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The Coming of Age of Political Economy, 1815-1825 (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Gary F. Langer
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The new "Political Economy," which in 1815 captured the attention of a country exhausted by war and drained by economic crisis, was to have profound effects on British and, indeed, the Western world's economic and political life for more than a hundred years. Professor Langer's new study is the first to analyze fully the interplay of ideas, politics, and history in this crucial period of change. Rather than treating the theories of the classical political economists as a set of abstract formulations, the author looks at how they were actually applied to the political and moral problems of the day. He examines how the economists, their doctrines, and the ruling political alignments affected the course of history, particularly in the conflicts surrounding the Corn Law, the Poor Law, child labor, and the reform of the monetary system.
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Acuerdos: Actividades interactivas de producción oral orientadas al mundo de trabajo
Nuria Hervás ,
Mar Ozores , and
Manuela Rotstein
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ASIN: 0131838202 |
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Designed to reflect natural communication, this exciting and practical new book consists of a series of oral activities that focus on real-world tasks.
KEY TOPICS The 60 featured activities familiarizes learners with the situations and language they will encounter conducting business in Spanish. It encourages critical thinking, decision making, negotiating, finding solutions, and exchanging information with others—recreating an authentic use of language. For individuals who have learned the Spanish language, and want to master it for purposes of business communication.
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In 1988, Jim Hayhurst, a forty-seven year old ex-advertising executive, became the oldest member of the Canadian Expedition to Mount Everest.
The Right Mountain is the riveting story of that climb. He tells you about the life-threatening experiences that affected each member of the team. He describes the critical choices that had to be made, and the lessons that were learned as a result. But it is much more than an adventure story. It is about defining success for yourself— on your own terms— in your personal life or in your career.
The Right Mountain is inspirational. The story is dramatic. The metaphors compelling. And the messages it contains will stay with you long after the story is over.
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Applies in so many ways.......2004-03-25
Climbing Mt. Everest is not on my to do list, never will be. However I have my own mountians, to me just as big. The Right Mountain clearly illustrated the need to have several things right in order to succeed, from the training in preparation for when the opportunity does present itself to the planning and understanding of each individuals' roles to ensure success. No one gets to the top of Everest without great training, plannning and teamwork, combined with sound decision making.
Having consumed the book I do have a better understanding of how to climb Mt. Everest and the dangers it presents, however I have a much better understanding of process involved in getting me to the top of my own mountain, my Right Mountain. Mr. Hayhurst, thank you for taking the time to share your insights, from your expedition to my own life the requirements are the same, it is clarifying them and understanding them which allows one to implement them.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be in better control of their life, understanding who you are helps, reading this book will help you do that.
Simple = best.......2003-01-04
For those who purchased this book looking for a dramatic story about Mt. Everest and didn't notice that it was also a tome on personal growth, you should ashamed of yourself! Perhaps you should learn how to read, or not read at all. The point of the book is not the goal, but the journey and the lessons learned along the way. Each lesson is very simple and clear; the way lessons should be. The concepts described reminded me of the ones found in "Way of the Peaceful Warrior"; both books are concise and easily understandable. The story may be lacking in drama, but again, that's not what this book is about. A great read for anyone in business.
The RIght Book is "The RIght Mountain".......2002-03-06
One of my favourites. I give this book to everyone as a gift. There are many "motivational" books written, but this one is inspiring and truly meaningful.
You Will Be Disappointed.......2001-01-28
As a person in business I have read hundreds of books in my life and this one rates up there as one of the worst ones ever. As a mountaining and/our outdoors book it fails complety. Has no insight or dramatic tales to tell (strange when you choose to put the highest mountain on earth on its front cover). As a book on the " real meaning of success" it fails also with the superficial insight of one mans experince. There are hundreds of much better books on the "meaning of sucess". The author tried to cover two topics with this book but does neither justice. The book itself is 200 pages long but with large text and with only non-discrete black and white pictures. It has the feel of something that was written on a couple of Sunday afternoons.
Inspirational!.......1999-09-06
This book was very different than any other book that I have read on Everest. The author offered very clear insights and lessons that can be applied to everyday life. At first I was disappointed and wanted to return the book, but after reading the first few pages, I appreciated it greatly. If you want a technical book on climbing Mount Everest, this is not for you. If you give it a try, however, like I did, you may learn some very valuable lessons on life. Go for it! Thank you to the author for inspiring others.
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Title: 'No single solution' for Army's info-tech problems.
Author: Sandra I. Erwin
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Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: National Defense Industrial Association
Volume: 88
Issue: 596
Page: 22(1)
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Dont waste your money.......2007-05-17
How come I don't see anyone without a job? Dont waste your money buying this useless book. Watch a movie in the theaters instead.
