New Releases by Harry Browne

A further selection of pieces by Harry Browne, written in the company of the Inkslingers

A collection of pieces from the keyboard of Harry Browne, written mainly during half hour sessions of the Inkslingers Writers Group in The Irish Writers Centre located on Parnell Square, in the new literary centre of Dublin City

From the inkwell of inspiration flows this cornucopia of creativity, written by the InkSplinters Writing Group. They are based in The Irish Writers Centre on Parnell Square. This is their fifth Anthology, it is a melange of Poetry, Memoir, Fiction and Fun. It should not b missed

This book is a critique of the public sphere, both as the centrepiece of some liberal theory about political communications, and as a description of actually existing media practice in Ireland and beyond - in traditional commercial news media and in social media. Written in an accessible style, but with endnotes as necessary, it is a call to more and deeper critical thinking about media, old and new, as well as a consideration of the communicative needs of a present and future movement for transformative political and economic change. The book introduces the public sphere as an historic idea and ideal, a place where democratic subjects deliberate and ensure civil society has a voice at the table of state. It challenges that idea, both in terms of its limitations in a globalised economy and its ultimately technocratic-consensual model of politics, its evasion of what Laclau and Mouffe call ''the ineradicability of antagonism''. It also begins a political-economy critique of the media, the presumed home of the public sphere in the post-18th-century-coffeehouse era. What we can and can''t learn by looking at media behaviour through the lens of its proprietors'' commercial interests is discussed. The biases of broadcasters and newspapers in the recent economic crisis are considered, along with the pressures and consequences of declining print circulation and migration of advertising online, as well as some initial questions about pluralism and the continuing important role of the public service media, in Ireland and elsewhere. This chapter includes an extensive review of previously unpublished results of a study into newspaper coverage of the Irish movement against the Iraq war. Public Sphere also moves the discussion online, where, though nearly infinite pluralism appears to rule the day, power and freedom are more elusive. Under the regime of ''communicative capitalism'', we are all ''content providers'', generally without remuneration. The continuing centrality of advertising and corporate power in digital media underlines the need to keep our eyes on the money even when talking about a networked information environment. The familiar question of whether online engagement acts as a substitute for ''real world'' politics is supplemented, in this chapter, with an examination of the ''real'' content of virtual politics, and of whether we can explain some of the weirdest recent turns in the global political journey in light of special features of the online world, such as the ''fake news'' that is widely supposed to have elected Donald Trump. Finally, we look at media alternatives, if any, to the corporate control of potentially transformative communications. Although I regard the concept of the public sphere as hopelessly inadequate at best, I do, in keeping with the theme of the Sireacht series, seek to imagine a healthier environment for public communication in the context of a better Ireland and a better world.

We are delighted to, once again, offer our creativity, hard work, drops of blood and sweat for your delectation.With Pencils, iPad, Laptops, Fountain Pen, scraps of paper, fancy notebooks, various types of screens and backs of envelopes the InkSplinters Writers Group based in the Irish Writers Centre on Parnell Square have again compiled a pasticcio of powerful pieces to amuse, titillate, educate, inform and simply amaze their legion of faithful readers.

This study offers a succinct analysis of a critical period in Spain''s history. It assesses the causes and course of the Civil War and covers Franco''s New Spain. For the Second Edition there is a fuller examination of the politics of the Second Republic and the regional and social bases of Spain''s political parties. There is also a more detailed account of the military conduct of the war and of the extent of international involvement.

Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist—indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite. The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.

Messing with Time has consequences! Mick Brennan and his companions discover some of those consequences in a series of bizarre adventures culminating in a surprise conclusion

