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by Lee E. Ohanian, John B. Taylor, Ian Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book examines the reasons for the unprecedented weak recovery following the recent US recession and explores the possibility that government economic policy is the problem. Drawing on empirical research that looks at issues from policy uncertainty to increased regulation, the volume offers a...
by E. John B. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2002
The state of New Hampshire has a strong skiing tradition to brag about, and in the 1930s, it led the United States in ski activity. The early prominence of Dartmouth College's Outing Club and winter carnival was a major forerunner in the development of the sport and readied the state to receive the alpine...
by Linda E. Skrla, Kathryn B. McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Raise your equity awareness quotient
In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that existing strategies to promote equity are only successful with some of the students in their classes. This book provides teachers with new strategies...
Fear Your Strengths
What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Once you’ve discovered your strengths, you need to discover something else: your strengths can work against you. Many leaders know this on some intuitive level, and they see it in others. But they don’t see it as clearly in themselves. Mainly, they think of leadership development as working on...
I've Been Doing This Since Before You Were Born
A Lesson in Restaurant Etiquette For the Server and the Served
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
If you've ever worked in a restaurant or dined in a restaurant, this book is essential. During the summer of 2011 the unemployment rate in the United States topped 9%. Among those of the United States who were employed, most earn a living in the service industry. Of those in the food service industry,...
Globalization in Africa
Perspectives on Development, Security, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This book presents critical perspectives on the impacts of globalization in Africa with particular reference to the crisis of development and governance, the crisis of peace and security, and the environmental crisis. It explores both global and local factors that exacerbate these crises, and seeks...
Bankruptcy Not Bailout
A Special Chapter 14
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book introduces and analyzes a new and more predictable bankruptcy process designed specifically for large financial institutions—Chapter 14—to achieve greater financial stability and reduce the likelihood of bailouts. The contributors identify and compare the major differences in the Dodd-Frank...
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Documents on Government and the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
This volume includes archival documents and essays exploring the inter-relationship between the government and the economy. In the first piece, Levy, Peart, and Albert examine the one-sided controversy generated by Rose Wilder Lane and V. Orval Watts against a new generation of Keynes-influenced textbooks...
Introduction to Cybercrime: Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century
Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government—international, national, state, and local.
• Provides accessible,...
by Steven E. Kraft, Christopher L. Lant, J. B. Ruhl
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services is the first comprehensive exploration of the status and future of natural capital and ecosystem services in American law and policy. The book develops a framework for thinking about ecosystem services across their ecologic, geographic, economic, social, and...
Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...
Energy Management Principles
Applications, Benefits, Savings
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Energy Management Principles: Applications, Benefits, Savings, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to the fundamental principles and systematic processes of maintaining and improving energy efficiency and reducing waste.
Fully revised and updated with analysis of world energy utilization,...
by Michael L. Pullen, Abby B. Bergman, Judith E. Powers
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Packed with essential forms, letters, charts, and checklists, this easy-to-use kit offers solutions for virtually any leadership or administrative challenge that elementary school principals commonly face.
Supportive Supervision
Becoming a Teacher of Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2004
This highly usable, hands-on guide offers that much-needed and fully integrated support system for the building-level supervisor to truly become a teacher of teachers.