IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development

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Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the "battlefield medicine" practiced by the IMF during a series of economic crises, which included the problems of economic transition in the former Soviet bloc and the Asian financial crisis. Fischer addresses the subsequent calls for reform of the international financial system and makes the case for the IMF as an international lender of last resort.

The first section of essays, "The Role of the IMF and the Reform of the International Financial System," considers the IMF's role in the international financial system in light of the crises of the 1990s. The second section, "Macroeconomic Policy, Stabilization, and Transition," examines such topics as exchange rate regimes, inflation, and Eastern Europe's relation to the European Union. The final section, "Poverty and Development," reflects Fischer's basic belief that economic policies should explicitly target poverty reduction. These engaging and accessible essays will appeal not only to economics students, economists, and policymakers but also to the general reader interested in the international monetary system.

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Insightful!.......2004-04-23

This lucid, plain, straightforward book is not necessarily the sort of thing one expects from an economist, yet author Stanley Fischer is one of our era's greatest economists. His work at the International Monetary Fund put him on the front lines during some of the twentieth century's most serious economic crises and panics. He has a unique and valuable perspective. His timely discussion of the IMF and the World Bank provides a sobering antidote to the rhetoric of both globalization and anti-globalization. Fischer reminds us that the IMF's many glaring failures and imperfections are the stumbles and flaws of an organization that has done good work to further a noble purpose. It also has proven willing and able to change when the facts do. For good reason, Fischer's essays sometimes read like the arguments of a defense attorney countering prosecutorial accusations. The IMF has come in for so much criticism in recent years that it is refreshing to discover so many points in its favor, and we find it both fair and prudent to consider them carefully.

Insightful!.......2004-03-09

Revisiting the Asian crisis.(Book Review): An article from: Finance & Development

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Revisiting the Asian crisis.(Book Review): An article from: Finance & Development
Brian Snowdon
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Title: Revisiting the Asian crisis.(Book Review)
Author: Brian Snowdon
Publication: Finance & Development (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Volume: 41 Issue: 4 Page: 52(2)

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IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development

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IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development
Stanley Fischer
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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of four workshops held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems, OOIS 2002, in Montpellier, France in September 2002.The 30 revised full papers presented together with four workshop summaries were carefully reviewed and selected. In accordance with the workshop topics, the papers are organized in topical sections on managing specialization/generalization hierarchies, reuse in object-oriented information systems design, efficient Web-based information systems, and model-driven approaches to software development.

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E-Commerce: A Knowledge Base
Brian C. Satterlee
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Electronic Commerce is one of the most important aspects to emerge from the Internet. It allows people to exchange goods and services immediately and with no barriers of time or distance. Any time of the day or night, one may go online and buy almost anything one desires. E-Commerce will engender massive changes in other areas, such as education, health, and government.

Initially, E-Commerce was primarily the domain of large firms, due to its initial format of customized, complex, and expensive transactions – essential barriers to entry by smaller competitors.

Today, for a nominal fee, anyone may become an online merchant, with the potential to reach millions of consumers world-wide. This democratization of the Internet has changed the previous focus of E-Commerce from primarily Business-to-Business transactions between known parties, to a complex web of commercial activities involving huge numbers of consumers who never meet. In essence, the development of the Internet has had the same effect on E-Commerce as Henry Ford’s assembly line on the automotive industry. It has converted a luxury for the few into a relatively simple and inexpensive device for the masses.

In this book, we will explore these impacts and innovations. The purpose of this book is to provide a preliminary analytical foundation (knowledge base), which then may be used for further, more advanced study. It is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis – yet at the same time provides as much information as possible to provide an accurate depiction of the current state and likely future direction of E-Commerce.

Microsoft Data Mining: Integrated Business Intelligence for e-Commerce and Knowledge Management

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A potential starting point for the SQL Server manager

Microsoft Data Mining: Integrated Business Intelligence for e-Commerce and Knowledge Management
Barry de Ville
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Microsoft Data Mining approaches data mining from the particular perspective of IT professionals using Microsoft data management technologies. The author explains the new data mining capabilities in Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 database, Commerce Server, and other products, details the Microsoft OLE DB for Data Mining standard, and gives readers best practices for using all of them. The book bridges the previously specialized field of data mining with the new technologies and methods that are quickly making it an important mainstream tool for companies of all sizes.

Data mining refers to a set of technologies and techniques by which IT professionals search large databases of information (such as those contained by SQL Server) for patterns and trends. Traditionally important in finance, telecommunication, and other information-intensive fields, data mining increasingly helps companies better understand and serve their customers by revealing buying patterns and related interests. It is becoming a foundation for e-commerce and knowledge management.

Unique book on a hot data management topic
Part of Digital Press's SQL Server and data mining clusters
Author is an expert on both traditional and Microsoft data mining technologies

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A potential starting point for the SQL Server manager.......2002-01-07

To the seasoned data mining professional, there are many other books on data mining that I would recommend before this one. However, for the manager who has been asked to implement a solution based on the data mining capabilities of the SQL Server 2000 DBMS, this book could provide a starting point in the form of 'Microsoft best practices', as well a concise introduction to data mining in general.

