Deflation: Why it's coming, whether it's good or bad, and how it will affect your investments, business, and personal affairs
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  • Shilling's use of Kondratieff theory
  • Excellent book, easy to read, in depth analysis
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  • This book is a MUST read for investors!
  • Compelling arguments; 'must read' for investors.
Deflation: Why it's coming, whether it's good or bad, and how it will affect your investments, business, and personal affairs
A. Gary Shilling
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Although all eyes have been on Southeast Asia since October, it's not the only game around. A broader look shows that the financial crisis in that part of the world is to global deflation what the 1973 oil embargo was to inflation: it focuses and augments the many forces already at work. For the last two decades, governments, corporations, and new technologies have promoted actions that, given certain triggers, will push prices down.

In his comprehensive new book, Deflation, A. Gary Shilling points out the deflationary forces at work in the world, analyzes the impact of the Asian financial crisis, and predicts the kind of deflation that will likely result.

Governments, for example, have done their part by reducing spending and shrinking deficits. With the Cold War over, US defense spending keeps falling dropping from 7.4% of GDP in the third quarter of 1986 to 4% in the first quarter of 1998. Continental governments endure double- digit unemployment rates to move toward the Maastricht target, deficits no more than 3% of GDP. Deregulation among utilities and services is also lowering prices. In the US, Citizens for a Sound Economy, a Republican think-tank, predicts that deregulation of the electricity market would lead to a drop of "at least 43%" in consumers' electricity bills.

Meanwhile, central banks are still fighting the last war, inflation, with higher interest rates. Corporations are adding to deflation momentum with the restructuring that started in the US and UK in the 1980s and has spread to other English-speaking lands. Global outsourcing now provides not only less expensive goods but also cheaper services, including credit card processing and computer programming. Computer and information technology has deflation written all over it. Hardware and software are notoriously prone to price cuts, and users buy the stuff to reduce their own costs.

Outside the US, newly industrialized countries as well as countries recently freed from Communism are becoming major players in the export market. The result is a global glut of products and no one to buy them. With Southeast Asia's financial woes, its consumers are not much of a market, and the US the world's happy dumping ground can only buy so much. Faced with increasing global glut, countries wanting to use exports to improve their economies are more likely than ever to devalue their currencies. No doubt a strengthening dollar is deflationary to the US, and no doubt it is currently welcomed by Washington. But what happens as global glut and weak US exports meet rising labor costs, spurred by the drum-tight US labor market, head on? What happens if a profit squeeze kills overpriced US stocks, and individual investors who rely on their equity portfolios as their savings accounts suffer big losses?

Consumers retrench. Then they watch prices fall, and in a classic move that makes deflation a self-feeding phenomenon, they wait for prices to go even lower before spending a dime.

If, by some slim chance, the Asian crisis proves to be a nonevent for the US, the Federal Reserve will no doubt tighten credit and probably precipitate a recession, preceded, as usual, by a bear market in US stocks. The net effect on consumer behavior would be the same, and as with the case of an Asian-initiated bear market, the end result would be deflation.

When we in the US think of deflation, we think of the 1930s. Its images of soup lines and shanty towns are so vivid that any other idea of deflation pales by comparison. But there was deflation after the Civil War without the financial collapse of the '30s. The deflation Dr. Shilling forecasts coming soon is more likely to be characterized by the oversupply of the late 19th century than the unemployment of the Depression.

The final chapters of Deflation explain how deflation will affect you. Should you keep your stock investments or switch to bonds? Will your company need to be restructured again? What should you do about inventories? Have you personally been saving enough? Dr. Shilling gives you 13 investment strategies, 18 business strategies, and five personal strategies that will work in the deflationary years ahead.

Be prepared. In future years we may conclude that in the summer of 1997, Asia was the trigger for global deflation.

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3 out of 5 stars Shilling's use of Kondratieff theory.......2000-05-22

A careful look at the book shows that Shilling's THEORY for deflation is based on the longwaves of Kondratieff. Shilling uses a real (as in real business cycle literature) rather than a monetary interpretation (a la Milton Friedman, Irving Fisher..) of longwaves which results in his use of 1974 (following the oil shock) rather than 1980 (following the tight monetary policies by central banks under the guise of Monetarist doctrine) as the beginning of the current wave down.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent book, easy to read, in depth analysis.......1999-03-06

I found this easy-to-read book very profound in its analysis of the inflation-disinflation-deflation pattern that we are witnessing today.

The book is filled with charts that highlight the author's message. The last several chapters on investment, business, and personal strategies are priceless.

No weasel words in this book. Lots of forecasts.

John D.

