World Trade and Payments: An Introduction (9th Edition)
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World Trade and Payments: An Introduction (9th Edition)
Richard E. Caves , Jeffrey A. Frankel , and Ronald W. Jones
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5 out of 5 stars Excellent text for open economy macroeconomics.......2005-03-29

We used this book in a one semester graduate class for International Economics. We used the book mostly for open economy macro as opposed to trade theory i.e. Chapter 16 & on. Like our professor told us, the book builds on concepts in a gradual fashion starting from the Marshall-Lerner condition right up to the Dornbusch Overshooting Model covering along the way, the basic Keynesian framework, Mundell-Fleming framework and, the policy assignment problem. The concepts helped us trace the causes for UK's renouncement of the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992 (and also how George Soros made his billions!). Using the book in this integrated fashion (Theory + Case Study) makes it a valuable addition to one's library.

1 out of 5 stars The Big Picture Missed.......2003-10-07

Currently I am a student of Professor Jones, one of the text's authors. The text is as drawling and insufficient as Jones' lectures. My first complaint is that there is a crisis of definition. Having only taken one economics course prior, I find that the text tends to move too quickly through topics of international economics, failing to provide illustrative examples so one can better understand how theory is put into practice. Second, the conceptual framework, as in all classical economic theory, is rooted in a place far from reality, a point Jones fails to make clear. The world is not perfectly competitive and does not contain countries equipped with fully developed capitalist institutions (like banking and credit), necessary to make internal economic adjustments in the face of free trade prices. I find the utility of the course to be very low, especially when free-trade is non-existent in the world. Discussions on the state of the contemporary world are sorely needed, if at least to serve as as comparison to the theoretical one constructed by this text. My last complaint is Jones' characterization of "anti-globalizers," those who he claimed "rioted" and were "violent" on the streets of Seatle in 1999 during the meeting of the WTO. The irony is that many of those protesters were advocating for FREER trade, pointing out that US farm subsidies cripple the economies of some underdeveloped nations who primarily produce agricultural commodities. The text's mypopic view of economics will not help those interested in learning how the world economy actually operates.

1 out of 5 stars The Big Picture Missed.......2003-10-07

Currently I am a student of Professor Jones, one of the text's authors. The text is as drawling and insufficient as Jones' lectures. My first complaint is that there is a crisis of definition. Having only taken one economics course prior, I find that the text tends to move too quickly through topics of international economics, failing to provide illustrative examples so one can better understand how theory is put into practice. Second, the conceptual framework, as in all classical economic theory, is rooted in a place far from reality, a point Jones fails to make clear. The world is not perfectly competitive and does not contain countries equipped with fully developed capitalist institutions (like banking and credit), necessary to make internal economic adjustments in the face of free trade prices. I find the utility of the course to be very low, especially when free-trade is non-existent in the world. Discussions on the state of the contemporary world are sorely needed, if at least to serve as as comparison to the theoretical one constructed by this text. My last complaint is Jones' characterization of "anti-globalizers," those who he claimed "rioted" and were "violent" on the streets of Seatle in 1999 during the meeting of the WTO. The irony is that many of those protesters were advocating for FREER trade, pointing out that US farm subsidies cripple the economies of some underdeveloped nations who primarily produce agricultural commodities. The text's mypopic view of economics will not help those interested in learning how the world economy actually operates.

5 out of 5 stars Very clear instruction on international trade and finance.......2003-02-17

I found this book to be a very good learning tool, as the course reader for an introductory international economics course. I find that most textbooks are good as reference, not as learning tools, but this book is an exception. In a very concise manner, it builds theory upon theory of international trade, until the student has developed a strong set of analysis tools. The portion on international finance is good intro as well, even though it does not compare with more specialized texts. This text is sufficient to prepare the reader for any advanced trade issues, with the exception of more mathematically based arguments (which the book does not develop, given its focus on beginners).