3 stars for getting the topic out in front of people, -2 stars for not getting it right........2007-04-29
This subject is getting a lot of ranting from people on the outskirts who know squat. Manufacturing is one thing, but IT is where the real action is. I work in IT outsourcing and I have seen both sides, while so many are talking from 3rd hand knowledge. Number 1 issue is that these imported visa techies are more sinned against then sinning. The imported worker isn't fully paid, gets only a paltry salary, the winner in the game, the true elite, are mddlemen ....It's all the vendor/employers who make the money, and sometimes there are so many layers of them, they don't even make much; and, they are rarely US corporate..... Oddly enough, most of them are immigrants themselves. Some immigrant guy gets a stable of visa guys with desireable skills (e.g., SAP) and vends them to other vendors, perhaps more than to actual US companies (you have to be a "preferred vendor" to get in on the action with the largest US Companies). Who knows what the poor visa guy actually gets, while the large US companies who seek to buy this contingent H1 visa labor don't get much of a bargin either. Yeah, they try to get competition for the sake of lower rates, but they also TRY to squeeze from the top and demand the TOP Tier "preferred" vendors send them with visa techies with such and such skills for a ceiling of $X; however, there are STILL market forces, and these middle level vendor/employers know the rates and sometimes the preferred vedor above them cannot not find or provide someone when any of the layers cannot make at least a minimal amount on the rate. Consequently, the rates creep up, and end up not that far behind the going rate. I have seen some Corporations/Companies have to re-process their original req with higher salaries cause they need someone badly, and eventully they go to the 2nd tier vendors. Ultimately while they may pay slightly less on the contract than for a full time guy, and slightly less than a US guy, it's not that much less, only a little, while the vendor middle-men gets his bucks (and more and more of them pop up every day). These vendor/employers make their bucks either on specific skills (lake SAP, .NET) or on volume, like parasites. Meanwhile US Companies cannot be bothered with hiring entry level. They need someone to "hit the ground running." The imported guys are just beyond entry level, having already got that back home from the same US companies overseas OR from other foreign companies or domestic companies over there. So, yeah, they are up and running faster than an entry level guy. The real tragedy is that our US IT grads have so few entry level jobs available. And the big bonanza, right now (jobs paying over $100k) is in managerial IT. The ones who have a leg up on those are the visa guys who tough it out and survive to get that magic Green Card. Having survived all the levels, they are often the best candidates for these well paid positions, and compete with native born US citizens who survived the tech bust. However, understandably, these GC guys want a competitive salary with their American counterparts. When the best candidates for these jobs are Green Cards, the US grads who never got the entry level job originally, lose out once again. Meanwhile, in places like India, IT is booming, and they badly need midlevel managers, so who will go? How many Americans are ready to uproot and learn Hindi? There is an r2i movement (r2i==return to India).... Probably all those Green Card guys who earned their stripes here, will go back, and again the US IT departments will have to go to another 3rd world country, and start the whole mess all over. Meanwhile, the rest of us low paid flunkies are barely making ends meet, work long hours, and get NO health benefits.
LOU DOBBS IS IGNORANT AND INCOMPETENT NEO-POPULIST.......2007-03-14
Shame on Lou Dobbs and his ignorant and arrogant rethoric.
Predicitions that have come true.......2007-03-11
Lou Dobbs writes a book on outsourcing and corporate greed. The wonder of this book was that it was written in 2004, in the early stages of the outsourcing pandemic in this county. Most of his charges have come 100% true in current day. This book is a simple read - I finished it in about 4 hours and is easily read.
He curtails so called free trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA and FTAA and organization such as the WTO and gives many examples of how these free trade agreements are completely unbalanced and unfair to the US worker and economy. US workers have been forced to compete (and history has now show)and loose to third world labor in China and Mexico. He was accused of being a "protectionist" when the reality is most people do not call for no trade with other countries. They call for fair and balanced trade. He explains how countries have set high tariffs and quotas on US imports but the US maintains little to no quotas and tariffs - and these are countries we are in trade agreements with. US businesses relocate our jobs and manufacturing base to cheap labor and unregulated markets in developing nations to only re import their good to the US. We are being exploited at the expense of corporate greed which does not have this nation's interests in sight. I am very unhappy with the fact that amongst his laundry list of present day status quo of terribly chartered agreements by our current administrations (Bush and Clinton), he does not really charge our nation's citizens with their insatiable appetite for consumption of flat screen TV's and just about any other exorbitant commodity we purchase. This has been a major factor on why these agreements stay in effect - our out of control consumer consumption has become culture at which it becomes very hard to change. But then again, most Americans really do not have a tiny grasp on the big picture because they are ignorant of it. They simply get annoyed when they call their bank customer service and wind up speaking to a representative in India of which they can't understand. Mr.s Dobbs goes into detail on how US companies have used the tax systems to their advantage and wind up paying no tax which leaves the middle class to pick up the burden. He gives a very good account of local and state government exporting their work to foreign countries! One of the most important discussions in the book is where early proponent of "free trade" would say that as our manufacturing base (about 3 million jobs) leaves the country, we will replace these jobs with higher level professional and services jobs (IT, lawyers, accountants). He details how we have now begun exporting these "replacement" jobs to our trading partners. What's left next to go? Since we have become now dependent on imports for our basic needs and have financed both consumer and economic debt and deficit with foreign funds - we have become very dependent and vulnerable as the worlds sole superpower.
