Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy is the first book to explore the broad implications of the convergence of … at the state and local levels. In this book, David Hess explores the politics of green energy and green jobs, linking the … prospect of a green transition to tectonic shifts in the global economy. He argues that the relative decline in U.S. economic …

industries in order to explain contemporary rationalization and restructuring in manufacturing. …

In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and … that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no … advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Reversing a famous …

of lean manufacturing made famous by Toyota with genuine worker empowerment unlike anything at Toyota, Worker Leadership …How can American manufacturing recapture its former dominance in the globalized industrial economy? In Worker … manufacturing processes (as well as a monetary share of the savings from productivity gains). Stahl develops this new Theory of …

This collection of articles in investment and portfolio management spans the thirty-five-year collaborative effort of … composition. Volume II covers the authors' work on analysts' expectations; performance evaluation of managed portfolios, including … commodity, stock, and bond portfolios; survivorship bias and performance persistence; debt markets; and immunization and …

guidelines for future policy formation. Volume 2: Energy, the Environment, and Economic Growth presents a new econometric general …