Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nation's economic performance.
Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year and, if they pay an average $1,000 to recruiters, moving workers over borders is a $10 billion a year business.
Much of the world's economic activity takes place in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we have taken for granted for hundreds of years now.
A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.
This book addresses some of the most urgent global problems in today's world from a geographical perspective and highlights contemporary environmental, political, economic, social and geoethical aspects.
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2022: Politics * Winner of the 2024 Hayek Book Prize, Manhattan InstituteHailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2022, The Myth of American Inequality demonstrates that the federal government egregiously overstates the degree of inequality and poverty in the world's wealthiest nation.
This book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains.
Japan and a Pacific Free Trade Area by Kiyoshi Kojima presents a visionary framework for fostering economic development and trade integration across the Pacific region.
Work-Life Advantage analyses how employer-provision of family-friendly working arrangements - designed to help workers better reconcile work, home and family - can also enhance firms capacities for learning and innovation, in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage and socially inclusive growth.
This book analyzes empirical data from three specific Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) designed to establish rules for the conservation and management of fish stocks in the ocean, in order to assess their effectiveness in converting science into policy for the recovery and maintenance of fishery populations.
This book builds on the highly successful Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment, and Society (2014) and investigates the geography of beer from two expanded perspectives: culture and economics.
While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic features.
This volume discusses how different geographical spaces can enhance or hinder the capacity of a variety of organizational settings to achieve economic value creation in the pursuit of sustainable regional development.
Diagnosis of the Brazilian Crisis delves into the complexities of Brazil's socio-economic challenges during a turbulent period of its history, offering a critical perspective on the role and responsibility of intellectuals in times of national crisis.
Clothes are inherently geographical objects, yet few of us consider the social and economic significance of their journey from design to production to consumption.
The Political Economy of Germany in the Twentieth Century offers a comprehensive examination of how political decisions have shaped the economic trajectory of Germany from World War I onward.