Bücher von Folke Dovring

Leninism provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and political doctrines of Lenin, creator of the Communist Party that came into power in Russia in 1917.

A worsening economic crisis due to the shift in wealth over the past decade is the central concern of this study. It profiles the current status of income inequality in the USA and discerns disturbing trends for the future.

Development is necessary in all countries, not only the so called `underdeveloped' or `developed' countries.

Productivity and Value takes a critical look at the generic concepts of productivity as they are used in most of the conventional literature. In this compelling book, the author challenges the concept of total-factor productivity as a valid indicator of successes or failures in economic policy and in the economy generally.

As domestic and worldwide petroleum reserves dwindle, America's energy situation continues to worsen. Dovring's conclusions are revolutionary, challenging general agreement on methanol use, future energy supplies, and energy policy.

Dovring explores the limits of science as causes of ignorance. This book will be of interest to scientists as well as the lay public interested in the theory of science and questions of truth and faith.

Nowadays, when advanced industrialization and electronic media are penetrating the world and opening new frontiers everywhere, the chal lenge from the optional society - often called "Americanization" - be comes a source of global competition, imitation or opposition and shapes the profile of our time.

This essay has grown out of an attempt to find the answers to problems basically inherent in the making of historical re search. Widespread among humanists is a vagueness of con cepts which many times makes it difficult or impossible to translate our way of thinking into the terms of natural science or vice versa.