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  • Community Economic Development in the United States

    The CDFI Industry and America’s Distressed Communities

    by Oscar Gonzales, James L. Greer ...
    This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement. Community development is now a multi-billion industry in the US. Hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), located in all regions of the country, have successfully forged locally-based strategies that provide affordable housing, foster business ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

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  • Saving Capitalism

    For the Many, Not the Few

    by Robert B. Reich ...
    From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it.Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new ... Read more

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  • The Thought of Work

    by John W. Budd ...
    John W. Budd's The Thought of Work provides a much needed and highly eloquent statement of the meanings and orientations to work across time and nations. It is essential reading for students of work from senior scholars to beginning undergraduates.— Randy Hodson, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences The Ohio State University and past editor ― American Sociological ReviewBy ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Storytelling Organizational Practices

    Managing in the quantum age

    by David M. Boje ...
    Once upon a time the practice of storytelling was about collecting interesting stories about the past, and converting them into soundbite pitches. Now it is more about foretelling the ways the future is approaching the present, prompting a re-storying of the past. Storytelling has progressed and is about a diversity of voices, not just one teller of one past; it is how a group or organization of ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • What Does It Mean to Be White?

    Developing White Racial Literacy – Revised Edition

    by Robin DiAngelo ...
    Series Book 497 - Counterpoints
    What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most white people cannot answer that question. In the second edition of this seminal text, Robin DiAngelo reveals the factors that make this question so difficult: mis-education about what racism is; ideologies such as individualism ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Offshoring of American Jobs

    What Response from U.S. Economic Policy?

    by Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Alan S. Blinder ...
    Series series Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy at Harvard University
    Two leading economists discuss a range of issues relating to the “offshoring” of American jobs, from free trade to unemployment levels.It is no surprise that many fearful American workers see the call center operator in Bangalore or the factory worker in Guangzhou as a threat to their jobs. The emergence of China and India (along with other, smaller developing countries) as economic powers has ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Customer Visits: Building a Better Market Focus

    Building a Better Market Focus

    by Edward F. McQuarrie ...
    Visits to customers by a cross-functional team of marketers and engineers play an important role in new product development, entry into new markets, and in exploring customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The new edition of this widely used professional resource provides step-by-step instructions for making effective use of this market research technique.Using a wealth of specific examples, ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets

    by Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos ...
    Series Book 45 - Research in Labor Economics
    The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills. Concerns that economic restructuring and changing skill needs associated with new technologies and workplace organization practices will not be met by ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • The Robots are Coming

    A Human's Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation

    by John Pugliano ...
    A practical guide to surviving—and even thriving—in the new economy where nearly any job can be automated with artificial intelligence.Let's face it: robots are coming for your job. Regardless of your profession, degree or experience, there is no escaping the automated future. However, you can take steps today that will guarantee you not only survive, but thrive in this new economy.The Robots Are ... Read more

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  • Internet Sex Work

    Beyond the Gaze

    by Teela Sanders, Jane Scoular, Rosie Campbell, Jane Pitcher, Stewart Cunningham ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book takes readers behind the screen to uncover how digital technologies have affected the UK sex industry. The authors use extensive new datasets to explore the working practices, safety and regulation of the sex industry, for female, male and trans sex workers primarily working in the UK. Insights are given as to how sex workers use the internet in their everyday working lives, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Formative Period of American Capitalism

    A Materialist Interpretation

    by Daniel Gaido ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in Business History
    Applying certain Marxist categories of analysis to the study of American history, the central thesis of this outstanding book is that the main peculiarity of American historical development was the almost direct transition from a colonial to an imperialist economy. Expertly dealing with such topics as:* the American Revolution and the Civil War against the background of the European bourgeois ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VIII

    Post-Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2013

    Edited by Yuhsuke Koyama, Takao Terano, Yutaka Nakai ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities. This book includes selected papers presented at the Eighth International Workshop on Agent-Based ... Read more

    $89.99 USD