The Free Market and its Enemies (Pseudo-Science, Socialism, and Inflation)

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The Free Market and its Enemies (Pseudo-Science, Socialism, and Inflation)

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The Free Market and Its Enemy

Manufacturer: Foundation for Economic Education
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ASIN: B000EB87EG

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Treatise on how "the little Napoleons" who invade ranks of government are enemies of the free market.

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The Free Market and its enemy
Leonard Edward Read
Manufacturer: Foundation for Economic Education
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ASIN: B0007DE8K8

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Install, configure, and extend BizTalk Server 2000 using this hands-on introductory guide. Filled with unique step-by-step tutorials this book contains everything you need to optimize BizTalk performance. This easy-to-use reference covers architecture, mapping, integration, and troubleshooting--and it contains 8 pages of blueprints for additional visual instruction. If you want to get up to speed quickly on Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000, this is the only book you need.

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Install, configure, and extend BizTalk Server 2000 using this hands-on introductory guide, filled with unique step-by-step tutorials.

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More in-depth than the title suggests.......2002-09-24

This is an excellent book. I was reluctant to even look at this book, since the word "beginner" was in the title, but given that there are few BizTalk books out there, I gave it a shot. I was very impressed by the depth of content, going much deeper and with much more explanation than the MS docs. If you're a newbie (or even intermediate) to BizTalk, definitely consider this book. It will help you not only to get started up and running, but it will give you a solid foundation as well.

Great Introduction to BizTalk.......2002-03-01

This book provides a great introduction to BizTalk. The author puts the software into its proper context, provides a solid introduction to its architecture, and gives just enough "how-to" to get started.

Reading this book first will give you what you need to approach more in-depth material, e.g. Microsoft Press's BizTalk Server 2000 Documented.

Good architectural overview.......2001-08-28

Up front, I should state that I have been working w/BizTalk for the last six months. To say that the documentation currently available on BizTalk is lacking is an understatement. What I particularly like about this book is the fact that several chapters are devoted to the architectural underpinnings of BizTalk (for example, the author describes the way that servers are broken out and what the different databases contain, down to the objects in the databases). He also clearly explains the various concepts within BizTalk such as ports, messaging ports etc. All in all, this book is the best one currently available if you are interested in the architectural and development aspects of BizTalk and don't want to plough through the 1500-page Microsoft tome.

Not for beginners.......2001-08-16

If you are looking for a beginners book on BizTalk that will take you through lessons on how to use BizTalk Server 2000, this isn't the book. The first few chapters are on EDI and SOAP. The discussion on SOAP is scatter brained and it takes too long to get into the Basics of BizTalk. When it does get into the basics there just isn't enough there. I have seen better guides to using BizTalk.

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BizTalk Server 2000: A Beginner's Guide
Clemens F. Vasters;Clemens Vasters
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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ASIN: B000OFVHMG

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This manual provides inspiration and novel approaches for the environmental improvement of already existing products as well as for the development of totally new products. It provides information and guidance at various levels of engagement and for different stages of the product development process. Especially small and medium-sized companies can use this book to get new ideas, to find relevant background information or to follow guidelines regarding the product development process.

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That Presentation Sensation: Be Good, Be Passionate, Be Memorable
Martin Conradi , and Richard Hall
Manufacturer: Financial Times Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0273654748

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A book that fits to my own experience

For fake, workaholic sycophants only

not without cost

This book does not suck!

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Jobs That Don't Suck
Charlie Drozdyk
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It

100 Bullshit Jobs...And How to Get Them

ASIN: 0345424263
Release Date: 1998-09-29

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"I completely and totally remember what it's like graduating from college and having absolutely no clue what to do with my life."
--Charlie Drozdyk

Sound familiar? Then turn off the tube, get off the couch, and read this book. Why this book? Drozdyk isn't one of those so-called career experts who tells others how to get a job but hasn't gotten one himself in years. He has learned firsthand how to open doors that seem jammed shut and get an offer over hundreds of other applicants. His advice comes straight from the employment trenches. Here's his advice on:

Deciding which job is right for you--and which ones will lead to a life of eternal misery
Resumes and cover letters--what works, what sucks, what you can get away with
Interviewing Hell--staying cool in the hot seat
Successful
Getting your boss to love you--and giving good phone
Moving up the ladder--from being an assistant to having one

Full of interviews with people in cool jobs, such as fashion editors, film producers, advertising copywriters, TV execs, and pop-culture critics, Jobs That Don't Suck shows you how to get ahead and stay ahead.

