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Region, Capitalism, and the Jew in the Post-Tom Plantation Novel
Authors: Anthony David 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Chapter 1 examines the role of the Jewish creditor in a cluster of plantation novels appearing in the wake of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852). Usually staged as Northern agents, these characters represent the forms of Northern capitalism said to threaten the agrarian feudalism of the plantation economy. Yet these novels also reveal that the South, and with it the slave economy, was itself capitalist to its very foundations. Moreover, this capitalist activity is projected onto the sensational Jew, who acts as the South’s uncomfortable dark double—a doppelgänger who haunts the South with its own greed, lust, and avariciousness.
Conclusion
Authors: Anthony David 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The Conclusion takes up directly the notion of a racially laundered, or “Jew-free,” economy. The main focus is popular writer and editor John Beauchamp Jones. In both his fiction and in his more famous Civil War diary, A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital (1866), Jones echoes the increasing cultural obsession, seen in the period’s pseudoscience and elsewhere, with the racial makeup of Jews. But he also deploys the consistent trope of the Jew as the figure of fiscal corruption. The result is that, for Jones as for others, Jews became darker and more racially Other in direct relation to the increasingly vexed and unstable nature of the capitalist economy. But even though Jones stages Whiteness as compensation for fiscal instability, Jewishness remains elusive as a fixed racial category. Jones’s work thus underscores the way in which the sensational Jew acts as a key figure of racial ambivalence and anxiety in the antebellum US. He also shows how the sensational Jew of the late antebellum period is a crucial antecedent for the economic and racial antisemitism we see in modern texts such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925).
Coda
Authors: Anthony David 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The book concludes with a Coda organized around the question that lingered during the writing of this book: Why study the antebellum Jew now? One important answer was offered in the White supremacist “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville in August 2017, an event punctuated by chants of “Jews will not replace us!” The Coda provides a comparative reading of the Charlottesville march and a text famous for its depiction of revolutionary violence: Hawthorne’s short story, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” (1832). The central argument is that at both the march and in the political upheaval staged in the story, social ambivalence is projected onto the “phantom Jew” of the US imagination. In Charlottesville, the chants of the marchers make this obvious. In “Molineux,” we see a more subtle version of this same figure: the mysterious man leading the colonial rioters who tar and feather the eponymous Major Molineux. Represented in ways that dovetail with depictions of the sensational Jew during this period, this character is a Jew in all but name. Accordingly, like the sensational Jew of the antebellum period, he is the projected, inside-out figure of both ambivalence (social chaos) and loss (the longing for communal connection). Then as now, it seems, the sensational Jew acts as a figure onto whom US Gentile culture projects many of its deepest social fears and most profound feelings of insufficiency.
Motivations
Authors: Sartorio Carolina 
Published: July 2023

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This chapter discusses the main motivations to embrace causalism about action, and how those motivations can be extended to free action. Part of the discussion focuses on Frankfurt’s argument against the relevance of alternative possibilities for freedom and moral responsibility (the argument based on “Frankfurt-style cases”). The chapter argues that causalism is the simplest and most ecumenical conception of what acting and acting freely amount to; thus, it deserves to be regarded as the default view of our practical agency.
Economists in the Cold War
Authors: Bollard Alan 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Economists in the Cold War is an account of the economic drivers and outcomes of the Cold War told through the stories of seven international economists who were all closely involved in theory and policy in the period 1945–1973. For them, the Cold War was a battle of economic ideas, a fight between central planning and market allocation, exploring economic thinking derived from the battle between Marxist and capitalist ideologies, a fundamental difference but with many intricacies. The book recounts how economic theory advanced, how new economic tools were developed, and how policies were tested. Each chapter is based on the involvement of one of the selected economists. It was a challenging but dangerous time in economics: a time of economic recovery post war, with industrial rebuilding, economic growth, and rising incomes. But it was also a time of ideological warfare, nuclear rivalry, military expansion, and personal conflict. The narrative is approximately chronological, ranging from the Potsdam Conference in Germany to the Pinochet Coup in Chile. The selected economists include an American, a Pole, a Hungarian, a German, a British, a Japanese, and an Argentinian: all very different economists but with interconnections among them. Each chapter also features a dissenting economist who held a contrasting view and recounts the subsequent economic arguments that played out.
The Cold War Hardens
Authors: Bollard Alan 
Published: July 2023

