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1) Flea Markets
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Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
"Do you enjoy hitting the road in search of “treasure”? Whether it’s a day-trip to a nearby town or a longer trip that spans several states, visiting the “fleas” will give you the true measure of a place. In Flea Markets Across the USA, you’ll travel the country learning about flea markets in every region of the United States. Some are known for their goods, others for their size and character. Each has a unique flavor, and finding
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From Asia to Africa, people buy and sell goods all over the world! Learn what various types of foods and goods are sold in markets from all around the globe in this fascinating nonfiction reader. Featuring vibrant photographs, diagrams, and simple, informational text, readers will be engaged in other cultures markets.
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Publisher
Lyryx
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Microeconomics: Markets, Methods and Models provides a concise, yet complete, coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. Our beginning is orthodox: we explain and develop the standard tools of analysis in the discipline. Economic policy is about the well-being of the economy's participants, and economic theory should inform economic policy. So we investigate the meaning of ‘well-being'
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New Prarie Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets is written for applied intermediate microeconomics courses. The book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, and natural resource sectors. The field of agricultural economics is relevant, important and interesting. The study of market structures, also called industrial organization, provides...
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In this travelogue/cookbook, the James Beard Award-winning author of Yucatán takes you on a tour of Mexico’s most colorful destinations—its markets.
David Sterling’s passion for Mexican food has attracted followers from around the globe. Just as Yucatán earned him praise for his “meticulously researched knowledge” (Saveur) and for producing “a labor of...
David Sterling’s passion for Mexican food has attracted followers from around the globe. Just as Yucatán earned him praise for his “meticulously researched knowledge” (Saveur) and for producing “a labor of...
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Publisher
RosettaBooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This is a dictionary of key market and investing terms to help individuals and organizations grow their wealth. A comprehensive financial dictionary with more than 180 terms in such fields as mutual funds, banking, stocks, bonds, tax laws and transactions in the various financial markets presented alphabetically with descriptions.
Everyone needs a dictionary of market and investing terms in today's ever changing and complex marketplace. This is...
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Publisher
SpringerOpen
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state.
The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence - sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain...
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This book analyses the considerable variation in the shares of private provision for core services in education, health and social services, in the Scandinavian countries.The chapters compare countries, service areas, and the for-profit, non-profit and public sectors. Each focuses on different levels of change: the mix of welfare providers, national laws and regulations, governance in municipalities, nursing homes and schools, and finally, the
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Springer Open
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
This book presents theories and case studies for corporations in developed nations, including Japan, for designing strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize threats in business expansion into developing nations. The case studies featured here focus on Asia, including China and India, and use examples of Japanese manufacturers. Five case studies are provided, including Hitachi Construction Machinery and Shiseido in China and Maruti Suzuki...
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Publisher
IntechOpen
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The goal of the project “Robot Competitions Kick Innovation in Cognitive Systems and Robotics” (RoCKIn), funded by the European Commission under its 7th Framework Program, has been to speed up the progress toward smarter robots through scientific competitions. Two challenges have been selected for the competitions due to their high relevance and impact on Europe’s societal and industrial needs: domestic service robots (“RoCKIn@Home”) and...
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Publisher
University of Cininnati Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets draws attention to the simple but elusive architectural space of public and farmers markets. It discusses three seminal types of markets—heritage building, open-air pavilion, and pop-up canopy—demonstrating the characteristics of each type using a mixture of narrative and illustration. The narrative combines historically informed architectural observation with interview material...
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Publisher
Macdonald & Evans
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This historical writing was created by Helen Douglas Irvine (born Helen Florence Douglas-Irvine; 29 February 1880 – 22 May 1946). She was a Scottish novelist, historian, and translator and was one of the Douglases of Grangemuir.
Helen Douglas-Irvine was born in 1880, the daughter of Walter Douglas-Irvine and Anne Frances (née Lloyd). She was one of the first female graduates of St. Andrews University having read History.
Douglas
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Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
State regulation of labour migration is confronted with a double paradox. First, while markets require a policy of open borders to fulfill demands for migrant workers, the boundaries of citizenship impose some degree of closure to the outside. Second, while the exclusivity of citizenship requires closed membership, civil and human rights undermine the state's capacity to exclude foreigners once they are in the country. By considering how Malaysia...
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The ability of the media to affect outcomes in economic and political markets has been well documented. News reporting and advertising influence consumer behavior in goods and services markets by revealing (or selectively revealing) information about a product, acting as agenda setters to influence consumer demand, or enhancing competition in markets by alerting consumers to substitutes. In political markets, they can affect behavior by informing...
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Since the 1950s when countries became concerned that specialization in primary products would lead to steady falls in the purchasing power of primary exports and slow growth, diversifying out of primary products into manufactures has been a major policy objective of developing countries. Indeed, since that time, developing countries generally have become more diversified, but many low income countries remain dependent on a narrow range of primary...
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Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Chosen Children" examines the role of the adoption marketplace in shaping how transracial adoptive families are sorted and matched, and analyzes what these practices suggest about race in the United States. In contrast to previous work on race and adoption markets that focus on the experiences of adoptive parents, Raleigh's project focuses on adoption workers--social workers, attorneys, and counselors. Taking a market approach that treats adoptive...
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Publisher
RosettaBooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Congressman Ron Paul has served as a strong advocate for a free market economy throughout 30 years of service in public office. This book, a collection of three decades' worth of his greatest speeches and debates, provides a comprehensive account of his economic philosophy.
Within these pages, Congressman Paul argues for commodity-backed currency, stronger private property protections, free trade and a reduced role for government in guiding...
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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Corporate executives immersed in the turbulent markets of today face a world not of clear cut moral dilemmas such as right or wrong, or good or evil, but instead must confront large corporate grey areas of lesser good, lesser evil, less true, less unfair, and less unjust. Often these choices become almost indistinguishable.
Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets: Executive Response to Market Challenges sets out a universal moral foundation of corporate...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of transition, says Yochai Benkler in this thought-provoking book. The phenomenon he describes as social production is reshaping markets, while at the same time offering new opportunities to enhance individual freedom, cultural diversity, political discourse, and justice. But these results are by no means inevitable: a systematic campaign...
Author
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The financial sectors in South Asia Region (SAR) are dominated by commercial banks, which account for the vast majority of the financial system's assets. The domestic debt markets including the government bond and corporate bond markets are at an early stage of development and there are few institutional investors. In recent years, countries in SAR have attempted to develop local debt markets, although the pace of development remains uneven and slow...
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