Human Resources and Labor Markets: Employment and Training in the American Economy

Business & Money

Marshall, Ray

Mangum, Garth L.

Levitan, Sar A.

Human Resources

HarperCollins, Publishers

Why should employers pay American workers much more to work far fewer hours a year than the competition? They won't—unless Americans know more and can do more than the workers with whom they compete. Thinking for a Living is the first book to address head-on the issue of the appalling mismatch between what our economy needs and what our educational institutions actually provide. A massive imbalance between the resources available for the education of our managerial, technical, and professional workers on the one hand, and our line workers on the other, threatens our economic survival, according to Marshall and Tucker. The book provides a blueprint for the radical reconstruction of our schools, following much the same principles that allowed some of America's leading industrial organizations to rescue themselves from the brink of ruin by greatly raising productivity without increasing costs. But education, the authors point out, is far more than schooling. All the major functions of our society must function as integrated learning systems. This book spells out how families, communities, and, most of all, businesses can contribute to the effectiveness of our most valuable resource: people. The American educational system is designed to meet the manpower needs of a bygone era. If America is to survive in the infinitely more demanding economic environment of the next century, we must maximize the skills of our work force. Our economic policies will fail—and our standard of living will fall—unless they are linked to an aggressive education policy that results in unprecedented levels of performance.

Thinking For A Living: Education And The Wealth Of Nations

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Basic Books

Tucker, Marc

Economics

Unheard Voices

Industries

Discusses how national and international economic policies on which the competitive survival of the country depends can fail if the interests and perspectives of those most directly involved in the results--the labor force--are not consulted

The famous nursery rhyme accompanied by pop-up illustrations.

Humpty Dumpty: Rhyming Pop-Ups (Chubby Pops)

Children's Books

Simon&Schuster

Sing a Song of Sixpence: Rhyming Pop-Ups (Chubby Pops)

Little Simon

To what extent are major social and political problems caused by basic income and unemployment trends? Is it possible to restore the kind of broadly shared prosperity the U.S. once experienced before the early 1970s? Some of the top economists of our time address these critical questions.

Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America

Routledge

In this pop-up pirate adventure, five pirates try to avoid being eaten by a shark when their ship springs a leak. They try to plug the hole with everything from the captain's coat to his rope, but in the end it's their smelly feet that turn the shark away. Each spread features a colorful, intricate pop-up designed by a master paper engineer, and the pop-ups grow more elaboratewith each turn of the page.

The Castaway Pirates: A Pop-Up Tale of Bad Luck, Sharp Teeth, and Stinky Toes

Humor

Chronicle Books+

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