Category: Economy

By Edited by Antonia E. Foias and Kitty F. Emery

"This quantity is the 1st of its style. a posh mosaic of ways a comparatively small past due vintage Maya polity was once economically, socially, and politically prepared. A must-read for all Maya scholars."--James F. Garber, editor of the traditional Maya of the Belize Valley

"The editors have assembled a extraordinary array of proof, together with a number of leading edge analytical tools. The product is an artificial version that might form how we comprehend and research vintage Maya political financial system for the subsequent a number of decades."--Jason Yaeger, writer of vintage Maya Provincial Politics

Scholars have lengthy debated the character of Maya political association throughout the vintage interval (AD 250-950). advanced questions concerning political centralization, fiscal swap, and the position of politics and economics within the upward thrust and cave in of the civilization were tested and reexamined from quite a few views. Antonia Foias and Kitty Emery have assembled a huge selection of essays all keen on a unmarried polity, that of Motul de San José.
by way of providing a coherent interdisciplinary physique of archaeological and environmental info, the quantity deals an intensely deep, centred research of a number of the versions of the traditional Maya political and monetary platforms. study performed over six seasons of fieldwork finds a extra centralized political process than anticipated and uncovers the workings of the traditional monetary constitution. The participants provide new information bearing on how concerned royals and nonroyal elites have been within the politics of within reach states, in addition to an intensive tribute system.

Antonia E. Foias is professor of anthropology at Williams collage. Kitty F. Emery is affiliate curator of the Florida Museum of typical heritage and affiliate professor on the college of Florida.

By Vataliya, K. S.

By Ben S. Bernanke

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By Satya R. Chakravarty (auth.)

The examine of inequality, polarization and poverty is important for realizing the industrial health and wellbeing of the inhabitants of a rustic. Conceptual and methodological advances and higher information have supplied larger insights into those matters in recent times, and it's the goal of the ebook to offer a scientific and updated remedy of the advancements within the topic. either welfare theoretic and descriptive ways are mentioned and, because the health of a inhabitants relies on source of revenue and non-income symptoms, either unidimensional and multidimensional frameworks are considered. The technical phrases and mathematical operations hired to research the implications are defined intuitively in non-technical phrases, and numerical analyses and graphical representations support to demonstrate very important concepts.

By Field A.J. (ed.), Clark G. (ed.), Sundstrom W.A. (ed.)

The quantity comprises six papers in quantitative monetary heritage. Peter Mancall, Josh Rosenbloom, and Tom Weiss examine development in colonial North the US, whereas Gary Richardson examines the position of financial institution mess ups in propagating the nice melancholy. John Komlos examines the heights of wealthy and bad early life in England within the overdue eighteenth and early 19th century. Klas Fregert and Roger Gustafson supply a synoptic view of public funds in Sweden from the eighteenth throughout the 20th century. Drew Keeling reviews the economics of the steamship that facilitated migration among Europe and the us among 1900 and 1914. eventually, Gregg Huff and Giovanni Caggiano study the mixing of work markets in Southeast Asia within the overdue 19th and early 20th century.

By Jan L. van Zanden

The financial historical past of the Netherlands condenses the entire so much modern facts research into one handy quantity. Van Zanden additionally examines the function of the Netherlands within the strategy of eu integration integration and provides an evidence of the good fortune of the 'Dutch task laptop' within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.

By Michael Sumichrast, Martin A. Sumichrast

The main accomplished occupation publication sequence to be had, possibilities In...explores an enormous diversity of professions to assist task seekers locate the activity that is top for them. every one e-book bargains: the most recent info on a box of curiosity education and schooling standards for every occupation up to date specialist and web assets wage data for various positions inside of every one box and lots more and plenty extra

By Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the United States

The nationwide immunization process has completed excessive degrees of immunization, fairly for kids. although, the program faces tough demanding situations for the long run. major disparities stay in assuring entry to instructed vaccines throughout geographic and demographic populations. those disparities consequence, partially, from fragmented public-private financing within which a lot of youngsters and adults face restricted entry to immunization prone. entry for adults lags good at the back of that of kids, and premiums of immunizations if you are specially weak as a result of continual medical conditions reminiscent of diabetes or center and lung affliction, stay low. "Financing Vaccines within the twenty first Century: Assuring entry and Availability" addresses those demanding situations by way of featuring new techniques for assuring entry to vaccines and maintaining the provision of present and destiny vaccines. The publication recommends alterations to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - the entity that presently recommends vaccines - and demands a chain of public conferences, a post-implementation assessment research, and improvement of a examine time table to facilitate implementation of the plan.

By Greg N. Gregoriou

This booklet encompasses a wide variety of themes that bargains with foreign accounting criteria, laws, and monetary reporting. The booklet is a well timed number of numerous unique examine papers written via famous authors and specialists within the box from nations worldwide on vitally important and rising concerns in overseas accounting. end result of the adoption of "International Accounting criteria (IAS) legislation" by means of the eu Parliament in 2002 (N0 1606/2002), indexed businesses within the ecu capital markets are required to enforce IAS by means of 2005. This rules is a progressive one, and accordingly, there's a desire for the kind study that concentrate on the lobbying actions in the direction of the foreign Accounting commonplace Board (IASB). This publication comprises an in-depth assurance of such lobbying actions in addition to an intensive learn papers that target the content material research of the remark letters acquired through foreign Accounting criteria Board (IASB). reasonable worth accounting has won a few detailed curiosity lately. The ebook comprises numerous examine papers on reasonable worth Accounting and its software in numerous international locations. different subject matters coated within the ebook comprise auditing, taxation, and accounting schooling in different nations. As an extra price, the ebook contain a number of chapters that are meant to be considered as academic instruments for nations that don't have monetary and technical assets to set up their very own accounting and reporting criteria. So, it's of serious value for such international locations to have a version to exploit for his or her monetary reporting criteria, and as such, the booklet comprises learn papers that designate how one can undertake foreign monetary reporting criteria in such international locations. specialists within the box from assorted nations together with Australia Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, uk, and the us sign up for forces to carry the newest improvement within the foreign accounting criteria and monetary reporting. This ebook should be a truly important source for schools and universities that experience a path in overseas accounting as part of their undergraduate or graduate curriculum. to boot, the ebook will function an invaluable reference at any educational or expert library around the globe. * contains a wide selection of themes that care for foreign accounting criteria, rules, and fiscal reporting* indicates how one can undertake and enforce overseas monetary Reporting criteria in Transition Economies* Covers reasonable worth Accounting with purposes in diverse nations

By Andreas Bieler

On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the ecu Union (EU). This publication analyzes why those nations joined at one of these second while actually the EU's improvement in the direction of neo-liberal fiscal coverage - embodied within the inner marketplace and covergence standards of the commercial and financial Union - endangered the conventional Keynesian financial coverage making, and at a time whilst the stairs in the direction of a typical international and protection coverage threatened their neutrality.