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Bought and Paid For: The Hidden Relationship Between Wall Street and Washington

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Gasparino (Author)A top reporter exposes the deep ties between the Obama administration and the big banks that are bankrupting our country. As the recession continues, President Obama has chastised the "fat cats" who feast off government bailout money while unemployment remains high and smaller businesses struggle. But according to Gasparino, Obama is faking his outrage, and his calls for new policies to rein in banks that are "too big to fail" are j...

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Report copyright infringementby C. Baldry (Author), P. Bain (Author), P. Taylor (Author)This book analyzes the multiple levels of meaning which people attach to work today, and the role of work in people's lives. By looking at call centres and software development, the book evaluates some of the claims made for the knowledge economy and argues that defining the work-life boundary is a constant problem for many workersAuthor BiographyCHRIS BALDRY is Head of Management and Organization Departme...

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Report copyright infringementby United States Office of St Services (Author)Uncover the secrets of wartime disruption with the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual," a fascinating glimpse into the world of espionage and resistance during World War II. Originally created by the Strategic Services (OSS), this manual provides a unique perspective on the techniques of sabotage employed to undermine enemy efforts. Explore the methods and strategies devised to disrupt operations, damage morale, and impede...

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Report copyright infringementby Ning Leng (Author)The Chinese state has never granted businesses full autonomy, even amid efforts to establish market-supporting institutions. Instead, the state and its officials view business as primarily political actors, demanding political services from firms to advance political objectives. Politicizing Business demonstrates that the politicization of firms is rooted in authoritarianism, often harming business interests and undermining China's efforts to ...

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Report copyright infringementby Cordray (Author)The necessary story of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became a powerful force for good in the lives of everyday Americans after the 2008 financial crash. Every day across America, consumers face issues with credit cards, mortgages, car loans, and student loans. When they are cheated or mistreated, all too often they hit a brick wall when they challenge the financial companies. People are fed up, but few have the resources or expert...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Collier (Author)Bill Gates's Five Books for Summer Reading 2019From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it.Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deep...

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Report copyright infringementby Ryan Short (Author), Charles Marohn (Foreword by)The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place is a bold and practical book that challenges conventional thinking about city-building, tourism, economic development, and community engagement. Author Ryan Short introduces a new framework for shaping more resilient, equitable, and loveable places that is rooted in identity, values, and a triple bottom line.Drawing from years of experience working with cit...

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Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions

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Report copyright infringementby James Workman (Author), Amanda Leland (Author)Sea Change is the captivating, deeply-human tale of how fishermen-along with some unlikely allies-helped carry out the biggest conservation success story you've never heard of.Exploring a victory for the world's most vital ecosystem, Sea Change tells the story of unlikely partnerships and surprising solutions that are quietly revolutionizing the fishing industry. Like in other ocean areas, the Gulf Coast fisheries w...

Leading Health: How You and 30,000 Kansans Help Communities Thrive

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Report copyright infringementby Ed O'Malley (Author)When you think about health, what comes up? Doctors and hospitals. Physical therapy and cancer screenings. Maybe exercise and diet. In Leading Health, Ed O'Malley, the CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, wants to expand your definition of Health. Did you know that voter participation, elementary school literacy rates, and broadband access are all predictors of community health and life expectancy? And did you know that Kansas' Health rankin...

Men Is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America

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Report copyright infringementby Brian P. Luskey (Author)When a Civil War substitute broker told business associates that "Men is cheep here to Day," he exposed an unsettling contradiction at the heart of the Union's war effort. Despite Northerners' devotion to the principles of free labor, the war produced rampant speculation and coercive labor arrangements that many Americans labeled fraudulent. Debates about this contradiction focused on employment agencies called "intelligence offices," in...

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Report copyright infringementby Niccolo Machiavelli (Author)"Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion." - Machiavelli, The Prince."Contemporary Americans, perhaps more than anyone else, could learn a lesson or two from Machiavelli." - John T. Scott, Robert Zaretsky and Michael Gonchar, The New York Times. "Machiavelli's The Prince is one of those rare brain-children with which all respectable minds clai...

