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A hard look at the problems of agriculture in a growing industrial economy by the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. His book is a clear and authoritative call for a "new look" at farm policy, written for both the city and farm reader. Originally published in 1957. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late

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A systematic examination of Midwestern land tenancy, this book is based on extensive research in manuscript censuses and county records, including those which shed light on tenancy rates before the federal census began providing data in 1880.

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This book examines the history of design and innovation at Abraham Moon and Sons of Guiseley. It is an exciting story of two families, the Moons and the Walshes, who created one of Yorkshire's longest-living woollen mills that today serves global brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, and Burberry. -- .

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Could the USSR have been prepared for World War II more humanely and efficiently In this first integrated evaluation of Stalin's economic goals and actions, Holland Hunter and Janusz Szyrmer reconstruct and test Soviet results annually and by sector. Addressing historians, political scientists, and economists, the authors build a new, internally c

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This book is a comprehensive study of the enormous concentration of economic power resulting from the Third Great Merger Movement, during which over 9,400 firms disappeared through merger, increasing from 954 in 1961 to 2,442 in the peak year of 1968.

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This book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century. He asks whether human ingenuity can produce enough food to support healthy and vigorous lives for all these people without damaging the integrity of the biosphere.

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The case-study outlines the inherent dangers in international mergers, as well as explaining the acute problems associated with City practices that avoided issues that would bring down Ferranti in spectacular fashion. -- .

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An in-depth analysis of the struggles against water privatisation across Europe in the wake of the global financial crisis.

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An in-depth analysis of the struggles against water privatisation across Europe in the wake of the global financial crisis.

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The theory of transnational regimes is advocated as a new way of structuring the global system.

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Analyzes the views on the crises and on the reform of the international financial architecture. This book is suitable for researchers, policymakers, and students.

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This book provides a sweeping, up-to-date, and boldly critical account of the financial crises that rocked East Asia and other parts of the world beginning with the collapse of the Thai baht in 1997. Retracing the story of Asia's "Crisis Five"--Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand--Padma Desai argues that the region's imp

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Financial econometrics is a great success story in economics. Intended for professionals and advanced graduate students pursuing expertise in econometric modeling, this guide focuses on methods related to foregoing research and those modeling techniques that seem relevant to future advances.

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Financial econometrics is a great success story in economics. Intended for professionals and advanced graduate students pursuing expertise in econometric modeling, this guide focuses on methods related to foregoing research and those modeling techniques that seem relevant to future advances.

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This volume contains bibliographic information for more than 500 serial publications in the areas of accounting, banking, finance, insurance, and investments.

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Improvements in the PRC's financial productivity, according to the author, can be achieved if Chinese leaders either (1) relax the real interest rate ceiling to discourage unproductive investment and free financial resources or (2) hasten the development of the equity market.

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The performance of various types of capital resources in the economic reforms of China are of great interest to those involved in the reforms as policymakers, scholars, and businesspeople.

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While it is relatively easy to construct industrial development strategies and concessions to entice industrial clients, some incentives are not based on sound economic principles and may ultimately cost a local government more than the benefits derived from attracting the industry.

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Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. Written by leading experts this state-of-the-art collection illuminates the causes of economic insecurity.

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This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development;how to make macroeconomic policies support more effectively sustained growth while reducing widespread poverty and inequalities and other human development gaps in low and middle income countries.

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This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development;how to make macroeconomic policies support more effectively sustained growth while reducing widespread poverty and inequalities and other human development gaps in low and middle income countries.