.... to capitalize on movements in world demand. The net result of these changes has been a transition to a post-industrial society, where the stable economic order of mass employment in large-scale industry has given way to mass unemployment and a breakdown of the political and social consensus that held sway throughout the post-war period. These changes have fundamentally altered the Western European labor market. This paper will show how post-industrialism has dramatically reduced the ability of many Western European countries to deliver full employment, not simply because of changes in employ .....

.... The only qualification is that the individual have a distinct and strong faith in competitive enterprise, a healthy skepticism of government solutions, a dislike of government related monopolies, labor, or business, and be in the favor of safe technology, free trade, smaller government and lower taxes. We found that to become a member, all it would take is $35 and a mailed in request to their office in Washington. Consumer Alert depends on contributions from individual donors, corporations, and foundations to protect consumer choice and competition and promote sound science. Some basic .....

.... the late 80's and approximately the 75% of the harvest was hardwood. Fish exports are limited because of the widespread consumption of fish products within Greece. However in recent years thousands of tons of fish are exported each year, due to the ever increasing development of fish farms in the country. In the late 80's the annual catch totalled 135000 tons, from which 80% was consumed within Greece. Sponges are the main marine product exported. Mining Mining is of little importance to the Greek economy. We should mention though the annual output of minerals in tons: bauxite 2.3 million .....

.... of Mom and Dad, have more patience for old people and have much to learn from the elderly. Working without pay in a homeless shelter helps people learn that being poor is not wrong. It is just an unfortunate way of life for some. Volunteering in the shelters teaches us that we are all equal, whether we have money or not. Homeless and poor people have families too: husbands, wives, children, even pets. Getting to know people who have less helps us remember that they have all the capabilities of a human being. People can learn to appreciate the earth by getting involved in organizat .....

.... A$ appreciation is in prospect for the year ahead. While it is commonly accepted that "the trend is your friend", all the fundamentals must be taken into account in the longer term. The fundamentals currently being overlooked (which we feel will come to matter) are (1) the outlook for commodity prices; (2) the extent of the Asian recession, (3) the path of the current account deficit deterioration and (4) the prospects for interest rates. Despite some success in diversifying the export base away from near complete reliance on primary commodities, Australia remains one of the world's most com .....

.... of the incentives of welfare benefits. It has been proven that is no correlation between women's choice to have children and welfare benefit levels. Furthermore, for each additional child, a mother can expect an additional $90 of AFDC benefits, far too low to serve as any type of incentive. In addition, those states that provide higher benefits do not necessarily show higher birth rates among their welfare recipients. Families receiving AFDC benefits have 1.9 children, just about the same as the national average. (ACLU 1) Another myth created by the media concerns the amount of mo .....

.... United States Postal Service had a cash flow of $22.5 Billion and was additionally receiving $176 million from investing(United States, Intro.). Even with this added revenue the Postal Service was still greatly under funded on its own (United States, Intro.). During this time it was discussed to privatize the postal service and introduce competition because of the extreme losses that the service was experiencing. A positive argument for privatizing the Postal Service was with numerous competitors in the market there would be more efficiency and the public would receive lower prices. But t .....

.... In every case a country's reform must be done by people of intelligence. In Japan's case their is no lack of brilliant reforms. Japan had an ever growing education level. It influences Japanese society tremendously. It will reach a point in time were almost all high school graduates will attend college. As a result there will be an enormous amount of skilled workers, but it also means a lack of low skilled workers.3 Due to this fact Japan had invest money in other countries with low skilled workers such as Latin America. The profit from their countless investments around the w .....

.... the negative effects of unemployment (Unemployed 1). The latest unemployment rate for August '96 shows that 4.3 percent of Vermont's citizens are unemployed. That is about fourteen thousand people in just this one small state (Griffin 1). Think of how many people are unemployed in the entire United States. That would be over five million people. If people wanted to get out and get a job, they probobly could pretty easily. Instead of waiting for theirchecks from the government,they could get a job and bring home more money than the government sends considering that they .....

.... and many more in order for us to understand why certain things are the way they are. In this article, we come across a few major points. Each of them is introduced in a very original way. The author uses a literal journey into the past as a means of comparing it to the present. One of the many points is an in depth definition of history related profession. What are they trying to accomplish and how they work to get what they are looking for. "Professional historians spend their lives pursuing the meaning of the past for the present." Historians study facts and records that previous ge .....