The End of Affluence The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma

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Jeffrey Madrick
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An honest review of where America stands economically

The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma
Jeff Madrick
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ASIN: 0375750339
Release Date: 1997-09-23

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Sure to spark controversy, this book, reminiscent of the bestsellers Politics of Rich and Poor and Day of Reckoning, tells the real truth about America's long term economic decline--what caused it, what it has done to Americans, and what Americans should do about it.

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Strong Reporting on an Important Issue.......2000-04-29

While the conventional wisdom is that the 1990's have been a decade of prosperity, every so often undercurrents of discontent surface (in places like Seattle), and suggest that for many people in the United States, this is not the case. Jeffrey Madrick's "The End of Affluence" offers an explanation of why this is so.

Madrick begins by noting that since the early 1970's the US has been in the doldrums economically; starting in 1973, the long-term economic growth rate fell by over 1% annually (contrary to the previous reviewer, this is still the case). Madrick notes many of the consequences of this slowdown. He contrasts the present period with the rapid growth of the past in a concise but informative review of US economic history--this segment by itself makes the book worth reading.

Madrick then turns to what he sees as the main cause of the slowdown. As European and Japanese firms adopted American methods of mass production and distribution, this increased international competition eroded much of the US's long-standing advantages. The slowness of US firms, such as the automakers, to adopt new methods of flexible production, and the lagging rate of US capital investment, further aggravated this trend. A major consequence of this trend has been a sharp decline in the availability of well-paying jobs for those without college degrees.

Madrick criticizes the "misplaced optimism" of those who see our problems as minor or readily solved. He critiques some alternative explanations for the growth slowdown, such as our allegedly insufficient savings rate and supposed "skills shortage." While he offers little in the way of specific solutions, he does give a solid refutation of the Republican Party's ever-resurrected "solution" of yet one more round of supply-side, trickle-down tax cuts.

Madrick's analysis is often solid, but he falls short in two respects. First, he is too focused on a single explanation for our "end of affluence," international competition, and neglects other factors that also are important--the collapse of the labor movement comes to mind as one. Second, his vision is centered too narrowly on GDP and related economic measures, and so neglects issues like environmental degradation, which are of considerable importance, but are not captured in convential economic statistics.

While Madrick's story is an incomplete one, his superb reporting makes his book, even though it is somewhat dated, worthwhile reading.

What the heck is this?.......2000-02-02

This is really a horrible book. I can't believe that any serious publisher agreed to print this. The author's thesis is that our productivity and national wealth has been stagnating since 1973 - about as original a thesis as smoking is bad for your health. But then the author does nothing to explain why this happened or how we could reverse it. All he does is repeat the same formula information over and over again. It reads like the work of a fifth grader. More importantly, though, is that since the release of Mr. Madrick's book both our productivity and national wealth has soared, rendering his point largely mute. Stay away from this book.

Slow Economic Growth: The End of Social Mobility.......1999-12-31

Madrick describes the subtle economic decline in America that has taken place over the last thirty years. Many people find themselves working more hours, or even a second job without getting ahead. The rise in social problems, lack of faith in the government, and America's poor economic performance are approached from a historical perspective, where Madrick cites the underlying problem as "a sharp slowdown in economic growth from our historical average of 3.4% a year, and often higher since the Civil War to a little more than 2% a year since 1973." He makes the case that politicians and economists often look at economic indicators to determine economic expansion or recession, but fail to acknowledge that the slow average economic growth over time has had a somewhat irreversible effect on lost production, which he has estimated to be about $12 trillion over the twenty year period of 1973 to 1993. As a nation we tend to blame these economic problems on inflation, government budget deficits, low levels of investment, faltering education, or the irresponsible politicians and their special interest spending -- which are really symptoms of the root cause, slow growth. Conversely, Madrick presents a positive correlation with the increase of growth in productivity as the solution to all of society's problems. Furthermore, he makes the case that the decline cannot be rooted to any political party, change in moral values, or the rise in special interests -- but has to do with the corporate America's reluctance to identify and adapt to the changing global marketplace.

