"Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman-but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to...

Offers a diagnosis of the country's economic ills and argues that Americans can restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.

After half a decade of austerity based crisis management by international lenders, Greece is still caught up in a debt trap. Two thirds (!) of its youth is out of work and forty per cent of its population lives below the poverty line. Even the IMF has had to admit that stabilization of the country has failed. Is Greece hopelessly corrupt and lazy as a matter of national character? This book starts out by refuting these widespread cultural stereotypes...

What kind of world have we created? Increasing numbers of us live in fear of losing our homes and jobs, many forced to rely on the charity of food banks to feed ourselves and our children. Many of us live on the streets in utter destitution, often with mental health problems, and no-one seems to care. Many more of us live in poor countries where for want of clean water and basic sanitation we must watch helplessly as our children and infants die...

Cet ouvrage définit la notion de revenu minimum garanti avant d'explorer les diverses modalités (minimum social, impt négatif et revenu de citoyenneté) au Canada, aux États-Unis et dans divers pays européens.

Diagnóstico del mercado agrícola y agroindustrial en Colombia. Una estrategia para la reactivación de la agricultura, pretende ser un aporte en estrategias actualizadas y prácticas para incentivar el mercadeo, que estudios de diagnóstico sobre el tema. Entrega una visión global y ordenada de la evolución de la comercialización de productos agrícolas, especialmente de los perecederos que se distribuyen en estado natural o procesados, como...

Are the impoverished victims of circumstance or are they contributing to their situations through their own actions and principles? This perplexing question does not have a simple answer. "Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor" examines both sides of the coin. Written by an economist, the book provides a unique perspective into the study of this emotionally-charged issue. It shows that economic analysis can shed light...

Claude Manzagol (1938-2008) est le pilier de la géographie économique dans le milieu de la recherche francophone. Comprenant un texte inédit de Manzagol lui-même, ce livre dévoile les différents aspects du renouvellement de la géographie économique que cet homme a amorcé et qui doit se poursuivre afin d'apporter des réponses aux principaux problèmes sociaux provoqués par les restructurations économiques en cours.

Rick Roedel provides a comprehensive overview of the loss of manufacturing in America, the effects this loss has had on the U.S. economy, and the important steps that need to be taken in order to bring manufacturing and jobs back to America. As product manufacturing has moved oversees, so have American jobs. To bring these jobs home, Americans must start supporting companies that manufacture here... in the United States.