Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American Experience

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Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American Experience
John A. Bogardus , and Robert H. Moore
Manufacturer: Posterity Press (MD)
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ASIN: 188927416X

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"Spreading the Risks" tells the story of how the American insurance industry evolved from colonial times through periods of war and economic transformation into the twenty-first century where it now faces open-ended liabilities from terrorism, asbestosis and environmental pollution. John A. Bogardus Jr., former chairman and CEO of Alexander & Alexander, uses his decades of business experience to explore the role of major twentieth-century American brokers. He provides an informed overview of American commercial insurance and offers memorable stories about the world's leading brokerages whose triumphs and failures reflect an ever-changing business.

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Interesting with Broad Appeal.......2003-04-26

Having worked in insurance for years, I expected this book would be of interest to people like me. I was surprised, however, to find it has a much broader appeal. It was fascinating to read how commercial insurance developed in conjunction with and support of our country's development. Many will be surprised to learn of its significant role in protecting our society and promoting our economy.

The personal stories about the people who developed the business are especially enjoyable--some of the most interesting are
about founders of major brokerages and those associated with
problems at Lloyds of London in the eighties.

I recommend this book to insurance and business professionals and to general readers with interest in American history.

A Must-read Book.......2003-04-15

Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American Experience is a fascinating account of the key events shaping the development of property and casualty insurance as an indigenous American business -- from colonial times to the present day. It is based on 13 years of research by an industry insider who had unique access to insurance leaders and records. It also is the most complete account I've found of how the insurance agency and brokerage system evolved through disasters and economic transformations into the 21st century.

It has an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index that make it especially useful as a source of information.

A remarkable book.......2003-04-15

Spreading the Risks does an outstanding job of telling the amazing story of the insurance industry. Who knew that insurance could be so interesting?

John Bogardus and Robert Moore have clearly spent considerable time researching this material and their "real life" experience in the field shines through beautifully. This book is incredibly valuable to people in the insurance field. However, it is written in a way that also appeals to the person who is simply curious about business, history, and life in general.

The book does a great job of demonstrating how the insurance business (in the past, and now ) affects all of us.

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Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all. iDoes Foreign Aid Really Work?/i sets out the evidence and exposes the instances where aid has failed and explains why. The book also examines the way that short-term political interests distort aid, and disentangles the moral and ethical assumptions that lie behind the belief that aid does good. The book concludes by detailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to be the effective force for good that its providers claim it is.

Does Aid Work?: Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force (The Library of Political Economy)

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Does Aid Work?: Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force (The Library of Political Economy)
Robert Cassen & Associates
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The question of the effectiveness or counter-productivity of foreign aid is one of the great issues facing the world today. This volume arose from a study conducted for an inter-governmental task force. The team surveyed the published literature, reviewed existing evaluations of aid projects, and undertook seven detailed country studies. The basic finding is that the majority of aid succeeds in terms of its own objectives and obtains a reasonable rate of return. At the same time, this book analyses the frequent failings of aid projects, compares these failings with other forms of private and public investment, and proposes measures for improving aid effectiveness. New to this edition: For the second edition the book has been shortened, removing mainly the more technical parts. The data in the text and tables have been brought up to date, the text has been revised, and each chapter has a new section added reviewing the areas of debate and research findings since 1986. The bibliography has also been updated.

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AIDS: What Does It Mean to You
Margaret O. Hyde
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Does 'CNN' (condoms, needles and negotiation) work better than 'ABC' (abstinence, being faithful and condom use) in attacking the AIDS epidemic?(VIEWPOINT): ... International Family Planning Perspectives

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Does 'CNN' (condoms, needles and negotiation) work better than 'ABC' (abstinence, being faithful and condom use) in attacking the AIDS epidemic?(VIEWPOINT): ... International Family Planning Perspectives
Steven W. Sinding
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Release Date: 2006-07-14

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This digital document is an article from International Family Planning Perspectives, published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2565 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Does 'CNN' (condoms, needles and negotiation) work better than 'ABC' (abstinence, being faithful and condom use) in attacking the AIDS epidemic?(VIEWPOINT)
Author: Steven W. Sinding
Publication: International Family Planning Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Page: 38(3)

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Does Aid Work in India?
Michael Lipton , and John Toye
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Does Aid Work?: Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force

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Robert Cassen
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Does AIDS Hurt?: Educating Young Children about AIDS

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Does AIDS Hurt?: Educating Young Children about AIDS
Marcia Quackenbush , and Sylvia Villarreal
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Does It Work?

