Category - Business & Economics
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Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry
HardcoverOriginal price $32.95Original price $32.95 - Original price $32.95Original price $32.95Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /From the early twentieth century until the 1960s, Maine led the nation in paper production. The state could have earned a reputation as the Detro...
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Scaling Up Compensation: 5 Design Principles for Turning Your Largest Expense into a Strategic Advantage
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /How you compensate people is one of the most important strategic decisions your company will make - but few "get it right and out of sight." Nail...
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Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within indiv...
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The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers / Edition 1
HardcoverOriginal price $33.00Original price $33.00 - Original price $33.00Original price $33.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /A revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life int...
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The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade glob...
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The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99$29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Looking for ways to handle the transition to a digital economy Robots, artificial intelligence, and driverless cars are no longer things of the d...
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The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David By...
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The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work
PaperbackOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /A guide for individuals and organizations navigating the complex and ambiguous Future of Work Foreword by New York Times columnist and best-selli...
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The Everything Guide to Remote Work: The Ultimate Resource for Remote Employees, Hybrid Workers, and Digital Nomads
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Discover the secret to being productive and successful no matter where you are with this essential guide to remote work.During COVID-19, working ...
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The New Geography Of Jobs
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /In The New Geography of Jobs, award-winning Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti looks at the major shifts taking place in the US economy and reveal...
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Distinguished British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) set off a series of movements that drastically altered the ways in which economis...
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /In the vein of Mark Kurlansky's bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world’s most popul...
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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /“A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWe live ...
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A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY 2020 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAROne of Fortune Best Books of the YearOne of Inc. Best Business B...
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands “This is a deep exploration ...
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Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, 3rd Edition / Edition 3
PaperbackOriginal price $33.00 - Original price $33.00Original price $33.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /Human Capital is Becker's classic study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipme...
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The HR Business Partner Handbook: A Practical Guide to Being Your Organization's Strategic People Expert
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$48.99$48.99 - $48.99Current price $48.99| /How do I balance delivery of the HR strategy with the needs of the business? How can I solve key people issues while also becoming a true strateg...
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Slavery by Any Other Name: African Life under Company Rule in Colonial Mozambique
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /Based on documents from a long-lost and unexplored colonial archive, Slavery by Any Other Name tells the story of how Portugal privatized part of...
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Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /America is at a crossroads in its approach to work and retirement.Many policymakers think it's logical—almost inevitable—that Americans will dela...
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The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality
HardcoverOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /Two leading social scientists examine the gender wealth gap in countries with officially egalitarian property law, showing how legal professional...
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Principles of Economics
PaperbackOriginal price $49.99 - Original price $49.99Original price $49.99$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) – Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics. His book Principles of Economics was the dominant ...
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Coal, Iron, and Slaves: Industrial Slavery in Maryland and Virginia, 1715$1865
HardcoverOriginal price $95.00 - Original price $95.00Original price $95.00$118.99$118.99 - $118.99Current price $118.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780313205224 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: 05-10-1979 Pages: 283 Product Dimensio...
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The HR Business Partner Handbook: A Practical Guide to Being Your Organization's Strategic People Expert
HardcoverOriginal price $120.00 - Original price $120.00Original price $120.00$126.99$126.99 - $126.99Current price $126.99| /How do I balance delivery of the HR strategy with the needs of the business? How can I solve key people issues while also becoming a true strateg...
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Going Remote: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and Our Cities
HardcoverOriginal price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /A leading urban economist's hopeful study of how shifts to remote work can change all of our lives for the better. As COVID-19 descended upon the ...
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