barnett does it by telling us the stories of the amazing personalities behind our water wars, the stunning contradictions that allow the wettest state to have the most watered lawns, and the thorough research that makes her conclusions inescapable. Barnett has... (more)

Privatization Experiences in the European Union (CESifo Seminar Series)

Privatization Experiences in the European Union (CESifo Seminar Series)

The trend toward privatization, which began with privatization experiments in the UK under Margaret Thatcher and the deregulation of the telecommunications sector in the United States, has attracted the attention of policymakers over the past two decades. Privatization is broadly supported by most academic economists, but the results of actual privatization efforts seem mixed. In the UK, for example, telecom rates... (more)

Privatization, Restructuring, and Regulation of Network Utilities (Walras-Pareto Lectures)

Privatization, Restructuring, and Regulation of Network Utilities (Walras-Pareto Lectures)

by David M. G. Newbery

Network utilities, such as electricity, telephones, and gas, are public utilities that require a fixed network to deliver their services. Because consumers have no choice of network, they risk exploitation by network owners. Once invested, however, a network's capital is sunk, and the bargaining advantage shifts from investor to consumer. The investor, fearing expropriation, may be reluctant to invest. The tension... (more)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

A rising young star in the field of economics attacks the free-trade orthodoxy of The World Is Flat head-on—a crisp, contrarian history of global capitalism. One economist has called Ha-Joon Chang “the most exciting thinker our profession has turned out in the past fifteen years.” With Bad Samaritans, this provocative scholar bursts into the debate on globalization and economic justice. Using irreverent wit,... (more)

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Rising Sun

by Michael Crichton