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What is the value of an education? Volume 4 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education combines recent data with new methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other considerations help make sense of the investments and returns associated with …

The Slackmaster is an entertaining and informative guide on how to properly slack in the workplace. This book gives you a chance to discover the proper slacking techniques; how, when and where to use them. You’ll see that working with them is relatively simple and fun.

In his third novel, author Michael Snyder delivers another honest, authentic, and intriguing plot carried along by quirky characters whose actions and reactions still manage to look and sound like the rest of us. It is often said that every good joke contains some basic truth. In A Stand-Up Guy, aspiring comedian Oliver Miles puts …

Dobie DaLoria becomes executive assistant to the CEO of Betenor Chemical Company. Her altruistic sense believes the company is developing seed and food products for the good of the global poor and hungry people everywhere. When an environmental group challenges her beliefs, she learns the truth and works to undermine Betenor’s greed. She and her …

Governments around the world are deeply divided about the proper role of industrial policy, with some politicians arguing for hands-off governance and others supporting government intervention to promote “national champions”– firms that receive government support for both political and economic reasons. In this volume, prominent economists present the pros and cons of government support for …