by John R. MacArthur (2000)
"This expose shows us how Washington works to make something happen, even when confronted with widespread popular opposition. It chronicles the brutal and expensive campaign in 1993 that led to passage of the poorly understood, highly controversial law creating the North American Free Trade Agreement, but its story is up-to-date.". "John R. MacArthur, investigating the political and public-relations tactics of the Democratic-Republican big-business coalition that favored NAFTA, shows in dramatic detail just how the major players - Gore, Bradley, Clinton, Gephardt, Bush, and the other members of what he calls the bipartisan oligarchy - defeated the ad hoc groups of working people, skeptics, and mavericks on Capitol Hill who questioned the value of a manifestly unpopular bill. We learn how these oligarchs do their business with the Fortune 500 companies dominating American trade policy and how they have disregarded the workers' and environmentalists' concerns they now purport to care about. How NAFTA was put across - or put over on us - is the central story of this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Wensheng Peng, Chang Shu
"This is the first book to collect academic studies examining issues related to the potential internationalization of the remninbi. It considers polisy implications, documents the rising regional importance of the renminbi and discusses key issues in the increasing use of the renminbi in international trade and finance"--Provided by publisher.
Jack Beatty
The World According to Peter Drucker is the first biography and concise intellectual portrait of one of the twentieth century's great minds - "the greatest thinker management theory has produced," in the words of The Economist. Written with Drucker's full cooperation, the book ranges over six decades of Drucker's work from his early antifascist writings to his very latest books. The reader learns the inside story of why Drucker's classic study of General Motors, Concept of the Corporation, was scorned by GM's storied chairman, Alfred P. Sloan; watches over Drucker's shoulder as he virtually invents management and management theory; and notes the recurring paradox of Drucker's career: the "man who invented the corporate society" has been a sometimes sulphuric critic of capitalist excess. Indeed, Drucker, the author writes, should be seen as "a moralist of our business civilization."
Kenichi Ohmae
A critical appraisal that challenges the Japanese to reacess how they see themselves and their responsibilities to other countries. Offers an objective analysis of the economics of international competition and shows ways to preserve jobs and free trade.
Linda Richardson
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