In the 21st century, intangible resources such as knowledge and social capital have become as necessary to the modern economy as coal, diamonds, and oil were to the past. This shift from product-focused to service-focused economies necessitates a drastic re-thinking of the ways in which we...

Get all three comprehensive reports bundled into one for a complete media and communications profile of United States. An excellent source of practical information, this profile offers an extensive dialing guide with city codes, a listing of ISPs and Internet cafes, profiles of the major media...

Money is a primary need when you're on the road and has the potential to cause major stress. Get the upper hand with this informative report on currency, traveler's checks, money wiring, ATMs, banks, and credit cards in United States

Taxation-both corporate and personal-has been held responsible for the low investment and productivity growth rates experienced in the West during the last decade. This book, a comparative study of the taxation of income from capital in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and West...

The Wagner Act of 1935 (later the Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act of 1947) was intended to democratize vast numbers of American workplaces: the federal government was to encourage worker organization and the substitution of collective bargaining for employers' unilateral determination of vital...

The author of the award-winning trilogy A Financial History of the United States now provides a definitive new reference or the major failures of American corporate governance at the start of the 21st century. An essential resource for students, teachers and professionals in business finance,...

<div>Kim Moody was a founder of Labor Notes. He currently lives in the UK where is a member of the National Union of Journalists and a Senior Research Fellow at the Work and Employment Unit of the University of Hertfordshire.<BR><BR></div>

Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Board of Directors -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Part II -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Part III -- Chapter 7 -- Appendix 7A -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Part IV...