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A book that fits to my own experience.......2007-01-11

Although it is written in a very racey style, the main message of this book is refresheningly simple and to-the-point. Additionally it is exactly fitting to my own experiences when looking for a job. I therefore can (and have) recommended to anyone coming fresh into the marketplace and starting to look for a job.

For fake, workaholic sycophants only.......2006-01-28

The title of this book caught my eye at the library. The book started out well enough--the author's humorous, casual tone was a refreshing step up from most job books. He seemed to be gearing the book toward liberal arts majors like myself with no particular direction in life. The information not really anything new, with tidbits such as "it's not what you know, it's who you know, so make friends with people who can help you get a job", but it was fun to read.

If you are a young person (with no family and no social life whatsoever, nor any intention of having one in the future) looking to get into the entertainment industry, this book is for you. Mr. Drozdyk is involved in the industry himself, and includes many interviews with young people who have succeeded in entertainment about their great jobs and how they got there. However, if your definition of "jobs that don't suck" includes not working more than 8 hours a day, you're in for a disappointment. The people he interviews work 12-16 hours a day and they LOVE it. Or at least they say they do. For if you follow Mr. Drozdyk's advice, you always lie and say you love everything, no matter how much you secretly want to slit your wrists. Anyway, one side benefit of this book is I used to have dreams of working in publishing. Now I've realized that I'd rather stab myself with a hot poker.

The book doesn't stop with just finding a job--it continues on to explain what to do on the job in order to get promoted, and that's where it starts to get annoying. Mr. Drozdyk presents a rather grim view of the workplace--a dog-eat-dog world where the only way to get ahead is by being a fake, workaholic sycophant. First rule--lie, always. Lie about your qualifications. You can always learn them in your spare time. Lie about your feelings. Remember, you're always happy, all the time. You never feel bad. Lie about your problems. You don't have any!! You don't want to look weak do you?

Second rule--make "friends" with anyone who can get you ahead. Avoid people who don't exude the fake aura of enthusiasm and confidence that you must constantly present. Suck up to anyone who appears to be going places in the company, especially your boss. However, you don't want to be real friends with these people, because that might involve dropping the facade you must wear at all times to get people to like you. Note: while doing this, you must not appear to be a fake opportunist, you must appear to be a genuine nice guy.

Third rule--work long hours. Work long hours even if you have no actual work to do, just sit there until 9 pm playing solitaire if you have to. Quote, "If your first job doesn't absolutely consume you, if you're not thinking about it twenty-four hours a day, then, in my opinion, you're not going to go anywhere." Eat lunch at your desk, unless one of your suck up targets invites you out to lunch. Who cares about sleep, health or family? Live to work! Having interests other than work indicates laziness.

If you actually have the acting skills that you must have to fully implement Drozdyk's recommendations, don't sell yourself short. Go to Hollywood, and win the Academy Award you deserve!

If you are a good person who wants work-life balance, who doesn't want to compromise values such as honesty and altruism, who wants a job merely to support yourself and your family, not to take over your entire life, then don't waste your time on this book. It will just make you depressed. The only comfort is these hot shots who give up everything just to climb the ladder will probably be dead of heart attacks by the time they're 40.

not without cost.......2003-07-28

There is no doubt that this book is well put together and far easier to read than the standard fare on offer in relation to this subject. The advice provided on how to get a job is helpful and practical, as well as being a pretty amusing read.