4 out of 5 stars Informed & rational summary of a plausible scenario........1999-01-29

Shilling predicts good - rather than bad deflation (at least for the USA): i.e. surging demand absorbing excess supply because of price falls. It is a US-centric view - weaker on the international side. Deflation addresses an important & neglected subject. The slow start is tolerable because of good, up-to-date graphs and data generally. Happily he is consultant-clear rather than economist-arcane. His analysis of the US economy is compelling & useful for foreign readers. Nonetheless, there are questions: will policymakers (including central bankers) not adjust; e.g. I understand that defense spending has started rising again. Shilling's review of factors such as the internet is useful. The foreign material is poorer - though his Asian chapters are good. Bizarrely for such a serious & scholarly work, there is no index.

Shilling is worth reading - he thinks the west will experience `good' rather than `bad' deflation - but how deep will the Deflation be and how long will it last? He could have usefully studied natural resources in more depth; after all, this is where deflation hit hardest and earliest. I will read him again.

5 out of 5 stars This book is a MUST read for investors!.......1998-11-30

This book will help you make sense out of the headlines you have been seeing everyday in the business section of your paper. It will help you "connect the dots" about megatrends you maybe were aware of, but not taking into account with your investment decisions. I read this back in August 1998, and it is amazing how current events seem to be playing out almost exactly as forecasted in the book. You should not miss the chance to read this.

4 out of 5 stars Compelling arguments; 'must read' for investors........1998-11-17

Quick, compelling arguments to change the way you think about the economy and the future. Well written and easy to understand, and fairly light reading for economics. "Must read" for investors, those approaching retirement, etc. Especially important for those with a lot of debt, or thinking about doing a lot of borrowing. Not a 'doomsday' piece, but very thought-provoking as to understanding new ways to win in investing.

Regulation of Network Utilities: The European Experience
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    Regulation of Network Utilities: The European Experience

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    Propelled by deep technical, economic, and cultural changes, network utilities have, in the last twenty years, entered a new era. Since competition has been widely introduced and promoted, we have experienced a radical change in the structure of the industries and the role of the state authorities. Their role in managing monopolies has evolved into regulating new forms of markets, which has resulted in the creation of independent regulatory authorities. These new public bodies work with governments to try and reconcile the needs of competition and public service missions. This suggests the use of recent developments in economic theory to handle complex problems. This volume offers an exploration by scholars and regulators of the new regulatory regimes across Europe. The first part presents the pioneering experiences of the United Kingdom and Sweden. The United Kingdom has quickly chosen to establish powerful and independent individual regulators. Reforms in Sweden have been more gradual and regulators have, in the first instance, acted mainly as mediators. Part two is devoted to second wave developments that took place in various European countries, i.e. France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, countries where the legal tradition is less conducive to the concept of independent regulators. There the regulators are often (but not always) less powerful and meet more obstacles in their efforts to prevent either the formation of oligopolies or the resistance of incumbent monopolies. In Germany another problem has emerged as the federal tradition prevents the creation of independent regulators in certain key sectors. The contributions in the third part of the volume throw some light on the problems of coordinating national regulations. One can observe the continuous emergence of modes of cooperation between national regulators, as well as European authorities. Faced with certain categories of problem, the European authorities are themselves led to act as common regulators. The countries of central and eastern Europe, which are progressively converging towards the general economic model of the West, are more and more concerned with the accompanying regulation problems. Last but not least, the Internet raises worldwide problems of regulation that are beginning to be seriously considered.
    Regulation of Network Utilities: The European Experience [A book review from: European Journal of Political Economy]
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      Regulation of Network Utilities: The European Experience [A book review from: European Journal of Political Economy]
      A. Goldstein
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        Claude Henry; Michel Matheu; Alain Jeunema^itre
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        Pesticide Application Methods
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          G. A. Matthews
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          A standard work for all those involved with crop protection, this fully revised edition provides up-to-date information on the different types of application techniques and how they should be used to ensure efficient and effective pest control.Detailed information is provided on the role of chemical control in crop protection, discussing targets, formulations and droplets, spray quality and the choice of nozzles; improvements in the design of new equipment; safety precautions and maintenance issues. Particular attention is given to include new information on engineering controls, the application of biological pesticides, the use of different types of hydraulic nozzles, buffer zones and decreasing environmental pollution.
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            Gunter Zweig
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            Analytical Methods for Pesticides, Plant Growth Regulators, and Food Additives (Principles, Methods, and General Applications, Volume 1)
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                  Bohdan Maksymiuk
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                  Pesticide Residues in Foods: Methods, Techniques, and Regulations (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)
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                    Pesticide Residues in Foods: Methods, Techniques, and Regulations (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)
                    W. George Fong , H. Anson Moye , James N. Seiber , and John P. Toth
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                    Advances in analytical chemistry methodology now allow us to detect the most minute trace amounts of pesticides. As this capacity grows, so does public concern about toxic contamination, resulting in stricter government regulations and a growing demand for even more sensitive, precise, and reliable analysis.

