A thorough analysis of where U.S./European relations have gone wrong--and how to set them right
We have entered a new age of political engagement, one in which the ideological schism between Europe and the United States has widened to levels not seen since World War II. While many Europeans accuse the U.S. of an overly simplistic, m ...

Bioterrorism Preparedness, Attack and Response, Volume 4 (Advances in Health Care Management)

Author: John Blair, Myron Fottler, Hon. Albert C. Zapanta

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 30, 2004)

Media: Hardcover, 384 pages

Price: $89.99

ISBN-10: 0762311053

ISBN-13: 9780762311057

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A volume that provides a view into the world of Bioterrorism and how it could affect the healthcare system of the United States. It will lead the reader along a journey that shows ramifications to health, politics, and everyday common actions. The book starts out by informing the reader of biological agents and then leads into how organizations and t ...

Crisis, Stabilization, and Economic Reform: Therapy by Consensus (Clarendon Lectures in Economics)

Author: Michael Bruno

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 30, 1993)

Media: Hardcover, 320 pages

Price: $13.50

ISBN-10: 0198286635

ISBN-13: 9780198286639

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This book examines the phenomenon of the high inflation processes of the 1970s and 1980s as exemplified by Argentina, Brazil, and Israel. It explores the common characteristics of such processes and their possible cures--with some emphasis on the lessons of the Israeli experience in respect of the role of incomes policy and the political economy of s ...

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The Principles of Scientific Management

Author: Frederick Winslow Taylor

Publisher: Dover Publications (July 8, 1997)

Media: Paperback, 76 pages

Price: $21.99

ISBN-10: 0486299880

ISBN-13: 9780486299884

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The basis of modern organization and decision theory, this influential essay has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique for more than 80 years. The author discusses eliminating inefficiency through a system based on principles applicable to individual and collective activities. A ground-breaking, and still-inspiring work.
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A Critical Bibliography of Adam Smith

Author: Keith Tribe, Hiroshi Mizuta

Publisher: Pickering & Chatto Publishers (November 2002)

Media: Hardcover, 402 pages

Price: $191.00

ISBN-10: 1851967419

ISBN-13: 9781851967414

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This is a critical bibliography of Adam Smith. It takes as its starting point the Vanderblue Collection of Smithiana held by the Kress Library and its accompanying published catalogue. This bibliography updates the catalogue, which only had a very limited original circulation. The problem with Adam Smith is not one of attribution but the re-shaping o ...

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Geeks and Geezers

Author: Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas

Publisher: Harvard Business Press (August 8, 2002)

Media: Hardcover, 224 pages

Price: $26.95

ISBN-10: 1578515823

ISBN-13: 9781578515820

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Today's young leaders grew up in the glow of television and computers; the leaders of their grandparents' generation in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups-affectionately labeled "geeks" and "geezers"-legendary leadership expert Warren Bennis and leadership consultant Robert Thomas se ...

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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell

Author: Oren Harari

Publisher: McGraw-Hill (January 25, 2002)

Media: Hardcover, 278 pages

Price: $18.95

ISBN-10: 0071388591

ISBN-13: 9780071388597

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The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and USA Today Business Bestseller!

WORDS, WISDOM, AND INSIGHTS FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST COMMANDING FIGURES

Inspiration from the man who went from humble beginnings in Harlem to the office of Secretary of State

Colin Powell is the class ...

Crisis on the Korean Peninsula : How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea

Author: Michael O'Hanlon, Mike M. Mochizuki

Publisher: McGraw-Hill (July 29, 2003)

Media: Hardcover, 172 pages

Price: $0.01

ISBN-10: 0071431551

ISBN-13: 9780071431552

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"In describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place."

--Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Pro ...

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means

Author: George Soros

Publisher: PublicAffairs (May 5, 2008)

Media: Hardcover, 208 pages

Price: $22.95

ISBN-10: 1586486837

ISBN-13: 9781586486839

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In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions ...

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Economic Analysis of Law in China

Author: Thomas Eger, Michael Faure, Zhang Naigen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing (September 30, 2007)

Media: Hardcover, 324 pages

Price: $124.00

ISBN-10: 1847200362

ISBN-13: 9781847200365

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`This is an extremely valuable collection of essays on modern Chinese law viewed through the lens of the law and economics movement. China is developing very rapidly and law is now understood to provide the essential framework for economic development - provided the law itself is economically rational. The essays in this volume are e ...

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