5 out of 5 stars Thought provoking, intelligent textbook.......2001-01-15

This textbook for International Economics is a rarity. It's intelligent, exceptionally well written by the experts in the field. It does include a thorough review of the state-of-the-art theory of international trade and finance. To facilitate learning and yet challenge the reader, the authors equipped each chapter with really tough exercises. Only having solved them one might have an impression that he grasped the metarial really well. Good exercises are an indispensable companion of a student. Here we have one of the best I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot. Superior to other textbooks and highly recommended.
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          Increasingly interconnected, volatile, and complex, today's organizations cannot be controlled by any conventional approach to management. Indeed, an entirely new definition of what it means to manage is called for. In The Biology of Business, John Clippinger and nine outstanding contributors introduce managers to the Complex Adaptive System (CAS) of management, a system that takes into account all of the variables that impact modern enterprises and allows managers to take control from the bottom up. Here, the authors show how McKinsey & Co., Capital One, and Optimark have employed CAS to achieve specific business goals and improve overall corporate fitness. And they bridge theory and practice to provide managers with proven tools and techniques they can use to transform their enterprises into self-renewing, self-organizing systems that are maximally responsive to changing market conditions and opportunities.

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          4 out of 5 stars A Good Read!.......2003-03-13

          Like any compendium whose chapters were written by different experts, The Biology of Business has its ups and downs. As a collection of ten deeply informed essays on complexity theory management, its voices vary. But when you're in the perilous business of trying to predict just where the cutting-edge of technology will cut next, is that really a bad thing? The diversity and scope - what is now fashionably called "bandwidth" - of this volume surely could not be matched by any single author's work. As you read through topics as diverse as law, marketing, nurturing start-ups and the application of advanced biological concepts to management, you will indeed find yourself challenged to adapt. That's as it should be. Reading this book may change the way you perceive your business. As the biological paradigm continues to spread through consultants' minds like a complex adaptive mold spore, we from getAbstract strongly recommend this sophisticated book to help you stay au currant.

          5 out of 5 stars CAS: Perils and Opportunities.......2000-11-17

          In the Foreword, Esther Dyson explains that this book explores "the details of complex adaptive systems (CAS) and how they apply to organizations and businesses. The underlying principles comprise the seven basic elements outlined by John Holland [in Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity] for any self-organizing enterprise: aggregation, tagging, nonlinearity, flows, diversity, internal models, and building blocks. Master these basics and you will be better equipped to build an organization that can respond rapidly to complex and diverse challenges, in a distributed and self-coordinating way."

          Clippinger serves as editor of ten separate but related essays, and, as the author of two of them. One of the most interesting concepts (discussed by Clippinger in the book's first chapter) is the "The Sweet Spot Between Excessive Disorder and Excessive Order." With Darwin's theory of Natural Selection in mind, Clippinger suggests that "The challenge to all forms of complex organization, from the simplest proteins to the most complex societies, is to survive in the particular `fitness landscape' in which they find themselves. In the starkest terms, the challenge of survival is that of searching an enormous landscape, or space of options, in sufficient time to avoid extinction." In times such as these when change is the only constant, it follows that the "sweet spot" is mobile; how we define "excessive" disorder and disorder today, therefore, may well be inadequate (if not dead wrong) tomorrow.

          In the final chapter, "Emergent Law and Order: Lessons in Regulation, Dispute Resolution, and Lawmaking for Electronic Commerce and Community", David R. Johnson has some especially informative comments on the subjects indicated by the chapter's title. If change is the only constant, if measurements of "excessive" order and "disorder" are themselves volatile, what hope is there for organizations which must compete in such an environment? Johnson observes: "The lawmaker and dispute resolver of today must be more gardener than sovereign, building a trellis, grafting new plants, fertilizing open ground. The wise ones, who know they can only water and weed, not manufacture or command, will be rewarded with the knowledge that their actions will lead to a richer social and economic harvest."

          Don't be misled. This brief excerpt is not from the script for the film Being There in which the mentally-challenged character played by Peter Sellers unknowingly suggests correlations between agriculture and economics. Johnson's metaphors are apt and highly sophisticated, correctly suggesting all manner of complex and profound implications which can be derived from the aforementioned "underlying principles" which comprise "the seven basic elements" outlined by Holland. If your organization needs help with "decoding the natural laws of enterprise", I highly recommend the essays so carefully organized withn this book.

