Women, Family and Work: Writings in the Economics of Gender

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Women, Family, and Work is a collection of original essays on topics related to the economics of gender and the family. Written by leading thinkers in the field, the chapters apply traditional economic theory to non-traditional topics, while also stretching and bending neoclassical economic thought to provide a better model of economic interactions.The chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including the economics of marriage; the division of work in the household; the economics of childbearing and childcare; and the gender gap in wages. The various viewpoints of the essays, including neoclassical and feminist, and heterosexual and homosexual, contribute to the comprehensive nature of the book. This collection explores how economics can be applied to realms outside of the marketplace, and challenges readers to critically examine the connections between the domain of family and care and the domain of labor market work.

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This acclaimed series serves as a biography of the U.S. Constitution, offering an indispensable survey of the congressional history behind its development. In a rare examination of the role that both the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation, The Constitution in Congress shows how the actions and proceedings of these branches reveal perhaps even more about constitutional disputes than Supreme Court decisions of the time.

The centerpiece for the fourth volume in this series is the great debate over slavery and how this divisive issue led the country into the maelstrom of the Civil War. From the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 to the secession of Southern states from the Union, legal scholar David P. Currie provides an unrivaled analysis of the significant constitutional events—the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and "Bleeding Kansas"—that led up to the war. Exploring how slavery was addressed in presidential speeches and debated in Congress, Currie shows how the Southern Democrats dangerously diminished federal authority and expanded states' rights, threatening the nation's very survival.

Like its predecessors, this fourth volume of The Constitution in Congress will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike.

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Exceptional.......2006-01-10

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The Constitution in Congress Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861

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The Constitution in Congress Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861
David P. Currie
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPAXT4

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This book examines all major facets of the Philippine economy and development policy. Contributors to this volume look both to the past and to the future, and their approaches are variously descriptive, analytical, interpretive, and comparative. The book assesses trends since the 1980s, identifies major policy issues, and provides a balance sheet of achievements and deficiencies over the past decade and beyond. It highlights future challenges that need to be addressed if the country is to embark on a sustainable, durable, and equitable growth trajectory. The book also offers lessons from the country's development experience which may be relevant for many countries at the present time. The volume has particular relevance for the country's policymakers, academics and the business community, and will also appeal to a broader international audience.

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economic policies of US to the philippines.......2003-09-27

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The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges.(Book Review): An article from: ASEAN Economic Bulletin

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The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges.(Book Review): An article from: ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Ramonette B. Serafica
Manufacturer: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00084BS54
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from ASEAN Economic Bulletin, published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1072 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: The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges.(Book Review)
Author: Ramonette B. Serafica
Publication: ASEAN Economic Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Page: 255(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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The Philippine Economy : Development, Policies, and Challenges
Arsenio M. Balisacan
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKFTPM

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This third edition of Doing Business with Kazakhstan provides invaluable, authoritative and practical advice on the business and investment environment in Kazakhstan. The country has vast natural resources and one of the world's largest oil, gas and mineral deposits. Astana has embarked upon an industrial policy designed to diversify the economy away from over-dependence on the oil sector by developing light industry. The guide offers a unique opportunity to survey many of the country's vibrant sectors and provides a strong introduction to its enormous potential, including an examination of banking, finance, tax and legal issues.

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This third edition of Doing Business with Kazakhstan provides authoritative practical advice on the business and investment environment in Kazakhstan. The country has vast natural resources and one of the world's largest oil, gas and mineral deposits. Astana has embarked upon an industrial policy designed to diversify the economy away from over-dependence on the oil sector by developing light industry. The guide offers a survey of many of the country's vibrant sectors and provides a strong introduction to its enormous potential, including an examination of banking, finance, tax and legal issues. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Andromeda Financial Services, AON, BISNIS, Bracewell & Patterson LLP, Central Asia Tourism Corp., Denton Wilde Sapte, Ernst &Young, EBRD, Harvard University, HSBC, KPMG, LLC Law Firm, MacLeod Dixon LLP, Russia & Kuhn Consulting, Salans, Scot Holland Estates, Seimar Investment Company, US Kazakhstan Business Assoc., the World Bank.

Doing business in an industry with difficult economics: Food Master's experience in dairy processing and marketing in Kazakhstan (Babcock Institute discussion paper)

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Doing business in an industry with difficult economics: Food Master's experience in dairy processing and marketing in Kazakhstan (Babcock Institute discussion paper)
Saulesh Esenova
Manufacturer: Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin--Madison
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Inspired by the success of Dixons' Freeserve ISP, UK retailers, banks and publishers are falling over themselves to offer consumers a branded Internet access service. As well as giving a company's share price a healthy boost, the launch of an ISP service is increasingly seen as the first step toward forging a long-term digital relationship with consumers. As the access point to the Internet, ISPs have a golden opportunity to attract Web surfers' attention and loyalty before they discover rival portal sites. Furthermore, the Internet is still quite immature in Europe and now is a good time to enter the access market. Large numbers of Europeans have yet to choose an Internet service provider. And the number of PC-based subscribers across the continent is going to rise rapidly over the next few years, creating a large potential market for new entrants. The Yankee Group believes that, whichever strategy they pursue, telcos (and other consumer companies) must concentrate on building an online relationship with their customers. Their brand must be associated with the Internet and they must be in a position to gather information on consumers' Internet habits. That information should be the foundation of their Internet strategy. Its quality and the way it is used will be the most crucial factors in determining whether they will succeed or fail in the online future.

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How do you generate an endless stream of profitable clients who dont ask, How much are your packages? Did you earn enough money during the year to pay your bills during the slow months? And how to get all your work done so you can spend time with your family and friends.

