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Discover your strengths, live your dreams! Let go of fear. Discover your true sense of purpose. Live the life you've only imagined!Why does the thrill of soaring begin with the fear of falling? How can you overcome that fear and dare to live? Let David McNally lead you on an extraordinary journey of discovery that takes you from motivation to inspiration to action. Be prepared to work! In this book, you write the ending. Read fascinating anecdotes, stories, personal revelations; practice the meditations, self-assessment exercises, affirmations, and keep track in your journal as you discover the power of your potential and begin to soar. Learn how to Choose your attitude and transform your life Practice positive affirmations to overcome self-doubt Radiate confidence as you discover the power of purpose Use language to help shape your thoughts Achieve what you truly want from lifeMaximize your creative potential. Find success with dignity. Deal with personal crises. Discover your answers in the book that will forever change the way you feel about your work, your dreams, and yourself, as it helps put your own personal powers to work. "This is a self-help book that helps! It works! Four stars:"--Larry King"It is a book for the 90s. You must read it!"--Pat Riley, author of The Winner Within and former head coach of the New York Knicks"Even Eagles Need a Push caused me to evaluate my life as well as my profession. It forces you to expand your horizons."--Lou Holtz, Head Football Coach, University of Notre Dame"With compelling clarity and courage, David McNally offers a hopeful prescription for those poised in the search for purpose."--William W. Warrick, Senior Vice President and General Auditor, American Express Company

From the Introduction: This book challenges the conventional wisdom about classical political economy and the rise of capitalism. It is written in the conviction that modern interpretations of political economy have suffered terribly from acceptance of the prevailing liberal view of the origins and development of capitalist society. By the liberal account, capitalism emerged out of the centuries-old competitive activities of merchants and manufacturers in rational pursuit of their individual economic self-interest. Over time, this account claims, the persistent activity of these classes developed new forms of wealth and productive resources and new intellectual and cultural habits, which eroded the existing structure of society. The rise of capitalism is thus explained in terms of the rise to prominence of the most productive, rational, and progressive social groups—merchants and manufacturers. Not surprisingly, classical political economy came to be seen as an intellectual reflection of the ascendance of merchants and manufacturers and as a theoretical justification of their interests and activities. This book argues that capitalism was the product of an immense transformation in the social relationships of landed society and that this fact is crucial to understanding the development of classical political economy. Without a radical transformation of the agrarian economy, the activities of merchants and manufacturers would have remained strictly confined. By no inexorable logic of their own were mercantile and industrial activities capable of fundamentally transforming the essential relations of precapitalist society. Rather, the changes in agrarian economy, which drove rural producers from their land, forced them onto the labour market as wage labourers for their means of subsistence, and refashioned farming as an economic activity based upon the production of agricultural commodities for profit on the market, established the essential relations of modern capitalism. In what follows, these processes are described in terms of the emergence of agrarian capitalism. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

From the Introduction: This book challenges the conventional wisdom about classical political economy and the rise of capitalism. It is written in the conviction that modern interpretations of political economy have suffered terribly from acceptance of the prevailing liberal view of the origins and development of capitalist society. By the liberal account, capitalism emerged out of the centuries-old competitive activities of merchants and manufacturers in rational pursuit of their individual economic self-interest. Over time, this account claims, the persistent activity of these classes developed new forms of wealth and productive resources and new intellectual and cultural habits, which eroded the existing structure of society. The rise of capitalism is thus explained in terms of the rise to prominence of the most productive, rational, and progressive social groups—merchants and manufacturers. Not surprisingly, classical political economy came to be seen as an intellectual reflection of the ascendance of merchants and manufacturers and as a theoretical justification of their interests and activities. This book argues that capitalism was the product of an immense transformation in the social relationships of landed society and that this fact is crucial to understanding the development of classical political economy. Without a radical transformation of the agrarian economy, the activities of merchants and manufacturers would have remained strictly confined. By no inexorable logic of their own were mercantile and industrial activities capable of fundamentally transforming the essential relations of precapitalist society. Rather, the changes in agrarian economy, which drove rural producers from their land, forced them onto the labour market as wage labourers for their means of subsistence, and refashioned farming as an economic activity based upon the production of agricultural commodities for profit on the market, established the essential relations of modern capitalism. In what follows, these processes are described in terms of the emergence of agrarian capitalism. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

The first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery. Karl Marx’s writings on enslavement and labor have fallen out of favor among historians, but David McNally injects new life into them. Slavery and Capitalism gives the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery—using colonial travel literature, planter records and diaries, and slave narratives—to support the provocative claim for enslaved labor in the plantation system as capitalist commodity production. Weaving together history, political economy, and radical abolitionism, McNally demonstrates that plantation slaves formed a modern working class. Unlike those scholars who insist that enslaved people were too sensible to set their sights on liberty, he highlights the self-activity of enslaved people fighting for their freedom and reframes their resistance as labor struggles over production and reproduction, with significant implications for US and Atlantic history and for understanding the roots of racial capitalism.

