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Report copyright infringementby Edward J. Lincoln (Author)"Japan is the great economic success story of the postwar period, growing at unprecedented rates to become one of the world's most advanced industrial nations. But since the early 1970s, Asia's economic giant has had to contend with many of the problems encountered by Western economies--slower growth, increased unemployment, rapid changes in the financial and industrial sectors--problems that have permanently transformed its economy an...

Energy Transition and the Local Community: A Theory of Society Applied to Hazleton, Pennsylvania

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Rose (Author)The worldwide shift from coal to oil-based technology was devastating for many local communities. Energy Transition and the Local Community is the story of one such community: Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Hazleton's economy, dependent solely on the mining of surrounding beds of anthracite coal, was destroyed by the changeover to oil. Yet Hazleton, when confronted with a catastrophic recession and a declining population, organized to attract new indu...

Negro Employment in Basic Industry: A Study of Racial Policies in Six Industries

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Report copyright infringementby Herbert R. Northrup (Author), Richard L. Rowan (Author)Founded in 1921 as a separate Wharton department, the Industrial Research Unit has a long record of publication and research in the labor market, productivity, union relations, and business report fields. Major Industrial Research Unit studies as published as research projects are completed. This volume is Study no. 46. The industries covered are these six: automobile, aerospace, steel, rubber tire, petrole...

Prices: Issues in Theory, Practice, and Public Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Almarin Phillips (Editor), Oliver E. Williamson (Editor)The sixteen essays in this collection are organized around five themes. The first group is concerned with the pricing implications of recent developments in the theory of the firm. The subject of the second group is wage-price guidelines, in theory and practice. The third set deals with pricing in regulated industries, with special attention to marginal cost pricing. Marketing models and empirical studies ...

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Report copyright infringementby Susan M. Wachter (Editor)Underfunded pension liabilities threaten the fiscal stability of many cities. While Detroit's bankruptcy has dominated the headlines, the problem is widespread. With ongoing battles in many localities, policymakers are increasingly turning their attention to the legacy issues surrounding the funding of pensions. Public Pensions and City Solvency addresses this complex fiscal challenge and presents strategies to achieve financial sustain...

Economic Development Within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

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Report copyright infringementby Anita A. Summers (Author), Thomas F. Luce (Author)This book focuses on economic relationships within the eight counties in the Philadelphia Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long-term economic developments, changes in socioeconomic profiles between 1960 and 1980, and patterns of employment are examined on a county by county. Special attention is given to the spread and growth of employment in high-technology industries, the interdependencies between jobs a...

Social Security 101, 2nd Edition: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid

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Report copyright infringementby Michele Cagan (Author), Alfred Mill (Author)Learn the ins and outs of the social security system in this accessible, easy-to-navigate guide with refreshed, updated information in Social Security 101, 2nd Edition. Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a diehard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101, 2nd Edition, cuts out the ...

Governor Holcomb: Scenes I'll Forever Hold Dear

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Report copyright infringementby Eric J. Holcomb (Author)This beautifully illustrated volume features over 400 photographs chronicling Eric J. Holcomb's two terms as Indiana's governor. The book presents snapshots from each year of Governor Holcomb's tenure, from his swearing-in by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush on January 5, 2017, to the final days of his administration in early 2025. History was made by the individuals included on every page. Relive the celebration of India...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Victoria Navajas Claros (Author)The autobiographical personal memoir of an Argentine child political prisoner, illegally adopted by the Jorge Rafael Videla military dictatorship to a foreign intelligence officer, as many children were, and raised in the United States with a unique on-the-ground view into the counterintelligence and weapons research community. A solitary outsider witness to the destruction of a nation from within. "I used to ask myself, wh...

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by Alexis de Tocqueville (Author), Richard D. Heffner (Editor), Vartan Gregorian (Afterword by)French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville's classic treatise on the American way of life. Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule--which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the...

