Labor Policy

Bowe travels around the nation to report on the slave labor that our government and corporations depend on, but are trying their best to disavow or ignore. He presents a sobering look at the moral costs of the cheap goods to which our economy has grown so accustomed.Most Americans would be shocked t... More

"This book could change the TGIF attitude to TGIM--'Thank God It's Monday.'"Ken blanchardAuthor of THE ONE MINUTE MANAGERNow everyone, from secretaries to CEOs, from house painters to housewives, can learn to mix business with pleasure and make every job a labor of love. Here is a practical, down-to... More

This monograph atempts to go to the roots of the current economic slowdown and the drought of new jobs for young people in the country. The monograph ends with detailed proposals for political and economic reforms.A noted columnist and consultant for the top news dailies and magazines like The Hind... More

How to learn about: -- Employment Opportunities-- Working Conditions-- Visa Requirements-- Travel Arrangements-- Selecting a Country-- Life Styles... More

Corporate outsourcing has bitterly divided advocates and critics of free trade; the transfer of jobs overseas to cheaper locations has had a profound effect on dislocated employees and their communities, and, increasingly, it is the high-skill, white-collar positions that are feeling the impact. In ... More

One fallout of globalization is the race to the bottom. This refers to the dismantling of regulatory standards when two or more nations compete over their investments, skilled labor, etc, and ends when the lowest common denominator in terms of cost of capital or cost of labor is reached. This book ... More

This book critically examines the emerging trends in employment and unemployment in the Indian Economy during the post-reform era. Using the latest round of NSS data, the author studies the impact of these structural economic reforms on: Employment generation, with reference to different and competi... More

The world knows that there is a global crisis of inequality in pay. But what caused it? Where is it more and where less severe? What can be done? This book deploys new techniques and a new global data set to advance striking answers to these questions, answers that have eluded even the largest inter... More

Practical advice and proven techniques to succeed and prosper in your home office If you're one of the millions of people currently working out of your home, you know that, along with independence and flexibility, there are challenges. Home office workers face isolation, stress, burnout, time manag... More

The first unified and systematic treatment of the modern theory of bargaining, presented together with many examples of how that theory is applied in a variety of bargaining situations. Abhinay Muthoo provides a masterful synthesis of the fundamental results and insights obtained from the wide-rangi... More

In a study crucial to our understanding of American social inequality, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The "new" sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare st... More

Ignored at worst, seen as ephemeral at best, the Jewish worker remains an anomaly. The cap makers, tinsmiths, diamond workers, and shoemakers who lived on the Lower East Sides, the East Ends, the Pletzls of the major Western cities in the early years of this century have all but faded from memory in... More

This book presents an original economic analysis of the English professional football industry. The economic influences on decisions taken by owners, managers, players and spectators are all considered, using theoretical and empirical methods of economic investigation. The empirical analysis draws o... More