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1. Education--a bad public good?

Author

Shaw, Jane S.

Subjects
Education -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Government finance -- United States, Economics, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

Education is, to a considerable extent, a private good. Purchasers of education benefit directly from what they pay for. Education is often viewed, however, also as a public good, primarily [...]

Published
2010

2. Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market in Education

Author

Shaw, Jane S.

Subjects
Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market in Education (Nonfiction work) -- Kirkpatrick, Jerry, Books -- Book reviews, Economics, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

* Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market in Education By Jerry Kirkpatrick Claremont, Calif.: TLJ Books, 2008. Pp. 212. $18.95 paper. As Thomas Jefferson famously said, [...]

Published
2009

3. Private property rights, not ideologies, are the crux. (Controversy)

Author

Shaw, Jane S.

Subjects
Right of property -- Environmental aspects, Conservatism -- Environmental policy -- Environmental aspects, Pollution -- Causes of -- Environmental aspects, Human beings -- Influence on nature, Environmental policy -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects, Liberalism -- Environmental policy -- Environmental aspects, Economics, Political science, Social sciences, Evaluation, Environmental policy, Causes of, Environmental aspects
Abstract

Stephen M. Colarelli offers a provocative argument. He claims that conservatives and liberals tend to be true to their principles except when it comes to the environment, at which point [...]

Published
2002

4. The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet

Author

Shaw, Jane S.

Subjects
The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet (Nonfiction work) -- Desrochers, Pierre -- Shimizu, Hiroko -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Economics, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

* The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet By Pierre Desrochers, and Hiroko Shimizu New York: Public Affairs, 2012. Pp. 288. $26.99 cloth. One rarely patronizes a gourmet [...]

Published
2013

5. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Author

Shaw, Jane S.

Subjects
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Book) -- Diamond, Jared, Books -- Book reviews, Economics, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed By Jared Diamond New York: Viking, 2005. Pp. 592. $29.95 cloth, $17.00 paperback. A fascinating book lies within the nearly six hundred [...]

Published
2006

6. BOOK REVIEWS.

Author

BOGART, DAN, COYNE, CHRISTOPHER J., THORNTON, MARK, SCHUKER, STEPHEN A., SHAW, JANE S., D'AMICO, DANIEL J., CHARTIER, GARY, and MCMAKEN, RYAN W.

Published
2013

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