Economist, John Lott, wrote the most comprehensive book on the effects of gun control, More Guns, Less Crime.

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The editorial was written by Alexey Yablokov, a Russian scientist who edited a book about the public health and environmental effects of the Chernobyl disaster.

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Moreover, as Mark Pauly has patiently explained in his book, Health Reform Without Side Effects, most people who are initially denied private health insurance coverage due to health reasons ultimately are able find affordable coverage simply by shopping around.

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The McDonald book is remarkable for its relentless focus on the effects of a low-income lending ideology as a cause of the financial crisis.

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Mrs Friedan determined to write a book, and in 1963 threw a firebomb into American society whose effects are still reverberating.

ECONOMIST: Betty Friedan

Ideas can also exhibit network effects, as the author of any best-selling book or producer of a hit television show will happily tell you.

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In his 1992 book, The Twilight of Sovereignty, he predicted the rise of electronic networks and their chief economic effects.

FORBES: Wriston's Law Still Holds

This book examines the consequent boom in oil production and exploration that is currently sweeping across Africa, and the effects that this may have on the continent.

ECONOMIST: Oil in Africa

October sales missed most estimates because of the effects from the storm, says Alec Gutierrez, the senior market analyst of automotive insights for Kelley Blue Book.

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