          5 out of 5 stars A practitioners guide to complexity.......2000-08-27

          This book is a must read for anyone struggling to understand, much less manage in the chaos of the new economy. It has become required reading for every new executive hire in our company. We are building a corporate culture based upon the principles of self-organization and in our vision, strategy, and execution we apply the principles and insights elaborated in this book. The different chapters ground what can be abstract theory in concrete examples on how CAS perspective can be applied to business problems. We are not alone in our enthusiasm for this book: Jay Walker, the founder of Priceline and Walker Digital is a careful reader of the book and has advocated it for his company and his business partners. Robert Galvin, former Chairman of Motorola, and now Chairman of The Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, has recommended it for his Board of Trustees. The book helps makes sense of how new networks can emerge from the bottom up to challenge and displace traditional distribution and market channels. This is where the world is going and this is one of the few books to provide a CAS framework that makes sense to the business person.

          1 out of 5 stars Provocative Con.......2000-08-02

          Another book on how to manage using the principles and theory of complex adaptive systems (CAS). The author/editor, John Clippinger suggests the book is not for beginners; you should have some background in CAS before reading the book. So I for one get excited, with all the hype surrounding CAS I'm hoping here's something that sorts the wheat from the chaff. But I am disappointed. All I find is the 7-point guide of John Holland regurgitated for those that haven't read [his] book "Hidden Order". But I had, and that book left lots of questions unanswered. Yet here is Clippinger carrying on as if Holland's 7-point version of how life works was the final say and all that is left is for consultants come-wanna-be authors to apply it to real world problems. The book has got a provocative title and a good list of contributing authors, but that's the whole problem. A provocative con. For example the contribution from W. Brian Arthur ( a big name in the CAS world) only to find the piece is a reproduction (with permission) that I read elsewhere two years earlier. I don't think Clippinger has even met Arthur. For those interested in CAS the book adds no value, it is reductionist in principle, which Holland corrected in his later book "Emergence", and those that know nothing of CAS would not read it anyway.

          5 out of 5 stars An insightful awakening to the needs of management.......2000-01-13

          Clippinger and his stellar collection of contributors nail the key issues for management in the 21st century. The frenetic rate of change and complexity is forcing all leaders to re-evaluate how their businesses are run. This book crisply presents concepts that make sense not only for business leaders but for everyone. We are living in a time when standardization has been replaced by customization and Clippinger points ou t that our old paradigm of top-down management is similarly out of date. Get with the program and create a team. Open up channels of communication that allow bottom-up, creative decision making. Just as medicine has finally admited that the mind-body-spirit-connection does indeed exist and even contributes to the health of the individual, so too does Clippinger remind us that there is a undeniable interconnectedness between the management, staff, customers and outside environment for every company and that the strength, flluidity and frequency of their communications and connections contributes to the health of a company. To embrace this new reality of multiple touch, bottom-up information flow, a new management paradigm is needed and Clippinger provides insights as well as techniques on how to deploy one. A great read and a must read for anyone who considers themselves an active participant in the 21st century.

          Catharine Arnston January 2000 Boston, MA
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              4 out of 5 stars Shine a light of truth.......2003-01-18

              Tropical Deforestation can be explained in one very short sentence. The rainforests are being destroyed by average people trying to make a better way of life. This is the premise for this book and it is backed up by two decades or research. The book acknowledges there is deforestation in the Ecuadorian Rainforest, but it caused by more obscure facts than is generally reported on the evening news. The book shows that it is not poor people driven to the jungle trying to subsist, but it is energetic people that are actually trying to improve their lives and offer a better future to their children. The book also explains that there are cultural perceptions at work here in developing the rainforest that also helps exacerbate the situation. This book is not an easy read. However, if you want a text that will provide a comprehensive study on the rainforest and deforestation, this is the one.

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              Acknowledging the difficulty many readers have when first attempting to learn about the brain's psychological functions, the authors of A Colorful Introduction to the Human Brain have created a book that makes the fascinating world of brain psychology research accessible to readers with little or no background in neuroscience. Readers learn the material in several steps. First they read through the introduction and definitions on the left page; then they color the illustration on the facing page; and finally they use the special cover flap to conceal the illustration labels while checking their knowledge, until they feel they have completely learned the material. Review exercises at the end of each chapter provide an opportunity for self-assessment, with answers provided at the end of the book.

              John Pinel, a professor of biopsychology at the University of British Columbia, is an award-winning teacher and the author of over 200 scientific articles. However, he is best known for his reader-oriented writing. His clear concise introductions to behavioral neuroscience have inspired, enthralled, and amused a generation of students and lay people.