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Does Aid Work?: Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force
Robert Cassen
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Does European Aid Work? An Ethiopian Case Study (IDS Working Papers)
Simon Maxwell
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Study Guide to accompany Macroeconomics

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Robert J. Barro
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prepared by Mark Rush

Study Guide to accompany Macroeconomics, 5th Edition

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Study Guide to accompany Macroeconomics, 5th Edition
Andrew B. Abel , Ben S. Bernanke , and Dean Croushore
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This is the study guide and not the actual book.......2006-02-16

Don't make the mistake of buying this if you want the actual book. Amazon should mark this item clearly as a study guide.

Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics - 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach

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Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics - 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach
Alan J. Auerbach , and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
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prepared by Debra Moore Patterson

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Get this only if it's required.......2006-12-28

I took a Macro class that used the textbook and we were required to use the study guide. I thought that for the most part, the questions were irrelevant and did not enhance the book. Get this only if it's absolutely neccessary.

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Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics

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ASIN: 0191010421

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This is the study guide for "Macroeconomics". The goal of this study guide is to help you learn the material in the textbook efficiently and effectively. The best way to learn material that is analytical or numerical in nature, as is the case with much of the textbook, is to work as many problems as possible. So, much of this study guide consists of multiple-choice questions, review questions, numerical problems, and analytical questions to help you prepare. You may want to work some of the problems after you've read the chapter and attended your class lecture, or you may want to simulate exam conditions, trying to answer the questions without looking at your notes. In all cases, the answers are given to you, though you may also need to refer back to the textbook where the material appears. The textbook, itself, provides an introduction to Macroeconomics and the measurement and structure of the national economy. It covers long-run economic performance, business cycles and macroeconomic policy, and Macroeconomic policy: its environments and institutions.

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William J. Baumol , and Alan S. Blinder
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Prepared by Craig Swan, University of Minnesota
The study guide assists students in understanding the text's main concepts. It includes learning objectives; lists of importnat concepts and terms for each chapter; quizzes that help students test their understanding and comprehension of concepts; multiple-choice tests for self-understanding; lists of supplementary readings and study questions for each chapter; "Economics in Action" sections that use current news articles to illustrate economics concepts; "Economics Online" exercises that outline useful Internet and Web sources for economic data and interaction.

Study Guide to Accompany Dornbusch and Fischer Macroeconomics

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Study Guide to Accompany Dornbusch and Fischer Macroeconomics
Rudiger Dornbusch
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Great Guide!.......2000-06-23

This book show the complete guide to study modern macroeconomic theory with emphasys in mathematical apply models to macroeconomic policy and make to easy the subject.

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Drill and Review Study Guide to accompany Macroeconomics
David C. Colander , and Jenifer C. Gamber
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One of the funniest retro, old-money books I have ever seen. A real delight.

Bruce McCall's Zany Afternoons

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One of the funniest retro, old-money books I have ever seen. A real delight........2007-05-30

This colorful and off-beat book is visually hilarious and somewhat difficult to describe because it is so unique. There is just nothing to compare it to. The first part is a spoof of how the neer-do-well old money preppy crowd, out on a lark, might fight boredom. The retro 1930's style artwork is priceless, and the accompanying narration equally funny. The humor is delightfully dry. For example, In the Zepplin Shoot, depicted much like a grouse hunt, the comment is made by a gentleman in tweeds, "They fall so gracefully."

The fun games are depicted poster style, accompanied by short commentary. Games like Tank Polo, Autogyro Jousting, and the all-in-fun, "Blindfold the seaplane pilot" (as it banks and twists between skyscrapers). The absurd "Wing Dining," as depicted on the cover, is worth the price of the book.

The second part is a collection of spoofs of 1930's through 50's advertisements, everything from monstrously large automobiles with tail fins, to rediculous home-study courses so you can afford to "eat steak."

There is just too much good about this book that can't be covered by a review. It does, however, require a somewhat twisted sense of humor for full appreciation.

I first saw a copy of Bruce McCalls colorful book when I borrowed one from a colleague 35 years ago. I was finally able to acquire my own copy five years ago and may buy another one as a loaner.

