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The Silk Road to Riches: How You Can Profit by Investing in Asia's Newfound Prosperity (Financial Times (Prentice Hall))
Yiannis G. Mostrous , Elliott H. Gue , and Ivan D. Martchev Manufacturer: FT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131869728 |
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Very average book.......2007-03-04
Asia, a great opportunity.......2006-06-27
Excellent Overall Perspective.......2006-06-25
Global changes, investment opportunities and risks. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did........2006-06-25
An interesting argument for investing strongly in the booming economy in Asia.......2006-05-23
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Wealth is a powerful tool for both good and evil. It can quickly destroy the fiber of your soul or it can be a source of tremendous blessing for yourself and others. Biblical Roads to Financial Freedom will help you to navigate your way to financial freedom as well as open up doors to spiritual prosperity. You will learn the ten biblical financial principles that are most often violated by Christians. And you will learn the price you pay if you violate these truths. Biblical Roads to Financial Freedom is your personal roadmap wise decision-making regarding the stewardship of your earthly finances. At the same time you will be shown the pathways to create lasting treasures in heaven.Customer Reviews:
What an awesome book!!.......2003-12-07
Purpose Driven Spending.......2003-11-05
True Prosperity.......2003-11-05
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Two Studies in Virtue: The Damascus Road and The Prosperity of His Servant - A Study of the Relgious Movements of the 19th Century and A Study of the Origins of the Balfour Declaration of 1917)
Christopher Sykes Manufacturer: Collins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0000CIIRT |
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Bordering on Chaos: Guerrillas, Stockbrokers, Politicians, and Mexico's Road to Prosperity
Andres Oppenheimer Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co (T) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0316650951 |
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This is an attempt to understand Mexico's steep descent into turmoil, which happened rapidly after the uprising in Chiapas on New Year's Day 1994. Following the assassinations of a presidential candidate and then the congressional leader, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari had barely left office when the peso collapsed. Pursued by allegations of corruption, Salinas then fled the country. Oppenheimer, a reporter for The Miami Herald, argues that the crisis is the result of nothing grander than a turf war within a decrepit ruling party and that the Chiapas uprising is not something new, just another eruption of the Marxist intellectualism that has long flourished in Latin America.Customer Reviews:
Should be required reading.......2003-05-04
GOOD HISTORY, WELL RESEARCHED, FAST PACED READ.......2003-04-12
However, instead of pure history, we are presented with deep character development for the two main actors in this process, Zedillo himself (the president to be) and Subcomandante Marcos, the leader of the Zapatista movement. In this process, we learn of the political ploys adopted by the PRI, the almost monarchic party that led the country for most of the century. These include forays into education, health, and the most important social services. Another important area is the corruption going on at the top levels of the PRI, requiring, for example, that business people contribute a minimum of [several] million to participate in the government, or else be excluded, with all that it entailed. There is less than I would like to know on Carlos Salinas, the now disgraced but formerly darling leader.
Overall, a good history and a well written book. If you have an interest in Mexico, or in the crisis period of the mid-1990s, this may offer some of the pieces that build up a puzzle of it.
Facinating account.......2001-12-14
Andresito has excellent contacts.......2001-02-17
Excellent. Give Us More........2000-12-07
With Zedillo, one can see why two huge accomplishments coincided with his term in office, and went largely unlauded: 1) the payback of the bailout money ahead of time, and 2) the holding of real elections.
Oppenheimer shows Zedillo to be honest and smart--unlike many Mexican politicians, his degree from an Ivy League school was not just window dressing; he really is a trained economist. But he was not very popular. As an uncorruptible technocrat, he never would have gotten the nod to be the new president if not for the assassination of Colosio, whose campaign manager he was at the time of the murder. But once he was thrust in by Fate to the number one spot, he proved unusually effective. He was not fashionable or charismatic, and not very well loved by the electorate, which understandably blamed him for the devaluation which occurred at the very beginning of his term. Carlos Salinas was fashionable and charismatic, and there can be little doubt that the conditions necessitating the devaluation accumulated during his term.
Even now, with Zedillo gone, those two accomplishments loom over the future more powerfully than anything else that has happened in Mexico for many years.The payback of the bailout money signals that though there may be stumbles on the way to free trade with the US, a quick recovery is possible instead of a long Japanese-style tailspin. The bailout money could have gone into the pockets of well-placed Mexicans, (where now are the millions that the World Bank poured into Russia?) but it did not. I would guess that a lot of credit for that goes to the unfashionably honest Zedillo.
