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Privatization, efficiency, gender, development, and inequalitytransnational conflicts over access to water and sanitation: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva. Boston, MA: South End Press, 2005. Gender, Water, and Development edited by Anne Coles and Tina Wallace. New York: Berg, 2005. Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power by Sanjeev Khagram. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004....; Tags: Dams, DEVELOPMENT, Economy, Evidence, Gender, Hall, Khagram, La, Shiva Corp., Wallace, Water, World Bank, World Wildlife Fund Inc.; Research articles 2008-01-01
Groups versus individuals in Hume's political economy: So great is the force of laws, and of particular forms of government, and so little dependence have they on the humours and tempers of men, that consequences almost as general and certain may sometimes be deduced from them, as any...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, David, Economy, History, John, Oxford University Press, Philosophy, Political, Robert, Smith; Research articles 2007-04-01
Canada's workers movement: uneven developments: WITHIN THE CONTEXT of North America, Canada's economy, politics, and labour movement, as well as the country's diverse cultures, have a dual, almost divided, character. On the one hand, they exhibit highly independent and distinctive features; on the other, they are deeply entwined with--indeed operating in the shadow of and...; Tags: American, Bryan, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., D., David, Economy, Evidence, Fall, Harris, History, James, John, Labor, Palmer, Paul, Political, Politics, Social, Union, White; Research articles 2007-03-22
"Globality" Podcast: Emerging Economies Doing it Their Way: A while back I posted on "Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything," a new book written by three experts from the Boston Consulting Group, Harold L. Sirkin, James W. Hemerling and Arindam K. Bhattacharya. A smart discourse on how local companies in developing economies, such...; Tags: Online Communications, Peter Galuszka, Internet, E-mail, Podcasts, Economy; Blog posts 2008-07-10
7 Key Points of "Globality": While the global economy has been a hot topic for at least two decades, it is in constant need of updating. A new book, "Globality. Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything," written by three Boston Consulting Group experts, does the job nicely. The update, by Harold...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, Free Trade, Outsourcing, Quality, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Economy, India; Blog posts 2008-06-18

Tom Peters: Don't Sweat the Recession: I've posted on some alarmist points of view regarding our economy. It only fits that I should post on Tom Peters' The Train Keeps on Rolling. He notes that despite decades worth of pronouncements of doom on America's position in the world economy, including his own,...; Tags: Economy, Tom, Government, Venture Capital, Vertical Industries, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Fitzgerald; Blog posts 2008-06-11
The loss of agricultural land among black farmers: Section 1 Introduction, Background Information and the Issues Justifications For Researching Black Land Ownership In the political economy of capitalism, access to land ownership ranks high as one of the critical factors of production (Marx 1970 & 1977; Mill 1997; Falk 1996). Not only are landed properties...; Tags: Age, Agriculture, American, Black, Blacks, Economy, Farmers, Gilbert, Hispanic, History, Political, Section, South, U.S. Department of Agriculture, White, Wood; Research articles 2006-06-22
The political quiescence of the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe: an opportunity cost framework: Introduction The early 1990s in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe were a period of unprecedented, large-scale social change. This included a simultaneous transition to democracy and the market under conditions of often severe social-economic hardship, including soaring poverty and unemployment rates and declining industrial output and real wages (UNICEF...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, Central, D., E., East, Economic, Economy, Hungarian, J., Journal, M., Oxford University Press, P., Political, Politics, Press, S., Social, Society, T.; Research articles 2006-06-22
Economy against prescriptivism: internal and expernal factors of language change: Abstract. This paper provides a short overview of some principles of the Minimalist Program, as originally outlined in Chomsky (1995). Within this framework, sentences are constructed in as economic a way as possible, e.g. movement is restricted. I formulate a few of these economy principles more precisely (the Head Preference...; Tags: American, Economy, English, Oxford University Press, Pp; Research articles 2006-06-01
