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This book examines the efforts of Ghana to reduce poverty and initiate changes that it believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its citizens in the 21st century. It chronicles the achievements, pitfalls, and looming challenges of a government, its people, and i...

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For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology.

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Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolutio

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This study demonstrates the continuing viability and practicality of the pluralist model and identifies what is needed for the transformation from the authoritarian structures associated with dirigiste planning.

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This collection of original essays by experts in the field explores the relationship between precarious work and gender.

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An investigation of American technical missions in foreign lands.

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Explores how the Reagan administration's (1981-1988) fiscal policy changed the national economy and adversely impacted unemployment among African Americans.

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The author relates U.S. export and import trends over the past four decades to changes in the domestic economy and in the trade of other countries. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton

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An understanding of price structures and their impact on trade, productivity, and other related factors will aid in formulation of price policies promoting economic growth and development.

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Arguing that number-crunching should never replace thoughtful, democratic discussion of policy, the book also includes a particularly timely discussion of why only military expenditure is afforded the kind of moral weight the authors wish was put on other issues.

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During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem.

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Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austens novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austens novels and how Smiths and Austens perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution.

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Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austens novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austens novels and how Smiths and Austens perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution.

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The unprecedented shifts in the U.S. dollar's exhange rate that started during the late 1970s and continued through the 1980s provide an ideal opportunity to explore how the global economy works and the role that multinational enterprises (MNEs) play in the phenomenon of globalization.

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This book studies the effects of incorporating market incentives into the public goods arena. Carol Graham examines the effects of market-based strategies on the performance of public institutions, the political sustainability of market reforms, and equity.

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Privatization and capital markets support and reinforce each other to promote economic growth around the world. This work discusses the links between privatization and capital markets, and provides insights for policy makers in developing countries and the international donor agencies.

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As import-substitution industrialization yields to increasing market liberalization in Latin America in the 1990s, privatization assigns new roles to both the public and private sectors. However, privatization represents a mhallenge for the private sector as much as it is an issue for the public sector.