Lifeboat Strategies: How to Keep Your Career Above Water During Tough Times -- Or Any Time

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This book is a unique work-&-career survival guide designed to help you keep your job -- & your sanity -- during organizational trauma. Filled with planning forms, examples, self-assessment exercises, charts, & lists, it will help you perform well despite overwhelming demands, maintain morale under stress, obtain the supplies you need, & plan ahead for the best way to "jump ship" if you must. A useful book for anyone who is nervous about their current or future job status. Barner has integrated a comprehensive set of practical, implementable tools & approaches that work -- regardless of your industry of expertise.

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Access to credit is an important means of providing people with the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. Loans are essential for most people who want to purchase a home, start a business, pay for college, or weather a spell of unemployment. Yet many people in poor and minority communities—regardless of their creditworthiness—find credit hard to come by, making the climb out of poverty extremely difficult. How dire are the lending markets in these communities and what can be done to improve access to credit for disadvantaged groups? In "Credit Markets for the Poor," editors Patrick Bolton and Howard Rosenthal and an expert team of economists, political scientists, and legal and business scholars tackle these questions with shrewd analysis and a wealth of empirical data.

"Credit Markets for the Poor" opens by examining what credit options are available to poor households. Economist John Caskey profiles how weak credit options force many working families into a disastrous cycle of short-term, high interest loans in order to sustain themselves between paychecks. Löic Sadoulet explores the reasons that community lending organizations, which have been so successful in developing countries, have failed in more advanced economies. He argues the obstacles that have inhibited community lending groups in industrialized countries—such as a lack of institutional credibility and the high cost of establishing lending networks—can be overcome if banks facilitate the community lending process and establish a system of repayment insurance. "Credit Markets for the Poor" also examines how legal institutions affect the ability of the poor to borrow. Daniela Fabbri and Mario Padula argue that well-meaning provisions making it more difficult for lenders to collect on defaulted loans are actually doing a disservice to the poor in credit markets. They find that in areas with lax legal enforcement of debt agreements, credit markets for the poor are underdeveloped because lenders are unwilling to take risks on issuing credit or will do so only at exorbitant interest rates. Timothy Bates looks at programs that facilitate small-business development and finds that they have done little to reduce poverty. He argues that subsidized business creation programs may lure inexperienced households into entrepreneurship in areas where little profitable investment is possible, hence setting them up for failure.

With clarity and insightful analysis, "Credit Markets for the Poor" demonstrates how weak credit markets are impeding the social and economic mobility of the needy. By detailing the many disadvantages that impoverished people face when seeking to borrow, this important new volume highlights a significant national problem and offers solutions for the future.

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Assessing Problems of Default in Local Mortgage Markets (rev. ed.)

Manufacturer: Diane Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0756720109

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Addresses concerns raised about concentrations of Federal Housing Authority (FHA) defaults in neighborhoods & among lenders in a 1997 study by the Nat. Training Info. Center. The 1st phase of the report culminated with a March 1998 report which examined whether FHA defaults were concentrated among a group of high-default neighborhoods & high-default lenders. The 2nd phase of the study replicated a number of the initial analyses with the addition of credit history data. This report combines the 1st phase findings with the new 2nd phase findings. As expected, the updated analysis shows that high default neighborhoods & lenders have more borrowers with poor credit.

The Earned Income Tax Credit: Antipoverty Effectiveness and Labor Market Effects

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The Earned Income Tax Credit: Antipoverty Effectiveness and Labor Market Effects
Saul D. Hoffman , and Laurence S. Seidman
Manufacturer: W E Upjohn Inst for
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0880990961

Credit Markets for the Poor.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues

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Credit Markets for the Poor.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Robert H., III Scott
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000WF6DAY
Release Date: 2007-09-25

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1109 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Credit Markets for the Poor.(Book review)
Author: Robert H., III Scott
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41 Issue: 3 Page: 877(3)

Article Type: Book review

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EITC: money for the working poor.(Statestats)(Earned Income Tax Credit): An article from: State Legislatures

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EITC: money for the working poor.(Statestats)(Earned Income Tax Credit): An article from: State Legislatures

Manufacturer: National Conference of State Legislatures
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from State Legislatures, published by National Conference of State Legislatures on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 471 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: EITC: money for the working poor.(Statestats)(Earned Income Tax Credit)
Publication: State Legislatures (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Page: 5(1)

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Extra credit.(Taxes): An article from: City Limits

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Extra credit.(Taxes): An article from: City Limits
Karah Woodward
Manufacturer: City Limits Community Information Service, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from City Limits, published by City Limits Community Information Service, Inc. on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 566 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Extra credit.(Taxes)
Author: Karah Woodward
Publication: City Limits (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: City Limits Community Information Service, Inc.
Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Page: 9(1)

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S & P: Troubling trends shadow bright CMBS market.(Commercial)( Standard & Poor's Ratings Services)(commercial mortgage-backed securities ): An article from: Mortgage Banking

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S & P: Troubling trends shadow bright CMBS market.(Commercial)( Standard & Poor's Ratings Services)(commercial mortgage-backed securities ): An article from: Mortgage Banking
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Mortgage Banking, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 708 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: S & P: Troubling trends shadow bright CMBS market.(Commercial)( Standard & Poor's Ratings Services)(commercial mortgage-backed securities )
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 67 Issue: 8 Page: 138(1)

