Who's Afraid of the WTO?
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Who is afraid of the WTO, the World Trade Organization? The list is long and varied. Many workers--and the unions that represent them--claim that WTO agreements increase import competition and threaten their jobs. Environmentalists accuse the WTO of encouraging pollution and preventing governments from defending national environmental standards. Human rights advocates block efforts to impose trade sanctions in defense of human rights. While anti-capitalist protesters regard the WTO as a tool of big business--particularly of multinational corporations--other critics charge the WTO with damaging the interests of developing countries by imposing free-market trade policies on them before they are ready. In sum, the WTO is considered exploitative, undemocratic, unbalanced, corrupt, or illegitimate. This book is in response to the many misinformed, often exaggerated arguments leveled against the WTO. Kent Jones explains in persuasive and engaging detail the compelling reasons for the WTO's existence and why it is a force for progress toward economic and non-economic goals worldwide. Although protests against globalization and the WTO have raised public awareness of the world trading system, they have not, Jones demonstrates, raised public understanding. Clarifying the often-muddled terms of the debate, Jones debunks some of the most outrageous allegations against the WTO and argues that global standards for environmental protection and human rights belong in separate agreements, not the WTO. Developing countries need more trade, not less, and even more importantly, they need a system of rules that gives them--the smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable players in world trade--the best possible chance of pursuing their trade interests among the larger and more powerful developed countries. Timely and important, Who's Afraid of the WTO? provides an overview of the most important aspects of the world trading system and the WTO's role in it while tackling the most popular anti-WTO arguments. While Jones does not dismiss the threat that recent political protests pose for the world trading system, he reveals the fallacies in their arguments and presents a strong case in favor of the WTO.

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4 out of 5 stars In Defense of Globalization....the WTO?.......2007-06-12

Ignore the previous "review" which clearly didn't read the book (nor even read its synopsis) because the author is claiming that the WTO and free trade will help more than hurt. I'm planning on using this for a class precisely because it provides a balanced approach to the WTO talking of its deficits and credits, while eventually arguing that, with modification, it can be beneficial to everyone. I'm not sure I agree but it is a good book, clear and reasonable...unlike so many out there on the WTO!

4 out of 5 stars We Have Everything to Fear.......2007-03-16

"Who's Afraid Of The WTO"? The answer to this question should be every freedom loving American. This agreement threatens to subjugate our laws and our very Constitution. All under the guise of free trade.

I would hope enough people read this book use their voices and put a stop to this madness. If the laws we seek to enforce do not comply with the rules of the WTO, such as your right to buy multi-vitamins, which is a right in America, but not so under WTO, just as a very real example, then if this nation does not preempt your right to buy said vitamins, the nation then must pay a daily fine. Your right to litigation is at risk, and the ability to control immigration is also at risk.

These are only a few of the things we are going to loose when we yield to this stupid agreement, which has a great many comparisions to the Tready of Versailles.

All I can say is America had better wake up, because there are elements in this world who hate freedom, hate our Constitution, and what they could not acheive with war, they are doing with a pen.

Too, too many of us do not read, do not watch the TV news, shallow though it may be, and do not know what a newspaper is. But if you love your freedom, then you need to read this book. Because in a world so bent on controlling it's citizens, we need to be aware. We know more about what goes on in Hollywood, then we know about what goes on in Washington.

Please start awakening by reading this book, and pass it on.
Jones, Kent. (2004). Who's Afraid of the WTO?(Book Review) : An article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
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    Jones, Kent. (2004). Who's Afraid of the WTO?(Book Review) : An article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
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          Snooty waiters, seating by social pedigree, and food copied from the classical French canon--these facts of restaurant life are mostly gone from our modern dining scene. But how did this status-based system, typical of the postwar period, mutate into today's uniquely American fine-dining "experience"--a populist stew of New Californian, ethnic, and domesticated French and Italian cooking? Patric Kuh's The Last Days of Haute Cuisine: America's Culinary Revolution tells all, deftly and with wit. "European gastronomy was about the few," says Kuh, "the American market about the many. When they came together they created a whole new form: the modern American restaurant."

          The story begins in 1939 with the arrival in New York of Henri Soulé, maître restaurateur of the city's very luxe Le Pavillon. It proceeds to explore such dining milestones as the counterculture-spawned Chez Panisse, Spago and other grilled-pizza lodestars, Sirio Maccione's post-elitist Le Cirque, and Danny Meyer's high-end yet democratized Union Square Cafe. It also tells of food deities like Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, James Beard, and Alice Waters--and the cookbook writers, celebrity chefs, and restaurateurs (roles sometimes embodied in a single person) who help craft our modern culinary world. A chef himself, Kuh also presents (sometimes gratuitously) personal anecdotes about the back-of-the-house restaurant cosmos. The Last Days of Haute Cuisine will delight readers with even a passing interest in the American food scene; they will learn much about the restaurant business, its life and lore, and, finally, the way we eat today.

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          Vivid, revealing, and delicious-an insider's social and cultural history of the American restaurant.

