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The effects of the minimum wage on employment

Tác giả: Marvin H Kosters

In its proposal to increase the minimum wage, the Clinton administration and some scholars have claimed that employment would not be adversely affected. Other research supports the widespread consensus among economists that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs. In this study, leading proponents ...

Lives of the Laureates : Seven Nobel Economists

Tác giả: William Breit, Roger W Spencer

Dubious conceptions : the politics of teenage pregnancy

Tác giả: Kristin Luker

Dubious conceptions introduces us to the young women who are the object of so much opprobrium. In these pages we hear teenage mothers from across the country talk about their lives, their trials, and their attempts to find meaning in motherhood. The book also gives a human face to those who ...

How to Lie with maps : 2nd ed.

Tác giả: Mark S Monmonier

With two additional chapters, this illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches how to evaluate maps critically, and promotes a healthy scepticism about these easy to manipulate models of reality. It shows that despite their immense value, maps do, and in fact need to, lie.

Beyond the wall : personal experiences with Autism and Asperger syndrome

Tác giả: Stephen M Shore

This honest, courageous book, written by a person with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome, offers so much more than the traditional autobiography. Drawing on personal and professional experience, Stephen Shore combines three voices to create a touching and, at the same time, highly ...