On business & economics / / Abraham Kuyper ; edited by Peter S. Heslam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813821203321
• Autore: Kuyper Abraham
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bellingham, WA : , : Lexham Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-68359-450-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 pages)
• Collana: Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology
• Disciplina: 261.85
• Soggetti: Business - Religious aspects - Reformed Church; Economics - Religious aspects - Reformed Church; Business ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Forewords -- Editor's Introduction: Calvinism in Business-An Enlightened Enterprise?: Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace, and the Potential of Business (Peter S. Heslam) -- Introduction -- Common Grace at Work -- Particular Grace at Work -- Money as a Social Blessing -- Business as a Calling -- Business and Leadership -- Volume Introduction: Abraham Kuyper and the Economic Teachings of the Heidelberg Catechism: Abraham Kuyper and the Economic Teachings of the Heidelberg Catechism (Jordan J. Ballor) -- Introduction -- Superabundance and the Origins of Economics -- Temporal and Spiritual Goods -- The Divine Source of All Good Gifts -- Sin and Scarcity -- Stewardship and the Essence of Economics -- Property Rights -- Stewardship Responsibilities -- Faithful Labor and Entrepreneurship -- Sabbath and the Goal of Economics -- Rest from Evil -- Rest in God -- Sabbath Work -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread -- Text Introduction -- Commentary on Lord's Day 50 of the Heidelberg Catechism -- You Shall Not Steal -- Text Introduction -- Commentary on Lord's Day 42 of the Heidelberg Catechism -- Remember the Sabbath Day -- Text Introduction -- Commentary on Lord's Day 38 of the Heidelberg Catechism -- Working People and the Church -- Text Introduction -- Working People and the Church -- Sunday Rest and ; Hygiene -- Text Introduction -- Sunday Rest and Hygiene -- Manual Labor -- Text Introduction -- Manual Labor -- I. The Foundations of the Building -- II. Economic and Political Influences -- III. The Government's Jurisdiction -- IV. The Old Guilds -- V. Chambers of Labor -- VI. Church, School, and Police -- VII. Inquest or Organization? -- The Social Question and the Christian Religion -- Text Introduction -- The Social Question and the Christian Religion.; I. Facing the Reality of Poverty -- We Have Been Too Slow to Act -- The Connection between Christianity and the Problem of Poverty -- Human Error and Sin -- II. Jesus and the Social Question -- Jesus: More than a Social Reformer -- By Personal Example -- Organizing the Church -- III. The Socialist Challenge -- Social Distress -- Social Democracy -- The Social Question -- Socialism Is No Temporary Fad -- The Unity and Diversity of Socialism -- IV. A Christian Approach to the Problem of Poverty -- Response to Socialism -- Spiritual and Social Problems -- The Power and Clarity of God's Word -- A Balanced Perspective -- Time for Action -- Draft Pension Scheme for Wage Earners -- Text Introduction -- Draft Pension Scheme for Wage Earners -- Protectionism and Materialism -- Text Introduction -- Protectionism and Materialism -- Extracts from Varia Americana -- Human Trafficking -- Text Introduction -- Human Trafficking -- Social Organizations under Our Own Banner -- Text Introduction -- Social Organizations under Our Own Banner -- Employer Organizations -- Group Representation -- Feeding the Nation's Workers -- Text Introduction -- Feeding the Nation's Workers -- The Social Question (1909) -- Text Introduction -- The Social Question (1909) -- Industrial Organization -- Text Introduction -- Industrial Organization -- The Sacred Order -- Text Introduction -- The Sacred Order -- The Social Question (1917) -- Text Introduction -- The Social Question (1917) -- Then and Now -- Anxious Feelings -- Toward Collaboration -- Holy Scripture -- Overcoming Class Difference -- Marxism Watered Down -- Public Services -- No Support in Scripture -- Guilds Have Outlived Themselves -- New Demands -- Employers Hesitate -- Organization Is a Must -- Difficulties -- Organizing Apart -- Peculiar Difficulties -- The Task of Government -- Speech in Parliament -- Our Starting Point.; A Coherent Plan -- A Well-Regulated Body -- Unemployment -- Excess Population -- How to Intercept Unemployment -- Wages -- Alleviation -- Minimal Requirements -- Cooperation a Must -- A Living Wage -- Strikes -- Countermeasures by Employers -- Boycotts -- Sabotage -- Trade Unions -- Picketing -- Working Hours -- The Cooperative Worker -- Time Off -- Requisite Legislation -- Night Work -- Anarchy -- Conclusion -- What Next? -- Text Introduction -- What Next? -- Opening Address at the Meeting of Deputies of the Antirevolutionary Party, Utrecht, May 2, 1918 -- Meditations -- Text Introduction -- Meditations -- Do Not Withhold Good from Those to Whom It Is Due -- Money Is the Answer for Everything -- Woe to Those Who Join House to House -- Woe to Those Who Rise Early in the Morning -- Lovers of Money -- Leftover Fragments -- Do Not Work for the Food that Perishes -- Income and Expenditure -- The Love of Money Is a Root of All Kinds of Evils -- Appendix: Common Grace and Commerce -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- About Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) -- About the Contributors -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- Old Testament -- New Testament.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this anthology of essays, speeches, and relections, we see Kuyper's attempts to think positively and creatively about th ecalling and potential of business. Included are his ideas about economic freedom, the eternal value of earthly work, stewardship and philanthropy, economic globalization, the workings of God's grace in business, and ; the social function of money. From dust jacket.

