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Publication date: 1 March 2005

Rodney Shakespeare

The present options for an economy all have serious weaknesses and, in any case, the way forward for Islam must be completely distinctive. Fortunately, Islamic opposition to riba

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The present options for an economy all have serious weaknesses and, in any case, the way forward for Islam must be completely distinctive. Fortunately, Islamic opposition to riba enables a distinctive new way which addresses the real economy, furthers justice and ends foreign financial colonialism. The new way uses Islamic endogenous loans. These are state‐issued, repayable, interest‐free loans which are generally administered by the banking system on market and private property principles. The loans are counter‐inflationary and are always directed at productive capacity. Because they bear no interest, the loans create productive capacity at one half, or less, of the present cost for:— • Public capital investment — hospitals, roads, bridges, etc. • Private capital investment as long as such investment creates new owners of capital and is part of policy to enable all individuals to become owners of productive capital. • Environmental capital investmentSmall and start‐up businesses

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Humanomics, vol. 21 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0828-8666

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Publication date: 22 May 2009

Rodney Shakespeare and Sofyan Harahap

The purpose of this paper is to set out the role of banking in a binary and Islamic economy.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to set out the role of banking in a binary and Islamic economy.

Design/methodology/approach

By comparison, the paper shows that the main requirements for such an economy, although superficially similar, differ from the realities of “free market” finance capitalism. The paper goes on to explain how, in a binary and Islamic economy, commercial banks would be the means by which interest‐free loans, coming from the central bank and ummah and directed at various forms of productive capacity, would be introduced.

Findings

There is no difficulty in using the banking system to introduce the binary and Islamic economy. However, a paradigm issue is involved.

Practical implications

The central bank‐issued interest‐free loans implemented through the commercial banking system loans serve the ends of both binary and Islamic economics in that they enhance the real economy and forward social and economic justice.

Originality/value

The paper shows how use of these loans is a new concept with a power to change the whole of the economy and society in a beneficial way.

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Humanomics, vol. 25 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0828-8666

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Publication date: 6 February 2020

Jonathan Edward Leightner

This paper aims to argue that markets need a foundation of morality to promote the long-run success of an economy.

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Purpose

This paper aims to argue that markets need a foundation of morality to promote the long-run success of an economy.

Design/methodology/approach

Three types of ethical theories are discussed and compared with what the sacred scriptures of Islam and Christianity say and with what economic theory says. Examples from China are provided.

Findings

Markets need morality.

Research limitations/implications

There are more religions in the world than just Islam and Christianity; however, space limitations force me to only consider those two religions. Furthermore, there are more countries in the world than just China. However, space limitations force me to only pull examples from China.

Practical implications

Economists should recognize that markets need morality, and they should start teaching that to their students.

Social implications

If markets are built on a foundation of ethics, then society prospers. In the absence of that foundation, societies falter. When a government, business and religious institutions see each other as complementary forces, then ethics can evolve.

Originality/value

The author knows of no other studies that explain the three types of ethical theories, compares those theories to what the sacred scriptures of Islam and Christianity say and to what economic theory says, and then uses examples from China to illustrate the need for morality.

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International Journal of Ethics and Systems, vol. 36 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2514-9369

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Publication date: 8 June 2012

Donald Hawes

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Reference Reviews, vol. 26 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 1 May 1968

BOOKS are among the greatest and most wonderful achievements of human genius, they are also a powerful means of struggle for progress. The book accompanies man all his life; it is…

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BOOKS are among the greatest and most wonderful achievements of human genius, they are also a powerful means of struggle for progress. The book accompanies man all his life; it is a creation of his brain and soul. It reflects the life of mankind and is the result of collective efforts of author and publisher, type‐setter and illustrator. But foremost a book is always and everywhere a social and political phenomenon. One of the most apt evaluations of the book was given by V. I. Lenin in 1917, when he was known to state to A. V. Lunacharsky, “The book is a great force indeed”.

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New Library World, vol. 69 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 January 1944

It will be a momentous year, even if prophecies are not fulfilled in the sense in which they are so recklessly made. Threats of terrors at Christmas, especially for London, did…

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It will be a momentous year, even if prophecies are not fulfilled in the sense in which they are so recklessly made. Threats of terrors at Christmas, especially for London, did not materialize. There are some readers who whisper that they do not believe in a Second Front at all. And so on: jade Rumour lies as earnestly today as ever in her unwholesome history. But much must happen before we can again utter the wish with which we begin. Our business, in addition to our imperative war duties, is to carry to conclusions of value the post‐war policies we have received from the Library Association. We have more than that to do. Some of our libraries, even those that have not suffered from direct bombing, are in a state which in peace conditions we should say was deplorable.