I already had my first real position for a couple of months when I acquired this title, so the parts on how to do well in a job were of more interest. I studied and followed these sections carefully. I must say that the advice in the book is what it claims to be - a coherent strategy is presented for getting ahead which is relevant to modern workplaces (in particular, professional offices). However, a word of warning - this advice is from the hard school. The endless continuum of late nights, weekends, lunch-skipping and worst of all, people massaging and submissiveness which seem to underpin this strategy will take your nerves to the verge of collapse. Your body follows suit, and that's where you stay - verging on physical and psychological downfall. That is unless you truly believe in what you're aiming for - and you'll have to be aiming for something eternally fulfilling because everyday living this way isn't really a nice life.

I used the strategies in this book to get a hefty promotion, and now I'm in the rarified position of being a 22 year old project manager. However, for what it cost me, I sometimes wonder whether I would have been better off following a more sustainable approach to my young life.

I'm not saying this is a bad title, as evidenced by the rating. If you use this book to get promoted, exercise a degree of moderation and enjoy the good humour on offer. If you decide to take it literally, go only with a firm belief in what kind of lifestyle you want, because its death or victory all the way and possibly death from victory at the end.

This book does not suck!.......2003-05-28

This book beats them all - it's hysterical, practical and doesn't make any of it seem like it is supposed to be easy. I will admit that, as a 28 year old with a liberal arts degree in a ... job, this book was aimed directly at me. I especially like his perspective that nobody deserves anything and its a massive competition. His writing style is very entertaining and the information is down-to-earth and brutally honest. Now for the hard part - putting in into practice...!

For The Young Set.......2001-11-08

The author came to my college a few years ago to promote this book, but I didn't get much from it that I didn't already know. I had been working full-time for years at that point (and attending college at the same time). However, the author presented this material as if it something that had never been done before. I guess it would be a revelation to the twentysomethings that it's geared towards, esp. those with little to no work experience. I don't knock most of the advice that's included in the book, however; it's needed, esp. for those who have no clue about office politics, sneaky co-workers and irritating bosses.

I think that some may get the impression from profiles of people in the book that it's easy to move up in the work place quickly. Readers of the book should note that those folks are exceptions, not the norm, and many factors are involved in making a career.

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Jobs That Suck...and Some That Don't
Andy Kane
Manufacturer: Paladin Pr
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Jobs That Don't Suck
Charlie Drozdyk
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP4OBC

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This Unofficial Guide dishes out the inside scoop on salary negotiating. Readers discover the tricks-of-the-trade to: getting the highest possible salary when receiving a job offer; positioning for when that dreaded annual review comes along; and asking for a raise when its simply past due. Our no-nonsense, authoritative author imparts the practical advice that every employee needs to know:- Tips from the pros on how to gain the upper hand in negotiating- When and why not to accept a counter-offer from your company- Presenting skills and talents in a way that disables them from saying no to demands- Find out what negotiating methods work and which games to avoid- Taking advantage of fringe benefits, such as tuition reimbursement, discounted entertainment tickets, reduced-rate gym memberships, on-site childcare arrangements, and so on

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Easy read, practical advice and successful investment!.......2001-04-07

I found this book to be an invaluable tool when negotiating recently for a new position. The advice dispensed was practical and understandable, and I applied exactly what the author suggested. As a result, my final compensation package was nearly $4,000 higher than what I would have settled for.

Unofficial Guide to Earning What You Deserve

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Unofficial Guide to Earning What You Deserve
Jason Rich
Manufacturer: Macmillan Publishing Company
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ASIN: B000O8UUGW

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During the last decade, Latin American countries have reformed infrastructure services through private sector participation to enhance internal efficiency and competition to increase consumer welfare. Competition Policy in Regulated Industries offers conceptual and practical approaches to help such emerging economies identify competition problems in infrastructure sectors and find legal and structural solutions.

Infrastructure services have evolved from being publicly owned monopolies into entities in which private participation prevails, complemented by competition and regulation. However, even though competition is pivotal to public service reform, a high degree of vertical and horizontal concentration still pervades the industrial structure of many Latin American countries. Furthermore, mergers and acquisitions in an increasingly global economy, without appropriate legislation to promote competition and restrain market control, have often led to reduced levels of competition.