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Chapter 3 is set in the early 1950s, mainly in the United States. The US Administration was now taking a hard anti-Communist line, partly influenced by the economic ideas and sympathies of brilliant Hungarian mathematician-economist John von Neumann, an avowed supporter of Western capitalism. He brought his ideas on game theory, computing architecture, and dynamic economic growth into the Cold War era, spawning the ‘mutually assured destruction’ (MAD) strategy of nuclear competition. The chapter pits von Neumann’s ideas on capital-led growth against his Soviet nemesis, Nobel-prize-winning Soviet mathematician-economist Leonid Kantorovich, who also worked on the nuclear bomb and optimality techniques.
THE SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTIONS
Authors: Kornai János 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
This chapter introduces the system of plan instructions as the basic instrument used for directing production in a centralized manner within the framework of our existing economic mechanism. It notes how the Council of Ministers and Parliament pass five-year plans and annual plans for the national economy. The aforementioned plans determine the tasks set for individual industrial ministries through a multiplicity of approved plan index numbers. The National Planning Office then divides up tasks among ministries and industrial directorates. The chapter also considers other instructions regulating production which can be used by the authorities to issue instructions and binding prescriptions to enterprises.
INCENTIVES FOR TOP MANAGEMENTS
Authors: Kornai János 
Published: July 2023

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This chapter considers the incentives for top management to carry out instructions. It elaborates on the strength of financial incentives in encouraging top management to abide by instructions. Even though both factors have limitations on their effectiveness, moral and political incentives play a significant part in economic life. The system of instructions is expected to be carried out unconditionally, so punishment must be dished out if there is any failure to execute an instruction given by higher authorities. Thus, disciplinary regulations can counterbalance the harmful features of the system of financial incentives. The chapter cites the influence of the directors of enterprises and their top-ranking technical staff in the system of incentives.
ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP LOCAL INITIATIVE AND AUTONOMY FOR ENTERPRISES
Authors: Kornai János 
Published: July 2023

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This chapter covers the attempts to develop local initiative and autonomy for enterprises. It clarifies that excessive centralization forms a coherent, unified whole that has its inner logic and several tendencies and regularities peculiar to itself. Due to the contradictions of economic mechanisms, a continuous stream of attempts emerged to alter the mechanism and make it more harmonious. The attempts primarily involve curbing the proliferation of instructions and making centralization even more complete. The chapter considers the rationalization measures enacted in 1954 in an effort to do away with excessive centralization. It elaborates on the debates that arose in the aftermath of the XXth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union fighting against excessive centralization.
Reflections on Advancements in Assessment
Authors: Schmitt Neal 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
In the last several decades, there have been four major advancements in assessment: item response theory, structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis, multilevel modeling, and big data analytics. In personality assessment, ideal point models and ipsative measures reflect novel approaches. The dimensionality of personality is also being requestioned, and the relationship of new ideas in this area to the Big Five is not clear and deserves attention. big data analytics allow for the measurement of new constructs using existing data from multiple sources. Of most concern in this area is the nature of the constructs assessed. Finally, while cognitive assessments are perhaps the most accepted of our tools, attention to their reconceptualization in light of advancements in other areas of psychology is likely overdue.
Mobile-Enabled Assessment in the Modern Talent Landscape
Authors: Grelle Darrin M. , Gutierrez Sara L. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The past decade has seen a ubiquitous adoption of mobile device technology across the globe, which has served to disrupt the talent assessment landscape. As access to the internet varies by several demographic factors, mobile-enabled assessment can have a positive impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Additionally, when mobile-first design principles are followed, candidate experience can be enhanced. That said, assessment developers must be cognizant of how designs may impact core psychometric properties of items and tests, and how those could vary depending on device type. This chapter describes the evolution of assessment from paper and pencil to mobile-enabled administration methods, including the benefits that can be experienced by organizations through mobile-delivered assessments, and provides guidance for the factors one should consider if designing assessments for mobile delivery.
From Tried and True to Shiny and New
Authors: Paese Matt , Yankov Georgi 
Published: July 2023

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New technologies are catalyzing the rapid evolution of traditional assessment methods to yield more value and impact on the development of leaders. Recent progress in both research and practice offers strong indications of a future in leadership development that may be closer and more exciting than many realize. This chapter is presented in three simple parts. First, it offers a summary of the prevailing practices in use today and outlines how they are commonly employed in support of leadership development. Next, it reviews a series of new research and technology discoveries that are defining the cutting edge of assessment for development. Third, it synthesizes the implications of traditional approaches and new technologies to anticipate an exciting and inspiring future in assessment.
Gamified Assessments for Prehire Evaluation
Authors: Norris-Watts Christina , Hall Kathleen , Mondragon Nathan 
Published: July 2023

