ilość książek w kategorii: 9545
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The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal: Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution
ISBN: 9780765337047 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This budget serves as a blueprint for American Renewal. Its principled reforms empower individuals with greater control over their future. It places great faith in the wisdom of the Founders and promises to renew confidence in the superiority of human freedom. The choice of two futures presented in this budget is premised on the wisdom of the American people to build a prosperous future for themselves and for generations of Americans to come." In its entirety, through the use of... "This budget serves as a blueprint for American Renewal. Its principled reforms empower individuals with greater control over their future. It plac... |
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Towards Competition in Network Industries: Telecommunications, Energy and Transportation in Europe and Russia
ISBN: 9783642642968 / Angielski / Miękka / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical integration, deregulation and privatization are covered. While competition and privatization are rapidly unfolding in telecommunications in Western and Eastern Europe, energy and railway transportation represent sectors of more gradual liberalization. The different market characteristics of telecommunications, energy and transportation raise consistency problems in the fields of deregulation, investment strategies and internationalization. While...
Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical inte...
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402,53 |
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Eu Eastern Enlargement and the Russian Transformation Crisis
ISBN: 9783642642999 / Angielski / Miękka / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two rounds of EU eastern enlargement will pose difficult economic and political adjustment problems. Based on recent analysis one also finds many opportunities for both the EU-15 and the accession countries which, however, face the negative spillovers from the Russian transition crisis. The transformation crisis in Russia is analyzed in its own right and explained via the interplay of domestic reform failure and inadequate external transformation support - including an ill-guided transition approach of the IMF. Based on a broad analysis the ingredients of a successful transformation strategy...
Two rounds of EU eastern enlargement will pose difficult economic and political adjustment problems. Based on recent analysis one also finds many oppo...
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201,24 |
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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty
ISBN: 9780415649827 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dealing with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, this work discusses the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions.
Dealing with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, this work discusses the nature of financial systems ...
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254,64 |
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The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System, 1951-2000 : Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth
ISBN: 9780415651509 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author examines the long run of economic growth in East Asia from 1945 to the present, assessing the various theories put forward to explain the phenomenon, and appraising the various factors which have contributed to economic growth in East Asia.
The author examines the long run of economic growth in East Asia from 1945 to the present, assessing the various theories put forward to explain the p...
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215,45 |
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Technical Knowledge and Development : Observing Aid Projects and Processes
ISBN: 9780415652216 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Development and aid projects often fail to improve technological capacity. Their reform has been a widely acknowledged challenge for three decades. This book demonstrates theoretically and empirically how aid practitioners shape the organizational, social and inter-cultural dynamics of development projects in industry.
Development and aid projects often fail to improve technological capacity. Their reform has been a widely acknowledged challenge for three decades. Th...
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78,32 |
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... Under the Constitution with Liberty and Justice for ALL
ISBN: 9780615691541 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,35 |
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Population Ageing - A Threat to the Welfare State?: The Case of Sweden
ISBN: 9783642264184 / Angielski / Miękka / 123 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the major challenges that population ageing presents in the near future taking Sweden as the case. It outlines actions needed today to prevent a future collapse of important welfare systems.
This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the major challenges that population ageing presents in the near future taking Sweden as the ca...
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402,53 |
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The Age of Austerity: The Global Financial Crisis and the Return to Economic Growth
ISBN: 9781781951446 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The author then puts forth a basic three-part plan calling for (1) fundamental tax and entitlement reform; (2) massive economic stimulus in the form of public and private investment to modernize the country's aging infrastructures; and (3) mortgage relief to revitalize the nation's housing markets. The book concludes with specific policy proposals designed to achieve these goals and return...
The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-...
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520,71 |
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Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources
ISBN: 9780415820950 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's time for a new kind of economy We're overusing the earth's finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth - an economy where the goal is enough, not more. They explore specific strategies to conserve natural resources, stabilize population, reduce inequality, fix the financial system, create jobs, and more - all with the aim of maximizing long-term well-being instead of short-term profits. Filled with fresh ideas and...
It's time for a new kind of economy We're overusing the earth's finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In En...
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112,60 |
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iEmployment: A Voter Guide to Economic Recovery
ISBN: 9781479305872 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States is in a continuing economic slump following the recession of 2008-2009. Author Cantoni provides his view of the causes of the recession and provides suggestions as to how the country can recover. The book is intended as a guide for voters, since elected officials and the folks they hire have the ability to set policies and laws that will accelerate the recovery process (they, of course, also have the ability to drive the economy into the ground). Mr. Cantoni provides his perspective based on his many years of business experience. He is a past president and CEO of four...
The United States is in a continuing economic slump following the recession of 2008-2009. Author Cantoni provides his view of the causes of the recess...