Migration and remittances during the global financial crisis and beyond / / edited by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen and Dilip Ratha

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956298403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613693327; 9781280782930; 1280782935; 9780821388273; 0821388274
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Altri autori (Persone): Sirkeciİbrahim; CohenJeffrey H (Jeffrey Harris); RathaDilip
• Disciplina: 332/.04246090511
• Soggetti: Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Immigrants - Economic aspects; Emigrant remittances
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Remittance Flows and Practices during the Crisis; Figures; I.1 Resilience of Remittances Compared to Other Financial Flows to Developing Countries; PART I; Chapter 1. Theoretical Appraisal: Understanding Remittances; Chapter 2. Forecasting Migrant Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis; Chapter 3. Economic Crises and Migration: Learning from the Past and the Present; 3.1 Real GDP per Capita with and without the Current Crisis, 1980-2013; 3.2 Population of Ireland during the Nineteenth Century; 3.3 Emigration from the British Isles to the United States and British ; GDP Growth, 1831-19133.4 Emigration of British Citizens from the British Isles to the United States and British GDP Growth, 1853-1913; 3.5 (Lagged) Emigration of British Citizens from the British Isles to the United States and British GDP Growth, 1853-1913; 3.6 Emigration to the United States from Five European Countries and U.S. GDP Growth, 1870-1913; 3.7 Emigration Rates to the United States, 1860-1913; Tables; 3.1 Official Estimates of the Total Number of Foreign Workers in Asian Economies, 1996-2000; 3.8 GDP Growth, Then and Now 3.9 Change in Unemployment Rates for Native- and Foreign-Born Workers, Selected OECD Countries, Third Quarter 2008 to Third Quarter 2009; Chapter 4. Remittance Flow, Working Capital Formation, and Economic Growth; PART II; Chapter 5. The Financial Crisis in the Gulf and Its Impact on South Asian Migration and Remittances; 5.1 Real GDP Growth Rates in Selected Countries; 5.2 Share of Employment across Economic Activities in GCC Countries, 2007; 5.3 Projects Affected by the Crisis in the GCC; 5.4 Government Expenditure in the GCC Countries, 2006-11; 5.5 Estimated Number of Migrants Returning to Kerala Due to Crisis in 2009 5.6 Estimates of Emigrants Returning to South Asia from the Gulf Due to Crisis, 2009; 5.7 Average Cost of Emigration for Different Migration Corridors from Kerala, 2008; 5.8 Channels of Migration by Emigrants, 2007; 5.9 Estimates of Emigrants Who Lost Job in the Gulf but Did Not Return, 2009; 5.10 Flow of Migrant Workers from South Asia to the Gulf, 2005-09; 5.11 Inward Remittances to South Asian Countries, 2000-09; Chapter 6. Gendered Use of Remittances: The United Arab Emirates-Bangladesh Remittance Corridor; 6.1 Bangladeshi Labor Migration to the United Arab Emirates, 1976-2010 6.2 Inflows of Remittances from the United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh, 1998-2011; 6.1 "Near Past" and "Near Future" Use of Remittances by Gender: Household and Migrant Worker Surveys, 2009; Chapter 7 Trends and Correlates of Remittances to India; 7.1 Remittances to India; 7.2 Current Account Inflows, 1991-2009; 7.3 Net Remittances versus Net Capital Inflows, 1991-2009; 7.1 Volatility Measure of Current and Capital Inflows; 7.2 Volatility Measure of Net Current and Capital Inflows; 7.3 Trend in Remittances; 7.4 Correlates of Remittances between 1992 and 2010
• Sommario/riassunto: During the 2008 financial crisis, the possible changes in remittance-sending behavior and potential avenues to alleviate a probable decline in remittance flows became concerns. This book brings together a wide array of studies from around the world focusing on the recent trends in remittance flows. The authors have gathered a select group of researchers from academic, practitioner and policy making bodies. Thus the book can be seen as a conversation between the different stakeholders involved in or affected by remittance flows globally. The book is a first-of-its-kind attempt to analyze the