          Everyone feels he knows the restaurant business, the next hot restaurant, the celebrity chefs, the latest trend. But how did we get here? With passion and humor, Restaurant Fever traces the evolution of la bonne table Américaine from the 1941 opening of Le Pavillon to restaurants such as Le Cirque, Spago, and Danny Meyer's Union Square group.

          Chef and food writer Patric Kuh brings us inside this high-stakes business through its untold anecdotes, its legendary cooks and bright new stars, and his own reminiscences and reflections. Old-timers from Le Pavillon recount the rise, glory, and fall of Henri Soulé. Chez Panisse originals tell how the Berkeley counterculture propelled its creation. Here are all the personalities, the visionaries, and the writers-from Julia Child to M.F.K. Fisher to James Beard-who created our modern gastronomic world. Restaurant Fever is the story of the liberation of ethnic cuisine and what happened when haute cuisine came to America and its elitist principles met our populist beliefs.

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          2 out of 5 stars Read if you must.......2006-01-11

          Reading this book, I find that the author's ego interferes often with the documentation of how America went from Haute cuisine to the modern "American" restaurant. One particular passage paints his mother (a cook) in the same light as Elizabeth David and M.F.K.Fisher, and leaves me wondering why, if she was so enlightened, do I not see her book on the shelf. Throughout the book, he comes off as an average cook that could no longer take the heat, and left the kitchen to write.

          With about 30 pages left to go, I cringe each time I reach for the book to attempt to finish it as what the author must perceive as colorful writing becomes more laborious with each page.

          That said, there is definitely some interesting information, and if you can indeed labor through some of its issues, and weave around the author's bias, you will be somewhat rewarded. (I especially found some of the La Pavillion information interesting after finishing Jacques Pepin's autobiography.)

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          4 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2005-11-28

          In this book, chef and author Patric Kuh explores the rich history of fine restaurants in the United States throughout the twentieth century. It is a story that takes you from La Pavillon to the Four Seasons, Lutéce, and all the way to Le Cirque, Chez Panisse, and Stars. More importantly, it tells the interesting story of the chefs and matre d's who have produced high cuisine in this country.

          I wanted to read it for a few reasons. First, I hoped that it would help connect the dots for me. Any time you pick up a French cookbook, the authors tend to reminisce about restaurants and chefs they liked, but wasn't able to place them in any sort of context. Second, I was interested in seeing where the author went with the book's subtitle: America's culinary revolution. To me, the title implies that haute cuisine is dead.

          For me, the book was successful on both accounts. After reading it, I can finally place many great names and restaurants into their appropriate historical and cultural contexts. For example, I knew that Troisgros was a great chef, but I didn't know where he fit into things.

          As for Kuh's second point, I thought that his analysis was interesting, insightful, and subtle. This doesn't mean that I agree with him. If he wanted to show that haute cuisine is dead in this country, I don't necessarily think that he's correct. The food hasn't changed terribly much, but the atmosphere of the gastronomical restaurant has undergone a revolution. The exclusivity of haute cuisine, combinant with the notion that dining is meant to demonstrate class rather than seek pleasure, are two ideas that have lost popularity over time.

          There are some things that I don't particularly like about the book. Unlike other reviewers, I don't mind the manner in which the narrative is presented. Yes, it might seem like rambling, but it does enrich the story. What I don't like:
          1. There's so much French in the beginning. If you feel the need to understand everything Kuh says, be prepared to read the book with your copy of the Larouse Gastronomique (what? you don't already have a copy? get one!) close at hand. Specifically, many dish names are not translated. This, of course, serves a point. Earlier in the twentieth century, restaurants had menus primarily in French. Today, many gastronomical restaurants have menus in English.
          2. I think the book would have been better if it had been longer. In many instances, Kuh gives a glimpse of a name or a restaurant but then never explores it. It leaves me wanting to know a lot more than the author gives me. If you're reading the book for its historical narrative (rather than the foodie angle), you'll probably be frustrated that the author doesn't cast his net wider and deeper. However, this book is ostensibly meant for ordinary people. It isn't meant to be an academic work, and so it can't be criticized for not delivering.

          All in all, this is a good book. Don't be discouraged mid-course; the real gem of the book is the last chapter.

          1 out of 5 stars Sigh..........2005-03-27

          It's hard not to love the idea of this book, just as it is easy to hate marred execution. A fascinating botch job, but still a botch.

          As seems to be the case with the authors of many social histories, Kuh is so enamored with the fact that he got to this idea first--and it is a "why-didn't-I-think-of-that? one--that he inserts his story into the mix; in this case, he'd like to see a parallel to Joyce's Portrait of the Artist--but he ain't Joyce, and clearly isn't much of a cook. He's a great hypocrite, however: I found it hilarious that a guy critiquing culinary elitism continuously throws out french dishes without translating or providing an explanation of the dish. You will be amazed at how little discussion of food there is in here.

