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Calgary and the Giller Prize: A short history of the shortlist
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On Monday, Canada’s top literary prize, the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, will be awarded in Toronto.
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The outcome of the Giller is always good fodder for spirited conversations among literary types. Again this year, the five-author shortlist has a hometown contender that will likely boost interest in the city.
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That would be Suzette Mayr’s The Sleeping Car Porter, a beautifully written period piece and character study about a Black, queer porter catering to the absurd whims of wealthy white passengers on a continent-crossing tåg circa 1929 in a deeply racist and homophobic Canada. Other shortlisters include Kim Fu for her short-story
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Adam Ferguson’s Later Writings: New Letters and an Essay on the French Revolution 9781474480246
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Series Editor’s Introduction
Editorial Conventions
Part I: New Letters
Part II: Essays
Part III: Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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Adam Ferguson’s Later Writings
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Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy Series Editor: James A. Harris, University of St Andrews Scottish philosophy through the ages This series covers the full range of Scottish philosophy over five centuries – from the medieval period through the Reformation and Enlightenment periods, to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The series publishes innovative studies on major figures and themes. It also aims to stimulate new work in less intensively studied areas, by a new generation of philosophers and intellectual historians. The books combine historical sensitivity and philosophical
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John H. Cochrane
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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
Where do inflation and deflation ultimately come from? The fiscal theory of the price level offers a simple answer: Prices adjust so that the real value of government debt equals the present value of taxes less spending. Inflation breaks out when people don’t expect the government to fully repay its debts. The fiscal theory is well suited to today’s economy: Financial innovation undermines money demand, and central banks don’t control the money supply or aggressively change interest rates, invalidating classic theories, while large debts and deficits threaten inflation and constrain monetary policy.
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