U.S. Economy Most Competitive in the World: Oil's nearing $100 a barrel, and despite the stronger than expected growth rate in the third quarter, business confidence is as low as it was when the economy was just climbing out of a recession in 2002. With so many worrying statistics and gloomy predictions, it's hard to know how...; Tags: World Economic Forum, U.S., Economy, Government, Research & Development, Food & Beverage, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-10-31
Economy Grows While Consumer Spending Stalls: Energy prices continue to soar, the stock market's seen better days and the housing market leaves much to be desired. Is it really wise to get excited over a 3.4 percent growth in the GDP from the first to second quarter? Maybe not. Bloomberg.com attributes the growth...; Tags: Economy, Growth, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Bloomberg.com, Investment, Finance, Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-07-27
How Big Is the U.S. Economy, Really?: It's easy enough to say, "oh, yeah, the U.S. has a $13-something trillion GDP -- it's the biggest economy in the world." But when you take each U.S. state and rename it for a national economy of about the same size, a more telling picture starts to take shape. Strange...; Tags: Andrew Hines, Economy, U.S.; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Is Taking a Vacation Good for the Economy?: In a Sidewalk Stories feature, BNET surveys managers and employees about whether they believe taking a vacation is a help or hindrance to the overall health of the economy.; Tags: Vacation, Economy, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Sidewalk Stories; Videos 2006-01-01
The Concept Of The State In Australian Industrial Relations Theory: Australians are said to have a characteristic talent for bureaucracy; yet they have paid little scholarly attention to the state. The state and its personnel have been an accepted part of the political landscape, examined from time to time by curious...; Tags: A., Adams, Allen, Australian, Cambridge University Press, D., Economy, F., G., H., Hall, History, J., Journal, M., Mitchell, N., O'Connor, P., Politics, S., Social, States, T., Taylor, W.; Research articles 2000-12-01
Constitutionalism In East Central Europe? The Case Of Slovakia Under Meciar: In a recent issue of the East European Constitutional Review, Ewa Letowska recounts the following anecdote: A hungry traveler walks into a shady restaurant in Moscow. He sits down and inspects the menu. "I'll have the pork chops," he says. "We don't have any," answers the waiter. "Well then, I'll...; Tags: American, Art, Berkeley, Cambridge University Press, Central, Constitution, Court, David, East, Economy, Hungarian, John, Laws, Part II, Political, Politics, Press, Rights, Robert, Social, Society, Vol, Weber; Research articles 1999-03-22
Worries about Budget Deficits and Inflation: Let's Avoid Repeating Our Mistakes: There is a lot of concern about the future course of the economy, and there are two separate worries that are getting confused. The purpose of this post is to distinguish between the two sets of worries, and to discuss whether the worries are justified. ...; Tags: Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Budget Deficit, Interest Rate, Banking, Worry, Economy, Reserve, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Government, Finance, Mark Thoma; Blog posts 2009-11-25
Signs of Growth in H2 - Sentance: LONDON (Reuters UK) - There are signs the British economy has returned to growth in the second half of this year, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance told BBC radio on Wednesday.Sentance was speaking ahead of the second reading of Q3 GDP at 9:30 a.m.. The first...; Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Economy, Oukbs, Sentance; News items 2009-11-25
Bank's Sentance Says UK Economy Growing - Report: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's economy probably began growing again in the second half of the year and has a good chance of getting back on the path to low inflation growth next year, Bank of England policymaker Andrew Sentance said on Wednesday.In an interview with Sky News, Sentance said...; Tags: Bank, Economy, Sales Strategy, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2009-11-25
Darling to Cut 2009 GDP Forecast: By Sumeet DesaiLONDON (Reuters UK) - Chancellor Alistair Darling will downgrade the 2009 economic outlook when he presents his pre-budget report next month but still point to growth resuming at the turn of the year as he predicted in April.Treasury sources told Reuters on Thursday that the unexpectedly rapid fall...; Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Economy, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oukbs; News items 2009-11-26
New Rules For Madoff Victims: Infuriated investors who lost massive funds due to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme may receive some of their money back. As Randall Pinkston reports, the IRS has issued new guidelines for fraud victims.; Tags: Victim, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Finance, Evening, Tax, Greed, Corruption, Ponzi, Madoff, Invest, Loan, Lend, Money, Dollars, Billions, Economy, Recession, 2009, Wall Street, Retirement, Pension, 401k; Videos 2009-03-17