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Citing alarming statistics, Jeff Gates convincingly argues that the current economic boom is largely a mirage, buoyed by policies that continue to reward the wealthy and punish the poor. With equal measures of passion and incisive reasoning, he proposes an ambitious yet practical program of financial, political, and economic reform.

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This volume explores the political implications of violence and alterity (radical difference) for the practice of democracy, and reformulates the possibility of community that democracy is said to entail.

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From the price of a candy bar to the price of a house, Woirol's book demystifies prices and markets.

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This work provides an introduction to the global economy and the most recent information on all aspects of the topic. It includes a discussion defining the global economy in its historical and contemporary context, a time-line of events, and a glossary of selected terms.

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What causes a leader to fail Gain insight into the collapse of six high-profile CEOs--including valuable lessons that can keep you from making the same mistakes.

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Over the past two decades, the United States has successfully deregulated prices and restrictions on most previously-regulated industries, including airlines, trucking, railroads, telecommunications, and banking.

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With the benefit of a historical perspective on the development of American public service from the days of the progressives to the present, the contributors to this book argue that deregulating the public service is a necessary but insufficient condition for much of the needed improvement in governmental administration.

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This text focuses on insurance as an industry and speculates what would happen if the insurance industry were to be deregulated. Insurance company executives and attorneys as well as students of the insurance industry or of insurance law will find McDowell's work a cogent exposition of the complex facets of the insurance deregulation debate.

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Destined to become a leading case study of export-led development in Indonesia, this book grew out of a World Bank/Indonesian Economic Society Symposium held in Jakarta.

There was, however, a parallel story as well, of crony capitalism and weak governance, that led to the financial and political crisis of 1997-98.

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Although the airline, railroad, telecommunications, and electric power industries are at very different stages in adjusting to regulatory reform, each industry faces the same critical public policy question: Are policymakers taking appropriate steps to stimulate competition or are they turning back the clock by slowing the process of deregulation

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Worldwide, the electric utility industry has been changing over the last several years as deregulation and privatization have been instituted. These changes in how the industry does business are summarized, and the evolving experience of the deregulation in 15 major countries is analyzed.

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Features behind-the-scenes look at Coca-Cola's design-led strategy for growth. This title shows how any business can use the same approach to get to the next level. It is a must read for leaders, creatives and entrepreneurs.

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Designing Dynamic Organizations shows business leaders at all levels how to grapple with problems of restructuring. Based on author Jay Galbraith's world-renowned approach, this guide includes examples and worksheets that pilot readers through the essential steps of organizational design.

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This volume reports the results of a series of investigations of the properties of writing tasks, their authors' intentions, and the responses that these tasks evoked in student-writers and teacher-raters.