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A challenge to contemporary development and economic policy that will be of interest to economists, public policy makers, the international business community, and social activists.

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Presents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance.

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Was our country's economic success before the Crash of '08 built on false pretenses In an attempt to set the record straight, Conard presents a fascinating new case for how the economy really works, why the U.S. has outperformed other countries, what caused the financial crisis, and what improvements might better protect our economy.

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Housework and domestic service have become popular topics within the scholarly community. She systematically examines the psychology and nature of domestic work, union rejection of domestic laborers, employers' opposition to organization, and the frequent disagreements among the domestics themselves.

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An analysis of the complex economic relationship between the United States and Latin America during the 1980s and into the 1990s. The essays demonstrate how the latent tensions among sometimes conflicting US policy goals have been exacerbated by the economic crises of Latin America in the 1980s.

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Examines the "quiet revolution" unfolding in Latin America and its likely consequences for US trade and investment with and within the region, where leaders are extricating their economies from debt-laden stagnation by pursuing far-reaching stabilisation and liberalisation reform programmes.

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This volume, which grew out of a study conducted by the East-West Center, analyzes the friction in telecommunications trade between the United States and Japan and the consequent imposition of the Super 301 clause on Japan.

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Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. This book takes a comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the years in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia.

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Urban Illusions is the best first-hand account I know of the struggle to solve the employment problem in American cities.

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Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs.

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The past several years have brought economic, commercial, and investment revolution to China where a consumer society is beginning to emerge.

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Valuing the Earth collects more than twenty classic and recent essays that broaden economic thinking by setting the economy in its proper ecological and ethical context.

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Dealing with economic sociology, this title introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. It shows that because of the uncertainty and the subjective valuation of singularities, the markets related to movies, music, and fine wine are equipped with the 'judgment devices' such as brands, critics and rankings.

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Corporate governance may be guided in the pursuit of particular interests by many influences, including law, politics, capital and labour and other pressure groups. How these competing pressures balance out varies enormously from state to state. This title offers a contribution to these complex issues.

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Computers mediate between individuals by providing channels of communication in the form of messaging systems; they act as brokers in matching buyers and sellers, employees and employers, resources and work processes, and so on. The social significance of computers as mediators and brokers has treme

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This book examines the impact of "globalisation" on the American economy. Although temporarily muted by the "exceptional" state of America's financial markets in recent years, the increased integration of the American economy with that of the rest of the world has been controversial and a source of concern.

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Wages for Caring examines policies and programs of compensation for family caregivers of the disabled elderly from a broad analytical perspective, weighing current policies of home care services against principles of access, equity, quality, and funding of long-term care.

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A study of the impact of spiralling wage demands in a cotton factory in Ghent during the 19th century and the efforts of management to reduce the cost through investment in new technology and stricter employment policies. The workers' responses to wage cutting is also considered.

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