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A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then - diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions - continue to confront us today.

Our basic right to healthy food is at risk. What can we do? Written in an astute, engaging style, armed with examples from her own homesteading lifestyle, small farmer Nicole Faires' Food Confidential gives you the tools to fight the intangible battles as well as the practical ones.

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We interact with the financial system every day, whether taking out or paying off loans, making insurance claims, or simply depositing money into our bank accounts. Fixed exposes how this system has been corrupted to serve the interests of financial services providers and their cleverest customers—at the expense of ordinary people.

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We have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there's no stopping it. The question, according to Matthew Kahn, is not how were going to avoid a hotter future but how were going to adapt to it. In Climatopolis, Kahn, one of the worlds foremost experts on the economics of the environment, argues that cities and regions will adapt to rising temperatures over time, slowly transforming our everyday lives.

There was no single, dramatic event that set the current financial crisis off. A whole series of very questionable decisions by many people, in many places, over a period of years, built up the pressures that led to a sudden collapse of the housing market and of financial institutions that began to fall like dominoes as a result of investing in securities based on housing prices. This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story.

Daily conditions (air temperature, water temperature, wind speed and direction, chance of precipitation, tides and events) at Community Boathouse in Rockway Beach, New York

In this seminal work, Engels offers a powerful and insightful examination of the plight of Englands working class during the tumultuous industrial revolution. Based on his firsthand observations in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, along with various contemporary reports, Engels vividly illustrates the heavy toll that industrialization exacted on workers lives. This classic account remains a crucial piece for understanding the socio-economic landscape of the time. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

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An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This phrase, arguably Thomas Edison’s most famous quote, has been drilled into the minds of...

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Hosts Van Le and Alyssa Fyfe break down the complex historical and psychological origins of the modern world’s norms and behaviors. New episodes every time we make ’em! For the socials, submissions, and more, visit our official Linktree: https://linktr.ee/unpackingthepod

The only thing that we all have in common, every one of us, every single person reading this, is that we are human. And, being human, it is a beautiful, terrible, thrilling experience. The things we experience now as humans, are things that people 1200 years ago experienced, things that people 1200 years from now will experience. The human experience is inevitable. We are all afflicted with the human condition. 23 year old podcast host, Ephie, explores the human condition in this podcast, in all of its entirety, covering the heavy stuff, like PTSD, adverse childhood experiences, and mental ...

My journey into exploring the trials and tribulations of being human. This podcast is my quest at understanding concepts of humanity. I try to delve into the unanswerable questions and analysis of politics and epistemology. I hope u enjoy the podcast. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maxwell-mannning/support