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Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Ian Little

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice Fitzgerald Scott (Editor), Deepak Lal (Editor), Bernard Scott (Author)In this festschrift for Ian Little, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford, distinguished experts evaluate policy questions in such areas as exchange rate policy, problems of market stabilization, industrialization of developing countries, trade shocks, capital flows, principles of taxation, and political implications of economic policy decisions. ...

Restructuring the Employment Relationship

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Report copyright infringementby Duncan Gallie (Author), Yuan Cheng Yuan (Author), Mark Tomlinson (Author)This new study presents the first large-scale empirical analysis of the changes in British work experiences and employment relationships between the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing evidence from the Employment in Britain survey, it demonstrates that, despite a marked trend towards upskilling, the restructuring of the employment relationship has actually reinforced traditional lines of division in...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony (Author)This report examines the defence industries in Central and Eastern Europe as they attempt to restructure in the wake of changes brought about by the end of the cold war and downward trends in both military expenditure and arms exports. Issues addressed include the developing military doctrines in Central and Eastern Europe; the trend in military expenditure; the nature of defence industry restructuring; the international dimensions of industrial...

The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Sanford M. Jacoby (Editor)This book explores how globalization affects the contemporary workplace and how workplace policies can make nations more internationally competitive. The contributors come from a variety of disciplines but all bear expertise in international industrial relations.Back JacketThe Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy compares and contrasts the experiences of different nations around important developments, including...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Tout (Author), Otto Von Mering (Foreword by)The increasing life expectancy seen in developing countries has coincided with massive migrations due to urbanization, industrialization, and disasters, both natural and man-made, to cause acute physical and psychological suffering for many old people and their dependents. In this study, Tout takes the first in-depth look at this phenomenon and proposes a new approach to the special needs of the elderly in develop...

The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism: A Critical Study

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Report copyright infringementby N. Scott Arnold (Author)N. Scott Arnold argues that the most defensible version of a market socialist economic system would be unable to realize widely held socialist ideals and values. In particular, it would be responsible for widespread and systematic exploitation. The charge of exploitation, which is really a charge of injustice, has typically been made against capitalist systems by socialists. This book argues that it is market socialism--the only remainin...

Fighting the Florida Shuffle: The Inside Story of Corruption in the Drug Treatment Industry and How One Community Found the Solution

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Report copyright infringementby Dave Aronberg (Author), David R. Campbell (Author), Joe Scarborough (Foreword by)"An unflinching view into the dark side of an industry meant to be the hope of those caught in the grip of addiction..." - Dr. Jay Kuchera, MD, FASAMMotivated by greed, Purdue Pharma's explosive marketing of its powerful painkiller, OxyContin, helped create the opioid epidemic that kills over 200 peopleevery day in the United States. Many more battle substance use disorders that im...

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph E. Stiglitz (Author)Joseph E. Stiglitz has had a remarkable career. He is a brilliant academic, capped by sharing the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Nobel Peace Prize, and honorary degrees from Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and more than fifty other universities, and elected not only to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters but the Royal Society and the British Academy; a public servant, who served as Chair...

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Report copyright infringementby Dave Aronberg (Author), David R. Campbell (Author)"An unflinching view into the dark side of an industry meant to be the hope of those caught in the grip of addiction..." - Dr. Jay Kuchera, MD, FASAMMotivated by greed, Purdue Pharma's explosive marketing of its powerful painkiller, OxyContin, helped create the opioid epidemic that kills over 200 people every day in the United States. Many more battle substance use disorders that impact health, happiness, family...

Work and Industrial Relations Policy in Australia

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Report copyright infringementby Bradon Ellem (Author), Chris F. Wright (Author), Stephen Clibborn (Author)This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the institutions and processes shaping work, labour markets and industrial relations policies in Australia. It explores traditional industrial relations issues and examines social change and policy failures in areas such as gender, work and family dynamics, skills and immigration and wage theft. Additionally, it considers how pandemics, clim...