Theory & Struggle: Journal of the Marx Memorial Library

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Report copyright infringementby Marjorie Mayo (Editor), Michael Roberts (Contribution by)Theory & Struggle is the journal of the Marx Memorial Library published by Praxis Press. Currently published annually, it features articles that grapple with debates taking place within Marxist circles as well studying critical developments in the labour and progressive movements in Britain and internationally, including movements for gender equality, for racial equality and for peace. Nu...

Aid Dynamics in Jamaican Development: Empowering Communities Through Loans and Grants

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Report copyright infringementby Shinique Walters (Author)Achieving sustainable development goals in Jamaican communities requires addressing persistent obstacles that have hindered progress in the past. This book examines how accessing loans and grants can help communities overcome these barriers, focusing on fostering accountability and sustainability in long-term initiatives. By investigating the impact of these funding sources on communities, it aims to shed light on essential strategies t...

The Nuer Pastoralists - Between Large Scale Agriculture and Villagization: A case study of the Lare District in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

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Report copyright infringementby Wondwosen Michago Seide (Author)Ethiopia has shown encouraging economic development in the past years. The swirls of economic bubbles are impacting the different regions of the country. At the moment, there are several national and regional development projects being implemented in the Gambella Region in Western Ethiopia. However, being part of the development scheme of the federal state does not necessarily guarantee that this peripheral region will be integra...

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Report copyright infringementby Gordon Redding (Author)No detailed description available for "The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism". Number of Pages: 281 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9.04 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: February 27, 2013

Small Powers and Trading Security: Contexts, Motives and Outcomes

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Intal Magcamit (Author)Back JacketThis book examines why and how small powers link their security interests and trade agendas, and how security threats influence the facilitation and outcome of their trade activities. In doing so, it analyses the increasingly complex connections between trade and security, demonstrating how these linkages affect the overall security of four small but important states in East Asia. Focusing on the role of high levels of ...

China and Its Embrace of Offensive Cyberespionage

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Report copyright infringementby Kristan Stoddart (Author)The West is under challenge from the rise of China as a global power. Cyberespionage has enhanced China's economy, military, and political influence, and it is now a peer rival to the American-led West across land, sea, air, and space. China can conduct cyberespionage on a scale that no other nation can currently match. Its Belt and Road Initiative is a modern-day Silk Route for both overland and maritime trade.Under President Xi Jingpi...

Agribusiness Project Appraisal: Theory and Applications

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Report copyright infringementby J. P. Hella (Editor), D. W. Ndyetabula (Editor)Agribusiness Project Appraisal is probably the first context-specific book to provide a methodology for managing projects in agriculture in Tanzania. It gives advice and support on how to carry out project planning, execution and evaluation. The emphasis of the book is on achieving a thorough and rigorous social and economic analysis through systematic procedures appropriate to project management. Some of the theme...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Corfe (Author)The left/right confrontational system is coming to an end, since it is failing to further promote the interests of majorities worldwide. For 200 years it has acted as the linchpin of democracy, and politics is almost unthinkable without referring to the concepts of the Left or the Right. This book describes how the old confrontational system has fulfilled a vital function for the progress of humanity, but how in advanced industrial economie...

A Compassionate Approach to Gender and Development: From Local Stories to Global Visions

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Report copyright infringementby Ranjeeta Basu (Author)A Compassionate Approach to Gender and Development: From Local Stories to Global Visions helps students consider a variety of issues related to gender and development within a social justice framework grounded in compassion.Throughout the text, students learn about historical legacies and systems of oppression based on gender, class, race, and national identity within a global context. The book analyzes the economic relationship between pa...

Varieties of Capitalism in Spain: Remaking the Spanish Economy for the New Century

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Report copyright infringementby S. Royo (Author)Is globalization forcing non-coordinated market economies, such as Chile, Mexico, Spain, and Portugal, to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policies? This book builds on recent literature on 'varieties of capitalism' to show the impact that institutions have on national economic policy.Author BiographySEBASTIAN ROYO is Assistant Professor of Government, Suffolk University, UK. ...

