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Book A Century of Economic Striving

Download or read book A Century of Economic Striving written by Robert Bulloch and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National System of Political Economy

Download or read book The National System of Political Economy written by Friedrich List and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy  STRIVE  Act of 2007

Download or read book Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy STRIVE Act of 2007 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From the Grounds Up

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  • Author : Casey Marina Lurtz
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2019-04-23
  • ISBN : 1503608476
  • Pages : 415 pages

Download or read book From the Grounds Up written by Casey Marina Lurtz and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, Latin American exports boomed. From Chihuahua to Patagonia, producers sent industrial fibers, tropical fruits, and staple goods across oceans to satisfy the ever-increasing demand from foreign markets. In southern Mexico's Soconusco district, the coffee trade would transform rural life. A regional history of the Soconusco as well as a study in commodity capitalism, From the Grounds Up places indigenous and mestizo villagers, migrant workers, and local politicians at the center of our understanding of the export boom. An isolated, impoverished backwater for most of the nineteenth century, by 1920, the Soconusco had transformed into a small but vibrant node in the web of global commerce. Alongside plantation owners and foreign investors, a dense but little-explored web of small-time producers, shopowners, and laborers played key roles in the rapid expansion of export production. Their deep engagement with rural development challenges the standard top-down narrative of market integration led by economic elites allied with a strong state. Here, Casey Marina Lurtz argues that the export boom owed its success to a diverse body of players whose choices had profound impacts on Latin America's export-driven economy during the first era of globalization.

Book Global Capitalism

Download or read book Global Capitalism written by Jeffry A. Frieden and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times An authoritative, insightful, and highly readable history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the reader from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914–45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.

Book Aberdeen University Library Bulletin

Download or read book Aberdeen University Library Bulletin written by University of Aberdeen. Library and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Producer

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 414 pages

Download or read book The Producer written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Orange Economy

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  • Author : Inter American Development Bank
  • Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book The Orange Economy written by Inter American Development Bank and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual has been designed and written with the purpose of introducing key concepts and areas of debate around the "creative economy", a valuable development opportunity that Latin America, the Caribbean and the world at large cannot afford to miss. The creative economy, which we call the "Orange Economy" in this book (you'll see why), encompasses the immense wealth of talent, intellectual property, interconnectedness, and, of course, cultural heritage of the Latin American and Caribbean region (and indeed, every region). At the end of this manual, you will have the knowledge base necessary to understand and explain what the Orange Economy is and why it is so important. You will also acquire the analytical tools needed to take better advantage of opportunities across the arts, heritage, media, and creative services.

Book To Strive for African Greatness

Download or read book To Strive for African Greatness written by Vincent Mapesi Gondwe and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Strive for African Greatness is about a people emerging from slavery, but continuing to be victims of socio-political ills that must be overcome. The problems include widespread strife, dictatorships, corruption, rising crime rates, rampant disease, starvation, economic disparity and mushrooming slums. According to Vincent Mapesi Gondwe, We, the Africans, more than any other people, should strive to make significant contributions toward perfecting our life as human beings. The author hopes his autobiographical novel portrays a dream that will awaken and nourish similar dreams in young Africans. He writes of his heightened awareness nurtured during his secondary school and university years spent in the U.S. while reaching for his dreams. I began it in the early 1950s, with the introduction of Western formal education into my life, which stirred higher aspirations. To Strive for African Greatness is a story made all the stronger by its use of a narrator, and for the pictures and sketches that strengthen the narration about revolutionaries.

Book Strive

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  • Author : Kiran Chitta
  • Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
  • Release : 2018-09-04
  • ISBN : 1789014794
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Strive written by Kiran Chitta and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you currently helping organisations to navigate digital transformation and disruption? Are you leading your organisation towards a digital future, in an intensely competitive, uncertain market? Strive is a book written by an experienced business psychologist with over twenty years of experience, primarily for consultants, coaches, trainers and human resource management professionals. The book will also resonate with leaders in business who appreciate rigour, academic grounding and authenticity over hype. Dr Kiran Chitta reviews much of the existing literature on organisational and leadership agility. In addition he shares a profoundly personal perspective, anchored in his life and work. His case material is reflective and authentic. It will resonate with those who are looking for inspiration, honesty and actionable principles derived from real work. The book provides a compelling and usable model for agility which is explored in depth. Covering the most recent academic literature, the book points the way to the agile future of work in a digital era.