Madrick tells of America's second frontier of mass production which had once given the U.S. a great competitive advantage: having the operating experience to produce large qualities at a small enough unit price and distribute it over the nation's large consumer base -- which is unparalleled in the world. While American businesses were caught up in a paradigm of mass production of standardized products with broad marketing, the rest of the world began systems of flexible production of specialized products, produced for narrower markets. This coupled with the reduction of trade barriers and the ease of entrance into U.S. markets created competition that American companies had never before experienced, and were unprepared for. As their corporate paradigm shifted, and companies began to realize that what had once been was no longer, they reacted by trying to compete through reducing costs-- such as reducing labor or wages-- rather than focusing on increasing their productivity. Corporate America's failure to adapt to the changing market conditions, essentially caused an economic retreat in industries where American companies felt they couldn't compete -- most noticeably in manufacturing. Madrick presents a model which represents the cyclical decline created by the internationalization and fragmentation of markets which create cost cutting and lower wages, which further creates uncertainty, which creates weak investment, which leads to lower productivity and more lost jobs, then reduced consumption which compounds the slow growth, which only starts the cycle of cost cutting once again.

All in all, Madrick has written an excellent book that is easy and enjoyable to read.

An honest review of where America stands economically.......1997-01-07

Jeffrey Madrick uses facts to explain what went wrong with the American dream. The cold hard facts explain how it is unlikely that economic growth will return to historic levels. The truly amazing points to me were that education reform, welfare reform, balanced budgets, health care reform...even if all of these come to pass...will still not return America back to where we have been for the past 150 years. Most Americans believe that the Great Drepression was a period of negative growth, and the period following WWII was unprecedented rapid growth. The reality is that the period following WWII was a return to our historic growth patterns. I continue to send my children to private schools due to the abysmal public schools in California, but the ecomonic payoff is not likely to be achieved. I still retain a healthy optimism about Americas future, but this book was definitely food for thought

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Title: The Africa Women's Peace Train: 16 August - 26 August 2002. (WSSD Peace Train).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, women's protest; Africa)
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Date: December 1, 2002
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The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa: Current and Future Perspectives

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Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa. In many cases, however, this recognition has not resulted in the empowerment of African women, who still face great discrimination. This edited volume explores the contributions women have made to all phases of development--planning, design, construction, implementation, and operation--and the obstacles they have had to face. Besides analyzing the current situation and identifying trends, the contributors also make recommendations for policy reform and for future planning.

Global apartheid: A report from WSSD Johannesburg. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa): An article from: International Peace Update

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Global apartheid: A report from WSSD Johannesburg. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa): An article from: International Peace Update
Regina Birchem
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Title: Global apartheid: A report from WSSD Johannesburg. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa)
Author: Regina Birchem
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Landless Women and Dairying: The Opportunities For Development Within a Poverty Perspective

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The Power of Development
Jonathan Crush
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This book examines the power of development to imagine new worlds and to constantly reinvent itself as the solution to problems of national and global disorder. The common thread in these essays is the language and rhetoric of the development text. By conceptualizing development as a discourse, the contributors argue that development cannot simply be reduced to the outworking of deeper economic logics and structures, but has its own logic, internal coherence and effects.

Combining abstract analyses with concrete global case studies, The Power of Development discusses three main questions: how and why does the language of development change over time? What role does geography play in the language and practices of development? And is it possible to imagine a world in which development has no redeeming features or power? At the same time, the book rejects the postmodern conceit that all is language, arguing instead that the texts of development must be situated in the power-laden politicaland institutional context out of which they arise and to which they speak.

Contributors: Jonathan Crush, Robert Shenton, Michael Cowen, T.G. McGee, Jane Parpart, Doug Porter, Fiona Mackenzie, Timothy Mitchell, Gavin Williams, Arturo Escobar, Kate Manzo, Nanda Shrestha, Michael Watts, W.M. Adams and Ken Hewitt.

Reflections on the WSSD 2002. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, conference; United Nations): An article from: International Peace Update

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Evelyn A. Mauss
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This digital document is an article from International Peace Update, published by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 996 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: Reflections on the WSSD 2002. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, conference; United Nations)
Author: Evelyn A. Mauss
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Date: December 1, 2002
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Women and Sustainable Development in Africa

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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women until recently. Government and institutions in developing countries, as well as foreign aid agencies, are just beginning to realize the important roles filled by women as farmers, entrepreneurs, food providers, educators, and role models in developing countries and are attempting to integrate women into nongovernmental organization projects and voluntary organization programs. According to James and his contributors, women should not be just acknowledged, they must be included in the planning, construction, implementation, and operation of development schemes in Africa in order for development to be successful and widespread.

Sustainable development and changing values in Africa: Gendered history, gendered geography and the shape of possible futures

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Dianne E Rocheleau
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Valentine Udoh James
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Previously sold only in popular coast-to-coast seminars, this book is chock full of information about how to make money with a camcorder. It has a proven appeal to people from all walks of life.

