Autore	Skrabec Quentin R.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina	338.973
Soggetto topico	Deindustrialization - United States
ISBN	1-62894-062-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface; Chapter 1. The Prelude - The Mont Pèlerin Society; Chapter 2. America's Different Path; Chapter 3. America's First De-Industrialization; Chapter 4. A New World Order; The Effects of Rising Fuel Prices; Chapter 5. Lordstown, The Rouge, and Conneaut; Chapter 6. And the Wolf Finally Came - the 1970's; Chapter 7. Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley Falls; Chapter 8. For Whom the Bell Tolls - The Year 1982; Chapter 9. Rubber Falls; Chapter 10. The Mon Valley Collapses; Chapter 11. The Heartland Feels the Pain; Chapter 12. Barbarians at the Gate in Detroit Chapter 13. De-Industrialization of an American Company - Jones & Laughlin (aka LTV)Chapter 14. Mont Pèlerin's Camelot in the 1990's; Chapter 15. Who Killed Saturn?; Chapter 16. Tale of the Last Two Cities; Chapter 17. A Post Industrial Age?; Chapter 18. Maybe We Need to Revisit a Whig Party Platform?; Timeline; Bibliography
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910792160403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (158 p.)
Disciplina	338.973
Collana	Technical report
Soggetto topico	Public works - Government policy - United States Infrastructure (Economics) - Government policy - United States Technological innovations - Government policy - United States Public buildings - United States - Design and construction
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""FEDERAL POLICIES TO FOSTER INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""LEHIGH UNIVERSITY""; ""TECHNOLOGY""; ""GOVERNMENT ROLE""; ""MANAGEMENT""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""KEYNOTE ADDRESS ""; ""NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""OPENING REMARKS: PUBLIC BENEFIT OF INNOVATION IN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE""; ""LEHIGH UNIVERSITY""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS TO CHANGE ""; ""SMITH, HINCHMAN AND GRYLLS ASSOCIATES""; ""BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS""; ""RISK EXPOSURE"" ""LIMITED SERVICE CONTRACTS""""INCREASED COMPETITION/DECREASED COMPENSATION""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS TO CHANGE""; ""CHARLES E. SMITH COMPANIES""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS TO CHANGE ""; ""FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION""; ""FUNDING""; ""FRAGMENTATION""; ""DEVELOPMENT""; ""EDUCATION""; ""PAROCHIALISM""; ""IMPLEMENTATION""; ""REDUCTION IN SUPERSTRUCTURE DEAD LOAD""; ""INCREASE IN SPAN LENGTH OF PRE-CAST BEAMS""; ""REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF SUPPORTING GIRDERS""; ""FUTURE""; ""RECAPITULATION""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER"" ""IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS TO CHANGE """"STEINBERG AND ASSOCIATES""; ""THE PROJECT""; ""STRUCTURING AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT""; ""BARRIERS TO AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""SUCCESS IS NOT SERENDIPITOUS: MAKING CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION WORK IN THE REAL WORLD ""; ""NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""EXPERIENCES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ""; ""BOUYGUES GROUP""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""EXPERIENCES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ""; ""SHIMIZU CORPORATION""; ""NATIONAL R&D PROJECTS (1994)""; ""FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION (INTERNATIONAL VERSION)"" ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""""EXPERIENCES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ""; ""NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH INNOVATIVE PRACTICE ""; ""NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY OPENING REMARKS""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH INNOVATIVE PRACTICE ""; ""E.I. DUPONT DENEMOURS AND COMPANY, INC.""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH INNOVATIVE PRACTICE ""; ""CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY""; ""AN AGENDA FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE""; ""INTERIOR SYSTEMS""; ""ENCLOSURE AND STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS""; ""HVAC SYSTEMS"" ""TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS""""CONCLUSION""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH INNOVATIVE PRACTICE ""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH INNOVATIVE PRACTICE ""; ""CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTITUTE""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER""; ""PARTICIPANT WORKSHOPS: LEVERAGING FEDERAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO PROMOTE INNOVATION IN THE U.S. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY""; ""CONSULTING ENGINEER OPENING REMARKS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORKSHOPS""; ""TECHNOLOGY""; ""GOVERNMENT ROLE""; ""MANAGEMENT""; ""ABOUT THE SPEAKER"" ""PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO MAKE INNOVATION PART OF THE PROCESS ""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451839203321

