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The Reason of Rules: Constituitional Political Economy
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Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules, rather like the rules of the road, coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy. This book is about rules - what they are, how they work, and how they can be properly analysed. The authors’ objective is to understand the workings of alternative political institutions so that choices among such institutions (rules) can be more fully informed. Thus, broadly defined, the methodology of constitutional political economy is the subject matter of The Reason of Rules. The authors have examined how rules for political order work, how such rules might be chosen, and how normative criteria for such choices might be established.
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Short, readable, persuasive work of political philosophy.......2005-04-29
Geoffrey Brennan and James M. Buchanan's The Reason of Rules develops the notion that rules are needed for "reconciling the behavior of separately motivated persons so as to generate patterns of outcome that are tolerable to all participants" (p. 7). Simple-majority-rules democracy, while intuitively the best political system thought up by mankind, unfortunately still leads to some questionable outcomes. In the short term, elected officials may crank up tax rates because it will increase their revenues, even though in the long run it will also drag down economic activity. In the short term, elected officials may issue government debt to finance their expenditures, even though in the long run this leads to a government sector that is far larger than citizens would want it to be if they actually had to pay for those government expenditures.
To combat such deficiencies, the authors propose that we add constraining rules to our political system. Such rules should not be added at the statutory level, because here people tend to vote based on their short-term interest, which is what leads to the shortcomings of democracy in the first place. Instead, these rules should be at the constitutional level, since in the long run people are less driven by how a law affects him or her today than by how laws make for good policy for the country as a whole.
Economically, the reason why individuals agree to impose behavioral constraints (rules) on themselves is that they do so as part of an agreement, or exchange, under which other people agree to do the same. The arrangement is reciprocal rather than unilateral. Politically, the reason why individuals agree to be governed, even though in doing so they forfeit a degree of personal liberty, is the benefits from public goods and services they expect to receive in exchange.
Before the authors published their argument, received thinking was that the fairness of rules is evaluated by a notion of justice that is independently determined (how is not always clear, and has shifted over the centuries). The authors argue instead that rules are what is needed to define justice in the first place, which in and of itself is another reason for rules.
The book's argument is persuasive because it drills the analysis down to the level of decision making by individuals: institutions (such as governments) do not make choices. Instead, the individuals who populate those institutions (such as voters, politicians, bureaucrats, etc.) make choices, and unless we consider what it is that motivates these individuals, the analysis is incomplete.
The book was written in response to criticism to a previous collaboration, The Power to Tax, volume 9 in the Buchanan Collected Works series, but can be easily read on a stand-alone basis. It is one of the earlier publications of a branche of public-choice theory called constitutional political economics, hence its subtitle. The year after its initial publication, co-author James Buchanan would earn the Nobel prize in economics for his contribution to the development of public-choice theory.
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Rules and Reason: Perspectives on Constitutional Political Economy
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Polarization in Western democracies and the collapse of centrally planned economies have led to calls for a redefinition of the state's core functions. This collection explores shifting conceptions of constitutional political economy anchoring the state from the viewpoints of theory, systems, and applications, with a view toward identifying why changes may be desirable and how these might be implemented. Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan offers a foreword to the work and coauthors a chapter on theory of constitutional rules.
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Sensible Structures and Structural Sense.......2001-06-01
Never in human history have the nations of the world been closer to each other in terms of access and the transmission of ideas and culture. In spite of this, they are characterized by huge disparities in terms of the level of well-being they are able to generate for their constituents. Yet there is not mucb difference in their formal systems of rules and laws. Thus, while there seems to be considerable commonality in the values and aspirations of most human societies, they vary dramatically in terms of their ability to achieve them. Why? At the most basic level, this is the question that the scholars drawn together in this volume seek to address.