Housing Under Platform Capitalism: The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Aguilera (Author), Francesca Artioli (Author), Claire Colomb (Author)Since the birth of Airbnb in 2008, many of the world's cities have been transformed by platform-mediated short-term accommodation--a phenomenon suspected of disturbing local life and removing dwellings from local housing inventories. Drawing on mixed-method, multi-level comparative research in twelve large European cities, coauthors Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, and Claire Colomb ...

The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions - Hardcover

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by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Author)Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned economist and expert on sustainable development, turns to world history to shed light on how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. Sachs takes readers through a series of seven dist...

Treasury Board Secretariat - An Annotated. History

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Scott (Author), Michael R. Harris (Editor)This is a historical recounting of a senior Canadian federal institution that is responsible for presenting the Government's expenditure plan to Parliament to get its authority to spend on the whole range of programs and services, each and every year. It is the story about an organization that dealt with the thousands of details of administration of the largest employer in Canada, a wide range of operations with the...

Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick

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Report copyright infringementby J. David McSwane (Author)"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." --San Francisco Chronicle For fans of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic, from the award-winning ProPublica reporter who saw it firsthand.The United States federal government spent over $10 billion on medical protective wear and emergency supplies, yet as COVID-19 swept the nation, life-saving equipment such as masks, gloves,...

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Report copyright infringementby Loic de Canniere (Author)The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labour Markets and Welfare explores the major trends that will define the face of the sub-Saharan continent in the next three decades. The near doubling of Africa's population by 2050 will lead to more than twenty million new job seekers entering the African labour market every year until then. Right now, Africa doesn't seem armed to offer jobs to this many people, resulting in possible un...

Dalit Capital: State, Markets and Civil Society in Urban India

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Report copyright infringementby Aseem Prakash (Author)This book details the discrimination and unfavourable treatment that Dalit entrepreneurs encounter in the functioning of markets in modern India. It refutes the optimistic notion that the process of modernization in India will automatically undermine the significance of social identities.Author BiographyAseem Prakash is Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Number of Pa...

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Report copyright infringementby Benjamin Powell (Author)Out of Poverty provides a comprehensive defence of Third World sweatshops that does not put economic efficiency over people, but instead explores methods of improving the welfare of those in Third World countries. The author explains how sweatshops provide the best opportunity for workers; and how they play an important role in development, leading to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, empirical evidence, and his...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward L. Bernays (Author)"Crystallizing Public Opinion" by Edward L. Bernays is a foundational work in the field of public relations, exploring the powerful influence of propaganda and social influence on public opinion. Bernays, a pioneer in the discipline, delves into the mechanics of shaping public perception and managing public relations strategies. This seminal text examines how public opinion is formed, manipulated, and ultimately, crystallized. It provi...

Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream

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Report copyright infringementby Megan Greenwell (Author)A timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.Private equity runs our country, yet few Americans have any idea how ingrained it is in their lives. Private equity controls our hospitals, daycare centers, supermarket chains, voting machine manufacturers, ...

Corruption and the Voter's Decision: Experimental Evidence from Brazil

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Report copyright infringementby Miguel F. P. de Figueiredo (Author)Despite voters' distaste for corruption, corrupt politicians frequently get reelected. This Element provides a framework for understanding when corrupt politicians are reelected. One unexplored source of electoral accountability is court rulings on candidate malfeasance, which are increasingly determining politicians' electoral prospects. The findings suggest that (1) low-income voters - in contrast to higher-income voters - a...

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Pacello (Author)As calls for "ending the Fed" are being made, we should understand what the Federal Reserve is prior to conceiving its replacement. Foundations of The Federal Reserve provides the who, what, why, and how to the establishment of the Federal Reserve. As the country and the world continue to divide along extreme party and philosophical lines, an understanding of the money system and this institution is imperative to an orientation to the past ...

