After half a decade of austerity based crisis management by international lenders, Greece is still caught up in a debt trap. Two thirds (!) of its youth is out of work and forty per cent of its population lives below the poverty line. Even the IMF has had to admit that stabilization of the country has failed. Is Greece hopelessly corrupt and lazy as a matter of national character? This book starts out by refuting these widespread cultural stereotypes...

Claude Manzagol (1938-2008) est le pilier de la géographie économique dans le milieu de la recherche francophone. Comprenant un texte inédit de Manzagol lui-même, ce livre dévoile les différents aspects du renouvellement de la géographie économique que cet homme a amorcé et qui doit se poursuivre afin d'apporter des réponses aux principaux problèmes sociaux provoqués par les restructurations économiques en cours.

Summary of The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon | Includes Analysis Preview: The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an analysis of American growth from 1870 to the present. It focuses especially on the unprecedented "special century" of 1870-1970. Throughout most of human history, economic growth was basically flat or advanced very slowly. After the Civil War in the United States, however, life began to improve exponentially....

Cet ouvrage définit la notion de revenu minimum garanti avant d'explorer les diverses modalités (minimum social, impt négatif et revenu de citoyenneté) au Canada, aux États-Unis et dans divers pays européens.

What is a "green job" anyway? Few can adequately define one. Even the government isn't sure, you will learn in these pages. Still, President Obama and environmentalist coalitions such as the BlueGreen Alliance claim the creation of green jobs can save America's economy, and are worth taxpayers' investment. But in Regulating to Disaster, Diana Furchtgott-Roth debunks that myth. Instead, energy prices rise dramatically and America's economic growth...

Diagnóstico del mercado agrícola y agroindustrial en Colombia. Una estrategia para la reactivación de la agricultura, pretende ser un aporte en estrategias actualizadas y prácticas para incentivar el mercadeo, que estudios de diagnóstico sobre el tema. Entrega una visión global y ordenada de la evolución de la comercialización de productos agrícolas, especialmente de los perecederos que se distribuyen en estado natural o procesados, como...

A highly paradigm shift manifesto that is a call to action to most Zimbabwean citizens with regards to their role in the economics of the country. The citizens are exposed to the priorities they need to be focusing on if the economics of the nation should improve. And part of the advise goes beyond just political revolutions and protests.

Cet ouvrage aborde à la fois les notions d'équité en emploi et d'équité salariale dans les régimes juridiques applicables aux entreprises de compétence québécoise et canadienne. Parmi chacun de ces régimes, il faut encore distinguer un régime général applicable à tous et des régimes particuliers qui s'appliquent à certains employeurs et à certains travailleurs. Dans cette 2e édition, on retrouve des descriptions statistiques mises...

Through this authoritative account of both the historical record and newer findings, the authors help to shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as these: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from Great Britain and Norway 150 years ago. Children of immigrants do better...

Step back in time and learn about the rise of industry in the United States. The past will come to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.