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Competitividad Y Bienestar Nacional, Guillermo Arosemena Aug 2013

Competitividad Y Bienestar Nacional, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Book The Davis-Bacon Act, Ronald G. Ehrenberg Jun 2013

Review Of The Book The Davis-Bacon Act, Ronald G. Ehrenberg

Ronald G. Ehrenberg

[Excerpt] Armand J. Thieblot's monograph is not the first study of the administration and impact of the Davis-Bacon Act; however, it certainly is the most comprehensive. Successive chapters of the book consider the history of the act, definitions and interpretations of key words in the legislation, its current administrative organization and enforcement, experience under it (including improper wage determinations), and its costs and inflationary impact. A set of case studies are then presented to document the existence of improper and excessive wage determinations. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of the original rationale of the Davis-Bacon Act and its …


Último, Guillermo Arosemena Mar 2013

Último, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Futuro Del Mundo, Guillermo Arosemena Mar 2013

Futuro Del Mundo, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


El Legado De Chávez, Guillermo Arosemena Mar 2013

El Legado De Chávez, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Profecía De Matsushita, Guillermo Arosemena Mar 2013

Profecía De Matsushita, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Productividad Y Competitividad, Guillermo Arosemena Mar 2013

Productividad Y Competitividad, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Algo Anda Muy Mal, Guillermo Arosemena Feb 2013

Algo Anda Muy Mal, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Estado De La Unión, Guillermo Arosemena Feb 2013

Estado De La Unión, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


La Historia Se Repite, Guillermo Arosemena Feb 2013

La Historia Se Repite, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Ficción Histórica, Guillermo Arosemena Feb 2013

Ficción Histórica, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Valor Agregado: Nueva Forma De Evaluar Los Flujos Comerciales Entre Países, Guillermo Arosemena Feb 2013

Valor Agregado: Nueva Forma De Evaluar Los Flujos Comerciales Entre Países, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


El Progreso Humano A Través De La Historia, Guillermo Arosemena Jan 2013

El Progreso Humano A Través De La Historia, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Las Multilatinas, Guillermo Arosemena Jan 2013

Las Multilatinas, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Declive Relativo, Guillermo Arosemena Jan 2013

Declive Relativo, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


The Politics Of Economic Restructuring In Mexico: Actors, Sequencing, And Coalition Change, Maria Lorena Cook, Kevin J. Middlebrook, Juan Molinar Horcasitas Jan 2013

The Politics Of Economic Restructuring In Mexico: Actors, Sequencing, And Coalition Change, Maria Lorena Cook, Kevin J. Middlebrook, Juan Molinar Horcasitas

Maria Lorena Cook

[Excerpt] This introductory chapter addresses three topics. The first section examines the historical origins of Mexico's postrevolutionary authoritarian regime, focusing on the principal institutional and coalitional legacies of regime formation in the aftermath of the 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution. It also addresses briefly the relationship between authoritarian rule and import-substituting industrialization from the 1940s through the 1970s, as well as the challenges posed by economic crisis in the 1980s. The second part of this chapter analyzes in greater detail the impact of economic crisis and restructuring on the stability of Mexico's governing coalition and the growing importance of opposition parties and …


La Diferencia, Guillermo Arosemena Jan 2013

La Diferencia, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Pompeii And The Vesuvian God, David Randall Jenkins Jan 2013

Pompeii And The Vesuvian God, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins

The paper argues the Vesuvian destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 AD engendered the formulation of the Anno Domini and the writing of scripture.