The diversity of contributors seem to reach two over-arching conclusions. First, it is not rules per se, but rather the institutional environment that determines whether or not rules will be effective in regulating human behavior. Second, institutions that underpin smoothly functioning, highly prosperous societies are invariably based on providing strong incentives to individuals. Harnessing individuals' talents and abilities for the good of the many requires rewarding individual enterprise and limiting the role of the state to guaranteeing the safety of both life and private property.
While these may seem obvious truths, they have implications for virtually all policy issues, ranging from re-distribution (you must create wealth before you can distribute it), through environmental protection (nothing protects the environment like giving individuals property rights over it) to good government (if government favors can create wealth, resources will be wasted in currying such favors). 'Liberal' academics, whose prescriptions invariably call for government intervention in the economy seem particularly blind to these truths.
Constitutions matter!.......2001-05-11
This book really got me thinking about the importance of the constitutional underpinnings to our societies. The editors have really gathered together the leading thinkers in the field ranging from Nobel Laureate James Buchanan through scholars like Dennis Mueller and Bruno Frey to Michael Munger.
As Mueller points out, all constitutions contain fine language - even the Soviet constitution sounded quite admirable - but it is the underlying institutions that determine whether they will matter and be a force for good, or merely serve a decorative function. Munger suggests that passing such virtuous institutions from generation to generation are the key to healthy and prosperous societies. This is where ideology can play a role.
Ultimately, societies must harness the spirit of the individual if they are to succeed in the long run. Rowley points out that the role of the state in guaranteeing individual property rights, as recommended by John Locke, will go a long way towards achieving such individual commitment. On the other hand, excessive state intervention as recommended by Thomas Hobbes, will lead to the stifling of individualism and with it the withering of incentives, creativity, prosperity and human well-being.
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Offers a thoughtful critique of the roots of management education and argues that institutions of higher learning must teach managers how to integrate the discipline of learning into their very being. Such learning must be marked by strong self-direction, willingness to take risks, and integration of the learning that life teaches outside the classroom.
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Current Need for Purposeful Learning.......2006-11-13
Peter Vaill's (1996) book, Learning as a Way of Being: Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water, elaborated on an alternative to the current trend on education and offered a more futuristic model. His book discussed the downfalls to the common methods of instruction and explored a more modern approach. Vaill contended that the "learning as a way of being" method was more aligned with the unstable times. He envisioned success contingent on continual and creative, purposeful learning. In an age of accountability and mandates on education, the utopian method that Vaill described is not always an option. Still, teachers should allow for the "Qualities of Learning as a Way of Being" when possible to compliment instruction. His style of experiential learning would capitalize on student curiosity and allow for moments of creative exploration.
Thoughtful and very wise...but is it helpful?.......2006-03-19
Peter Vaill, now associated with Antioch University, wrote "Learning as a Way of Being" while on the business faculty at George Washington University. This book is essentially an analysis of what exactly it means to be a "life-long learner" in the modern world.
Vaill begins by assessing the current life situation-what he calls a state of perpetual whitewater-a modern person (and institution) are constantly "putting out fires," scrambling to do greater things with fewer resources, tending to crises (personal and institutional), and praying for that time when things calm down and "we can finally get some work done around here." Unfortunately, those days will never come as there have always been and will always be a myriad of crises to attend to. So, how does one survive, thrive, and grow in this state of perpetual whitewater?
Vaill presents the traditional paradigm for learning and growing-the institutional model. Even though he is a college professor and taught courses in MBA programs, he argues that traditional classroom-style learning is not the answer. Vaill does not condemn teachers or school administrators, but does contend that both the assumptions behind and outcomes of traditional classroom education do not serve the "life-long learner" well at all. Instead, Vaill encourages the reader to develop a new paradigm to grown in the midst of perpetual whitewater.
Instead of classroom learning, Vaill advocates a seven-fold paradigm in which the learner essentially gives himself permission to explore, feel, experiment, express, and even fail. All this makes one more humble-yet-confident, willing, and prepared to respond quickly to life's unexpected curve-balls. After a detailed analysis of his vision for "learning as a way of being," Vaill offers how this new paradigm might play out as one seeks to learn about systems, leadership, cultures, and spirituality.
