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Comeback
PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 9.99Charles R. Morris?s The Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2008) was the first book to warn of the impending financial crash in all its horrific scale and speed. Now, with Comeback , Morris reveals that the United States is on the brink of a strong recovery that could last for twenty years or more. The great economic boom times in American history have... more...
Public-Private Partnerships in the USA
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals. This book compares and contrasts PPP research in the UK with that of cases in the USA, including... more...
Public Administration in South Asia
CRC Press 2013; US$ 129.95The south Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka face enormous challenges and opportunities in terms of population growth, localized poverty and prosperity, citizen access to services, governmental transparency, and national security. The first comprehensive, comparative treatment of public administration issues in the region,... more...
The Age of Oversupply
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 14.99Why Western capitalism is broken and how the U.S. can recover its global economic leadership status The governments and central banks of the developed world have tried every policy tool imaginable, yet our economies remain sluggish, or worse. How did we get here, and how can we emerge from the longest downturn in recent memory? Daniel Alpert,... more...
China 2030
World Bank Publications 1905; US$ 29.99China should complete its transition to a market economy through enterprise, land, labor, and financial sector reforms, strengthen its private sector, open its markets to greater competition and innovation, and ensure equality of opportunity to help achieve its goal of a new structure for economic growth.These are some of the key findings of China... more...
Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries
CRC Press 2013; US$ 89.95Although it has been more than 20 years since Communism crumbled in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, many scholars and politicians still wonder what the lifting of the Iron Curtain has really meant for these former Communist countries. And, because these countries were largely closed off to the world for so long, there has yet to be... more...
Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy
Pearson Education 2002; US$ 34.00Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy pinpoints the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers of technology and innovation - and sustain their competitive advantages over time - while others... more...
Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety
IOS Press 2006; US$ 108.00Technology is the key to combating terrorism. The area of intelligent or smart textiles is a discipline with a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. This publication aims to make an assessment of knowledge in the area of intelligent (smart) textiles for personal protection and safety. more...
The Bush Agenda
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99In The Bush Agenda , Antonia Juhasz exposes a radical corporate globalization agenda that has been refined by leading members and allies of the Bush administration over decades and reached its fullest, most aggressive implementation under George W. Bush?and Bush Agenda adherents plan for it to outlast him. Juhasz uncovers the history and key role... more...
The Effects of Taxation on Capital Accumulation
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 39.00Research on capital formation has long been a major focus of studies sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research because of the crucial role of capital accumulation in the process of economic growth. The papers in this volume examine the influence of taxes on capital formation, with specific focus on the determinants of saving and the process... more...









