Author: Dean Baker Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 160994478X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 183
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For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy id sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001. Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy blunders and greed led to the catastrophic --but completely predictable --market meltdowns. An expert guide to recent economic history, Baker offers policy prescriptions to help prevent similar financial disasters.
Author: Dean Baker Publisher: ISBN: 9780369371096 Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
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Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles, explains how policy changes since 1980 laid the groundwork for catastrophic - but completely predictable - market meltdowns, and offers prescriptions for avoiding these disasters in the future. Dean Baker argues not only that competent economists should have recognized the developing housing bubble, but also that policy makers and the media cheerfully neglected those economists who did predict danger. Baker doesn't engage in 20 - 20 hindsight, but thoroughly documents how fundamental policy shifts destabilized the economy and eroded the broad prosperity of the post - war period. His expert analysis explains the outcomes clearly so we can prevent similar financial disasters. ''Dean Baker warned us what was coming. Now we can read why Dean got it right when so many experts were blind. The story is intriguing - and deeply disturbing.'' - William Greider, national affairs correspondent, The Nation, and author of Come Home, America
Author: Steve Behling Publisher: Disney Electronic Content ISBN: 1368106943 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 30
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From mates to Green Goblin’s ‘mateys’! Green Goblin turns Peter’s beloved Aunt May and others into his own Pirate Army in this fun and exciting story. It’s up to Spidey and his friends to stop—and save—their family and friends. Only together can they send Gobby Pirate ‘walking the plank.’ Audio narration brings the story to life in this enhanced eBook, while word-for-word highlighting text makes it easy for the reader to follow along. Pirate Plunder Blunder is sure to thrill young Spidey fans as they immerse themselves in the excitement of Team Spidey's latest heroic adventure! Read about more of Team Spidey's amazing adventures in these books! Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Construction DestructionSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Team Spidey Does it All! Comic ReaderSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Panther PatienceSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Meet Team SpideyWorld of Reading: Spidey Saves the DayWorld of Reading: Super Hero Hiccups
Author: Chris Browne Publisher: Jove Publications ISBN: 9780515108842 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 128
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He might have a rough exterior, but Hagar's got a heart of gold--the 14-carat kind. With his merry bunch of Vikings, Hagar continues his blundering, plundering ways--racking up sales with each voyage.
Author: Steven P. Erie Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804782180 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 360
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The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government. But the Golden State's governance flaws reflect worrisome national trends with origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Growing voter distrust with government, a demand for services but not taxes to pay for them, a sharp decline in enlightened leadership and effective civic watchdogs, and dysfunctional political institutions have all contributed to the current governance malaise. Until recently, San Diego, California—America's 8th largest city—seemed immune to such systematic governance disorders. This sunny beach town entered the 1990s proclaiming to be "America's Finest City," but in a few short years its reputation went from "Futureville" to "Enron-by-the-Sea." In this eye-opening and telling narrative, Steven P. Erie, Vladimir Kogan, and Scott A. MacKenzie mix policy analysis, political theory, and history to explore and explain the unintended but largely predictable failures of governance in San Diego. Using untapped primary sources—interviews with key decision makers and public documents—and benchmarking San Diego with other leading California cities, Paradise Plundered examines critical dimensions of San Diego's governance failure: a multi-billion dollar pension deficit; a chronic budget deficit; inadequate city services and infrastructure; grandiose planning initiatives divorced from dire fiscal realities; an insulated downtown redevelopment program plagued by poorly-crafted public-private partnerships; and, for the metropolitan region, inadequate airport and port facilities, a severe underinvestment in firefighting capacity despite destructive wildfires, and heightened Mexican border security concerns. Far from a sunny story of paradise and prosperity, this account takes stock of an important but understudied city, its failed civic leadership, and poorly performing institutions, policymaking, and planning. Though the extent of these failures may place San Diego in a league of its own, other cities are experiencing similar challenges and political changes. As such, this tale of civic woe offers valuable lessons for urban scholars, practitioners, and general readers concerned about the future of their own cities.
Author: Robert J. Fritz Publisher: Archway Publishing ISBN: 1480808229 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 146
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Selling a company you own is a huge step. It can be fraught with peril and with those who are eager to take advantage. Exiting your business is almost as difficult as starting it. In Getting Out from Under, author Robert J. Fritz discusses the process of selling one’s own business. Based on his personal experiences of both owning and selling his business, Fritz covers the: Emotional angst of parting with one’s business Empty feeling that can come from life without it•Realization that one might not have enough cash for retirement Desire to make sure one’s loyal employees do not get harmed Amount of work one must do to part with a privately-owned business Admonition to not avoid unpleasant thoughts, but to address them and plan for them A guidebook to selling your business, written by someone who’s been through it successfully, Getting Out from Under helps business owners who want to protect their wealth, secure their family’s future, and feel good about it.
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