This reader found Vaill's analysis of life's "perpetual whitewater" especially helpful. Also helpful was his treatment of learning about leadership ("Leaderly Learning"), and his analysis of how one believes he becomes "good at something." Also appreciated was his fictional dialogue between explorer Sir Francis Chichester and a 21st century MBA student-it drove many of the book's points home. While the above mentioned aspects of the book were helpful, I put down the book wondering if I had actually learned anything new (ah, the irony). Most of what Vaill advocates in the book for life-long learning is stuff that people have been doing all their live. Is Vaill's purpose then to give proper credit to already-existing ways of learning? Is his purpose to encourage and inspire the reader-so that he gives himself credit where credit is due? Is his purpose to change certain aspects of the education system? His stated purpose on p. xiv does not clear this up for me.
In all, I neither recommend this book, nor do I encourage one NOT to read it. If you believe that you're growing and succeeding in life, even in our state of perpetual whitewater; if you like to learn for the sake of learning; if you know how to get things done and still build strong personal and professional relationships, this book probably isn't going to teach you anything new. If you are an educator, if you find yourself stressed because of all the chaos in your life, if you don't know where you're going, how to get there, or even why you are where you are, you would benefit from reading this book. It won't give you all the answers, but it'll get you started on a beneficial path.
A new paradigm.......1999-04-14
We used this book in a life-long learning class which was part of our MAed program. The whole class (8) was struck with the first half. He's tough on conventional learning, but leads us back to the childhood interest in learning which is not self-conscious, but just grows out of being a child. A book that is thought-provoking and provides a framework for change.
excellent insights about the new ages in front of us.......1998-12-03
The author presented a very well developed imagination about what types of world and society is coming to us and what tasks we should prepare for. The seven traits of LWB(learning as a way of being) were excellently contrasted with the present paradigms of education which we must overcome. I wish the author or else could go further into the possible and more concrete pictcures of educational system in comparison with the present public and state educational system, represented by the schools.
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The 10th IAPTC&B Congress, Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond, was held June 23-28, 2002, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, in Orlando, Florida, USA. It was attended by 1,176 scientists from 54 countries. The best and brightest stars of international plant biotechnology headlined the scientific program. It included the opening address by the President of the IAPTC&B, 14 plenary lectures, and 111 keynote lectures and contributed papers presented in 17 symposia covering all aspects of plant biotechnology. More than 500 posters supplemented the formal program. The distinguished speakers described, discussed and debated not only the best of science that has been done or is being done, but also how the power of plant biotechnology can be harnessed to meet future challenges and needs. The program was focused on what is new and what is exciting, what is state of the art, and what is on the cutting edge of science and technology. In keeping with the international mandate of the IAPTC&B, 73 of the 125 speakers were from outside the United States, representing 27 countries from every region of the world. The 10th IAPTC&B Congress was a truly world-class event.
The IAPTC&B, founded in 1963 at the first international conference of plant tissue culture organized by Philip White in the United States, currently has over 1,500 members in 85 countries. It is the largest, oldest, and the most comprehensive international professional organization in the field of plant biotechnology. The IAPTC&B has served the plant biotechnology community well through its many active national chapters throughout the World, by maintaining and disseminating a membership list and a website, by the publication of an official journal (formerly the Newsletter), and by organizing quadrennial international congresses in France (1970), the United Kingdom (1974), Canada (1978), Japan (1982), the United States (1963, 1986, 2002), The Netherlands (1990), Italy (1994), and Israel (1998). In addition, the IAPTC&B has a long tradition of publishing the proceedings of its congresses. Individually, these volumes have provided authoritative quadrennial reports of the status of international plant biotechnology. Collectively, they document the history of plant biotechnology during the 20th century. They are indeed a valuable resource.
