Book Reviews

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1029-1031
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
State University ◽  
Colorado State University ◽  
Good People ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Global Environmental

Greg C. Wright of University of California, Merced reviews “How Many Is Too Many? The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States”, by Philip Cafaro. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Considers the question of annually limiting the number of immigrants allowed in the United States and presents a progressive argument for limiting the amount. Discusses good people, hard choices, and an inescapable question; immigration by the numbers; the wages of mass immigration; winners and losers; growth, or what an economy is for; population matters; the environmentalists' retreat from demography; defusing America's population bomb—or cooking the earth; solutions; and objections. Cafaro is Professor of Philosophy and an affiliated faculty member in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University.”

Book Reviews

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-246
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Many

Roger H. Gordon of University of California, San Diego reviews “The Rise of the Value-Added Tax”, by Kathryn James. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the evolution of the value-added tax (VAT) from relative obscurity to one of the world's most dominant revenue systems, why countries have adopted the VAT, and why different countries adopt different types of VAT. Discusses the rise of the value-added tax; an introduction to the good VAT; an introduction to the many real VATs in existence; the conventional approach to explaining the rise of the VAT; moving toward an alternative approach to explaining the rise of the VAT; case studies on the real-world challenges of VAT reform in Australia and the United States; and conclusions on the rise of the value-added tax.”

scholarly journals What’s behind OA2020? Accelerating the transition to open access with introspection and repurposing funds

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Rachael Samberg ◽  
Richard A. Schneider ◽  
Anneliese Taylor ◽  
Michael Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Open Access ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
The United States ◽  
California State University ◽  
University Of California ◽  
State University ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
International Effort

In 2017, four University of California (UC) campuses took a public stance on accelerating the transition to open access (OA) by endorsing the Open Access 2020 (OA2020) initiative’s Expression of Interest (EOI). OA2020 is an international effort to convert the existing corpus of scholarly journals from subscription-based access to OA. In March 2017, when the first three UC campuses—UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, and UC-San Francisco—endorsed,1,2 there had been only one U.S. signatory institution (California State University-Northridge, having endorsed in July 2016). Six months later in September 2017, another UC campus, Merced, added its affirmation. As of this writing, these five California universities remain the only OA2020 EOI signatories from the United States.3

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1264-1265
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
International Monetary System ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Exorbitant Privilege ◽  
The University ◽  
The U.S

Alberto Giovannini of Unifortune Asset Management reviews “Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System” by Barry Eichengreen. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Explores the rise of the U.S. dollar to international prominence over the course of the twentieth century and considers what actions the United States can take to prevent it from losing its dominance. Discusses debut; dominance; rivalry; crisis; monopoly no more; and the dollar crash. Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Index.”

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