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San Diego can return to bond market with completion of 2003 audit: poor debt rating has kept city from issuing public debt.(Finance): An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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San Diego can return to bond market with completion of 2003 audit: poor debt rating has kept city from issuing public debt.(Finance): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Mike Allen
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 14, 2006. The length of the article is 837 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: San Diego can return to bond market with completion of 2003 audit: poor debt rating has kept city from issuing public debt.(Finance)
Author: Mike Allen
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 14, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 27 Issue: 33 Page: 12(1)

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Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective (World Bank reprint series)

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Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective (World Bank reprint series)
Uma J Lele
Manufacturer: Publications Unit, World Bank
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00072A0TW

Competition and regulation in the consumer credit markets: Paper presented at the University of Chicago Law School Conference on Consumer Credit and the Poor, November 12-13, 1965

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Competition and regulation in the consumer credit markets: Paper presented at the University of Chicago Law School Conference on Consumer Credit and the Poor, November 12-13, 1965
David I Fand
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ASIN: B0007G2C44

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Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and metamorphism. The results are used by geologists to obtain data for large-scale geological interpretations. This advanced textbook treats common microstructures such as foliations, porphyroblasts, veins, fringes and shear sense indicators. The book mainly focusses on optical microscopy as a tool to study microstructures, but also describes other techniques such as EBSD and tomography. Many photographs and explanatory drawings clarify the text. The new edition, substantially revised throughout and extended, features two new chapters (primary structures and experimental microstructures), 68 new figures, more than 800 new references and a CD with color photos, images, and animations, exercises and questions as well as a glossary. Microtectonics has proven useful for self study of microstructures and as a manual for short- and one-semester courses.

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A must-have for all structural geologists.......2002-03-12

To understand structural geology is to understand strain and deformation, especially at a microscopic level. The book expands upon elementary concepts in kinematics and material science to effortlessly explain the formation of fabric during deformation. Has lots of figures and explanations. The authors could have gone deeper into strain theory, but this treatment is available in Passchier's (and others') academic papers.

Microtectonics Along the Western Edge of the Blue Ridge, Maryland, and Virginia (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology,)

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Microtectonics Along the Western Edge of the Blue Ridge, Maryland, and Virginia (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology,)
Ernst Cloos
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Outstanding history of key ideas in modern physics!

Statistical Physics and the Atomic Theory of Matter: From Boyle and Newton to Landau and Onsager (Monographs in Population Biology)
Stephen G. Brush
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0691083207

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Outstanding history of key ideas in modern physics!.......2001-07-02

This book ties it all together: from "the crumbling Aristotelian paradigm" (without a strong candidate to replace it, despite Galileo's and Descartes' best efforts) in the early 1600s, through Newton to Boltzmann and Maxwell and on to modern fluid dynamics.

Professor Brush is a physicist turned science historian, and it shows in his treatment of his subject.

Clearly written and insightful, it's difficult to put down.

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Will Eisners career spanned the entire history of comic booksfrom his formative days in the 1930s through the 1940s, when he revolutionized narrative sequential art with his internationally famed series THE SPIRIT, to the 1970s, when he created the contemporary graphic novel form with A Contract With God. THE WILL EISNER COMPANION is the first comprehensive overview of his work. Divided into two sectionshis Spirit work and his graphic novelsthis authorized companion features all-new critical and historical essays by noted comic book historians Chris Couch and Stephen Weiner, as well as alphabetical listings relating to all aspects and characters in his oeuvre. Also includes a chronology, a bibliography and suggested-reading lists.

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A good reference work for any Eisner fan.......2005-05-26

The book is very good but it isn't perfect. On the positive side it orgainizes and presents a pile of information in a lucid and straight forward manner. The sections on the Spirit are fairly comprehensive and I'm sure that I'm going to be using the A to Z listing for years to come. The section on Eisner's post-Spirit work does a nice job of informing old and new readers alike not only to content of the GN's but also to the wide variety of material that's available. However, there are a couple of things that come down on the negative side. Why was the typeface so small? For that matter why was the book so small to begin with? And I don't know about any one else but I found the index page to be so damn small that it was rendered useless. However, it still remains a usefull reference work for any Eisner fan.

A fitting tribute to the true King of Comics........2005-02-17

I purchased this book the night before Will Eisner passed away so this book was more meaningful when I read it.

This is the book to get if you like works written on comics creators. Why? If Will Eisner hadn't existed comics would be a very different medium today.

Graphic Novels might not exist, or might not be available for sale outside a comic shop if not for him.

Devices like the splash page might not have come to be if it were not for this man.

The list goes on and on and on for what Eisner did for the comic book medium.

This hardcover even contains a couple of his Spirit stories as well as many illustrations that show why this man was so revered.

They say that Jack Kirby was the King of Comics. If it wasn't for Eisner there might not have been the great Kirby comics of the '60s and '70s. If it wasn't for Eisner many classic sequential art stories might have been told differently.

If you like comics you owe it to yourself to pick up this book.

The Will Eisner Companion the Pioneering Spirit of the Father of the Graphic Novel

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The Will Eisner Companion the Pioneering Spirit of the Father of the Graphic Novel
N. C. Christopher & Weiner, Stephen Couch
Manufacturer: DC Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O5XOUY

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