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  • The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development

    Eight Essays on Trade and Tariff When Factors Move with Special Reference to Canadian Protectionism, 1870-1955

    by J.H. Dales ...
    Series series Heritage
    Canadian historians have always looks favourably on Macdonald's national policies, including the protective tariff. On the other hand, the canons of economic theory have little or nothing to say in favour of protection. Professor Dales attempts in these essays to bridge this gap between trade theory and the standard interpretation of Canadian development.In the first three essays he is concerned ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Direct Foreign Investment in Asia and the Pacific

    Edited by Peter Drysdale ...
    Series series Heritage
    This volume appears at a time when there is tremendous interest in direct investment of one country in the industry of another. It brings together papers by leading economists from North America, Australia and Asia, and provides an excellent introduction to this currently important economic issue.The contributions include original and comprehensive surveys of experience with, and policies towards, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Tariff and Science Policies

    Applications of a Model of Nationalism

    Series series Heritage
    This controversial analysis of economic nationalism will interest economists and those concerned with nationalism and the competitive position of Canadian manufacturing. It is the first attempt to test empirically an economic model of nationalism, a model which implies than an emphasis on nationalism ultimately reduces economic efficiency – with low-income groups bearing most of the resultant cost ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Regulation by Municipal Licensing

    Series series Heritage
    Municipal licensing serves a variety of regulatory purposes such as consumer protection and public health and safety. The municipal licensing power is delegated from the provincial government, up to the present, municipalities have been restricted to enumerated, specific powers, and the result has been the growth of a disorganized and unwieldy accumulation of bylaws, many of which conflict or are ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The State, Business, and Industrial Change in Canada

    Series series Heritage
    The late twentieth century has seen profound changes in the character of the international economic order. According to the authors of this study, Canada has failed to come to terms with those changes. Our industrial policy is diffuse, ad hoc, and sectoral. Michael Atkinson and William Coleman argue that in order to analyse Canada’s industrial policy effectively, particular attention must be given ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Playing The Field

    Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them

    “Details how owners . . . have shamelessly played cities against one another to get sweetheart deals for their stadiums.” —Sports IllustratedCan a sports franchise “blackmail” a city into getting what it wants—a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms—by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Good Society

    The Human Agenda

    The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with “common sense raised to the level of genius” (The New Yorker).This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture. Arguing that it is in the best interest of the United States to avoid excessive wealth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of Work

    Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America

    Argues the cause of unemployment may be the government itselfRedefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself. ... Read more

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  • The People Link

    Human Resource Linkages across The Pacific

    Edited by A.E. Safarian, Wendy Dobson ...
    Series Book 3 - HSBC Bank Canada Papers on Asia
    This volume is the third in a series that examines Canada's economic relationships with the countries of East Asia. The purpose of this volume is to illuminate the links among the peoples of the region that Canadians needs to understand when doing business abroad or cooperating with East Asians in North America. The book's six papers examine the role of culture in institutional similarities and ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Constitutional Law for the Criminal Justice Professional

    Written in a simple, straightforward manner, this book will help today's criminal justice student better understand con law issues as well as the complicated development of constitutional rights and law. In its simple, easy to understand format, this book is a must for both current criminal justice professionals and students studying to enter the p ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • NASA and the Space Industry

    Series series New Series in NASA History
    A timely exploration of the relationships between NASA and the private sector: “An interesting read.” —SpaceflightFew federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA’s relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often been described as “partnerships.” These have ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • China And Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats, And Culture

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    Series Book 13 - East Asian Institute Contemporary China Series
    The reemergence of China as a political force has triggered sharp reassessments of its future role in the Asia-Pacific region. There has been much hyperbole about China's economic power, especially if it is linked with the entrepreneurial talents of the ubiquitous Chinese spread around the globe. Some countries have been encouraged to sound warning bells about China's future ambitions to dominate ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Monopolies in America

    Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates

    In this incisive and comprehensive history, business historian Charles Geisst traces the rise of monopolies from the railroad era to today's computer software empires. The history of monopolies has been dominated by strong and charismatic personalities. Geisst tells the stories behind the individuals--from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie to Harold Geneen and Bill Gates--who forged these ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Regulation for Revenue

    The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions

    A Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publicationOver the past two decades Americans have become increasingly skeptical about the benefits of community growth and hostile to new taxes--while continuing to demand improvements in local services. One response to this tension has been a burgeoning movement to raise public revenue by regulating growth.In this timely book, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Beyond the Broker State

    Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961

    Series series The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Series on Business, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy
    Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln both considered small business the backbone of American democracy and free enterprise. In Beyond the Broker State, Jonathan Bean considers the impact of this ideology on American politics from the Great Depression to the creation of the Small Business Administration during the Eisenhower administration. Bean's analysis of public policy toward small business ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • World War 3.0

    Microsoft, the US Government, and the Battle for the New Economy

    by Ken Auletta ...
    The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence becomes commonplace. In the blink of an eye-or the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Private Markets for Public Goods

    Raising the Stakes in Economic Reform

    This book studies the effects of incorporating market incentives into the public goods arena. Carol Graham examines the effects of market-based strategies on the performance of public institutions, the political sustainability of market reforms, and equity. In so doing, she examines a variety of reform experiences in the realms of education, health, social security, and state- owned enterprises ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Acquisition Management

    Your Step-by-Step Guide to Today's Best Procurement Practices"Acquisition Management is a great book for those in the government acquisition business. It is complete and well documented. I was especially impressed with the format which makes it valuable for training people new to the acquisition field and as a reference to those with more experience."Brig. Gen. James C. Dever, Jr.USAF (Ret. ... Read more

    $92.99 USD

  • The Privacy Papers

    Managing Technology, Consumer, Employee and Legislative Actions

    Today, more than ever, organizations have to cope with increased concerns regarding privacy issues. These concerns are not limited to consumer fears about how information collected by Web sites will be used or misused. They also involve broader issues, including data collected for direct response marketing, privacy of financial and health records, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Constraints and Impacts of Privatisation

    Edited by V. V. Ramanadham ...
    This book contains papers on some 25 countries written by experts directly connected with privatisation, either as academics or as policy makers and practitioners, with a comparative review at the end by the editor. It highlights the major factors in the success and the failings of privatisation attempts in different countries in Europe, America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. In ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Governance, The State, Regulation and Industrial Relations

    by Ian Clark ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    This book examines the legacy of economic and political aims and objectives formulated by the British government during, and immediately after the second world war. It examines contemporary patterns of regulation by the state, and reform in the industrial relations system as factors of these historically embedded influences. This book makes an important contribution to the history and theory of ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Sociology of the Health Service

    The Sociology of the Health Service responds directly to the need to develop a sociological analysis of current health policy. Topics covered vary from privatisation and health service management to health education and the politics of professional power. Also included is an histroical review of sociology's contributions to health policy and proposals for an agenda for sociological health policy ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations
    The voluntary nonprofit sector is now involved in all aspects of people's lives. The management of such organizations has never been of more interest than it is now, and the sector as a whole is in a period of great change. Well-meaning amateurs are being replaced by highly committed and professional leaders, and one in every six employees in the service sector is now working in the voluntary ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • China and the Long March to Global Trade

    The Accession of China to the World Trade Organization

    On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). China and the Long March to Global Trade examines the prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event. This edited collection assumes little prior knowledge of the Chinese accession process yet provides an in-depth examination of the related issues. It is therefore sui ... Read more

    $62.99 USD