The conversion to a truly multiparty system where it is possible for anyone to win also bodes well for the future, both economically and culturally. Mexico could have started having real elections a long time ago, elections that were more than just costly and showy formalities, but it did not. They didn't have a real election until it was time to replace Zedillo. The irony is that a corrupt system put into power an honest man, who then reformed it.
The other character that makes this book work is Rafael Guillen, AKA Subcommander Marcos, the leader of the Zapatista uprising, who turns out to be neither an Indian nor a peasant nor even a native of Chiapas, but simply a garden variety marxist from a middle class family in Tampico. An undereducated and underworked lout, he acquired a degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a dissertation on capitalist oppression (what else?). Employing in this dissertation a style reminiscent of the Unabomber, he revealed the family to be the first "unit of oppression", followed by schools, the second "unit of oppression", and so on. The only thing that can break this ubiquitous oppression, according to the budding Subcommander, is "proletarian politics".
Oppenheimer doesn't go into how this ideological huckster managed to convince the peasants of Chiapas he could help them--that would be an excellent and highly entertaining book in itself--, but he does show clearly what type of person cooked up the rebellion, which did no good for anyone. In short, it was the kind of person without enough sense to use something other than a ski mask (wool?) to disguise himself in the tropics.
By making plain the character of these two men, Oppenheimer adds much to our understanding of what has gone on in Mexico in the last few years. Still, much goes unanswered, such as the actual legality or illegality of the billionaires' banquet, where each of thirty rich men pledged $25 million to the PRI for the election of 1994. Oppenheimer tells of what a scandal there was when the publication El Economista broke the story, but doesn't say whether anyone was prosecuted or even had in fact broken the law. The implication of the secrecy of the banquet and the subsequent scandal, is that there are legal limits on campaign contributions in Mexico, as there are in the US. I'm not sure this is the case.
If in fact there are no legal limits, it becomes a question of whether Mexicans in general disapproved of their richest compatriots throwing their financial weight around. It's to Oppenheimer's credit that he notes the alternative to wealthy men giving dizzying sums to the PRI, which is the Mexican government giving dizzying sums to the PRI, which is the way it had been done since the Revolution.
Frankly, if I were a Mexican taxpayer, I'd rather the PRI got its money from the billionaires.
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More Than Money, True Prosperity
Michael J. Roads Manufacturer: Silverroads Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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The Kids on Prosperity Lane: Are Your Kids on the Road to Prosper?
Bass Johnson Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0595366899 |
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With all the negative forces in our culture that undermine a parent's efforts to raise a child into a successful adult, the job of parenting grows increasingly difficult. It is the hope of every loving parent that their children achieve success in their lives. Yet, many of us do not give them the proper tools to help them reach success.The Kids on Prosperity Lane offers a solution. This charming collection of short stories will give you a means of introducing these traits to your child in a fun and entertaining way. Jump into the world of Artie, Annie, Luke, Ned, and the rest of their friends as they confront the difficulties of childhood. Through The Kids on Prosperity Lane, your children will learn skills like setting goals, personal responsibility, determination, and persistence. By teaching these qualities at a young age, the chances of these traits becoming habits are much greater.
Success means different things to different people. Whatever your child's definition of success is, give them the tools to achieve it!
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The Kids on Prosperity Lane.......2006-01-20
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Prosperity Road: The New Deal, Tobacco, and North Carolina (The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies)
Anthony J. Badger Manufacturer: Univ of North Carolina Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0807813672 |
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Rich Lands and Poor The Road to World Prosperity
Manufacturer: Harper & Row ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: B000CCFLVO |
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Rich Lands and Poor, the Road to Prosperity.
Gunnar. Myrdal Manufacturer: Harper & Row ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L2B33A |
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Rich lands and poor;: The road to world prosperity (World perspectives, v. 16)
Gunnar Myrdal Manufacturer: Harper ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006AV544 |
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The Independent Musician's Contact Bible
David Wimble Manufacturer: Omnibus Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound ASIN: 0968621406 |
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The Indie Contact Bible is an amazing resource created for musicians and songwriters of all genres. It contains over 3400 services that will either play, review or help you to sell your music.This book has been created by a fellow musician with your immediate need in mind, which is to get your music heard, and moving towards greater exposure as soon as possible. The contacts listed are people that will listen to your music, and if they like it, will present it to their readers and listeners.