We are pleased to continue this tradition by publishing this proceedings volume of the 10th IAPTC&B Congress. Regrettably, we are not able to publish seven of the lectures in full (only their abstracts are included).
The American and Canadian chapters of the IAPTC&B, the Plant Section of the Society for In Vitro Biology, and the University of Florida hosted the 10th IAPTC&B Congress. The Congress was a true partnership between academia and industry, and was generously supported by both groups (see list of donors/sponsors on back cover). A number of prominent international biotechnology companies and publishers participated in the very successful Science and Technology Exhibit (see accompanying list of exhibitors) The IAPTC&B awarded 84 fellowships to young scientists from 31 countries (see accompanying list of fellowship recipients) to support their participation in the Congress.
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Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized authorities explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, including celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. The text is geared toward students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics.
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Recent discussion of mechanism has suggested new approaches to several issues in the philosophy of science, including theory structure, causal explanation, and reductionism. Here, I apply what I take to be the fruits of the 'new mechanical philosophy' to an analysis of a contemporary debate in evolutionary biology about the role of natural selection in speciation. Traditional accounts of that debate focus on the geographic context of genetic divergence-namely, whether divergence in the absence of geographic isolation is possible (or significant). Those accounts are at best incomplete, I argue, because they ignore the mechanisms producing divergence and miss what is at stake in the biological debate. I argue that the biological debate instead concerns the scope of particular speciation mechanisms which assign different roles to natural selection at various stages of divergence. The upshot is a new interpretation of the crux of that debate-namely, whether divergence with gene flow is possible (or significant) and whether the isolating mechanisms producing it are adaptive.
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This digital document is a journal article from Organisms Diversity & Evolution, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Ancient lakes are ideal model systems for evolutionary studies, as they hold hundreds of endemic species. The vast majority of these still occur in the cradle of their origin. We distinguish three different modes of speciation (allo-, para- and sympatric) which have occurred in these habitats. Although radiations from ancient lakes are generally assumed to be adaptive, we cannot fully support this point of view, because non-adaptive radiations also appear to be common, for example through chromosomal changes, hybridization or sexual selection. Even in supposedly adaptive cladogenesis, e.g. as concerns the presumed trophic adaptations of cichlid (Pisces) mouth and tooth shapes, both adaptive and non-adaptive components are acting. Distribution patterns of non-marine ostracods (Crustacea) within and outside of ancient lakes indicate that sexual reproduction might be an additional requirement for successful radiations in ancient lakes, at least in certain groups. This can best be understood by invoking ecology-based hypotheses on the evolutionary superiority of sexual reproduction such as Fisher-Muller accelerated evolution and the Tangled Bank.
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Floral key innovations play a significant role in the discussion of adaptive radiation in plants. The paper brings together a brief review of morphological key innovations in plants, elucidating their evolutionary significance in flower-pollinator interactions, and new data on Salvia, a genus being examined as an example for presumed adaptive radiation. We hypothesize that the characteristic staminal lever mechanism functions as a key innovation. It is defined as a functional unit including the modification of stamens to lever-like structures, their reversible movement, and the organization of the remaining floral structures involved in the process of pollen transfer. We follow the assumption that structure and functioning of the staminal levers play a major role in the process of pollen deposition on the pollinator's body, and that minute changes of both their proportions and their interactions with pollinators may have significant consequences for the pollination system. The functioning of the staminal lever mechanism is tested by field investigations, biomechanical experiments and pollination simulations. First results are presented, and possible modes of allopatric and sympatric speciation are discussed, based on morphometry of Salvia flowers and pollinators as well as on the operating mode of the staminal lever mechanism. Special attention is given to species-specific patterns of pollen deposition on the pollinator's body. We assume that, depending on the precision of the lever movement, sympatric Salvia species flowering during overlapping periods and sharing the same pollinating species may be either mechanically isolated from each other or able to hybridize. The latter may result in speciation, as may spontaneous mutations influencing the flower-pollinator interaction, e.g. by significant changes in morphometry of the staminal lever system and/or other flower structures. As a consequence, Salvia individuals may deposit pollen on a different part of the pollinator's body, or even adapt to a new pollinator species, both resulting in reproductive isolation from the parental population.
