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New Jobless Claims Surged Last Week In Another Bad Sign For Labor Market
WASHINGTON The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly surged last week after having fallen sharply in the previous week. The gain dampened hopes about how quickly the labor market may improve this year.
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Life And Debt (Negative Effects Of Globalization Documentary) [VHS] $19.95 Set to a beguiling reggae beat, Life and Debt takes as its subject Jamaica’s economic decline in the 20th century. The story has reverberations in the plight of other third-world nations blindsided by globalization, like Ghana and Haiti. After England granted Jamaica independence in 1962, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) stepped in with a series of loans. These loans came wi… |
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal $9.95 Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That’s a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning…. |
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The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works–and HowIt’s Transforming the American Economy $6.88 Wal-Mart isn’t just the world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 m… |
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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger $5.99 The eye-opening and headline-generating UK bestseller that shows how one single factorâthe gap between its richest and poorest membersâcan determine the health and well-being of a society. âThis is a book with a big idea, big enough to change political thinkingâ¦In half a page [The Spirit Level] tells you more about the pain of inequality than any play or novel could.ââ… |
