During the first two decades of this century, Sir William Mackenzie was one of Canada's best known entrepreneurs. He spearheaded some of the largest and most technologically advanced projects undertaken in Canada during his lifetime -- building enterprises that became the foundations for such...

How can today's workforce keep pace with an increasingly competitive global economy? As new technologies rapidly transform the workplace, employee requirements are changing and workers must adapt to different working conditions. This volume compares new evidence on the returns from worker...

During the first three decades following the Second World War, an increasingly open international trading system led to unprecedented economic growth throughout the world. But in recent years, that openness has been threatened by increased protectionism, regional trading arrangements—Europe...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Britain and Europe 1924-1931: the failure to reach agreement -- 2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-1932 -- 3. The steel industry under protection -- 4....

Frontmatter -- Preface / Préface -- Example of a telegram / Exemple d'un télégramme -- Table of Contents / Table des Matières -- Index of Roots (Syllabes Radicales) -- Sundries -- Divers. -- Tabel 1 - 36 -- Index of Text -- Index du texte -- Front Matter 2 -- Mutilation Key for "Völlers'...

This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the United States over the past few decades,...

Using two polygenic scores (PGS) for educational attainment in a biomedical study of all those born in a single week in Great Britain in 1958 we show that the genetic predisposition for educational attainment is associated with labour market participation and wages over the life- course for men...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Influences, Approaches, and Arguments -- 1. Competition under Capitalism -- 2. Exchanging Production for Markets -- 3. Law as Leveler -- 4. Designs on Monopoly -- 5. The Revival of Competition -- 6. Remaking Monopoly for the Twenty-First Century -- Coda:...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. WOOL AND SHEEP -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. English Wool -- CHAPTER THREE. Merino and Crossbred Wool -- PART II. WOOL MANUFACTURES -- CHAPTER FOUR. Early History -- CHAPTER FIVE. Organization -- CHAPTER SIX. State Control -- CHAPTER...