These are some of the challenges Mark D. Till, Cr. Photog. takes on in his new book, "The Lucrative Photographer: How To Become Indispensable To Your Clients, Maximize Your Profitability, And Regain Your Personal Life." (CB Press).

The Lucrative Photographer, is more than just an ordinary book on business and marketing as is evident by an early chapter entitled Mind, Body, and Spirit. In the chapter Till outlines practical steps designed to create a balance between the hectic daily work load with time for family, friends, and ones own self.

As the title suggests, one of the book themes is how to become indispensable to clients. Marks easy to understand writing style guides the reader through a variety of exercises and examples to help photographers distinguish themselves in the marketplace and create loyal clients who want to refer their friends and return to the studio year after year.

A unique feature of the book is a resource guide at the end of each chapter. Readers wishing to learn more about the topics discussed dont have to flip to the back of the book to find the bibliography, they are given the names, address, and phone numbers of the sources used at the end of each chapter, a very user friendly feature.

The Lucrative Photographer is a must read for anyone in the photography business, especially those who were drawn into photography as a hobby and then have made it their profession.

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Good focusing tool for professional photographers.......2001-10-18

This shorter book was an easy read focusing on how to make a living at photography as a business. It focus' on working smart from a former financial consultant and bank auditor. Mark does not get excessively technical, but maps out how to look at your business from a numbers perspective. The key number is how much goes into your pocket. A big advocate of lifetime value of a customer and Cost of Goods Sold. His biggest message, is work to live, not live to work, so work smart. A balanced life will lead to a more productive (and financially fulfilling life).

The lucrative photographer: How to become indispensable to your clients, maximize your profitability, and regain your personal life!

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The lucrative photographer: How to become indispensable to your clients, maximize your profitability, and regain your personal life!
Mark D Till
Manufacturer: CB Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006S7B1M

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Generalized financial volatility is capitalism's Achilles' heel. And nowhere is the problem of controlling such volatility more acute than in monetary and exchange-rate relationships across countries - the central theme of this book.

The Rules of the Game brings together essays, written over the course of thirty years, by a major figure in the field that analyze and compare a wide variety of important international monetary regimes. These range from the establishment of the gold standard in the nineteenth century through Bretton Woods, the dollar standard, floating exchange rates, the European Monetary System, to current proposals for reforming world monetary arrangements.

The essays are unique in that they specify precisely the rules of the game for each international monetary regime - past, present, and future. For ease of reference, the book offers boxed summaries of each set of rules and then discusses their advantages and disadvantages from the gold standard down to the author's proposal for a common monetary standard for the twenty-first century.

Part I assesses each monetary regime's success in stabilizing prices and exchange rates, while fostering international trade. Part II addresses a central question each country faces: what are the benefits of giving up exchange-rate flexibility to join a common monetary standard? Part III focuses on overall monetary reform for limiting financial volatility and exchange-rate crises in the next century - including whether or not Western Europe should adopt a common currency. The last chapter synthesizes and updates the author's previous writings on rationalizing monetary arrangements among the major industrial countries of North America, Western Europe, and East Asia.

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A clear overview of the history of international exchange rates.......2007-07-20

This book is a fine reference for a mainstream neoclassical-Keynesian synthesis view of money and exchange rates. It's a good source for information about the arrangements that governed international trade under the various international agreements of the last 100 years or so.

I give the book three stars for some of its theoretical failures, which is first and foremost, a misunderstanding of the nature of money, and hence, of exchange rates. The book follows much of the economics field in treating money as a creature of the government. That is only the case in the last 35 years or so, which is a kind of radical experiment. Money does not exist because governments say so. If this were true, money could never have developed. Money is a medium of exchange which has everything to do with its status as a store of value. Governments cannot create an item that has value simply by a government seal. All over the world, fiat currencies have lost value rapidly, because the long-term historical value of paper money is zero. Exchange rates operate chaotically, because they depend on arbitrage in foreign exchange markets, but all fiat currencies are inexorably headed toward zero.

While this book is a good reference for how much of the economics field views money, I find it gives a misleading picture of the nature of money. I'd recommend Rothbard's "What has the government done to our money?" for a clearer picture.

The Rules of the Game: International Money and Exchange Rates

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The Rules of the Game: International Money and Exchange Rates
Ronald I.; Mit Press; Mit Pr McKinnon
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQ9D76

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This document is the full text of the Regional Workshop on Identification of Pollution Hot Spots in the East Asian Seas Region, held in Thailand, in August 2002. The workshop was convened so that the nine participating countries of the East Asian Seas (EAS) region could compare and update information concerning their principle sources of pollution. The document includes detailed country reports from Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, which identify and discuss the major pollution sources in their respective countries.

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Morocco Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook Library)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 073972214X

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This yearbook contains basic information on export-import, investment and business opportunities in the respected country. Provides information on government structure, economy, business climate, regulations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

Morocco Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business and Investment Opportunities Library)

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Morocco Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business and Investment Opportunities Library)
Igor Oleynik
Manufacturer: International Business Publications USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B00005R557
Release Date: 2006-01-01

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Major investment, export-import and other Strategic business opportunities and contacts, basic info for conducting business in the country

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Major investment, export-import and other strategic business opportunities and contacts, basic information for conducting business in the country

Morocco Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Spy Guide Library)

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Morocco Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Spy Guide Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0739776959

Morocco Investment & Business Opportunities Yearbook (World Investment & Business Opportunities Library)

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Morocco Investment & Business Opportunities Yearbook (World Investment & Business Opportunities Library)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0739713159

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This yearbook contains information on investment business opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, marketing and export-import opportunities information.

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