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56,45 |
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The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills
ISBN: 9780465063987 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human healthand have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result, as pioneering public health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu reveal in this provocative book, is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a misguided attempt to balance budgets...
Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disast...
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195,12 |
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The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America
ISBN: 9781595555502 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a nation whose debt has outgrown the size of its entire economy, the greatest threat comes not from any foreign force but from Washington politicians who refuse to relinquish the intoxicating power to borrow and spend. Senator Tom Coburn reveals the fascinating, maddening story of how we got to this point of fiscal crisis--and how we can escape. Long before America's recent economic downturn, beltway politicians knew the U.S. was going bankrupt. Yet even after several so-called -change- elections, the government has continued its wasteful ways in the face of imminent danger.... In a nation whose debt has outgrown the size of its entire economy, the greatest threat comes not from any foreign force but from Washington politi... |
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77,03 |
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Cases on the Diffusion and Adoption of Sustainable Development Practices
ISBN: 9781466628427 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organizations and businesses are applying sustainable development concepts in their management strategies in order to improve and rethink products, processes, services, and policies which will have significant potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, excess consumption, and improve the quality of lives. Cases on the Diffusion and Adoption of Sustainable Development Practices is a collection of case studies on the concepts and theories of successful sustainable practices. It also identifies key mechanisms and strategies that have allowed the successful diffusion of these practices into...
Organizations and businesses are applying sustainable development concepts in their management strategies in order to improve and rethink products, pr...
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896,90 |
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Greece's Horizons: Reflecting on the Country's Assets and Capabilities
ISBN: 9783642345333 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Greek economic crisis has imperilled the stability of the eurozone, generating much global anxiety. Policymakers, analysts, and the media have daily debated the course of the Greek economy, prescribing ways to move forward. This collection of essays progressively moves from an analysis of the causes of the crisis and the policy responses so far to a debate on some of the countryʼs advantages and capabilities that should underpin its new development model and propel the return to growth. The book analytically chooses to view the glass as half-full and seeks to provide motivation... The Greek economic crisis has imperilled the stability of the eurozone, generating much global anxiety. Policymakers, analysts, and the media have ... |
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402,53 |
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Africa Emerges: Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities
ISBN: 9780745661629 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled 'dark continent.' Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and appears ready to play an important role in world affairs. Thanks to shifts in leadership and governance, an African renaissance could be at hand.
Yet the road ahead is not without obstacles. As world renowned expert on African affairs, Robert Rotberg, expertly shows, Africa today maybe poised to deliver real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it... Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled 'dark continent.' Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and politi...
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283,55 |
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Africa Emerges: Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities
ISBN: 9780745661636 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled 'dark continent.' Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and appears ready to play an important role in world affairs. Thanks to shifts in leadership and governance, an African renaissance could be at hand.
Yet the road ahead is not without obstacles. As world renowned expert on African affairs, Robert Rotberg, expertly shows, Africa today maybe poised to deliver real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it... Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled 'dark continent.' Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and politi...
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92,75 |
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Economics, Politics, and American Public Policy
ISBN: 9780765637697 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text introduces students to the interrelationship of politics and economics in American public policymaking: how economic concerns have been legislated into law since Franklin Roosevelt's time and how politics (e.g., Washington gridlock) affects the economy and the making of public policy. Students learn how to measure various indicators of economic performance, how the U.S. economy works (domestically and with international linkages), and how and why policymakers act to stabilise an economy in an economic downturn. Additionally, many social insurance programs (Social Security, Medicare,...
This text introduces students to the interrelationship of politics and economics in American public policymaking: how economic concerns have been legi...
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906,08 |
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Economics, Politics, and American Public Policy
ISBN: 9780765637703 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text introduces students to the interrelationship of politics and economics in American public policymaking: how economic concerns have been legislated into law since Franklin Roosevelt's time and how politics (e.g., Washington gridlock) affects the economy and the making of public policy. Students learn how to measure various indicators of economic performance, how the U.S. economy works (domestically and with international linkages), and how and why policymakers act to stabilise an economy in an economic downturn. Additionally, many social insurance programs (Social Security, Medicare,...
This text introduces students to the interrelationship of politics and economics in American public policymaking: how economic concerns have been legi...
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288,92 |
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Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises : Shifting Budgetary Domains and Temporal Budgeting
ISBN: 9780773541665 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crunch, a pending era of budgetary austerity looms over Canada. Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises provides a roadmap through the difficult fiscal decisions that have characterized contemporary federal politics across four decades. The authors provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the constraints that have affected budgetary outcomes in the recent past and that will affect the near future, with analysis spanning micro, macro, social, environmental, and intergenerational domains. They examine the current Harper government's...
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crunch, a pending era of budgetary austerity looms over Canada. Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises ...
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489,77 |