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Gamified assessment in the workplace has expanded quickly and continues to grow in popularity, while resources on how to appropriately evaluate, validate, and recommend these offerings are sparse. The current chapter reviews common uses and applications of gamified assessments, potential misuses, barriers, and other considerations practitioners should be aware of when evaluating gamified assessments. It discusses who these are for, when they are used, how they are created, what they measure, and how they should be evaluated and speculates on what the future holds for them in the field. This chapter also provides a useful resource to researchers, academics, and students of assessment and selection to outline some unanswered questions to hopefully drive additional research and understanding in this area.
Making Progress on Diversity
Authors: Lundquist Kathleen K. , Lewis Robert E. 
Published: July 2023

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Efforts to improve the diversity and management representation of organizations have not led to the progress that was expected. Changing this trend requires that leaders take an unflinching view of themselves and their organizations. For organizations in the early stages of diversity maturity, building a leadership team that will role model inclusionary practices and holding managers accountable for meeting diversity metrics are useful steps. For those at higher levels of diversity maturity, great gains in both inclusion and diversity representation can be had by leveraging data to identify new career paths that open opportunities, and by expanding the talent pool of potential successors by leveraging technological advances in leader assessment.
Themes and Directions
Authors: Reynolds Douglas H. , Kantrowitz Tracy M. , Scott John 
Published: July 2023

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The editors of this volume reflect on the innovations, challenges, and new risks that are faced by those who implement talent assessments in organizational settings. They explore seven themes that capture the current directions and possible future paths for this field: (a) the use of advanced technology as a component of assessment is entering the mainstream, (b) new horizons are opening for how and what is measured, (c) uncertainties and risks associated with the use of these new tools are elevating, (d) the evaluation of assessment quality is always challenging and getting harder, (e) rapid advancement in the assessment and technology fields is motivating changes in laws and regulations, (f) demographic considerations are paramount, and (g) the purposes and applications for assessment are expanding, and the context for the use of assessment is becoming broader. The editors discuss these themes considering broader trends in the field applied to workplace assessment.
George Orwell
Authors: Barry Peter Brian 
Published: July 2023

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On a popular reading, George Orwell was at least profoundly disinterested in philosophy if not hostile to it. Call this the inerudite interpretation of Orwell. However popular, the case for inerudite interpretation is surprisingly weak: Orwell read and reviewed philosophical texts, corresponded and collaborated with philosophers, and frequently demonstrated awareness of philosophical problems and concepts. The case for the inerudite interpretation needs to be revisited considering the special but unrecognized honor that Orwell paid Bertrand Russell and the characterization of Orwell offered by A. J. Ayer that has been widely misunderstood. Orwell also serves as a case study for ethicists given his tendency to say and write things that are deeply offensive by contemporary standards. Reflecting on what Orwell said about offensive speech and his responses to complaints about his own helps to correct a common if dubious perception about Orwell’s views concerning speech and offense.
Orwellian Decency
Authors: Barry Peter Brian 
Published: July 2023

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The underdiscussed concept of decency is a foundational moral concept for Orwell, but he is usually read as having failed to explain what decency is. Orwell had much to say about decency, enough that it is possible to construct a conception of Orwellian decency. For his part, Orwell understood decency to have implications for self-respect, self-mastery and the ability to abide by standards, and the absence of sentiments inconsistent with regarding other persons as social equals. However, properly understood, Orwellian decency is simply not a moral virtue: it too often lacks crucial features endemic to moral virtue and Orwell’s decent person will likely be morally deficient in ways that a morally virtuous person will not. As such, it is unclear that Orwellian decency can play the foundational role in Orwell’s ethics that so many of his readers have identified.
Experts
Authors: Dorsey Bruce 
Published: July 2023

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The defense begins by calling as witnesses five prominent physicians from New England. Their purpose is to criticize the testimony of the women who had laid out the body and question the procedures and conclusions of Fall River physicians, Drs. Hooper and Wilbur. The defense’s experts seek to prove that the age of the fetus found in Cornell’s body, based on its size, demonstrates that Avery could not be the father. Avery’s trial corresponds with an historical moment in which male physicians’ professional authority and notions of medical expertise in America are contested. The medical witnesses for the defense may have succeeded in confusing jurors and raising doubts about the certainty of a murder, but they fail to prove the superiority of medical school-trained physicians as scientific experts in a court of law or in the court of public opinion.
Mobs and More Murders
Authors: Dorsey Bruce 
Published: July 2023