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Aggregate Returns to Individual Decisions: Development, Income Inequality, and Competition for Jobs and Workers (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe V, Volks- Und Betriebswirtschaft, Bd. 3005.)
Uwe Sunde
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This unique collection of contemporary international public relations case studies offers in depth insights into the effective use of public relations in a range of organizational contexts. The cases examined demonstrate the breadth of contemporary public relations practice and the increasing importance and sophistication of the public relations function in both public and private sector organizations.

Exploring Child Welfare: A Practice Perspective (4th Edition)

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Exploring Child Welfare: A Practice Perspective (4th Edition)
Cynthia Crosson-Tower
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The new edition of Exploring Child Welfare reflects the author's strong practice perspective and incorporates new developments in welfare reform and child welfare services. The book provides a practical and thorough introduction to child welfare and welfare services. The author's strength is her ability to connect the underlying theories and systems of child welfare with real-life practice experience, stemming from over thirty years' experience in working with children and families. Includes a new focus on attachment theory and its utilization in child welfare services. For child welfare or social workers.

Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements in Comparative Perspective

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Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements in Comparative Perspective
Marco Giugni
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Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends (International Social Security, V. 1)

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Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends (International Social Security, V. 1)

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Over the last decade changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with fiscal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to develop innovative policy responses. Some involve targeting benefits in order to shrink existing program commitments, to focus welfare expenditures on those most in need, and to give social welfare systems more flexibility in redirecting available resources to meet emerging demands.

Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends provides a systematic assessment of the trend toward targeting in seven countries representing a range of industrialized welfare states-New Zealand, the Netherlands, Britain, Israel, the United States, Italy, and Sweden. The contributors to this volume examine the extent to which each country has adopted measures to focus social benefits on specific population groups and particularly social welfare program areas. A summary chapter surveys and categorizes the choices nations have made in targeting methods, culls the lessons learned for recent reforms, and explores the implications of these developments for the future of the welfare state. Specific methods for targeting benefits in different program areas are analyzed, which includes means-tests, income testing, diagnostic criteria, behavioral requirements and the use of sociodemographic categories.

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In times of dramatic social, economic and political change, governments around the world are questioning their roles and responsibilities in the public sector. The trend is away from a traditional public-sector market model, but there does not yet exist a universally accepted alternative. The essays offer a comparative analysis of public administration in several OECD countries, including the UK, US, Australia, and Scandinavia, and explores possible future directions.

The Politics of Justice and Justice Reform in Latin America: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective

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The Politics of Justice and Justice Reform in Latin America: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective
Linn A. Hammergren
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This book surveys the traditional roles of Latin American judicial and justice systems and the origins, objectives, and outcomes of contemporary efforts to reform them. It views justice reform as both a technical and political process, demonstrating how evolving understandings in both areas have engendered conflicts over the limits and direction of future change. Drawing on a detailed examination of the Peruvian experience, short case studies on Colombia, Costa Rica, and El Salvador, and other regional examples, Linn Hammergren tracks the evolution of reform policy and politics from a purely sectoral issue to an emerging focus on their relationship to the political foundations, structure, and operations of the modern state.

Ageing Without Children: European And Asian Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality)

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Ageing Without Children: European And Asian Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality)
Janet Vinzant (DRT) Denhardt
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A Chill in the House: Actor Perspectives on Change and Continuity in the Pursuit of Legislative Success

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A Chill in the House: Actor Perspectives on Change and Continuity in the Pursuit of Legislative Success
Lewis G. Irwin
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Examines the growth of obstacles to legislative success since the 1960s in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Construction of Built Heritage: A North European Perspective on Policies, Practices and Outcomes

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The Construction of Built Heritage: A North European Perspective on Policies, Practices and Outcomes

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Government and the Economy: A Global Perspective

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Government and the Economy: A Global Perspective
Jan-Erik Lane , and Svante O. Ersson
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Tonga Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business Intelligence Library)

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Tonga Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business Intelligence Library)

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