If you''ve read other selling books, you''re probably tired of the false promises that never quite work out. You''re probably tired of being told "you can do it if you just believe you can. This book is: A road map to success for the salesman... who is not aggressive - who is not a "smooth talker" - and who is not an extrovert.You''re probably tired of reading about tricks that made a particular sale tricks that may have been appropriate to a particular situation, but not yours and even if they were appropriate, how would you have thought of them at the right time?If you''ve read books on selling before or listened to "sales experts," you''re probably tired of being pumped with hot air told how you must "come alive," be full of enthusiasm, dominate the world around all the things that don''t happen to be a part of your basic nature.Well, this book isn''t anything like that. In fact, this book was written to refute many cliches of selling that have been accepted without question for years.This book will prove to you, I hope, that the stereotyped image of the "born salesman" is a mistake. You don''t have to remake your personality and become super-enthusiastic, super-aggressive, domineering. Not only are those traits not necessary, they are actually a hindrance to making sales.And you won''t have to develop that uncanny ability to come up with the right answer at the right time that super-human knack of having the brilliant flash of insight that is so prevalent in books on selling. Sure, given several days to think about it, the writer of a sales book can always come up with a solution to a sales problem. But how does that help you when confronted face-to-face with a question that must be answered now? This book will show you that you don''t need such skills.This book can truly revolutionize your selling career but only because it will show you that you no longer need to waste your time developing skills that are of no value to a salesman. For example, here are some of the points that will be made in the course of this book: -- Contrary to the accepted mythology, enthusiasm is not a virtue; it destroys more sales than it creates.-- "Positive thinking" is an unrealistic fallacy. The salesman who thinks negatively has a far greater chance for success than the so-called "positive thinker."-- Sales success does not come from convincing people to buy things they don''t want.-- The salesman who always has an answer for every objection is also probably plugging along with a very low income.-- Extroverts don''t make the best salesmen; they are invariably outsold by introverts.-- To be a good salesman, you don''t have to be a "smooth talker".-- Another all-time sales fallacy is the statement "When the going gets tough, the tough get going". When the going gets tough, I usually take a vacation.-- The desire to be able to motivate others is unrealistic and foolish. A really-great salesman will never try to motivate anyone.Perhaps all of this sounds so far removed from what you''ve heard about selling through the years that you wonder how it could possibly be true. I intend to demonstrate the validity of these statements in two ways.First, my own experience verifies their worth. Almost invariably, in any selling experience where I''ve found myself, I have outsold everyone else around me usually while working far fewer hours.In addition, I''ve seen these principles work for a few others, too a very few, for they are unknown to most people.But there is nothing mysterious about them and that brings us to second way in which I will demonstrate their validity. I will prove them to you. We will deal with life logically and carefully in this book. Everything will be proven in terms of the real world as it is in ways we can both understand.

How an act of conscience touched hearts and minds, in a moment of popular resistance.

"Harry Browne -- 1996 and 2000 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate -- is universally recognized as one the finest-ever libertarian communicators. And one of the most quotable. It''s no accident. In preparation for his campaigns, Harry personally crafted hundreds of "soundbites" -- short, powerful, thought-provoking and highly quotable remarks. He then committed them to memory -- and used them again and again to convince listeners to embrace libertarian ideas."--Page 4 of cover.

"Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne shows how we can get from today''s oversized, $2 trillion federal government to a libertarian America in which you can live as a free person - free to live your life as you think best, not as the politicians want - free to raise your children by your values, not as the bureaucrats demand."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Do you worry that you''re not paying enough attention to your investments? Do you feel left out when you hear about the clever things other investors seem to be doing? Relax. You don''t have to become an investment genius to protect your savings. Distilling the wisdom of his thirty years'' experience into lessons that can be applied in thirty minutes, Harry Browne shows you what you need to know to make your savings and investments safe and profitable, no matter what the economy and the investment markets do. There are no secret trading systems here, no jargon to learn. Instead, Harry Browne teaches you in simple terms to, among other things: -Build your wealth on your career -Make your own decisions -Build a bulletproof portfolio for protection -Take advantage of tax-reduction plans -Enjoy yourself with a budget for pleasure

Huge tax cuts, huge spending cuts and a balanced budget-NOWu003e.

For Richer, For Poorer explains the nuts and bolts of globalisation, and explores winners and losers in NAFTA-style free trade.

Provides an incisive analysis of the relationship between the United States and Mexico, exploring such issues as economic development, immigration policy, and the drug trade

Shows how our volatile economy may worsen as the federal debt increases, banking problems continue, and the stock-market crash and trade deficit take their toll, and explains how investors can profit

Teaches investors how to understand their own financial problems while establishing diversified and balanced permanent portfolios and decide what to hold or risk in their variable portfolios

Teaches investors how to understand their own financial problems while establishing diversified and balanced permanent portfolios and decide what to hold or risk in their variable portfolios