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WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE AMERICAN CAPITALISTIC ECONOMY: A PRIMER

Economists generally agree that the new global economy has raised living standards for people around the world. But they also acknowledge that it has suppressed the incomes of low-skilled workers in rich countries such as the United States. Indeed, some economists blame income inequality for the rise of the terrorist organization ISIS and for the increase in suicides among middle class white Americans. And the diminishing economic status of the American middle class is fueling voter unrest during the 2016 presidential...

Patents are a time-honored and proven tool for protecting inventions. Since patents have critical importance for the success of a company, expert patent management has become a core task in technology-oriented organizations. This textbook shows how it is possible to proactively boost a company's success through a three-stage patent management process.

The Generalised System of Preferences, known as GSP, is defined as "a formal system of exemption from the more general rules applied by the European Union on its trade relationship with third countries." Specifically, it is a system of exemption from the GATT MFN clause that obligates WTO member countries to treat the imports of all other WTO member countries not worse than they treat the imports of their "most favoured" trading partner. The objective of GSP is to assist developing countries on poverty reduction, by helping them to generate revenue through international trade. In EU law,...

This book is related to the development of intraregional commercial exchanges in the region of the Indian Ocean. This issue is addressed from an economic as well as from a legal point of view. The contributions, in English and French, aim to present an overview of the economic, customs-related, technical, legal and cultural restraints that hinder the creation of a free trading area.

Cet ouvrage est consacre au developpement des echanges commerciaux intraregionaux dans la region de l Ocean Indien. Cette question est examinee sous un angle politique, economique et juridique. Les...

En esta obra el autor realiza un anAlisis de los principios fundamentales del Derecho Mercantil, y se cuestiona hasta dOnde el Derecho Mercantil tradicionalmente catalogado como "Derecho privado" estA inmerso, permeado y orientado por la equidad y la justicia contractual, pretendiendo resolver la cuestiOn de hasta dOnde este ha sido excluido de la exigencia de mantener un equilibro contractual, en pro de la libertad de contrataciOn o autonomIa de la voluntad. Para ello se plantean los lImites que tiene el lucro comercial mAs allA de la libertad contractual y la influencia que en ellos...

En esta obra el autor realiza un anAlisis de los principios fundamentales del Derecho Mercantil, y se cuestiona hasta dOnde el Derecho Mercantil tradicionalmente catalogado como "Derecho privado" estA inmerso, permeado y orientado por la equidad y la justicia contractual, pretendiendo resolver la cuestiOn de hasta dOnde este ha sido excluido de la exigencia de mantener un equilibro contractual, en pro de la libertad de contrataciOn o autonomIa de la voluntad. Para ello se plantean los lImites que tiene el lucro comercial mAs allA de la libertad contractual y la influencia que en ellos...

Seit Jahrzehnten fuhren Sozialwissenschaftler und politisch interessierte Zeitgenossen einen Streit um die Typologie des Franco-Regimes in Spanien (1936/1939-1975). Die Brisanz des Themas liegt darin, dass es sich nicht nur um eine wissenschaftliche, sondern zugleich um eine politisch-ideologische Debatte handelt. Setzten die Diskutierenden den Franquismus zuerst mit Faschismus gleich, kamen (vor allem in der Phase des Kalten Krieges) alternative Charakterisierungen hinzu: Militardiktatur, Nationalkatholizismus, Autoritarismus oder konservative Entwicklungsdiktatur.

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