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Temp hiring no longer seen as sign of recovery
When employers hire temporary staff after a recession, it’s long been seen as a sign they’ll soon hire permanent workers. Not these days.
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It $13.94 Like new, the front of the jacket has some discoloration and residue, but the rest of the book is in perfect condition… |
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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies $29.95 The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan’s sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually elect politicians who either share their biases or else pretend to… |
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FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression $13.00 “Admirers of FDR credit his New Deal with restoring the American economy after the disastrous contraction of 1929—33. Truth to tell–as Powell demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt–the New Deal hampered recovery from the contraction, prolonged and added to unemployment, and set the stage for ever more intrusive and costly government. Powell’s analysis is thoroughly documented, relying … |