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When the Pittsburgh Penguins won the right to select first overall in the 2005 NHL draft, there was no doubt who they would pick Sidney Crosby, the most celebrated junior hockey player since Mario Lemieux. Sidney Crosby was first to win Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the Canadian junior ranks, and first to win consecutive Player of the Year awards. At age 16, he became the youngest Canadian player to score in the World Junior Hockey Championships. At 17, he recorded an astonishing 168 points in 62 games, leading his Rimouski team to the Memorial Cup. And in 2005, while not yet 18, Crosby landed a lucrative contract with Reebok, placing him in the same athletic stratosphere as Wayne Gretzky and Tiger Woods. But how did a kid from Nova Scotia come to stand alone on draft day as the NHL s undisputed No. 1 pick? And how did a budding teenage superstar cope with the growing pressures of being dubbed the next Wayne Gretzky? In this exciting hockey biography, award-winning sports journalist Gare Joyce retraces the incredible journey of hockey s wunderkind from age-group hockey in Nova Scotia to draft day with Mario Lemieux and his Pittsburgh Penguins. From Halifax to the Czech Republic, Minnesota to Quebec City and all places in between, Joyce explores the making of hockey s brightest star and all the obstacles this amazing young man overcame in pursuit of his dreams. In 2003, Wayne Gretzky was asked if there was one player out there who might one day break his records. He responded, "Yes, Sidney Crosby. He s the best player I've seen since Mario (Lemieux)." "Like the 'Next Great One,' Gare Joyce's splendid and remarkably up-to-the-minute Sidney Crosby:Taking the Game by Storm should be hockey fans' No. 1 overall choice" -Red Fisher, Montreal Gazette and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
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must be a fan.......2007-01-17
You will not enjoy this book unless you are a fan of Hockey! I read this book after about half a season of Hockey and seeing Crosby play. This book is a great way to learn about an up coming star (which you can see through his play). I would recommend this book to anyone that really loves the game of Hockey!
Not For Everyone .......2006-04-12
If you are a huge hockey fan, with knowledge about players and teams, new and old, throughout Canada and at all age levels, you are the right person for this book. Reading about places, people, and teams that I didn't know anything about was very frustrating and made it hard to keep reading. A good portion of the book was just comparing Gretzky and Crosby. That was interesting, in moderation. I was looking for a book to tell all about Sidney Crosby and his trip to the NHL. This book has that, but it came along with a lot of extra stuff that was unnecessary.
A bit painful.......2006-03-18
OK, any time a new star pops up there is an author wanting to make a quick buck. I knew better than to jump on the first unofficial biography but did anyways. Like any book of this genre, the entire thing comes off as "I talked to someone who talked to someone who once knew Sidney and based on that we can deduce this...". It was clear from the author's account that they stalked the Crosby family for a period of time and despite that effort failed to gain any deep insights from Sidney or his family. This entire book could have been written after reading newspaper clippings and perhaps a 30 minute interview with Sidney. My recommendation - wait until Sidney lives up to the hype (and I suspect he will!) and then read his official biography.
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Chez Moi is a thoroughly researched guide that describes in great detail the administrative/practical steps you should take on your way to carefree home ownership in France. Laurence Raybois uncovers and deals with the many surprises and pitfalls of home ownership in France with precision and the kind of cultural insight that only a French person could have. Yet Chez Moi remains surprisingly readable and entertaining. Laurence Raybois skillfully weaves among the technical detail stories of uniquely French deeds and misdeeds in the pursuit of property.