                    Addressing the interplay between regulations and the development of analytical technology, this volume presents the first unified treatment of the regulatory and analytical aspects of pesticide residues. Current regulations, existing and emerging methodologies, state-of-the-art instrumentation, and the basic science of analyzing for pesticides in food and other environmental media are all covered.

                    The book provides step-by-step guidelines to analytical techniques, along with real-world examples from the latest research-showing the reader how to analyze minute traces of pesticides quickly and accurately, using both highly sophisticated and basic, less sensitive techniques. Many safety issues are explored in depth, as are the regulatory aspects of pesticide registration, residue analysis, exposure monitoring, risk assessment, and tolerance enforcement.

                    Timely, authoritative, and practical throughout, Pesticide Residues in Foods is an invaluable reference for analytical chemists and laboratory managers everywhere-in industry, agriculture, environmental sciences, research, and instrument manufacturing-and for anyone with an interest in the broader environmental, agricultural, and consumer-related implications of pesticide use.

                    An invaluable resource for analytical chemists and laboratory managers, Pesticide Residues in Foods provides a complete overview of the theory, practice, and regulatory aspects of pesticide residue analysis today, including:
                    * All regulatory issues, from risk assessment and tolerance to data-quality requirements to laboratory accreditation standards
                    * State-of-the-art methodologies and instrumentation, including high- performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
                    * The application of analytical technology to "green chemistry," such as the reduction of solvents and toxic reagents in the laboratory
                    * Novel solutions to the old problem of keeping the food supply safe from harmful levels of pesticides
                    * Ample examples to help analytical chemists select the most appropriate method for a given residue analysis
                    * Easy-to-use tables and figures throughout the text
                    Residue Analysis in Food: Principles and Applications
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                      Residue analysis in food is an essential science in terms of the number of laboratories and analysts involved worldwide and the range of analytical techniques available. This text uniquely combines the principles and applications of the various techniques employed in residue analysis, so as to provide the reader with a thorough understanding and practical demonstration of the science of residue analysis in food. The various techniques employed in residue analysis are described in detail in this book. Each chapter deals with the principles underlying the techniques and illustrates practical applications of the technique through examples from the scientific literature. Written by established scientists working in the areas of technique development and application to residue analysis, the text describes the sequence of the analytical procedure, from sample treatment through to residue determination. Of interest to all scientists in the field of residue analysis and food safety, this text is an essential reference for practising residue analysts and researchers.

                      Another Glyphosate Trait. : An article from: Farm Journal
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                        Another Glyphosate Trait. : An article from: Farm Journal
                        Andrew Burchett
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                        Not a Good Match. : An article from: Farm Journal
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                          Not a Good Match. : An article from: Farm Journal
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                          Analytical Methods for Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulations: Specific Applications (Analytical Methods for Pesticides & Plant Growth Regulators)
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                            Hormones and Animal Social Behavior (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology)
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                            Hormones and Animal Social Behavior (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology)
                            Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
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                            Research into the lives of animals in their natural environments has revealed a rich tapestry of complex social relationships and previously unsuspected social and mating systems. The evolution of this behavior is increasingly well understood. At the same time, laboratory scientists have made significant discoveries about how steroid and peptide hormones act on the nervous system to shape behavior. An exciting and rapidly progressing hybrid zone has developed in which these two fields are integrated, providing a fuller understanding of social behavior and the adaptive functions of hormones.

                            This book is a guide to these fascinating connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones--a synthesis designed to make it easier for graduate students and researchers to appreciate the excitement, engage in such integrative thinking, and understand the primary literature. Throughout, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. She raises unanswered questions, providing an unparalleled source of ideas for future research. The chapter sequence is by levels of biological organization, beginning with the behavior and hormones of individuals, proceeding to social relationships and systems, and from there to development, behavioral evolution over relatively short time scales, life histories and their evolution, and finally evolution over longer time scales. The book features studies of a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the most important invertebrate discoveries.