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An invaluable tool for the executive seeking a job in Silicon Valley.

Looking to work in Silicon Valley or the information technology industry? What better place to begin than with this guide to the more than 1,800 executive recruiters across the country who deal exclusively with this sector. Listed are each recruiter's name, address and phone number, areas of specialization, and average salaries offered. This helpful resource includes information on opportunities for both seasoned professionals and for beginners anxious to jump-start their careers, as well as the fundamentals of rsum and cover letter preparation and interviewing.

Includes recruiters specializing in database administration, computer systems, programming, and MIS.

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Useful if you're creative.......2001-09-18

Published back in 1998, a lot of the information in this book has long since gone out of date. There have been at least two area code changes since publication, and many of the recruiters have left to go to other companies.

Nonetheless, if you get a little creative you can still find plenty of local recruiting firms that are willing to talk to you based on the contact info in the book.

My two biggest complaints about this book:
* Recruiters are listed by individual's name, not company name. This makes it extremely difficult to look up a firm.
* Despite the title, this book is not specific to firms located in Silicon Valley...or even in California. There are firms listed from all over the US.

It's a decent reference book, but it could use a lot of improvement.

Disappointing.......2000-06-21

This book really has nothing in particular to do with the Silicon Valley recruiters. It is just a list of recruiters from all over the country. It is not what the title claims to be.

it's a good book.......2000-04-12

A good book with practical info

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A laywoman's guide to financial security before, during and after relationship breakdown, written to help women and their children avoid the poverty of divorce. The book is written in narrative form, allowing readers to follow Maggie as she steers Kate through all the financial considerations of divorce, from separation agreements and custody issues, to hiring a lawyer and financial adviser, not to mention doing a budget, buying insurance, saving for retirement, remarriage, marriage contracts, and so on.

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This is the eagerly awaited first volume of the definitive History of the British Coal Industry. Well before 1700 Britain had become heavily dependent upon coal for its fuel, and coalmining had taken its place among the nation's staple industries. John Hatcher traces the production and trade of coal from the intermittent small-scale activity which prevailed in the Middle Ages to the rapid expansion and rising importance which characterized the early modern era. Thoroughly grounded in a formidable range of sources, the book explores the economics and management of mining, the productivity and profitability of colliery enterprise, and the progress of technology. Dr Hatcher examines the owners and operators of collieries and the sources of mining capital, as well as the colliers themselves, their working conditions and earnings. He argues that the spectacular growth of coal output in this period was achieved more through evolutionary than revolutionary processes. This is a scholarly, detailed, and comprehensive study, which will be an essential source for all historians of the medieval and early modern economy, and fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the British coal industry.

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The principles of successful market-oriented and human-centered design are used to analyze the formation of a good business enterprise. Focusing on technology based enterprises, the author elaborates on the powerful methods for planning, organization and control; and on starting, growing and maturing organizations that create human-centered products and systems. Case studies include the aerospace, computer and electronics industries, as well as technology-oriented government institutions.

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"The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor and the Environment", supplement to "American Trade Politics" by I.M. Destler and Peter J. Balint, shows how trade advocates and labor and environmental skeptics differ significantly in both their substantive views and their political and organizational cultures. The authors demonstrate how this new challenge differs from that of traditional trade protectionism, likening it instead to the debate a century ago over whether and how to regulate American capitalism for social purposes. The analysis leads to a set of recommendations aimed at constructive compromise and a new political foundation for US trade policy leadership.

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Shaped by War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development (Princeton Studies in American Politics)

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In the twenty-first century, globalization poses major challenges to the key players in U.S. domestic politics--challenges similar to many that Americans have faced from abroad since the nation's founding. But it is only in recent decades that links have been drawn between the study of American political development and international relations; even now, emphasis falls primarily on how domestic politics affects the world arena. This book redresses the imbalance.

Ten leading scholars explore how, over the past two centuries, the changing positions of the United States in the world economy and in the international political order have shaped U.S. political institutions and domestic politics. Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, and Robert O. Keohane demonstrate the central role that efforts to contend with foreign military and economic competition played in forming the major institutions of U.S. government from the framing of the Constitution through the Civil War. Martin Shefter, Theda Skocpol (writing with Ziad Munson, Andrew Karch, and Bayliss Camp), Ronald Rogowski, and Judith Goldstein show how the nation's political institutions were transformed by problems of war and trade the U.S. subsequently faced. Aaron L. Friedberg, Bartholomew H. Sparrow, and Peter A. Gourevitch conclude the volume by analyzing how international conflicts during and after the Cold War influenced governmental institutions and domestic politics in the United States over the past fifty years. Shaped by War and Trade sets the agenda for further exploration of a topic whose discussion is long overdue.

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Comprehensive guide to the culture, etiquette and communication of the United States.

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Passport USA - Excellent Book.......2001-03-21

Excellent book for people new to the United States. Faster read than similar books like Culture Shock and to the point. Offers information on a variety of topics that is very easy to understand and put into practice.

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