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The Disposable American

By: Louis Uchitelle

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A timely, eye-opening account from an award-winning reporter that reveals how layoffs in America are counterproductive and what companies can do to avoid them and help create jobs, benefiting workers, corporations, and the nation as a whole. “Effectively wrecks the claim that all this downsizing makes the country more productive, more competitive, more flexible…. A strong case that the whole middle class is at risk.” —The New York Times Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way. In The Disposable American, Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all income levels. Through portraits of both executives and workers at companies such as Stanley Works, United Airlines, and Citigroup, Uchitelle shows how layoffs are in fact counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. Recognizing that a global competitive economy makes tightening necessary, Uchitelle offers specific recommendations for government policies that would encourage companies to avoid layoffs and help create jobs.

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0307279707

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The Disposable American

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Making It

Why Manufacturing Still Matters

By: Louis Uchitelle

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Making It

Why Manufacturing Still Matters

By: Louis Uchitelle

A veteran New York Times economics correspondent reports from factories nationwide to illustrate the continuing importance of industry for our country. In the 1950s, manufacturing generated nearly 30 percent of US income. But over the decades, that share has gradually declined to less than 12 percent, at the same time that real estate, finance, and Wall Street trading have grown. While manufacturing’s share of the US economy shrinks, it expands in countries such as China and Germany that have a strong industrial policy. Meanwhile Americans are only vaguely aware of the many consequences—including a decline in their self-image as inventive, practical, and effective people—of the loss of that industrial base. Reporting from places where things were and sometimes still are “Made in the USA”—New York, New York; Boston; Detroit; Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana; Los Angeles; Midland, Michigan; Milwaukee; Philadelphia; St. Louis; and Washington, DC—Louis Uchitelle argues that the government has a crucial role to play in making domestic manufacturing possible. If the Department of Defense subsidizes the manufacture of weapons and war materiel, why shouldn’t the government support the industrial base that powers our economy? Combining brilliant reportage with an incisive economic and political argument, Making It tells the overlooked story of manufacturing’s still-vital role in the United States and how it might expand. “Compelling . . . demonstrates the intimate connection between good work and national well-being . . . economics with a heart.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work

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The New Press

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1620971011

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9781620971017

Making It

Why Manufacturing Still Matters

By: Louis Uchitelle

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Karl Marx and the World Socialist Panorama

By: Louis Patsouras

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Karl Marx and the World Socialist Panorama

By: Louis Patsouras

This work on socialism and its near variants is a comprehensive study of its history from the Old Stone Age to the present, employing the disciplines of history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology. This work features mainly the thought of Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels, but it does not neglect other socialists and anarchists, including Plato, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Michael Bakunen, Peter Kropotkin, V.I. Lenin, Thorstein Veblem, Jean-Paul Sartre, and many others. Through the work, Patsouras examines prominent socialist thinkers within the world’s great religions, placing emphasis on Jesus of Nazareth, who expressed the wishes of the oppressed poor to rid themselves of their rulers and usher in a society of equality and prosperity The work sketches the class struggles of the peasants in Europe in the late middle Ages and Early Modern Times, as well as the great Taiping Rebellion in China. Patsouras examines and compares socialism in the U.S., Western Europe, Russia, and China. Attention is also paid to Russia, the former Soviet Union, and China and their socialist and near-socialist systems inspired by Marx, as well as the changing composition of the working classes throughout the world-and their efforts to survive and prosper in a capitalist hegemony.

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1665549319

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9781665549318

Contemporary Business

By: Louis E. Boone,David L. Kurtz

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Contemporary Business

By: Louis E. Boone,David L. Kurtz

Contemporary Business 14th Edition gives students the business language they need to feel confident in taking the first steps toward becoming successful business majors and successful business people. With new integrated E-Business context throughout the text, it provides a new approach. Another addition is the "Green Business" boxes in every chapter to provide student's with more Green Business information. All of the information provided is put together in a format easy for all students to understand, allowing for a better grasp of the information.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470531290

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9780470531297

Contemporary Business

By: Louis E. Boone,David L. Kurtz,Michael H. Khan,Brahm Canzer,Rosalie Harms,Peter M. Moreira

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Contemporary Business

By: Louis E. Boone,David L. Kurtz,Michael H. Khan,Brahm Canzer,Rosalie Harms,Peter M. Moreira

Enable students to evaluate and provide solutions to today's global business challenges and thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. Rooted in the basics of business, Contemporary Business, 4th Canadian Edition provides students a foundation upon which to build a greater understanding of current business practices and issues that affect their lives. Written with attention toward global technology trends, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Contemporary Business, 4th Canadian Edition encourages learners to grow and leverage intercultural aptitude, real-world problem-solving, and data analytics skills.

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1119905818

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The Disposable American

The Disposable American

The Disposable American

The Disposable American

Making It

Making It

Making It

Making It

Karl Marx and the World Socialist Panorama

Karl Marx and the World Socialist Panorama

Contemporary Business

Contemporary Business

Contemporary Business

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