In this innovative book, David McNally develops a powerful critique of market socialism, by tracing it back to its roots in early political economy. He ranges from Adam Smith's attempt to reconcile moral philosophy with market economics to Malthus's reformulation of Smith's political economy which made it possible to justify poverty as a moral necessity. Smith's economic theory was also the source of an attempt to construct a critique of capitalism derived from his conception of free and equal exchange governed by natural price. This Smithian forerunner of today's market socialism sought to reform the market without abolishing the social relations on which it was based. McNally explores this tradition sympathetically, but exposes its fatal flaws.The book concludes with an incisive consideration of efforts by writers such as Alec Nove to construct a "feasible" model of market socialism. McNally shows these efforts are still plagued by the failure of early Smithian socialism to come to grips with the social foundations of the market, the commodification of labor-power which is the key to market regulation of the economy. The results, he argues, are neither socialist nor workable.

Este folleto es el resultado de una homil a que me solicitaron en mi iglesia. A pesar de que soy escritor y orador profesional, la reacci n positiva al mensaje fue algo tan abrumador que me tom por sorpresa. Es obvio que los pensamientos que expres tocaron una fibra sensible en lo m s profundo de las personas que estaban all presentes. Pronto recib numerosas solicitudes de copias de la homil a. De hecho recib tantas, que el Ministro de mi iglesia decidi producir un folleto con toda la presentaci n. A pesar de que este folleto se distribuy ampliamente, la gente sigui pidiendo m s copias para enviar a sus familiares y amigos en todo el mundo.

Monsters of the Market investigates the rise of capitalism through the prism of the body-panics it arouses. Drawing on folklore, literature and popular culture, the book links tales of monstrosity from early-modern England, including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, to a spate of recent vampire and zombie fables from sub-Saharan Africa and it connects these to Marx's persistent use of monster-metaphors in his descriptions of capitalism.

In this practical and inspiring book about aging well, best-selling author David McNally shares the key to "aging upward" to become the flourishing elder you aspire to be. "This book is an inspiring conversation with a seasoned and compassionate guide, who will show you how to reimagine your elderhood as a time of creativity and rich possibilities."--Ann Cahill, director, John O'Donohue Literary EstateBeginning in 2024, over twelve thousand Americans per day will turn sixty-five. Most desire to live full and engaged lives.Through real-life examples, reflective questions, and provocative exercises, this life purpose book teaches readers to age successfully by renewing their interests and passions, gifting their knowledge to others, and participating in the world in ways they never dreamed they could.David McNally, a member of the Speaker's Hall of Fame, is a globally recognized thought leader on topics of purpose and meaning. McNally's best-selling books, films, and corporate training programs have been released in over twenty countries. In his newest book, McNally brings his focus and expertise to the abundant possibilities of late life.In this later life self-discovery book, you will learn how to: Define your purpose for this era of life.Discover new passions and interests.Approach aging as a spiritual journey.Build new relationships and share your wisdom.Rise above the problems of the world by contributing to the solutions.This dynamic personal development book is the perfect retirement book, senior citizen gift, and baby boomer gift for fans of From Strength to Strength and The Gift of Years.Your later years are the perfect time to live a life of purpose and contribution. IF YOU'RE ALIVE will show you how."IF YOU'RE ALIVE has given me a clear road map to truly make my mark during the twilight of my life." --Bill Lentsch, COO of Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis "David McNally inspires you to embrace your life now and be the storyteller of your future." --David O'Fallon, former director of education at National Endowment for the Arts

In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money’s origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money’s emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. Blood and Money demonstrates the ways that money has “internalized” its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents “command over labor,” this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies.

In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money’s origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money’s emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. Blood and Money demonstrates the ways that money has “internalized” its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents “command over labor,” this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies.

In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study, David McNally reveals the true story of money's origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money's emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. Blood and Money demonstrates the ways that money has "internalized" its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents "command over labor," this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies.

This bestselling work describes how the art and science of brand building is typically identified with businesses, products, and services, but that personal and professional relationships can also be seen and managed in this very practical and effective light. The authors present "personal brand management" as a real-life professional development tool that creates and reinforces strong, enduring relationships fueled by each individual's core values and beliefs. McNally and Speak show how to conceive, convey, and manage a distinctive, relevant, and consistent personal brand-an accurate reflection of who you really are.This revised edition leverages its past success (brand equity) to take advantage of the increased acceptance of personal brand as a personal and career development framework and for creating a competitive edge. Drawing on eight additional years of research and experience, the authors offer new information emphasizing the importance of relationship alignment; differentiating between a brand and a strong brand, and showing how social networks have impacted the branding process and how to use social networking to build a strong brand.