We know that personal finance should be simple math: spend less than what comes in the door. Yet we also know thatpeople being peoplethis is rarely done with ease. Enter Mark Butlers winsome, original work on the psychology of money. While encountering a variety of irrepressible characters and their all-too-human stories, were presented a compelling new paradigm through which to finally see who we are in relation to our personal money. In Zen Money Blues, this proves to be a most humorous and satisfying journey.

Lion Hearted Love is a rowdy, fun look at the marital partnership — love included, money included, sacrifices included — over the long arcs of time. The modern agenda for marriage is ambitious It's to be a partnership of romantic love and robust economy and individual fulfillment. Did we say ambitious? Mark Butler, maestro of the alt-money universe, delivers once again. Expect a little wisdom, a little practical advice, and a trove of kicky and poignant stories about the crazy things we humans can do in this domain.

This book reviews the evolution of labour law within the EU, analyzes the distinct regional approaches to employment and welfare, and looks at the pressures for change within a further enlarged EU. The authors then provide an outline of employment law in each of the 28 member states (including Croatia which joined the EU in 2013), and in Turkey (an aspirant member state). In the three years since the first edition of this book was published in 2007, much more information has become available on employment law in the new accession countries, which has now been incorporated into the second...