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The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.
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The train derailment at Hatfield in October 2000, which cost four lives, prompted a national rethink about the state of Britain's railways. The crash has been followed by months of near-paralysis on the system, and has put privatization under the spotlight... [ More...]
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Rail industry insider Andrew Murray presents both a damning indictment of the chaos on the railways over the past seventeen years and a constructive outline of ways the system could be made to work after the demise of Railtrack.
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Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organizational practices, and discursive repertoires of NGOs. Her evidence and insights lead to a different... [ More...]
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An economist traces the evolution of anti-corporate sentiment and shows why much of the criticism of corporations and business people has been misguided.
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Globalization is often described as "Darwinism on steroids" and is a force to be reckoned with. Its goal to improve the economic status of underdeveloped areas of the world is noble enough, but left unchecked, globalization is not always fair and equitable... [ More...]
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The 21st century is widely considered a time when value will be based on knowledge and human capital. This book explores the "new economy" in essays by scholars and researchers from around the world who look at local, regional, national, and transnational... [ More...]
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This visionary book presents an interdisciplinary and cogent approach to the issue of Internet governance and control. By examining five critical areas in which the tension between freedom and control is most palpable—fair competition and open access,... [ More...]
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Levine explains that since 1981, there has been a relaxation in enforcement of federal child labor law provisions in America. He presents the complicated elements and troubling implications of the problem, focusing especially on matters of occupational... [ More...]
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