The strengh of Chez Moi lies in its emphasis of processes that are uniquely French. The book thoroughly describes the roles that the various professionals, such as the huissier or the notaire, who do not have an exact equivalent in other countries, play in these processes. Even the real estate agent, whose function is well understood throughout the world, has rights, obligations and prerogatives that are markedly different in France from what they are in other countries.
Buying homeowners' insurance, obtaining a building permit, or transmitting your property to your heirs after your death, just to mention a few of the subjects covered, are explained from the perspective of the uniquely French rules that regulate them.
One thing is sure: If you had at any time assumed that buying and owning a home was pretty much the same everywhere, you are in for a big surprise each time you turn a page of Chez Moi: The Foreigner's Guide to Buying a Home in France.
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just what was needed.......2007-03-26
this succinct volumn covers the title territory without falling off its subject. That the author is a native of France writing grant applications in Seattle must be the perfect preparation.
Great all-purpose reference.......2007-02-11
I bought this guide AFTER I had bought my house in France, and I still think it's a useful reference. Laurence Raybois covers the basics related to the purchase process, legalities, insurance, and remodeling/ renovations in one slim little volume. It's indespensible for anyone who needs to educate themselves about buying property in France.
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Taking over where his hugely successful Cartoonist's Workbook left off, Robin Hall's new book unveils all the secrets of professional cartooning. Where his previous book focused on cartooning techniques, this comprehensive follow up shows you how to make a living from cartooning and illustration. The book is packed with information on:
• How to improve your technique and develop your creative ability
• How to bring your work up to a professional standard
• The facts about going freelance, dealing with syndicates and self-syndication
• Essential computer tips, designing websites, 3D computer animation and
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Great Book - But order it used... 5 months from Amazon and still not here.......2005-10-18
I was waiting and waiting for this book. Amazon says they are ordering it from someone else. after 3 months they decided to ask me if I wanted to extend my wait time. I waited two more months, then canceneled my order, reordered from someone who was selling it used on amazon and got it lickety split.
Maybe when Amazon finally starts their Instant Printing of hard to get books (That they purchased awhile ago but haven't implimented it) then ordering these types of books will be reasonable.
I found this book very helpful and although the links might be out of date I was able to google for updated links or same type of business.
Gave me an idea of all the stuff I could do as getting a comic strip in a regular paper is a bit toughter (but I will keep trying).
Getting your doodles out there..........2005-03-21
Already worked through the Cartoonist's Workbook? Then Cartoonists' & Illustrators' Trade Secrets is the next step in your artistic education. This book is thorough, covering all aspects of cartooning and illustrating, with plently of excellent tips from established artists. Moreover, the book's full of the author's (and other artists') cartoons and illustrations. If you're a semi-competent doodler, this book will show you how to present and market your work. If you can't yet draw a circle, get the Cartoonist's Workbook first; then move up to Cartoonists' & Illustrators' Trade Secrets.
Very Interesting Book.......2004-08-25
This is a great book to have if you are struggling to make a living from your art. It shows how to pitch your cartoons, who to pitch to, how to draw for the greeting cards market, how to draw fine art cartoons and how to get into graphic design.
The author Robin Hall originally took up cartooning so he didnt have to get up in the morning. Probably one of the best excuses for picking a career that I've ever heard of.
If you want to sleep in til lunchtime too.... buy this book!!
Must have for beginning cartoonists.......2004-06-11
Robin Hall packages his no-nonsense, nuts and bolts information in an easy to read, humorous format. Especially refreshing is the "conversational" tone of the text. He lets you know what should be given priority while running your own art-based business and what to basically disregard. There are also lots of valuable tips from old (and not so old) pros in the business of cartooning and illustration. A valuable resource.
Another Hit.......2003-06-03
A highly readable and informative companion to 'The Cartoonists Workbook' and packed with inside tips and info.
Another must have for anyone serious about selling their artwork/cartoons to todays markets.
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