Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Anyone wondering what that “values” buzz after the 2004 election was about, and what it means for business, religion and politics, will find solid answers in this analysis by a former Clinton aide, one of the masterminds behind the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign and [...]
From Library Journal
In this well-written work, global strategy consultants Fairbanks and Lindsay address the issue of competitiveness in the developing world and advance ways to build and sustain macro, long-term competitive advantage. The authors first identify seven opportunities for leveraging a country’s comparative advantage, among them improving [...]
Over the past three decades, nearly every Central American nation has been at some stage of revolution, and understanding the numerous conflicts required a keen grasp of local politics. The facts were especially hard to discern because other countries, principally the United States, were throwing their weight [...]
Over the past three decades, nearly every Central American nation has been at some stage of revolution, and understanding the numerous conflicts required a keen grasp of local politics. The facts were especially hard to discern because other countries, principally the United States, were throwing their weight [...]
Editorial Reviews
It’s become clear by now the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in most places around the globe hasn’t ushered in an unequivocal flowering of capitalism in the developing and postcommunist world. Western thinkers have blamed this on everything from these countries’ lack of [...]
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“Should economics take account of neuro-physiological data? Can subjective states of mind play a useful role in economic analysis? These and other provocative questions are examined and debated in this fascinating volume of essays from some of the deepest thinkers in contemporary economics.”–Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate in [...]
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Schwartz-Nobel, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award, follows up her groundbreaking 1981 expos‚, Starving in the Shadow of Plenty, with a new report, aiming to tell additional stories of America’s hungry children-reportedly more than 12 million in number-because “[n]umbers are for the [...]
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
In this well-written work, global strategy consultants Fairbanks and Lindsay address the issue of competitiveness in the developing world and advance ways to build and sustain macro, long-term competitive advantage. The authors first identify seven opportunities for leveraging a country’s comparative advantage, among them [...]
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Williams, the editor of the journal Gender & Society and author of Still a Man’s World, takes the Nickle and Dimed approach to toy retailing by working as a cashier in a high-end and a big box toy store for six weeks each, turning [...]
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“Fang recounts all this easily and with a measure of suspense, like a superb newscaster and commentator. The text is meticulously researched and hence full of details, including anecdotes. But its richness is balanced by a narrative style and language that is concise, lucid, yet [...]
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