Book Striving for Peace  Security  and Development of the World

Download or read book Striving for Peace Security and Development of the World written by Joseph Rotblat and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The momentous events of the past year have changed the political face of the globe: the ideological struggle that dominated the world for most of this century is over; erstwhile mortal enemies have become friends and partners. But old attitudes have survived and modern weapons are in abundance. New foci of conflict have emerged; military confrontations are taking place; the world is still in turmoil.The welcome deep cuts in nuclear weapons have still left thousands of warheads in the arsenals, and the spread of these weapons to new states would further increase the danger of a nuclear confrontation.The release of the pressure pent-up under oppressive regimes created a powerful drive for independence, often achieved only after bloody wars. Many of the new states are economically non-viable: poverty and famine are frequent adjuncts of independence.If military conflicts are to be avoided, a comprehensive strategy must be formulated to improve the standards of living in the developing countries and enhance their security. A strategy is also needed to protect the environment from the effects of further industrialization and greater use of energy. What is needed is a concept of a sustainable, equitable and liveable world for all its inhabitants.All these problems were analysed by scientists and scholars who met at a Pugwash Conference. The arguments used by them and the proposed solutions are presented in this book under six themes: World Peace; Nuclear Disarmament Issues; Arms Control; Security in the Asia-Pacific Region; Development Strategies and World Economic Order; Energy and the Environment.

Book Capitalism without Capital

Download or read book Capitalism without Capital written by Jonathan Haskel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success. But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the larger economic changes of the past decade, including the growth in economic inequality and the stagnation of productivity. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how an economy rich in intangibles is fundamentally different from one based on tangibles. Capitalism without Capital concludes by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.

Book The Mystery of the Kibbutz

Download or read book The Mystery of the Kibbutz written by Ran Abramitzky and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declined The kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created strong incentives to free ride or—as in the case of the most educated and skilled—to depart for the city. Yet for much of the twentieth century kibbutzim thrived, and kibbutz life was perceived as idyllic both by members and the outside world. In The Mystery of the Kibbutz, Ran Abramitzky blends economic perspectives with personal insights to examine how kibbutzim successfully maintained equal sharing for so long despite their inherent incentive problems. Weaving the story of his own family’s experiences as kibbutz members with extensive economic and historical data, Abramitzky sheds light on the idealism and historic circumstances that helped kibbutzim overcome their economic contradictions. He illuminates how the design of kibbutzim met the challenges of thriving as enclaves in a capitalist world and evaluates kibbutzim’s success at sustaining economic equality. By drawing on extensive historical data and the stories of his pioneering grandmother who founded a kibbutz, his uncle who remained in a kibbutz his entire adult life, and his mother who was raised in and left the kibbutz, Abramitzky brings to life the rise and fall of the kibbutz movement. The lessons that The Mystery of the Kibbutz draws from this unique social experiment extend far beyond the kibbutz gates, serving as a guide to societies that strive to foster economic and social equality.

Book Born Losers

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  • Author : Scott A. Sandage
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2006-04-30
  • ISBN : 9780674015104
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Born Losers written by Scott A. Sandage and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser is our national bogeyman, and his history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, Scott Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life in the major scenes of American history, like the Civil War and the approach of big business, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure. Born Losers is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.

Book Economic Woman

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  • Author : Deanna K. Kreisel
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2012-01-01
  • ISBN : 1442642491
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Economic Woman written by Deanna K. Kreisel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shows how images of feminized sexuality in novels by George Eliot and Thomas Hardy reflected widespread contemporary anxieties about the growth of capitalism. Economic Woman is the first book to address directly the links between classical political economy and gender in the novel. Examining key works by Eliot and Hardy, including The Mill on the Floss and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Kreisel investigates the meaning of two female representations: the 'economic woman,' who embodies idealized sexual restraint and wise domestic management, and the degraded prostitute, characterized by sexual excess and economic turmoil."--Publisher description.

Book Consequences of Capitalism

Download or read book Consequences of Capitalism written by Noam Chomsky and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is our "common sense" understanding of the world a reflection of the ruling class’s demands of the larger society? If we are to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet, Chomsky and Waterstone forcefully argue that we must look closely at the everyday tools we use to interpret the world. Consequences of Capitalism make the deep, often unseen connections between common sense and power. In making these linkages we see how the current hegemony keep social justice movements divided and marginalized. More importantly, we see how we overcome these divisions.

Book Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren

Download or read book Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren written by John Maynard Keynes and published by . This book was released on 1987-04-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: