Inspiring Economics: Human Motivation in Political Economy
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    Inspiring Economics: Human Motivation in Political Economy
    Bruno S. Frey
    Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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    Economics can be inspiring - often taking a stand against convention, achieving challenging results, discussing unorthodox viewpoints and suggesting new policies.

    Bruno S. Frey illustrates what he perceives to be the inspirational quality of economics and how this differs from the type of economics studied in many academic institutions. He introduces insights into economics from a psychological perspective, dealing with issues such as transformation of anomalies, identification in democracy and crowding effects, and focuses on intrinsic motivation and how it is undermined.

    Inspiring Economics, now available in paperback, also looks at the integration of economics and politics, covering topics including popular initiatives and referenda, authoritarian nations and foreign aid, and the way in which the cost of war is reflected on the capital market.

    This groundbreaking empirical study of human motivation and behavior will be a fascinating read for those interested in economics and economic theory.

    A Country I Do Not Recognize: The Legal Assault On American Values (Hoover Institution Press)
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    A Country I Do Not Recognize: The Legal Assault On American Values (Hoover Institution Press)

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    ASIN: 0817946020

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    The growing legal threat to our sovereignty and values

    During the past forty years, activists have repeatedly used the court system to achieve social and political change. On both the domestic and international fronts, they have accomplished substantive policy results that could not otherwise be obtained through the ordinary political processes of government both in the United States and abroad. In five insightful essays, the contributors to this volume show how these legal decisions have seriously undermined America's sovereignty and values.

    The first essay details how the Supreme Court has taken the law out of the hands of the people and their elected representatives and used it to overthrow or undermine traditional values, customs, and practices through judge-made constitutional law that is divorced from the Constitution. The second contribution examines the legal principle of "universal jurisdiction"--which suggests that any state can define, proscribe, prosecute, and punish certain "international" criminal offenses, regardless of where the relevant conduct took place, or the nationality of the perpetrators or victims--and shows how it challenges the American people's authority over their own destiny. A third contribution looks at how the "new diplomacy" promoted by nongovernmental organizations worldwide seeks to alter the world's political power structure in a way that presents real threats to American sovereignty and values. Another essay takes on the current legal interpretation of a contrived "right to privacy" and reveals how it poses a serious threat to constitutional self-government. The book's final contribution looks at the Supreme Court's religion decisions and asserts that they have done serious damage to our religious freedom and helped make our country a far more secular society than ever before.

    Robert H. Bork has served as solicitor general, acting attorney general of the United States, and a United States Court of Appeals judge. He is also a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Tad and Dianne Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has been a partner in a major law firm and taught constitutional law at Yale Law School, and is the author of the best-selling The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law.

    Contributors: Lee A. Casey, David Davenport, Terry Eastland, Lino A. Graglia, Gary L. McDowell, David B. Rivkin Jr.

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    5 out of 5 stars A sound cultural critique of the legal assault on American values..........2006-01-11

    ~A Country I Do Not Recognize: The Legal Assault on American Values~ is a trenchant critique of a legal culture gone awry. Nine learned jurists including Lino Graglia, Gary McDowell, Terry Eastland, David Davenport, Lee Casey, and David Rivkin Jr. have taken to the task of surmising the legal assault on tradition and our basic American values. Likewise, this scholarly work addresses the internationalization of law, and the threat posed to American national sovereignty by the New Diplomacy and nebulous notions of universal jurisdiction. Former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork writes the introduction to this erudite anthology of prescient cultural criticism on a legal system run amok. The Constitution, the objective moral norms of civil society, and the rule of law have been subverted.

    For the past half-century, activists have aggressively used the court system and to a lesser degree the emerging world government to achieve considerable social, cultural and political change. They have been largely successful and have achieved public policy goals that would not likely be possible through legislative processes. We the American people, now have constitutional law without the Constitution, and are subjected to barrage of policies advanced by judicial fiat.

    First Amendment jurisprudence in the last century alone has placed innumerable impediments upon any efforts to regulate obscenity, protect national security or ensure public safety. The Court has remade libel law virtually eliminating any sense of fair play in allowing one to protect their reputation. At the height of the Cold War, the High Court ruled against the exclusion of Communist Party members from sensitive jobs in defense plants. The High Court has zealously defended the profane, the obscene, and invalidated state and local standards of decency. With the advent of mass media, the result has been the proliferation of vile forms of pornography. Relativism has been enshrined by the high court. Community standards of decency are increasingly being marginalized. Also, the erection of judicially-contrived notion of privacy has been used to subvert collective moral judgment made by the people.

    In our time, we have been subjected to the rule of judicial oligarchy where basic decision making on issues of social policy have been removed from the hands of the American people. All of this occurs despite the fact that "[t]he American people favor capital punishment, restrictions on abortion, prayer in the schools, suppression of pornography, strict enforcement of criminal law, neighborhood schools, and so on, all anathema to the cultural elite." We have regrettably traded the rule of law for the rule of men-and republican self-government has been rendered obsolete. Likewise, the courts have usurped the Constitution-and the edifices of federalism established by its framers. Thus separation of powers, the decentralized character of government, and states' rights has been whittled away. Increasingly, public policy formulations are little more than an all-or-nothing game at the national level, and the federal courts have swallowed up the jurisdiction of the States. Inflammatory national political debacles have ensued over abortion and forced busing, and many other issues that could be amicably settled on a state-by-state basis.

    The later portion of the book focuses on the internationalization of the law and the dangers posed by the New Diplomacy. For example, ideologues have pursued their agendas for public policy formulation on a global scale, by means of international treaties. The radical environmental and labor movements have spurred their agendas forward ostensibly under the auspices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the United Nations. In some cases, these transnational treaties are asserted as binding upon even those nations that do not ratify them. To oppose them, it is reasoned, is to oppose international law. Likewise, the progression of such dubious notions as universal jurisdiction ostensibly for such lofty causes as human rights encroaches upon national sovereignty. This nebulous doctrine facilitates an arbitrary tyranny, and may potentially subject American citizens to foreign courts or international tribunals without the rights, privileges and immunities afforded under the Constitution. This is a most dangerous precedent indeed and advances with so little inertia, it is hardly noticed. Nonetheless, this doctrine if not challenged, represents a serious challenge to our nation's sovereignty as well as the rights of our citizens. Invoking universal jurisdiction, countries have attempted to subject foreign nationals to their jurisdiction for crimes supposedly committed in their home country.

    This cultural war that plays itself out in courts of law will continue. It may indeed take constitutional and legislative changes to effectuate meaningful reform. Robert Bork, for example, has suggested a constitutional amendment allowing a supermajority to nullify a Supreme Court decision, thus placing effectuating a more prudent balance of power, with a concurrent check against the judicial activism. Congress too has statutory authority without amendment, arising under the Constitution, which allows it to circumscribe and limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Restoring the decentralized, federal character of our government would be greatly beneficial to civil society. Likewise, reigning in on the power of the federal judiciary would put an end to the tireless all-or-nothing game at the national level. Though, it this crisis is indicative a deeper, on-going cultural and spiritual crisis in Western society.

    All things considered, the Hoover Institution has put together a thoughtful critique of America's legal culture.

    "What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court, that enables them to discern a practice which the text of the Constitution does not clearly proscribe, and which our people have regarded as constitutional for 200 years, is in fact unconstitutional? ... Day by day, case by case, this court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize."
    -Justice Antonin Scalia

    4 out of 5 stars Good for a law review.......2005-11-29

    I must confess that I purchased the book without realizing that it was merely edited by Robert Bork. The book does have a lengthy introduction from Bork that is compelling as always. But the book is a collection of articles written by various legal scholars. I didn't mind this since their works were all well written and were thoughtfully delivered.

    This book is a refreshing look at how different aspects of the legal system have been taken over by the left. Refreshing, because it provides a scholarly analysis -- as opposed to a Bill O'Reily type analysis -- of the legal system and its flaws. It provides a sobering view of the consequences of the deterioration of the legal principles upon which this country was founded.

    That said, this book is as lengthy as a volume from a law review. I don't mind the format too much, but since they are charging me for a book, I expect more than a couple hundred pages. For this I subtract a star. Also, much of the material is a retread of themes that have been touched upon elsewhere. With the glut of legal writing extant, a book should have something new to add.

    Notwithstanding this criticism, Lino Graglia's article is indeed fresh and new (at least to my eyes). He advocates the repeal of judicial review with remarkable cogency.

    Overall, it's a good book, though slightly overpriced.

    Principles of Soil-Plant Interrelationships
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      Principles of Soil-Plant Interrelationships
      Victor V. Rendig
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      Principles of Soil-Plant Interrelationships,
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        Principles of Soil-Plant Interrelationships,
        V.V., Rendig
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        Meaningful Marketing: 100 Data-proven Truths And 402 Practical Ideas For Selling More With Less Effort
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        Meaningful Marketing: 100 Data-proven Truths And 402 Practical Ideas For Selling More With Less Effort
        Doug Hall , and Jeffrey, Ph.D. Stamp
        Manufacturer: Emmis Books
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        ASIN: 1578601789

        Book Description

        This is a powerful new approach to marketing that will multiply the impact of every dollar invested. Comprehensive research by Doug Hall and Jeffrey Stamp details marketing initiatives that will deliver sustained success. What makes this book's teaching more reliable and reproducible than others is its foundation on hard data reflecting customer, industrial, and business-to-business marketing, not: "guru opinions." After reading Meaningful Marketing, readers will know how to more effectively and efficiently market and sell their brand, their services, their products, and even themselves!

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection of Marketing Data.......2006-06-20

        Being an engineer turned marketer similar to Hall, I have much appreciation for his data based approach. The data is excellent... I use it to make a case frequently... although it could be more accessible in it's layout. Not to be confused with a 'how-to' book, this is a 'why and proof' exercise I have found quite useful in gaining buy in to new ideas.

        4 out of 5 stars A must have for sales/marketing people!.......2005-06-12

        Doug Hall is the co-founder of Eureka! Ranch, a think tank that has produced more successful marketing campaigns than almost any other in recent memory. This book builds on the experiences that Doug has had with helping clients develop both products and marketing campaigns that truly enrich the reader. Meaningful Marketing draws comparisons and contrasts between Meaningful Marketing and Mindless Marketing. Hall and his co-author Jeffrey Stamp not only grab us with data, they grab us emotionally. For example, based on the results of 901 new products at the end of five years, those with a Meaningful Marketing approach had a 53% survival rate (still available and profitable). Those with a Mindless Marketing approach had a 24% survival rate - almost a 100% difference. And the point is, we can all choose between approaches.

        This book says that you can take the moral high road, tell the truth about your products and services, charge a premium because they solve problems, add value, and make a difference - and sleep like a baby at night! I like that.

        In this unique two-page format, a data-proven point is made on the left-hand page, and then on the right-hand page are 3 to 5 practical applications of how to make it work. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone with any responsibility at all for either sales or marketing.


        Land, Men and Beliefs: Studies in Early Modern History
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          Land, Men and Beliefs: Studies in Early Modern History
          J. P. Cooper
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          Net.works Guide to Marketing Your Website
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            Net.works Guide to Marketing Your Website
            Tim Ireland
            Manufacturer: Networks
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            ASIN: 1873668872

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            Simply creating a website and putting it on the Internet is not enough to generate online sales. In Cyberspace there simply isn't any passing traffic. The customer is king, and they will selectively choose which sites they are going to visit. Indeed, without a well thought out and successfully implemented marketing plan, the majority will not even know that you are out there. The Net-Works Guide to Marketing Your Website will show you how to construct and deliver a successful promotional strategy. It covers everything from the basics of linking to other sites and search engine registration, though to referral sales and associate programmes. No stone is left unturned in the quest for more visitors. Anyone reading this book, and putting its easy-to-follow advice into operation, can expect a rapid increase in the number of hits to their website.

            BudgetMap Personal Financial Planning and Budgeting System
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            • It is worth the time & money for this item!
            • Portable envelope-system budgeting
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            BudgetMap Personal Financial Planning and Budgeting System
            William Schara
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            Get control of your finances!

            The unique BudgetMap® system fits in your checkbook and replaces your check register as you continue to use your existing checks. Each BudgetMap® set includes 3 specialized check registers and a 36-paged workbook.

            — Effectively organize and control your spending

            — Instantly see where you are in your budget as you make each transaction

            — Complete freedom to customize with any budget

            — Fits in your check register - take it everywhere

            Most personal finance and budgeting systems only look backward by tracking what you spend. The BudgetMap® system also looks forward. Know how much money you have and how you want to spend it at all times! BudgetMap® leads you to your financial goals.

            The simple and flexible BudgetMap® system works with all types of transactions — cash, checks, credit cards, or any combination. It also works with any spending plan. If you do not have a budget, the BudgetMap® workbook will help you make one.

            "With the BudgetMap system, I've been able to control our family's spending and savings for the first time in our 17 year marriage! The BudgetMap system is the most innovative, profoundly simple financial tool I've ever tried, and I've tried many," LeAnn Bonds, Homemaker.

            "I give one to each of my students in my personal financial management class. The BudgetMap system is easy to use, visually portrays the financial picture, and does not take a lot of time to keep up. I give the Budgetmap an A++ for the best financial management tool available." Joyce Blowers, Lima Christian School, Lima, NY

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            5 out of 5 stars It is worth the time & money for this item!.......2006-11-04

            We have tried to budget for most of our married life, 21 years. Sometimes with success, but mostly not. This is the perfect item to make sense of the cash in your checkbook. If you have a balance of 350 in the regular check register...you don't know whether it is "extra" and your spouse who doesn't do the finances doesn't for sure! The columns in the fold-out ledger help keep you on track. You know you have 350.00....but 150 is in the utilities column for upcoming bills, 50.00 is in the car maintenance column, 75 is in school related expenses, and 75.00 is in the column for credit card purchases. This makes a HUGE difference in your piece of mind. You know where you stand. I have one in both of our accounts. One account is for house payment, repairs, and car maint. etc. The other is for our other bills. We started using the envelope method again and decided how much cash we actually needed per 2 weeks. (gas, groceries, entertainment, lunches, etc) This helped keep the entries in the journal to a minimum. It is work to keep up with it....but it is soooo worth the time! My husband thinks I am a genius for starting this. It makes us both feel like we are on the same page....less argueing over purchases....because you have to deduct the purchase out of one of the columns....you see what you are taking from if you are making a purchase you shouldn't. But, ohhhh does it feel good to have a plan and to have the money there ready to pay the bill!

            5 out of 5 stars Portable envelope-system budgeting .......2006-01-15

            Back in Grandma's day, the envelope system of budgeting helped people keep their spending on track and within limits. The envelope system is clearly effective: you decide ahead of time based on your income and fixed expenses how much you can afford to spend on variable expenses, put the planned amount of cash in each envelope, and when the envelope is empty, you're done spending until new income comes in (or until you transfer money from another envelope). But with today's spending occuring mostly through credit and debit cards, old-fashioned cash envelopes are no longer useful. The envelope system has been modernized into online computerized form with Mvelopes (usually the first thing to pop up when one googles "personal budget"). But Mvelopes, while a worthy program, requires paying a continuing monthly fee, plus it only gives you updated spending limits when you link to the internet to report expenditures (it also requires linkages to your accounts). The BudgetMap system provides a superior substitute. It makes "envelope-style" budgeting easy and gives you instant feedback as to where your spending stands with regards to your targets (no waiting until you can link to the web). It's portable, as private as your wallet, and relatively inexpensive. It comes with enough registers to cover about six months of expenses, so the total cost would be about $60/year, about 40% cheaper than the cheapest Mvelopes subscription (which is only available with a two-year commitment) and 60% cheaper than Mvelope's quarterly plan. I've tried all kinds of budgeting systems to keep me on track with my spending, and this one looks like the winner!

            5 out of 5 stars Has ended our financial arguments........2004-08-20

            For many years my wife and I have tried to budget and manage our money responsibly. Not only for the good of our financial future but also the good of our marriage, too many arguments about money. Since my wife and I have used it we now depend on it. It has ended many of our arguments and given us financial direction. I would highly recommend budgetmap.

            5 out of 5 stars Spending plan made simple.......2004-05-28

            BudgetMap is a wonderful tool for keeping track of your spending plan. You can see at a glance the balance in each category you've created. There are separate pages for checking and savings. For us, one BudgetMap book holds six months of entries and we have lots of debits. This system is great - it's like an envelope system for your checkbook!

            4 out of 5 stars Excellent budgeting system.......2004-05-22

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            At Your Service: Calamities, Catastrophes, and Other Curiosities of Customer Service
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            At Your Service: Calamities, Catastrophes, and Other Curiosities of Customer Service
            Hal B. Becker
            Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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            Customer service woes that'll make you laugh out loud —and cringe in fear

            Let's face it. Getting good customer service these days is about as easy as winning the lottery. In this enlightening collection of true stories, Hal Becker takes a look at how bad customer service has gotten and what can be done to improve it. On the up side—the book features companies which are the best at meeting customers' needs and giving hassle-free help (rather than a lot of lip).

            "Hal Becker has done it again. . . . a light-hearted approach to a serious issue facing all businesses today . . . how to serve and keep customers."—Ray Gross, Senior Vice President, ADT Security Services

            "Hal Becker's new book is a classic about customer service. It has given me a lot to think about and a new motivation to always satisfy the customer."—Pat Williams, General Manager, Orlando Magic

            "This is a great book for anyone whose livelihood depends on serving consumers or customers. Those who manage service environments would do well to require their employees to read these instructive stories. It's a fun way to do important training."—Joel Hyatt, Founder, Hyatt Legal Services

            "Hal Becker's creative 'what should be done' approach makes the anecdotal stories a unique training book on customer service, one that is entertaining and educational."—Peter T. Gaugn, President & CEO, PIP Printing

            HAL BECKER is a nationally known public speaker who is an expert in the field of sales and customer service. He is the author of Can I Have Five Minutes of Your Time?

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Read.......2002-05-03

            I work in Customer Service and have been reading a lot of Customer Service related books. I really enjoyed reading this book. It is insightful and funny at the same time. And as many times as the author mentioned his first book, that makes me want to go out and buy it also. I would recommend this book to anyone working with the public.

            5 out of 5 stars Now this is great service!.......1999-08-22

            Hal Becker has done it again! At Your Service is a great book describing the ups and downs of customer service. Even though every one talks a good game, Hal shows that only some are able to deliver. The book is funny, interesting, and thought provoking. I recommend it to any student of marketing, business, or human nature. It's sure to become a classic. Way to go Hal.
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              At Your Service: Calamities, Catastrophes, and Other Curiosities of Customer...
              Enid Blyton
              Manufacturer: Pan
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              China La Trampa De La Globalizacion
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                China La Trampa De La Globalizacion

                Manufacturer: Urano
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                La Trampa de La Globalizacion
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                  La Trampa de La Globalizacion
                  Peter Martin Hans , and Harald Schumann
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                  En la trampa de la globalización.(TT: In the tramp of globalization.): An article from: Siempre!
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                    En la trampa de la globalización.(TT: In the tramp of globalization.): An article from: Siempre!
                    León Opalín
                    Manufacturer: Edicional Siempre
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                    ASIN: B00099AUZC
                    Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                    This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on December 31, 1998. The length of the article is 2208 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: En la trampa de la globalización.(TT: In the tramp of globalization.)
                    Author: León Opalín
                    Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
                    Date: December 31, 1998
                    Publisher: Edicional Siempre
                    Volume: 45 Issue: 2376 Page: 40

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                    La globalización y sus intérpretes.(TT: Globalization and its interpreters.)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres
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                      La globalización y sus intérpretes.(TT: Globalization and its interpreters.)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres
                      Blanca Heredia
                      Manufacturer: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
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                      Title: La globalización y sus intérpretes.(TT: Globalization and its interpreters.)(Reseña)
                      Author: Blanca Heredia
                      Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
                      Date: May 1, 2000
                      Publisher: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
                      Volume: 2 Issue: 17 Page: 94

                      Article Type: Reseña

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                      La trampa de la globalización: los grandes inversionistas internacionales dirigen ya la economía mundial. (globalización, análisis)(TT: The trap of globalization: ... analysis): An article from: Proceso
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                        La trampa de la globalización: los grandes inversionistas internacionales dirigen ya la economía mundial. (globalización, análisis)(TT: The trap of globalization: ... analysis): An article from: Proceso
                        Carlos Acosta Córdova
                        Manufacturer: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
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                        ASIN: B00098BYEY
                        Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                        This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on September 20, 1998. The length of the article is 3630 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: La trampa de la globalización: los grandes inversionistas internacionales dirigen ya la economía mundial. (globalización, análisis)(TT: The trap of globalization: international investors now control the world economy) (TA: globalization, analysis)
                        Author: Carlos Acosta Córdova
                        Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
                        Date: September 20, 1998
                        Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
                        Issue: n1142 Page: p46(7)

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                        Merger in Daylight: The Economics and Politics of European Merger Control
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                          Merger in Daylight: The Economics and Politics of European Merger Control
                          Damien Neven , Robin Nuttall , and Paul Seabright
                          Manufacturer: Centre for Economic Policy Research
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                            This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities, regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.
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                              Colombia Investment & Business Guide
                              USA International Business Publications
                              Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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                              ASIN: 0739717367

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                              This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.
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                                  Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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                                    Manufacturer: International Business Publications USA
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