          I won't dwell on the grammatical errors or preening prose--other reviews have--but I will say that the most dishearterning aspect of the book is the author's inability to get over himself, which severely limits his coverage. Clearly, he's not good enough of a writer or thinker to understand his own bias--because he fetishizes the past; makes his time in the kitchen (60s and 70s) to be the most important era in food history (of course!); and then tries to act like a distant, objective journalist for the present, treating it like clinical, lifeless business. This supposed distance kills the book's intent: instead of tracing the evolution of the American restaurant, he ends up lionizing the past and trashing the last twenty years of professional cooking, which get few pages and absolutely no discussion about the food produced. It's remarkable, given all that has transpired in the last 15 years, that he spends no energy on the fact that America is the culinary center of the world, yet can come back to talk about Henri Soule again and again.

          The book you're looking for has not been written yet.

          2 out of 5 stars William Faulkner writes a Food Book.......2004-04-15

          I couldn't follow this book until the last 4 chapters. Kuh does not write with any sense of order, pattern, or routine. The beginning chapters are a mess.

          It's just so hard to follow...reminds me of the first section in The Sound and the Fury.

          I suppose if you are very familiar with US FOOD HISTORY you can figure it out. I am not. I am well versed in Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. I bought this book to enlighten myself and learn about the history of American Cuisine.

          Having said that, the last 1/3rd of the book is pretty good. My favorite parts are the history of Chez Panisse (co-ed naked cooks) and the opening of Le Cirque in Vegas.

          I am glad I read it, but it took too much work to enjoy.

          Like a tough steak.

          5 out of 5 stars The Last Days of Haute Cuisine.......2004-03-12

          Patric Kuh is a food critic for Los Angeles Magazine currently, although he has been a chef and has traveled widely. He grew up in Spain and Ireland, then headed to France to learn cooking. He spent some time working in the kitchen of "21" in New York and then for a San Francisco couple before ending up in Los Angeles. This book describes and explains the evolution of fine cuisine in the United States from the introduction of French cooking in the 1939 Chicago World's Fair to the foundation of Alice Water's Chez Panisse (and beyond). The writing is lucid and interesting. Highly recommended.
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                    Volume: v56 Issue: n3 Page: p8(5)

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                    The Banker's Portfolio of Model Letters
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                      Donald L. Henry , and Fay W. Henry
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                      A bevy of brokers and bankers enlivens NEPA conference.: An article from: The Newsletter on Newsletters
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                          Title: Bricks AND Clicks.
                          Author: Steve Bergsman
                          Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
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                              Author: Sadu Thinakal
                              Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
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                                  Standard & Poor's 401K Planning Guide
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                                  Standard & Poor's 401K Planning Guide
                                  Alan J. Miller
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                                  Some 16 million Americans already invest in 401(k) plans, and new regulations are expected to attract millions more. This huge audience will embrace the 401k's use for tax, financial, and retirement planning, evaluate investment choices, monitor performance, handle rollovers and payouts, and much more. Featuring reader-friendly worksheets and sample portfolios, this authoritative guide is a sure bet for all 401(k) participants seeking to maximize their financial future.

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                                  3 out of 5 stars Good Book - Old Information.......2003-09-09

                                  The author and the organization did a great job of covering the topic, however. The however is that it should be disclosed that much has changed in the qualified plan area, tax law changes and such, that effects this books revelance. I would encourage a update - or encourage readers to buy another book. Avoid this title until it is updated. This is not a place to be behind the curve.

                                  5 out of 5 stars A must for fresh graduates and starters in 401K too!.......2000-10-11

                                  I remember during my first job after graduating, our HR rep was telling me about my company's 401K plan and how good it is compared to others given the plan options and company match and boy did I turn a deaf ear to her! Like many new graduates I was just happy to get the paycheck and had no clue about retirement plans and IRAs. The older wiser employees used to talk about 401K during lunch etc and I wouldn't know what the hell they are talking about. I did figure out that it is something 'good' and everyone is ought to enroll.

                                  I finally went to the bookstore and picked this book (at random). It turned out to be a life saver. It clearly explains what actually 401 plans are and how they work. It did not assume any previous knowledge on the subject. The book talks about the legal aspects of the plan as well and ofcourse how the employees can take advantage of this. You will clearly understand pre-tax deductions, company match, taxes relevant to 401K, what plan administrator is, what kind of different plan options are out there etc.

                                  Most importantly it gives you an idea as to how you can set financial goals for your retirement and based on that and your age now how much you should contribute to your plan. There are many other facts about 401K covered such as taking a loan out of your 401 if you want to buy a house for instance. Ofcourse there are some 'penalties' associated with it and the book does a great job explaining those.

                                  After reading this book I realized how important it is to enroll ASAP in 401K plan coz why the hell you'd want to miss out on $ for $ company match. Its literally free money for god sake!

                                  5 out of 5 stars A nice overview of how to handle your 401k plan.......1998-12-26

                                  This book does a great job of handling the task of explaining 401k investment options, asset allocations, and 401k distributions. The sample asset allocations for different styles of investors are great examples. Unfortunately the book does not cover Roth IRAs as the book was published before Roths came out. Otherwise a great book.

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