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Report copyright infringementby William Graham Sumner (Author) Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 16, 2009

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Report copyright infringementby Jacob E. Butler (Author)It has been said that leadership is essential to the ability of any group or organization to achieve its collective goals. In the case of African Americans, political leadership has been at the center of a centuries-long collective struggle to improve their status as a disadvantaged group in the United States. Although much of the scholarly attention regarding this subject has focused on studying leaders at the national level, social and...

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

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Report copyright infringementby Russ Buettner (Author), Susanne Craig (Author)An Instant New York Times Bestseller - A Washington Post Notable Book - A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year "A first-rate financial thriller . . . Lucky Loser is one of those rare Trump books that deserve, even demand, to be read." -Alexander Nazaryan, The New York Times From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of President Trump's finances, an explosive ...

Greater Mekong Subregion Gender Strategy Implementation Plan 2025-2030

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This report shows how improving gender mainstreaming via the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030 (GMS-2030) can bolster inclusivity and ensure women benefit equally from regional cooperation initiatives.Highlighting common barriers hindering women's participation, it explains how the Gender Strategy Implementation Plan (GSIP) 20252030 aims to develop innovative new ways to mainstream gend...

Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Noah Van Sciver (Illustrator), Paul Buhle (Author), Steve Max (Author)Author BiographyNoah Van Sciver is an Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist. His work has appeared in SpongeBob Comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Best American Comics. Van Sciver is a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and has created seven graphic novels. Paul Buhle, formerly a Senior Lecturer at Brown University, produces radical comics. He found¬ed the journal Radical America and, ...

Manual for Climate Change Adaptation Measures for Transport Infrastructure in Central Asia with a Focus on Uzbekistan

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This manual provides an overview of climate-driven stressors relevant to transport infrastructure in Central Asia and explores adaptation strategies.Over the next decades, the effects of climate change will likely exert considerable pressure on the transport infrastructure of Central Asia. In response, policymakers and the engineering community need to implement resilient yet sustainable designs and construction solutions. This re...

A Journey Through Economics: On Prosperity, Digitalization, and Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Detlef Pietsch (Author)Anyone who does not know the history of economics cannot think competently about the future of economics. This book offers an introduction to economic history for those looking for more than just dry theory. The author takes you on a journey through the economy, from its beginnings in the Stone Age to the digitalization of modern times. In addition to the nature and fundamental principles of economics, the book also introduces great think...

Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism: Across the Watershed

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Fine (Author)In Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism, Ben Fine traces the cliometric revolution, from before its emergence through three phases of the new, the newer and the newest economic history. These phases are shown to correspond to those of "economics imperialism", the colonisation of topics and fields by mainstream economics, moving successively through disciplines as if they were perfectly working markets. The text draws upon case studies, for exam...

The Political Logic of the Us-China Trade War

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Report copyright infringementby Shiping Hua (Contribution by), Greg Moore (Contribution by), Benjamin Ho (Contribution by)This collection examines the political logic of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. The contributors examine a number of theories behind the trade war, the historical background in which the trade war emerged, and the international contexts. Author BiographyShiping Hua is Calvin & Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian studies, director of Asian...

Capitalism Reloaded: The Rise of the Authoritarian-Financial Complex

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Bloom (Author)Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND license. In Capitalism Reloaded, Peter Bloom charts a pivotal shift from the well-known military-industrial complex to a new 'Authoritarian-Financial Complex'. Unlike its predecessor, which centred on armaments and defence, this emerging power structure fuses financial interests with advanced surveillance and digital control, turning social repression into a lucrative industry. Bloom introduc...

Politicians and Economic Reform in New Democracies: Argentina and the Philippines in the 1990s

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Report copyright infringementby Kent Eaton (Author)As economic reform in developing countries has shifted from macroeconomic stabilization to liberalization, opportunities for legislators to influence the process and outcome of reform have increased and their role has become more important. This book focuses attention on differences in institutional structure, in political parties and electoral rules, to show how they create incentives that can explain the varying ways in which legislators re...