Turf War: How a Band of Activists Saved New York from Donald Trump's

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Robinson (Author)In the late 1980s, a band of New York civic groups set out to stop Donald Trump from building his "masterpiece," a half-mile of gargantuan buildings overlooking the Hudson River on Manhattan's West Side. After five years of community organizing and strategic opposition, they defeated his proposal. The victorious civic groups had a radically different vision for the site - one that was suited to the community, environmentally sound, and f...

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Why the World Needs China: Development, Environmentalism, Conflict Resolution & Common Prosperity - Paperback

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by Kyle Ferrana (Author)While the US portrays itself as a noble example of freedom and democracy, it has in fact led the world to greater inequality than ever before. But now, for the first time in decades, nations facing the brunt of its domination and exploitation have alternative, more tenable options in pursuit of development. Chinese finance is building badly-needed infrastructure where the West would not, Chinese commerce is providing a lifeline to countries the US has targeted for dest...

Comparative National Development: Society and Economy in the New Global Order

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Report copyright infringementby A. Douglas Kincaid (Editor), Alejandro Portes (Editor)What does it mean to speak of 'national development' in the 1990s? As a result of the tumultuous changes in global economic and political structures, scholars and policymakers specializing in the study of national development must reassess the interpretive models they have relied upon in the past. This book brings together essays by a distinguished group of social scientists that address the dilemmas facing ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy W. Gallagher (Author)How to evaluate compliance is among the most difficult questions that arise during treaty negotiations and ratification debates. Arguments over verification principles and procedures are increasingly common for accords about the environment, human rights, and economics, but they have been especially important in the arena of national security. Nancy Gallagher explains, "In a world in which states face conflicting pressures to maximize...

Scientists, Business, and the State, 1890-1960

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Report copyright infringementby Patrick J. McGrath (Author)In the late nineteenth century, scientists began allying themselves with America's corporate, political, and military elites. They did so not just to improve their professional standing and win more money for research, says Patrick McGrath, but for political reasons as well. They wanted to use their new institutional connections to effect a transformation of American political culture. They succeeded, but not in ways that all scientis...

Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

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Report copyright infringementby Richard W. Franke (Author), Pyralal Raghavan (Author), T. M. Thomas Isaac (Author)The authors tell the story of a democratic workers' cooperative that makes hand-rolled cigarettes, known as "beedis," in the unorganized sector of a fiercely competitive capitalist economy in India. For decades, beedi workers have been among the most exploited and impoverished of India's work force. In 1969, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, several thousand workers band...

Industrial Location and Community Development

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Report copyright infringementby Barry M. Moriarty (Author)This study describes and explains the concepts, materials, and methods designed to make community industrial development programs more effective. It attempts to reconcile the three different--and often conflicting--interest groups involved: the industrial land user, represented by the manufacturer seraching for a location; the landowner, represented by the industrial or economic developer; and the community, represented by the planner ...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Parsons (Author)The quasi-federal European Union stands out as the major exception in the thinly institutionalized world of international politics. Something has led Europeans--and only Europeans--beyond the nation-state to a fundamentally new political architecture. Craig Parsons argues in A Certain Idea of Europe that this "something" was a particular set of ideas generated in Western Europe after the Second World War. In Parsons's view, today's Europea...

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Report copyright infringementby James M. Ferguson (Author)This volume contains selected articles that have appeared during the 1958-63 period and two previously unpublished essays on the shifting of the burden of public expenditure onto future generations. It provides the necessary material for understanding the several positions developed in the dispute on this important issue.Originally published in 1964.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital t...

Greening NAFTA: The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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Report copyright infringementby David L. Markell (Editor), John H. Knox (Editor)In 1993, environmental objections to NAFTA resulted in the establishment of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the first international organization created to address issues related to trade and the environment. The CEC is also the first regional environmental agency in North America with innovative tools, almost unlimited jurisdiction, and unprecedented opportunities for participat...