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1999 Apocryphal Edition - Zany Afternoons
If You're Looking This Up And Don't Have It, Buy It NOW
To me the closest to perfection
An Eye-patch with a twist
"Boredom is the one thing our kind can't afford"

Bruce McCall's Zany Afternoons
Bruce McCall
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1999 Apocryphal Edition - Zany Afternoons.......2006-02-18

I just ordered a copy of the 1999 Barnes and Noble (reprint... not original publisher, Knoppf) hardcover edition of Bruce McCall's Zany Afternooons.

Much to my surprise, they have replaced four pages found in the original with four different pages I've never seen before.

The original paperback edition from 1982 on page 114 - 117 featured "Stewardesses of the Emerging Nations" - RwandaAir and all that jazz. The new printing has replaced that material with "The Adventures of The Hotel Throckmorton, est. 1906." This new (?) material (though still funny) is not nearly as good - even though my Dad and I both agree that "Stewardesses..." was probably our least favorite section of the original. But why the replacement? Was the orignal artwork misplaced? Very very odd.

One thing to note that I JUST spotted after years of faithful reading, one the airplanes featured in this original section was one of the first commercial jetliners that flew for British Airways... the De Havilland Comet. Infamous in real life for it's disastrous window blowouts. The plane originally had square windows which would occasionally blow out at altitude causing the entire fleet to be scrapped. Looks like the "Airlines of Emerging Nations" contained an extra insider "joke" from Mr. McCall.

If You're Looking This Up And Don't Have It, Buy It NOW.......2003-05-22

If you are visiting this item in the Amazon.com online catalogue, then something special brought you here. You already know of the book, perhaps already own it, and you want to see what other say about it -- or you know nothing about it. If the latter is the case, something lucky and/or magic brought you here, and you owe it to yourself to BUY THIS BOOK NOW. Maybe you heard some snippet about it, or glanced at a copy while visiting a friend. Whatever the case, SOMETHING in your psyche drew you to this fantastic volume of fantasy and art, and you absolutely need to have a copy in your home. People drawn to Zany Afternoons, regardless of the reason, have bigger, funnier, more open and creative minds than everyone else in the world, and the common bond we all share is the book itself. Detachable pants cuffs, five-in-one food paste, tank polo -- these are the creative/artistic concepts embraced by those of us who have been chosen by nature to live on Earth and put the "life" in "lifetime." If you're here, buy it now. You'll know why, after it arrives.

To me the closest to perfection.......2003-05-20

...I have to say that this book is as close as I've ever come to perfection in humour. It completely matches my sense of the absurd and has such historical accuracy. The bloke really is a genius. My copy has long since fallen to pieces and I spend my life trying to buy back the copies that I gave away. Interestingly enough, many people just don't get it. You need to have a sense of what he is mocking I guess.

The funniest thing that I have ever read and looked at, this is after reading and looking at it for 20 years!!

Most highly recommended of all.

An Eye-patch with a twist.......2000-07-21

As the odiferous prose of Monsieur McCall slides over your cerebellum, the effect on sanity is rather similar to the effect of hot water on snow. A melting and dissipation takes precedence, rendering the subject either harmless or dangerously psychotic. All in all, hooray for everything - especially this book.

"Boredom is the one thing our kind can't afford".......2000-07-14

If F. Scott Fitzgerald had been a satirical cartoonist, half of this book would be the result. The real author used to be an automobile advertisement illustrator in the '50s, which accounts for the other half of the book. See, what the other reviewers were laughing too hard to explain, is that this is a book of spoof illustrations, taken from various publications. Blueblood nostalgia for the Jazz Age is sent up in gags on conspicuous consumption like "Indoor Golf", "Autogiro Jousting" and such. The clever, name-dropping text of those pieces is very funny, also. The auto ad gags feature parodies of 1950s layouts, featuring vehicles that look like they came off the proverbial wedding cake, and double-talking sales copy, like "...with twin-lock dual-fade brakes!" Anyone who's read old copies of Popular Science will scream at the parody of the articles (the automatic nose-blowing device) and the ads (I quit, boss! There's plenty more money in ACCORDION REPAIR these days!) included here. It's hard to believe that the author of this, well, zany book is the same as the author of the painful memoir _Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Canada._ Get this book by hook or by crook!

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Zany Afternoon
Bruce McCall
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