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The papers in this book were delivered in the Summer of 1958 at a seminar of the Duke University Commonwealth Studies Center. The papers cover four main areas: the effects of American influence on Canadian economic policy; and the influence of American labor organizations and policies on Canadian labor.

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Every economic system exists only to satisfy human wants, yet most systems fail to do so. Taking a keen look at the gap between goal and result, Stanley Lebergott appraises public policies relating to the U.S. distribution of income and wealth today. Part I shows that many programs have disappointed their proponents because certain basic assumptio

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An overview of the American peasantry: the largely sharecrop cultivators who, in Seavoy's analysis, rejected the labour norms of commercial agriculture.

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Market societies have created more wealth, and more opportunities for more people, than any other system of social organization in history. Addressing the unruly dynamism that capitalism brings with it, this work argues that the basic drift of any one market and its actors, even allowing for competition, is toward stabilization.

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A history of the Army's activities in the field of industrial labor problems.

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Victim, not instigator of the Asian Financial Crisis, Hong Kong was the only economy that succeeded in defending its fully convertible currency, indeed its entire financial system, against speculators, but the price it paid for success has been deep recession.

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The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 shook the global economy. What began as a localized currency crisis soon engulfed the entire Asian region. What went wrong and how did the Asian economies, long considered "miracles", respond This study provides answers to this and other questions.

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This book attempts to inject a note of caution and reality, while giving Asian countries well-deserved credit for improving their economic status.

Technological, managerial, and institutional deficiencies need to be addressed in Asian countries if the progress of the past two decades is to be restored and preserved.

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This work examines how the economic power of Britain and the US limits the opportunities for small states to develop. It follows the history of the Atlantic economy since the 16th century and shows how Ireland's repeated attempts to industrialize were transformed by British and American power.

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How can relative price and income approaches be reconciled with balance of payments analysis John F. Kyle argues that a model is required which explicity includes a production sector and a complete monetary sectory. The author demonstrates the inadequacy of the traditional method of extending macroeconomic models to deal with trade problems and p

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An account of the history, structure, and operation of the First and Second Banks of the United States.

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This work seeks to understand how the transition from state-socialism to capitalism was accomplished in Eastern Europe. The purpose of studying the process of transition is to understand the end-point of the transition and the structure of the postcommunist economy results.

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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal.

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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal.

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Fans of 'Freakonomics' will love the fascinating and timely story of how momentum and the ever increasing speed of information is shaping our economy and society.

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Examines the evolution of Western European economies through the lens the recurring scarcity and depreciation of small change. This book tells the story of how monetary technologies, doctrines, and practices evolved from 1300 to 1850; of how the 'standard formula' was devised to address the dilemma without causing inflation.

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Universally acclaimed as the classic book on the 80s, now revised and brought fully up-to-date.

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Bringing the analysis of Brazil's economic performance up to date, Baer's classic text remains the only book in English to provide a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the Brazilian economy.

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Bringing the analysis of Brazil's economic performance up to date, Baer's classic text remains the only book in English to provide a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the Brazilian economy.

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The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.