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                            4 out of 5 stars Hormones and Animal Social Behavior (monograph) -Reviewed by Dr. Raju S. Radder.......2006-11-08

                            The interaction of the endocrine and nervous systems and the way this interaction affects the behaviour of animals has been a major area of research and study for over a century now. Elizabeth Adkins-Regan provides an excellent, accessible bridge between animal behaviour and behavioural ecology, on one hand, and behavioural endocrinology and neuroendocrinology, on the other hand; this inspires more people to explore unfamiliar subjects. She provides a well-compiled and unique overview of concepts, theories, and hypothesis testing, especially focussed on the naturally occurring social behaviour of animals grounded in evolutionary thinking for the first time in a single volume. Her interdisciplinary approach that combines molecular, physiological, morphological, organismal, ecological, phylogenetic, behavioural ecological, reproductive, comparative endocrinological and psychological aspects of social behaviour makes this monograph a valuable reading and reference source to anyone interested in animals and their social behaviour. All seven sections of this book contain a wealth of information ranging from the field of hormonal mechanisms to mating, fighting, parenting, signaling, social relationships and organization, sex determination and differentiation, life stages and life histories etc. This monograph also provides some valuable new directions for future research by identifying what isn't known as well as summarizing what is known. Overall, this monograph deserves a place in personal book collections as well as in libraries. No doubt, this monograph will inspires people to appreciate the complexity of animal social behaviour and undertake more study and research in future.
                            Pheromones of Social Bees
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                              The hormonal and behavioral response to group formation, seasonal changes, and restraint stress in the highly social Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) ... [An article from: Hormones and Behavior]
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                                The hormonal and behavioral response to group formation, seasonal changes, and restraint stress in the highly social Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) ... [An article from: Hormones and Behavior]
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                                This study examined behavioral and physiological responses (changes in inter-animal spacing, total glucocorticoids, testosterone, and body mass) to the formation of breeding and same-sex groups in two bat species, the socially gregarious Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) and the less social Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox (Pteropus pumilus). We hypothesized that social instability, especially in the breeding groups and especially in P. vampyrus, would result in elevated glucocorticoids and that social facilitation of breeding and/or male-male competition would result in persistently higher levels of testosterone in breeding males. Seasonal rhythms in all measures were also predicted, and the glucocorticoid stress response was expected to vary by sex, season, and group type. Nearly all animals responded to group formation with elevated glucocorticoids, but, for breeding animals (especially aggressive male P. vampyrus), these responses persisted over time. In both species, breeding group formation resulted in elevated testosterone in males. Glucocorticoids, testosterone, testes volume, and body mass generally peaked in the breeding season in males (late summer and early autumn), but the seasonal glucocorticoid peak in females occurred in late winter and early spring. All animals responded to restraint stress with elevations in glucocorticoids that largely did not differ by sex, time of year, reproductive condition, group type, or, in lactating females, the presence of her pup. Changes in both behavior and physiology were more evident in P. vampyrus than in P. pumilus, and we believe that their underlying social differences influenced their responses to group formation and to the changing seasonal environment.
                                Neuropeptidergic regulation of affiliative behavior and social bonding in animals [An article from: Hormones and Behavior]
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                                  Neuropeptidergic regulation of affiliative behavior and social bonding in animals [An article from: Hormones and Behavior]
                                  M.M. Lim , and L.J. Young
                                  Manufacturer: Elsevier
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                                  Binding: Digital
                                  ASIN: B000P6XLIM

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                                  This digital document is a journal article from Hormones and Behavior, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                                  Social relationships are essential for maintaining human mental health, yet little is known about the brain mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of social bonds. Animal models are powerful tools for investigating the neurobiological mechanisms regulating the cognitive processes leading to the development of social relationships and for potentially extending our understanding of the human condition. In this review, we discuss the roles of the neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin in the regulation of social bonding as well as related social behaviors which culminate in the formation of social relationships in animal models. The formation of social bonds is a hierarchical process involving social motivation and approach, the processing of social stimuli and formation of social memories, and the social attachment itself. Oxytocin and vasopressin have been implicated in each of these processes. Specifically, these peptides facilitate social affiliation and parental nurturing behavior, are essential for social recognition in rodents, and are involved in the formation of selective mother-infant bonds in sheep and pair bonds in monogamous voles. The convergence of evidence from these animal studies makes oxytocin and vasopressin attractive candidates for the neural modulation of human social relationships as well as potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with disruptions in social behavior, including autism.
                                  Comportamiento social y hormonas sexuales en Saimiri sciureus (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Monografias de ciencia moderna, no. 82. ... Biologica de Donana, [Publicaciones] no. 2)
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                                    Comportamiento social y hormonas sexuales en Saimiri sciureus (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Monografias de ciencia moderna, no. 82. ... Biologica de Donana, [Publicaciones] no. 2)
                                    Fernando Alvarez
                                    Manufacturer: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
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                                    Binding: Unknown Binding

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                                    Hormonal influences on dominance and social behavior in the rat
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                                      Hormonal influences on dominance and social behavior in the rat
                                      Barbara H Doran
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                                      ASIN: B0006WK3O0

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