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A Newport jury declares Avery not guilty of the murder of Maria Cornell, leaving him free to return home to Bristol. Within a week, Methodist preachers gather for their annual meeting and issue a report exonerating Avery of all wrongdoing. Yet newspapers demand that Avery face judgment from the “court of public opinion” and street demonstrations, riots, and effigy burnings erupt throughout southern New England. Although the rioters refrain from personal violence, widespread publication of trial reports provokes at least three violent deaths, as individuals fight over Avery’s guilt and courts debate whether reading a trial report fosters an environment that can lead to other murders.
Intensifying “Imperfection”: Ambiguous Meter
Authors: Murphy Nancy 
Published: July 2023

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This final analytic chapter explores the loosest, most malleable metric structures offered by the rhetorically flexible meter in singer-songwriter music: Ambiguous Meter. In this flexible metric scenario, timing is too extreme to create a Regular, multi-leveled metric hierarchy. In this chapter, I explore songs by Dylan (“Down the Highway” and “Restless Farewell”), Mitchell (“The Fiddle and the Drum”), and Sainte-Marie (“Sir Patrick Spens”) to show how each songwriter adapts source material and influences to create contexts of self-expressive Ambiguous Meter. In some cases, their Ambiguous Meter eventually demonstrates an increase in regularity, with emerging meter arising at moments of significance to the song’s narrative and rhetoric. Contexts of ambiguity reflect individual self-expressive narratives of introspection and politics and a broader fashioning of performance persona.
Decolonial Justice and Immigration Policy
Authors: Lim Désirée 
Published: July 2023

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In a world tainted by an extensive history of colonial injustice, what would an ethical immigration policy look like? This chapter examines the implications of colonialism for present-day immigration policy. It begins by considering Alasia Nuti and Sara Amighetti, as well as Suketu Mekta’s existing proposals for a decolonial ethics of immigration that relate specifically to would-be migrants from former colonies. Nevertheless, if we understand the wrong of colonialism to lie in racial exploitation, these proposals do not exhaust the scope of a decolonial ethics of immigration. A properly decolonial orientation toward immigration justice might require us not only to provide redress to the groups who were subjected to racial exploitation but also to refrain from engaging in practices that produce (or reproduce) such colonial relationships between persons. The chapter focuses on how the United States’ racial exploitation of low-skilled Latino/a/x migrant workers unjustly maintains ongoing relations of coloniality.
Conclusion
Authors: Lim Désirée 
Published: July 2023

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This chapter gives a brief overview of the book’s main claims and underscores the novel contributions that they make to the philosophical literature on the ethics of immigration. It compares the book’s social egalitarian approach against two other philosophical tacks that may be used to challenge the exclusion of low-skilled migrants: the reform of guest worker programs and the human right to migrate. Next, the chapter considers a number of practical implications that the book’s central arguments about the injustice of skill-selection may have for present-day immigration policy. Eschewing the binary between “open” and “restrictive” borders, it suggests that states should educate the public about the essential contributions of low-skilled migrants and create new immigration channels to accommodate a much greater number of low-skilled migrants, possibly prioritizing low-skilled migrants from countries that have historically supplied receiving states with low-skilled labor. The chapter then closes with two suggestions for areas of future research.
Introduction
Authors: Orsini Francesca 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
This chapter sets out the located and multilingual approach to literary history employed in the book. It outlines the geographical and historical scope of the book and traces the changing political boundaries of Purab (East), the region east of Delhi in the Gangetic plain of northern India later better known as Awadh, from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. The presence of many small towns (qasbas), which were administrative, economic, and cultural nodes, but no capital city until the eighteenth century marks the decentered character of the region. The chapter also makes a case that the multilingual approach “from the ground up” employed in this book can help produce a richer and more textured take on world literature.
The Liberalism Trap
Authors: Philips Menaka 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The Liberalism Trap identifies a methodological problem in contemporary political theory: focus on liberalism has become an interpretive custom directing engagements with politics. Though scholars have long analyzed the meanings, merits, successes or failings of liberalism, little attention is paid to how such preoccupations shape the way we study political questions and texts. The book evaluates the effects of these preoccupations by turning to John Stuart Mill—the so-called father of modern liberalism—arguing that Mill’s canonical status as a liberal is habitually substituted for his political arguments. The book works against that substitution through a comparative reading of Mill’s proposals concerning gender, class, and empire. That comparison recovers a thinker motivated not by ideological certainties but by a politics of uncertainty and draws into view the complex strategies that Mill employs across his work on domestic and imperial questions. Recovering Mill’s uncertain politics also sets into relief the interpretive costs of reading through liberalism. That even the paradigmatic liberal is unduly constrained by this label suggests that taking a break from our preoccupations with liberalism might be warranted. In all, The Liberalism Trap integrates an innovative reading of a canonical thinker with a methodological critique of interpretive practices in contemporary political theory.