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Making Markets, an ethnography of Wall Street culture, offers a more complex picture of how the market and its denizens work. Not merely masses of individuals striving independently, markets appear here as socially constructed institutions in which the behavior of traders is suspended in a web of customs, norms, and structures of control. Within these structures we see the actions that led to the Drexel Burnham and Salomon Brothers debacles not as...

Monograph on the future of capitalism in the USA - predicts that the present-day business-oriented society will make way for another kind of civilization, similar in some ways to a centrally planned economy. References.

Monograph on world food security and the prospects for future food shortages due to population growth - proposes such measures as birth control, voluntary dietary change in the developed countries, agricultural development to increase food production in the developing countries, etc. Graphs, references and statistical tables.

The conditions and issues of child labor are explored in a survey of 15 countries. Annotation. An unprecedented number of children around the world are working today. This volume is a must-have, up-to-date survey for student research. In the 15 examined countries, poverty, lack of education, gender inequity, the demands of the global marketplace, and easy sex tourism are key factors contributing to the child labor crisis. Each chapter depicts the...

"What will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twenty-first century? The world's foremost expert on business leadership distills twenty-five years of experience and wisdom based on lessons he has learned from scores of organizations and businesses to write this visionary guide. The result is a very personal book that is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future." "The pressures on organizations...

Based on Current Population Survey data and using 1990 as the benchmark year for studying baby-boomer women (those born between 1946 and 1964), discusses the effects of population dynamics, women's labour force participation, and income sources on women's retirement. Includes projections to 2030.

"Incorporating cutting-edge research, leading labor economists analyze the future of unionism in both the United States and abroad. They agree that unionism in the traditional sense is declining and there needs to be another form of representation. They explore new forms of unionism modeling, highlight new constituents, and outline future directions for union organizing as well as nonunion programs promoting positive human resource management. The...

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In this...

In the aftermath of the Cold War era, a new world order is being created at an extraordinary pace. Europe is becoming a more unified power, Germany is assuming a central role within that power, NATO is looking for a new mission, the former Soviet Union has ceased to be a superpower threat, and the United States is going through its own superpower adjustments. As these dramatic shifts occur, a crucial question for world stability is the future relationship...

Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from manufacturing, retail, and financial services, to transportation, agriculture, and government. He suggests that it is time to prepare ourselves and our institutions for a...