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              4 out of 5 stars Finger paint your way through neuroanatomy.......2006-07-11

              If you loved your third grade art class, you'll love this brain coloring book. The truth is we learn by doing, using our hands, applying colors. Many areas of the brain are involved in what we think of as simple learning tasks. Adding manual tasks to learning the complicated anatomy of the brain strengthens the learning process - forces you to linger over the page and get involved in learning the structures.

              I feel the text on each facing page is quite useful but could have been a little more detailed on the clinical end. You will come out of the 'coloring book' experience with far greater confidence in your understanding of neuroanatomy than you expected. You may find reading on neuropsychology a good deal easier, now that you have, in effect, overstudied the anatomy and physiiology underlying it.

              For those who want to go beyond this text to a really superior text in this subject, I highly recommend Clinical Neuroanatomy by FitzGerald and Fokan-Curran published by W. B. Saunders. It is already marvelously colored and illustrated with much greater detail and clinical information. It is an exceptional medical text (and priced accordingly). The medical illustration, scans, photos and other teaching aids are excellent and profuse. The coloring book is just a sort of 'boot camp' to prepare you for this. I have not seen a better text on neuroanatomy. If you are seriously in need of learning or reviewing your knowledge of this subject, this is the one.

              ADDENDA: I have just read Pinel's other excellent work called BIOPSYCHOLOGY. Illustrated by his partner (sic) Maggie - superbly and contributing greatly to the success of the book as a great teaching medium in neuropsychology and neurology. It is a textbook for undergraduates in Psychology and assumes little in previous physiology and anatomy, using extensive explanations of vocabulary and concepts. Frankly, you might as well buy this one instead of the coloring book. It will cost more but you will get a lot more out of it along with the same high quality of illustrations necessary to understand this challenging subject. John Pinel has an engaging writing style, some surprising personal anecdotes, and many case histories. I highly recomment BIOPSYCHOLOGY.

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              This is a must for anyone interested in learning about the anatomy of the human brain.

              It is also essential for anyone studying physiological and / or biopsychology.

              3 out of 5 stars Good for students.......2006-02-18

              I bought this book to help my bachelor level students learn the parts of the brain. They found it helpful in their learning process to color the parts of the brain. Although, because they are bachelor level students, there were only a few pages that were surface knowledge...lots of detailed pictures that would be more appropriate for doctorate level.

              5 out of 5 stars Good focus on functionally important structures.......2005-11-24

              I teach an interdisciplinary course in psychology and neuroscience, and my psych students have found this book helpful for getting up to speed on neuroanatomy. I've also started using some of the pages as overheads during my lectures, since the diagrams are uncluttered and easy to draw on.

              I'm writing a review because I thought I should mention that I found this book *much* more useful than its better-known competitor. The other book has more fine-grained anatomical detail, of the sort that would be most useful to someone studying to be a neurosurgeon - but the result is that it's very hard for a casual student to tell what's worth studying or remembering. This book does a much better job of focusing on the important structures, the ones that you're likely to see mentioned in popular science books and articles. The second half (Functional Neuroanatomy, with chapters devoted to the systems subserving different functions) is especially useful.

              For anyone interested in self-study, or who just wants a quick reference source for neural structures that they see mentioned in other texts, I'd strongly recommend this book.

              5 out of 5 stars A good neuroanatomy resource.......2005-09-30

              A very good resource for the beginner neuroanatomy student. Coloring makes learning such complex material fun and if you study the coloring book along with textbook notes and lecture notes, you can really get a great handle on the material.
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              Developed by internationally renowned neurosurgeons, this unique book is designed for students of psychology and the biological sciences, and medical, dental, and nursing students.

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              I'm using this book in conjuction with a science class at school. Found it helpful in reviewing brain structures, but would not use it alone.

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              A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain: A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book (2nd Edition)
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                A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain: A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book (2nd Edition)
                John P.J. Pinel , and Maggie Edwards
                Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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                  A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book
                  John P. J./ Edwards, Maggie E. Pinel
                  Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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                    Lawrence M. Elson
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                      Manufacturer: Coloring Concepts
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                      ASIN: B000H6R550

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