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GREAT resource!.......2007-09-11

Can't say enuf about the excellent in-depth knowledge about the video business that's contained in this book. It's not like any of the other video books I've read, which mostly focus on the production side and only talk about how to shoot footage, not what to do with it afterwards. I now know exactly how to sell my videos and how to market myself and increase my profits. I make documentary-style shorts, and this book was full of how-to's and clever suggestions I would never have thought of.

Worth every penny!.......2007-08-21

Before I got this book, I wondered if the info in it would be dated, since video's such a hot field and the book was published in '03. No worries! What I wanted and couldn't find anywhere else, I found here: plenty of innovative ideas and advice about how to turn my hobby into a full time business. I already knew how to operate a camera and edit and where to get info on the latest equipment and gizmos, so what I needed was the business side. I have to say this book literally launched me. I'm now making website videos for all kinds of people. Broadband has made this possible, and the demand is increasing because nobody can afford to have a dull web presence. My customers run the gamut from regular businesses with sizeable commercial sites to individual resume videos to artsy band gigs. This book showed me exactly how to do it. I highlighted practically every page in it and now I'm making a living doing what I love.

BAD.......2005-05-28

Useless book. This book is mostly an ad for the author's website, and the website is a big ad for the book. This book offers no new ideas, or even any tips. This is the kind of rubish that is weakening the video production business. According to this book any one can go out with their cheap $300 camera and make professional video, WRONG! It is this kind of thinking that makes for horrible clients and is shrinking the market. This book shows no respect for those of us that truely respect the medium.

This Book is a Lifesaver!.......2004-01-04

Before I bought this book, I was a security guard for 10 years in an affluent Chicago suburb. As you can imagine, this wasn't exactly my dream job, so I searched around and found this great book. After pouring over it for a whole day, I decided to take it's advice. One year later I run my own property insurance video business, and I couldn't be happier. I particularly enjoyed the extensive information on marketing. The best part is that some of my old clients as a security guard are now clients of my new business. I highly recommend this book to anyone with a dream of working for themselves as a videographer.

Buy This Book!.......2003-10-22

As a recently out of work mom, I was struggling with the idea of starting my own business from home. There are so many gimmicks out there, all of which I wanted to avoid--not to mention the fact that I wanted to put my creative juices to work! Mr. Hutchins' book helped me do just that by offering invaluable advice on how to not only pick the right video business for me, but also how to market and distribute my work. I highly recommend this book to others who are struggling in our sagging economy. If it worked for me, it'll work for you too!

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CAREER TRANSITIONS MADE EASIER BECAUSE OF SNAPP

What to do once you HAVE the job

IT'S THE HOW, DUMMY

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Career Continuation: Make It a SNAPP
Donald J. Hanratty , Ron Biagi , and Tresa Eyres
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This book is about the big picture of today's workplace and your part in it. It shows you how, even if you land a job in a mammoth corporation, you're working under new rules. Companies no longer make promises about employees' futures. In short, everyone is a “temp” even when fully employed. Understanding this will affect the way you search for a job and how you behave after you secure it.

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* Changing jobs no longer holds the same stigma it once did. Until the 1990s, conventional wisdom held that: (a) losing a job is dangerous and terrible, and (b) too many jobs on a resume automatically cast suspicion on your employment history. Today, those beliefs are pretty much gone. Conventional wisdom now holds that most people will have three or four professions. In the course of a typical 40-year work life, the average worker will change employers seven to ten times and change jobs about every 18 months. In fact, in today's workplace, too few job changes on a resume may imply lack of energy and enthusiasm.

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Finding the right job, however, the one that satisfies your wants and needs today while leading to your ideal career destination may not be easy. You'll need a clear vision of both the next job and the ultimate career, and then you'll need a structured and disciplined approach to attaining both.

This book is about “career continuation.” It shows how to apply a simple and systematic process called SNAPP™ to find a satisfying job now, while you make plans to achieve your ideal career future. If you follow the guidelines, you're likely to succeed.

This book is for you if:

* You've recently lost a job and need or want a new one.

* You're looking for a way to get more out of your career.

* You're looking to change your job or career, inside or outside your current organization.

* You're exploring the idea of consulting or starting your own business.

* You're entering or re-entering the workplace or volunteer world.

* You've just graduated from school and are looking for your first job in your chosen field.

* You're facing retirement age, but you're not yet ready to stop contributing.

“Career Continuation” presents the five-step SNAPP™ process to help you play the career game from a position of strength. Instead of waiting for things to happen TO you, you can begin to make the right things happen FOR you.

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using this book.......2003-01-05

This book provides the simple, common-sense, and creative tools that are most likely to lead to success in today's working environment. These are the things no one tells you about when you're starting out, and that you need to re-think your career when you're changing (or forced to change). No book can promise success, but using this book's method in good faith is likely to increase your odds of attaining success.