I found this book a little bit of "preaching to the choir". I would highly recommend this to a person looking to wet their feet in trade issues of present day. Someone who has done much reading on the fleecing of the middle class will have come across much of what Mr.s Dobbs speaks about. Nonetheless, it still has some very good informative material that have been proven to be the reality. My last grievance is that of his 10 chapters of laundry type lists and critiques - 1 is devoted to finding solutions. I find this to be the case with his other book - "war on the Middle class (which I highly recommend). Mr. Dobbs is truly a great popularist of our present day. And if you watch his nightly CNN "Lou Dobbs Tonight' you'll know he committed to leveling the playing field for the middle class.
Honest Polemic.......2006-12-28
A market loving Republican has written a powerful indictment of the outsourcing of jobs that is hurting the middle class. As a business journalist & news anchor he fully understands the machinations of the business world. Ex: Free trade is not always fair trade. Note our trade deficit has been growing for thirty years. Some reforms & tasks can't be left to the market alone. The Federal & state governments have a duty to the citizenry. The latter with the peoples consent can stop corporate greed & corruption by preventing the constant outsourcing of middle class jobs to third world countries. If nothing is done to stop the jobs from leaving. We could become in the not to distant future a two tier society. Pharoahs at the top & a poorly paid majority of drones at the bottom.
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Shipping Out: A Sociological Study of American Merchant Seamen
Mariam G. Scharar
Manufacturer: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on May 10, 1993. The length of the article is 691 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: Barging in and out: the $7 million Yellow Bend Port gears up for Mississippi River shipping.
Author: George Waldon
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Finding Out About Things That Float (Explainers Series)
Annabel Thomas
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ASIN: 0746001029 |
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Finding Out About Things That Float.......2001-10-18
We bought this book for our son when he was about 2 1/2 years old because he loved boats. He is now 5 1/2 years old, and he still loves it. It is one of his favorite books. It is one of the most requested books in our house, especially during boating season! It tells about different kinds of boats, submarines, and other floating items and explains, in "kid language" the hows and whys of how these different items float. It is book that a parent will want to read, share and review again and again with their child. A great book for children who really love boats!
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Maersk: a company with a mission; Maersk Nigeria aims to be more than a leading shipping line, the company also sets out to be a good corporate citizen, ... African Review of Business and Technology
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This digital document is an article from African Review of Business and Technology, published by Alain Charles Publishing Ltd. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 810 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: Maersk: a company with a mission; Maersk Nigeria aims to be more than a leading shipping line, the company also sets out to be a good corporate citizen, says Tom Gronnegaard Knudsen, Managing Director, Maersk Nigeria Ltd.(Nigeria)(Maersk Nigeria Ltd)(Interview)
Publication:
African Review of Business and Technology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd.
Volume: 41
Issue: 3
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Money matters: sales tax, shipping fees, and tips all increase your bill.(your money): An article from: Scholastic Choices
Russell Cohen
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Title: Money matters: sales tax, shipping fees, and tips all increase your bill.(your money)
Author: Russell Cohen
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Date: April 1, 2007
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2215 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: No surprises in these boxes: while still concerned with theft and contraband, cargo companies must also keep people, and perhaps even weapons, out of cargo containers.(Cargo Security)
Author: Gunther Hoock
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Security Management (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 48
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When There's More on Your Plate than Dinner
Marilyn Palmer
Manufacturer: Leathers Publishing
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ASIN: 1585971626 |
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Here's your guide to taking the pain out of planning and preparing meals at home. The author has had a life-long interest in sharing good food with family and friends at home. She worries that in today's busy world, people eat out too often - and forget healthy eating habits.
This book shows how to organize your kitchen, how to shop efficiently and how sharing meals can promote communication in families.
The book is in a convenient stay-open binding that makes the tips and recipes always accessible.
Customer Reviews:
All this from one book.......2002-12-10
My wife and I have been married for three years and have never found an effective way to plan healthy meals that are easy to prepare until now. This book has given us a better understanding of how healthy eating, along with organizing our kitchen, and planning out meals for a week can make our lives together less hectic and more productive. We have opposite schedules, so it is difficult for us to have complete, healthy meals. Marilyn, the author, has given us several ideas on books to buy and products to use to better our lives each and every day. This book is easy to follow and only encourages you in bettering your life and the lives of family.
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Everything estate owners need to establish a successful living trust
When properly designed, a revocable living trust can provide all of the estate tax-saving benefits available under a decedent’s Last Will, eliminate a lifetime court-supervised financial guardianship of a person’s financial affairs in the event of physical or mental incapacity, and, upon the trustor’s death, facilitate estate administration without the necessity of a court-supervised process, or probate. Shockingly often, however, trusts are poorly designed and underfunded, nullifying all of their considerable advantages. Living Trusts, Third Edition shows the estate owner how to set up, fund, and manage a living trust that will protect the trustor’s financial affairs in both life and death.
Order your copy today!
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Informative.......2007-01-05
This was an informative book for anyone that wants to make sense out of trust documents without having to pay an attorney $500 an hour.
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