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New Library World, vol. 46 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 6 September 2022

Arthur Asa Berger and Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky

This paper aims to elicit insight on how humour may support mental health from Arthur Asa Berger, Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University, author of more than 150…

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Purpose

This paper aims to elicit insight on how humour may support mental health from Arthur Asa Berger, Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University, author of more than 150 articles and 90 books, many on humour and humorous artist.

Design/methodology/approach

This case study, followed by a 10-question interview, intentionally embraces visual autobiography to present Arthur’s creative humorous contributions.

Findings

Arthur conveys the importance of humour, not so much from joke-telling, which can be problematic, but in fun conversations, witty remarks and puns. We learn of his 45 humour techniques, and ways to apply humour in teaching, writing and drawing for therapeutic benefit.

Research limitations/implications

This is a personal narrative, albeit from someone who has been academically and personally involved with humour for over 60 years.

Practical implications

Evidence of the benefits of humour for mental health is mounting. Appreciating and harnessing humour, including with the 45 humour techniques, whenever you can, is recommended.

Social implications

Humour supports relationship building and social inclusion. Social humour is best when it amuses others, offers positive insights into social relationships and is life affirming to both the humourist and their audience.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, Arthur was the first to publish a PhD dissertation on a comic strip and has been at the vanguard of humour application in teaching, academic writing, drawing, popular comedy and humorous murder mysteries for decades. Arthur will be 90 years old in 2023.

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Mental Health and Social Inclusion, vol. 27 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2042-8308

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Publication date: 1 August 1947

As our correspondent on another page suggests, the economic crisis may have reactions upon libraries. The most obvious one he mentions is the increased difficulty we shall…

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As our correspondent on another page suggests, the economic crisis may have reactions upon libraries. The most obvious one he mentions is the increased difficulty we shall experience in obtaining American books. Not all libraries, public or private, make any special collection of books published in the United States, although there has been an increasing tendency to buy more as the relations of the two countries have grown closer through their common struggle; in fact, we know libraries which have spent many hundreds of pounds in the course of the past year or two on the select lists of books which have been made for us by American librarians. It is most unfortunate that the manipulation of dollar currency should have brought about a situation in which even the exchange of ideas between the countries becomes more difficult. One suggestion might be made and that is that our American colleagues should continue to sift the literature of this time of famine for us, so that further select lists may be available in better days.

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New Library World, vol. 50 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 November 1999

Rodney Brunt

Explores the confusion between main entry and main entry heading and attempts to finally lay the ghost to rest by shifting the emphasis onto the problem of work authority – the…

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Explores the confusion between main entry and main entry heading and attempts to finally lay the ghost to rest by shifting the emphasis onto the problem of work authority – the problem with which the theory of main entry is actually concerned. Concentrating on the second function of the catalogue as defined in the “Paris principles” of 1961, the paper examines various contributions on main entry including those delivered at the Toronto conference on AACR in 1997. Proposes the establishment of a global work authority file in which each individual work is primarily identified by a modified version of the uniform title, a departure which would restore the title (as opposed to the author) as principal identifier of the work.

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Library Review, vol. 48 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 13 March 2019

Francesca Sobande

Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed directorial debut Get Out (2017) highlights the issues regarding racism and Black identity that have seldom been the subject of horror film…

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Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed directorial debut Get Out (2017) highlights the issues regarding racism and Black identity that have seldom been the subject of horror film. More specifically, Get Out offers representations of Black masculinity that push against the stereotypical and reductive ways that Black men have often been depicted in horror cinema. The portrayal of Black men in Get Out takes shape in ways influenced by a range of relationships featured in the film. Amongst these is the dynamic between the leading character Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his white girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams), in addition to Chris’s interactions with Rose’s mother Missy (Catherine Keener), as well as his best friend Rod (Lil Rel Howery). As such, scrutiny of Get Out yields insight into the construction of Black masculinity in horror film, including how on-screen inter- and intra-racial relations are implicated in this. The writing that follows focuses on how Get Out offers complex and scarcely featured representations of Black masculinity, and boyhood, in horror. As part of such discussion, there is analysis of the entanglements of on-screen gender and racial politics, which contribute to the nuances of depictions of Black masculinity in Get Out.

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Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78769-898-7

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