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like being at the candy store........2001-08-20
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The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract
F. H. Buckley Manufacturer: Duke University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0822323338 |
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Declared dead some twenty-five years ago, the idea of freedom of contract has enjoyed a remarkable intellectual revival. In The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract leading scholars in the fields of contract law and law-and-economics analyze the new interest in bargaining freedom.
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Financial Collateral Arrangements
Thomas Keijser Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9041125566 |
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The 1995 European Community Convention on Insolvency
Miguel Virgos Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9041110178 |
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After three decades of successive rounds of negotiations, the EC Convention on Insolvency Proceedings was finally signed on November 23, 1995. Several drafts were discussed and abandoned in the process. This book offers an introductory insight to the 1995 EC Insolvency Convention, beginning with the basic structure of the Insolvency Convention. The 1995 Insolvency Convention equalizes the rights of creditors in the EU on a cross-border perspective by means of a mandatory dividend-received deduction for creditors and a surplus-transfer in favor of the main proceedings. It ensures the equality and uniformity of rights and obligations arising out of the Convention, both for the Contracting States and the parties concerned. For this purpose, it confers on the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) jurisdiction to rule on the interpretation of its provisions. The Convention represents a major step forward in the international regulation of cross-border insolvencies. It provides a framework of well defined, enforceable rights which will enable a high degree of intra community cooperation. While not a cure-all, for the first time in many years, a European Community (EC) mechanism for a better and more efficient international cooperation is really at hand. The author provides a unique perspective: he was co-author of the explanatory report to the Convention. In this distinctive work, he offers his own personal views on the subject. This unmatched perspective, the comprehensiveness of the work s treatment, and the topicality of the Convention itself make this an important resource for academics and practitioners.
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Bankruptcy and judicial liquidation Proceedings (Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, 10-13 October 1994) (1996)
Manufacturer: Manhattan Pub. Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9287130302 |
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This book presents the various procedural rules governing commercial and industrial undertakings facing serious financial difficulties, whether this is simply the result of competition or is caused by the transfer of activities or the movement of assets between countries. In addition, topics such as the cessation of payments, the powers of the receiver or administration, creditors' rights, the settlement of liabilities, relations with the public authorities and the protection of employees are treated.
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Bestandsschutz des Beherrschungs- und Gewinnabfuhrungsvertrags in der Unternehmenskrise und im Konkurs (European university studies. Series II, Law)
Joachim Heesing Manufacturer: P. Lang ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 3820414576 |
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Company receivership: Ein Beispiel zur Glaubigerbefriedigung durch Schuldnersanierung (European university studies. Series II, Law)
Paul Lange Manufacturer: Lang ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 3820496440 |
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Cross Border Insolvencies in EU, English and Belgian Law (European Monographs, 39)
Paul Torremans Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9041118888 |
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In recent years experience has shown that the complex issues raised by cross-border insolvencies cannot be adequately addressed by existing national bankruptcy law regimes. In order to deal effectively with such emerging factors as multi-jurisdictional intellectual property rights and contractual issues surrounding employment or immovable property -- as well as such long-standing problem areas as choice of law and recognition of judgments -- a system of international bankruptcy and insolvency law is sorely needed. This important monograph shows how such a system is ready to hand in Europe and potentially available at a global level. As an obvious step in this direction, Professor Torremans examines the EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings. He analyses all its provisions in detail, and sets out the solution it puts in place, partial and imperfect as it may be. He concludes that within the EU this Regulation promises to improve matters substantially, and that it bodes well to become a model for international co-operation in this area. To demonstrate the need for a coherent cross-border insolvency law regime, Professor Torremans first describes two very different national approaches, those of Belgium and the United Kingdom. He explores these two traditional approaches in detail, stressing their practical applications, and finds neither system can offer a satisfactory solution in a cross-border context. Finally, recognising that this problem does not stop at the EU's borders, Professor Torremans examines the UNCITRAL Model Law in detail to see whether it does indeed make a useful contribution. Towards a European Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law is a valuable and highly practical analysis that can immediately be put to good use by practitioners and officials charged with the organisation of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings anywhere in the world.
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Der Ersatzaussonderungsberechtigte (European university studies. Series II, Law)
Ulf Gundlach Manufacturer: P. Lang ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3631478534 |
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Der Insolvenzantrag: Verfahrens- und kostenrechtliche Probleme der Konkurs- und Vergleichsantragstellung (European university studies. Series II, Law)
Wolfgang Delhaes Manufacturer: P. Lang ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3631468814 |
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Der Personalabbau nach der Insolvenzordnung (European university studies. Series II, Law)
Katrin Arend Manufacturer: P. Lang ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3631328486 |
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