Main Economic Policy Areas of the EC - After 1992

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Report copyright infringementby P. Coffey (Editor), Peter Coffey (Other)List of figures and diagrams. List of tables. Other books by Peter Coffey. Preface to the fourth edition. The European Monetary System and Economic and Monetary Union; P. Coffey. European Industrial Policy: Between Cooperation and Competition; E. de Ghellinck. The Fiscal Policy Dilemmas of Monetary Union; A. Hughes-Hallet, A. Scott. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - Solution in Sight; P. Coffey. Transport Policy; M. ...

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Part 10 Harvard Classics

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Smith (Author), C. J. Bullock (Editor)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. ...

A Future for Economics: More Encompassing, More Institutional, More Practical

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Maule (Editor), John Chant (Contribution by), Don McFetridge (Contribution by)Economics is a discipline fundamentally concerned with effective coordination. In that way, its main concerns are very close to those of governance. Economics, like governance, has evolved considerably over the last half century. This book is a very modest attempt at gauging the relative importance of this tsunami and the way in which it might indicate what will be its fut...

Environment, Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher J. Bosso (Author)We expect Birkenstocks. We find wing-tips. Professional organizations that advocate on behalf of environmental issues have become a permanent part of the American political landscape. From the Sierra Club to the Rainforest Action Network, these groups represent more than eleven million members and claim more than $3.5 billion in assets. Sometimes lambasted for non-stop fund-raising, top-heavy bureaucracies, or agendas out of touch w...

Privatizing Eastern Europe: The Role of Markets and Ownership in the Transition

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Report copyright infringementby Jozef M. Van Brabant (Author), J. M. Van Brabant (Author), Jozef M. Van Brabant (Author)Preface. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. On the Transformations of the East. 2. Coordination through Planning and the Market. 3. On the Role of the State. 4. On Property Rights. 5. Capital Assets and their Allocation. 6. On the Motives for and Goals of Privatization. 7. Obstacles to Privatization. 8. On the Techniques of Privatization. 9. The Experience with Privatization. C...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Jacobs (Author)By showing how environmental concerns can be made central to economic policy, this book aims to fill a critical gap in the literature and create a new economic paradigm. The authors suggest that current contradictions in capitalism are a hopeful sign that change is possible. In the process, they clarify the continuing debates on planning, markets and ownership - and on economic growth and sustainability.Author BiographyZoe Young has resea...

Legacy of Debt: Do You Know Money Is a Plan to Transfer Your Wealth Away from You?

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Report copyright infringementby Marco Kwan Ching Chu (Author)Money does not grow on trees. However, the truth is that our modern banking system creates money far faster than trees can grow. When President Richard Nixon took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard in 1971, the Pandora's box of debts had opened, not just in U.S, but also in the world. The result is a level of prosperity the world had never seen. However, the process had changed the nature of our economy. Now, our dollar is exper...

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Report copyright infringementby Dominion V. Judah (Author)In "Economics and Finance: Win-Win Growth Strategies," author Dominion Victory Judah presents a compelling and thought-provoking perspective on global economics and its interplay with localized growth. The world economy stands at a pivotal juncture, and Judah's insightful analysis offers a path forward that promises prosperity for both local communities and the global stage.In a world often characterized by complex economic theories an...

Brace for Impact: Surviving the Crash of the Industrial Age

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas a. Lewis (Author)The top 5 reasons we know the ultimate crash has already started, as explained in Brace for Impact: 1. We're running out of food. For six of the past 11 years, the world has eaten more food than it has produced. People in wealthy countries are as yet unscathed; they think it's just the poor end of the boat that is sinking. (Chapters One and Two) 2. We're running out of water. Lakes, rivers, reservoirs and aquifers everywhere are shrinkin...

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Report copyright infringementby William Hurrell Mallock (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. ...

Protection Or Free Trade: An Examination Of The Tariff Question (1886)

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Report copyright infringementby Henry George (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of ...