wyszukanych pozycji: 7
A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
ISBN: 9780226249841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Workers compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement.
In A Prelude to the Welfare State, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators... Workers compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States before social security, Medicare, or unemployment...
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Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership
ISBN: 9780226082448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The urgent demand for housing after World War I fueled a boom in residential construction that led to historic peaks in home ownership. Foreclosures at the time were rare, and when they did happen, lenders could quickly recoup their losses by selling into a strong market. But no mortgage system is equipped to deal with credit problems on the scale of the Great Depression. As foreclosures quintupled, it became clear that the mortgage system of the 1920s was not up to the task, and borrowers, lenders, and real estate professionals sought action at the federal level. "
Well Worth Saving"... The urgent demand for housing after World War I fueled a boom in residential construction that led to historic peaks in home ownership. Foreclosures a...
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180,18 zł |
Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890-1930
ISBN: 9780195067255 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examination of the labor market. It regards the economic lives of the bituminous coal miners in the early twentieth century. Fishback's analytic framework encompasses competition among employers for labor, the legal environment, institutional development in response to transactions costs as well as the impact of labor unions on the coal industry. Utilizing economic theory and statistics, Fishback reveals the models hidden in the descriptions of events,...
While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examinatio...
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492,79 zł |
Government and the American Economy: A New History
ISBN: 9780226251288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In "The Government and the American Economy, " leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America's open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source o... |
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Public Choice Essays in Honor of a Maverick Scholar: Gordon Tullock
ISBN: 9781461370604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the most prolific, original, and versatile scholars of his generation. Tullock is best known for his pioneering work in Public Choice, the study of how self-interested individuals interact with governments. Tullock's research in public choice has contributed to the understanding of the decisions made by elected officials and bureaucrats, as well as knowledge and how individuals and pressure groups both inside and outside the government seek to shape it.
Public Choice Essays... In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the most prolific, original, and versatil...
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384,63 zł |
Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9780226073842 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? Has the onset and spread of crises changed over time? How have previous policy interventions either damaged or improved long-run market performance and stability?
This volume begins to answer these questions, providing a much-needed context for understanding recent events by examining how historical housing and mortgage markets workedand how they sometimes... The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were t...
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518,70 zł |
Public Choice Essays in Honor of a Maverick Scholar: Gordon Tullock
ISBN: 9780792377153 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the most prolific, original, and versatile scholars of his generation. Tullock is best known for his pioneering work in Public Choice, the study of how self-interested individuals interact with governments. Tullock's research in public choice has contributed to the understanding of the decisions made by elected officials and bureaucrats, as well as knowledge and how individuals and pressure groups both inside and outside the government seek to shape it.
Public Choice Essays... In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the most prolific, original, and versatil...
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384,63 zł |