CAREER TRANSITIONS MADE EASIER BECAUSE OF SNAPP.......2002-06-21

For people who are considering a new career, or for those who have been laid off from what they thought was their "ideal position," this book gives a clear insight as to what opportunities are achieveable during transitional thoughts or actions. Rather than the perhaps "normal" let down of having your fabulous position eliminated, this book highlights the benefits and opportunities that are available to anyone who has been laid off or who just wants to move forward in personal and career enhancement.

This step-by-step book, the third in a series, continues the upward movement for self-improvement and career enhancement in easy-to-read steps. The exercises throughout the book allowed me to take an in-depth look at reality; to really allow me to look at where I have been, where I am today, and where I can go. There are no limitations as to where I can go using the positive structure this book contains. And what an eye-opener to get me from my comfort zone to career heights that I never knew existed.

This book is a must for anyone thinking of a career change, or even job enrichment. For me, this book opened exciting new challenges and opportunities and helped me realize my being laid off was just the beginning of new and exciting avenues for my career and personal growth.

What to do once you HAVE the job.......2002-05-05

This is a good book because it deals with what to do after you get the coveted job. A lot of books deal with getting a great job, but then what? Chances are, you're not gonna be at the same job until retirement.

I learned a lot from this book, like how to be a well-rounded employee. One needs to be an expert, entreprenurial and engaging. I'm only the latter, but it's important to be the first two also in order to get ahead.

I just got a new job recently and my boss gave me a large manual on how to work one of the intensive computer programs. In the old days, I would have let it collect dust on my desk. Now, in order to become an expert (and look good to the boss), I'm definately going to leaf through it and try to become more knowledgeable about my job -- and life-long career. It can only serve me well in the end.

Bravo to Eyres et. al. for sifting life down to a project-by-project basis. It makes it so much easier to swallow in smaller, well-planned bites!

IT'S THE HOW, DUMMY.......2002-03-30

EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT BUT THIS BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW TO DO IT. A CONTINUATION OF THE SNAPP SERIES, WE NOW SEE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO MAKE IT WORK IN REAL TIME.
WHEN I WAS TEACHING AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE I MADE THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES REQUIRED READING WITH FANTASTIC IMPROVEMENT RESULTS AND NOW IF I WERN'T RETIRED THIS BOOK WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED.
I STRONLY SUGGEST EVERYONE WORK (DON'T JUST READ IT) THIS BOOK. IT'S THE HOW THAT COUNTS.

A very helpful book.......2002-03-21

My wife and I both found this book to be very helpful. She has just been "riffed" by a large company and I've fallen into something of a career rut myself. So we've been passing it back and forth. What I like best about the book is that it doesn't spend a lot of time belaboring the obvious, which so many business books tend to do. They take one or two ideas that might flesh out a long essay and stretch them out to the point of evaporating to make them into a book. After a while, you feel that the author is just saying the same thing over and over until he hits 200 pages. In contrast, "Career Continuation" moves along briskly so you never get bored or impatient. It also has a real nice focus on specific tools that you can use in making a new career choice. The layout of the book is pleasant to read too and easy on the eye in a way that makes it simple to find the things you want to work on. I also found value in the "Success Tips" which capture in a series of tables a lot of hard-earned wisdom. I also liked how the book stayed upbeat and optimistic without seeming too "Pollyanna-ish" or too "Stuart Smiley" (if that's the guy who was on Saturday Night Live.) All in all, we both found it a good way to try and organize a job search or major career change. It was well worth the twelve bucks.

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Good for in-depth research.......2003-04-12

This is a good authoritative source for doing research. It's an investment towards one particular company, so I'd only recommend buying it if you're serious about working for Lehman, but if you are, this definitely give you an insider's edge. It's also good for interview prep.

Getting ready for interviews.......2003-03-07

This guide was really helpful in giving me the kind of basic grounding that I needed to determine whether Lehman is a company I'd like to work for. I bought this and a couple other insider guides on what I thought were my top three choices of companies. I feel good about 2 of the 3 choices, and am now thinking maybe I should look at another company to replace my third choice. Regardless, I found this guide to be authoritative and credible. I'm already in the working world and have a very busy schedule--this guide gave me exactly what I need in 40 pages, something I can and have read on the train going into work. I'm now re-reading the guide to hone in on some of the research in there--areas that I plan to conduct further research on my own. It's a good, solid starting point. And delivered in a concise format that isn't padded with a lot of fluff, but only gives me the most vital facts and information.

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