Autore	Kumhof Michael
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009
Descrizione fisica	23 p. : ill
Disciplina	338.973
Altri autori (Persone)	LaxtonDouglas
Collana	IMF Working Papers
Soggetto topico	Finance, Public - Econometric models Debts, Public Accounts current Fiscal policy Banks and Banking Exports and Imports Public Finance Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects Debt Debt Management Sovereign Debt Current Account Adjustment Short-term Capital Movements Finance Public finance & taxation International economics Real interest rates Government debt management Public debt Current account Current account deficits Interest rates Balance of payments
ISBN	1-4623-1641-7 9786612844386 1-4527-0667-0 1-4518-7384-0 1-282-84438-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- 1. IMF WEO and CBO Baseline Deficit and Debt Projections for the United States -- 2. CBO Long-Term Projections for U.S. Fiscal Deficits and Debt -- II. The Model -- A. Households -- 3. Dissaving and the Role of the Planning Horizon -- B. Firms -- 1. Manufacturers -- 2. Distributors -- 3. Retailers -- C. Government -- 1. Budget Constraint -- 2. Fiscal Policy -- 3. Monetary Policy -- D. Equilibrium and Balance of Payments -- III. Calibration -- IV. Permanent Increases in Fiscal Deficits -- A. U.S. Fiscal Deficits -- 4. One Percentage Point Deficit Shock, Instrument = Taxation, Part I -- 5. One Percentage Point Deficit Shock, Instrument = Taxation, Part II -- 6. One Percentage Point Deficit Shock, Instrument = Taxation, Part III -- 7. Current Account Deficit and the Planning Horizon -- 8. Real Interest Rate and the Planning Horizon -- B. Sensitivity Analysis -- C. Small Open Economies -- 9. One Percentage Point Deficit Shock in a Small Open Economy -- 10. Large Open Economy Dissaving -- 11. Small Open Economy Dissaving -- V. Conclusion -- References -- Footnotes.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910829094303321

Autore	Kahn Si
Pubbl/distr/stampa	San Francisco, California : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina	338.925 338.973
Altri autori (Persone)	MinnichElizabeth Kamarck
Soggetto topico	Privatization - United States Democracy - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-29941-7 9786612299414 1-60509-270-3 1-60509-271-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Table of Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface: Who We Are, Why We Care; Introduction: A Road Map; PART I: Public, It's Ours; Private, It's Theirs; Chapter 1 "Morning in America"?; Chapter 2 Drawing the Line: Private Versus Public Goods; Chapter 3 Introducing Corporations; Chapter 4 Forms of Privatization; PART II: Privatization at Work; Chapter 5 A Worst-Case Scenario: For-Profit Private Prisons; Chapter 6 Tracking and Backtracking Politicians; Chapter 7 Keep the Paying Guests Coming: Filling Up the Prisons; Chapter 8 We Love This Problem: Lives for Sale Chapter 9 Don't Fence Me In: Private Walls and Public Rights Chapter 10 Privatizing Against Equality; Chapter 11 Minds for Sale; Chapter 12 Privatizing Social Security: A Case Study of Ideology, Strategy, Tactics; PART III: The Great Divide; Chapter 13 The Two Cultures of the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 14 Appreciating the Public Sector; Chapter 15 A Fable, and a Fabulous True Story; Chapter 16 An Offer No Corporation Could Refuse; PART IV: Freedom, Revolution, Progress; Chapter 17 The American Dream-Always at Risk; Chapter 18 Differing Visions, Conflicting Values Chapter 19 "Trickling Down" into the 1980's and 1990's Chapter 20 Methods That Affect Our Lives; Chapter 21 Resistant Strengths; Afterword: Returning Home, Remembering Meanings of Freedom; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Resources; About the Authors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456982003321

Autore	Fried, Edward R.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Torino] : Centro di ricerca e documentazione Luigi Einaudi, 1978
Descrizione fisica	92 p. ; 21 cm
Disciplina	338.973
Altri autori (Persone)	Trezise, Philip H.
Collana	Quaderni di Biblioteca della libertà
Soggetto non controllato	Stati Uniti d'America - Sviluppo economico
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	ita
Titolo uniforme
Record Nr.	UNIPARTHENOPE-000015336