Sex Worker Union Organising: An International Study

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Report copyright infringementby Gregor Gall (Author)This is the first study of the emerging phenomenon of sex workers, asserting that they are entitled to workers' rights. Drawing on examples from Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand and the USA the book analyzes the contexts for this struggle and the opportunities and challenges facing these unionization projects.Author BiographyGREGOR GALL is Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Centre for Emplo...

The United States and the Wto Dispute Settlement System

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Z. Lawrence (Author)The Doha negotiations have stalled since last summer, and, as the November elections in the United States highlighted, American advocates of economic nationalism are growing in strength. Nevertheless, Robert Lawrence makes a case for the effectiveness of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly its dispute settlement system, and the benefits that would accrue to the United States and others from improving its effectiveness. Th...

Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Marshall (Author)This work provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the economic, political, and social effects of the growing income inequality in the United States. Issues discussed include: managerial greed, persistent joblessness, budgets and taxes, community development, and prospects for minorities.Back JacketTo what extent are major social and political problems caused by basic income and unemployment trends? Is it possible to restore the kind of bro...

Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain

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Report copyright infringementby Howard F. Gospel (Author), Gospel Howard (Author)In this examination of the development of employers' personnel, human resources, and industrial relations policies in Britain in the twentieth century the author focuses on how employers organize the employment relationship, control work relations, and deal with trade unions and industrial relations. He develops an approach that emphasizes the interaction of external market forces, internal management structure a...

Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900-1914

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria E. Bonnell (Author)Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900-1914 by Victoria E. Bonnell is a landmark study of the forces that shaped the Russian labor movement in the years leading up to the First World War and the revolutions of the early twentieth century. Drawing on rich archival sources and comparative perspectives, Bonnell examines how workers in the two major industrial centers of the Russian Emp...

Routledge International Handbook of Human Trafficking: A Multi-Disciplinary and Applied Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Rochelle Dalla (Editor), Donna Sabella (Editor)Written by expert scholars, service providers, policy analysts, and health-care professionals, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for those already working in the field, as well as for students in any discipline who want to learn (or learn more) about HT and modern-day slavery.Author BiographyRochelle L. Dalla, PhD, is Professor of Family Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research focuse...

Privatising Peace: A Corporate Adjunct to United Nations Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Operations

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Report copyright infringementby M. Patterson (Author)The history of United Nations peacekeeping is largely one of failure. This book puts a case for augmenting ad hoc peacekeepers with competent contract labour; and within the constraints of a new legal regime, supporting future operations with well-trained contractors who might subdue by force those who inflict gross human rights abuses on others.Author BiographyMALCOLM HUGH PATTERSON is an Australian lawyer who teaches International Law and...

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph F. Pilat (Author), Robert E. Pendley (Author), J. F. Pilat (Editor)Introduction. Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes beyond 1995 (R.M. Timerbaev). Nuclear Arms Control in the Postcold War Era (R. Imai). Toward a Universal Framework of Nuclear Restraint (M.A. Khan). The NPT's Prospects (J.F. Pilat). The Last Nuclear Summit? (M. Reiss). 1995: A Time for Optimism? (B. Sanders). India and the NPT after the Cold War (R.G.C. Thomas). Perspectives of Non...

Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries

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Report copyright infringementby Dana L. Brown (Editor), Ngaire Woods (Editor)As companies 'go global' they increasingly use factories and facilities spread across the world. But who regulates their activities in far flung corners of the world economy? In many sectors such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, and forestry, the answer is that companies regulate their own behavior through codes and standards which they agree among themselves. The recent growth in corporate self-regulation of labo...

Protecting the Vulnerable and Promoting Growth

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Report copyright infringementby Giovanni Andrea Cornia (Editor), Richard Jolly (Editor), Frances Stewart (Editor)Following three decades of progress, improvements in the welfare of children and other vulnerable groups worldwide began to falter in the mid-1970s. World recession, and in particular the debt crisis in Latin America and African famine, have seriously affected economic development programs in less developed countries. At the same time, however, large-scale health programs have had ...