Author: California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Insurance
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Consumers on Shaky Ground
Author: California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Insurance
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
On Shaky Ground? Income Instability and Economic Insecurity in Europe
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 926480532X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Recognising that individuals’ jobs and circumstances can change multiple times in a year, this report uses novel techniques to identify who is most exposed to income instability in European OECD countries and examines the effects it has on their lives, social mobility, and inequality.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 926480532X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Recognising that individuals’ jobs and circumstances can change multiple times in a year, this report uses novel techniques to identify who is most exposed to income instability in European OECD countries and examines the effects it has on their lives, social mobility, and inequality.
Shaky Ground
Author: Bethany McLean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990976301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In a way, the situation is ironic: housing was at the root of the financial crisis, and six years after the meltdown, housing finance is still the greatest unsolved issue. The U.S. housing market is roughly $10 trillion, making it one of the largest segments of the bond market. Roughly 70 percent of the American population has a mortgage, and for most people, the mortgage is the most important financial instrument in their lives. But until the financial crisis, few people knew the essential role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in their mortgages. Given the $188 billion government bailout of the two firms the most expensive bailout in history the politics surrounding housing are worse than they've ever been, and the two gigantic firms sit in limbo. Best-selling investigative journalist Bethany McLean, the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room andAll the Devils Are Here, explains why the situation is dangerous and unsustainable, and proposes a few solutions from the perfect, but politically unfeasible to the doable, but ugly.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990976301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In a way, the situation is ironic: housing was at the root of the financial crisis, and six years after the meltdown, housing finance is still the greatest unsolved issue. The U.S. housing market is roughly $10 trillion, making it one of the largest segments of the bond market. Roughly 70 percent of the American population has a mortgage, and for most people, the mortgage is the most important financial instrument in their lives. But until the financial crisis, few people knew the essential role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in their mortgages. Given the $188 billion government bailout of the two firms the most expensive bailout in history the politics surrounding housing are worse than they've ever been, and the two gigantic firms sit in limbo. Best-selling investigative journalist Bethany McLean, the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room andAll the Devils Are Here, explains why the situation is dangerous and unsustainable, and proposes a few solutions from the perfect, but politically unfeasible to the doable, but ugly.
Shaky Ground
Author: Alice Echols
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231106702
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Book review (H-Net)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231106702
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Book review (H-Net)
Shaky Ground
Author: Elizabeth Marlowe
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472502094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini Togatus or the Fonseca bust of a Flavian lady appear in many scholarly studies and virtually every textbook on Roman art. But we have no more certainty about these works' archaeological contexts than we do about those that surface on the market today. This book argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472502094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini Togatus or the Fonseca bust of a Flavian lady appear in many scholarly studies and virtually every textbook on Roman art. But we have no more certainty about these works' archaeological contexts than we do about those that surface on the market today. This book argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains.
On Shaky Ground
Author: Don Villarejo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
On Shaky Ground
Author: John J. Nance
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
In this sobering book, John Nance offers a dramatic account of the major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 and describes other massive quakes. He gives a gripping, nontechnical presentation of what is being done about scientific earthquake prediction. 8 pages of photos.
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
In this sobering book, John Nance offers a dramatic account of the major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 and describes other massive quakes. He gives a gripping, nontechnical presentation of what is being done about scientific earthquake prediction. 8 pages of photos.
European Perspectives on Producers' Liability
Author: Martin Ebers
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3866538626
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
A growing number of countries recognise a direct producers' liability for non-conforming goods. The European Commission has considered the introduction of an EU-wide direct producers' liability for a long time. Will there be new responsibilities for producers in the future? This book compiles national reports from 24 European countries on the sale of goods law as well as the consumer's remedies for non-conforming goods and the final seller's right of redress. A comparative report informs about the different models of producers' liability and their impact on the internal market. Beneficial for practitioners working in the field of consumer contract law and sale of goods law.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3866538626
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
A growing number of countries recognise a direct producers' liability for non-conforming goods. The European Commission has considered the introduction of an EU-wide direct producers' liability for a long time. Will there be new responsibilities for producers in the future? This book compiles national reports from 24 European countries on the sale of goods law as well as the consumer's remedies for non-conforming goods and the final seller's right of redress. A comparative report informs about the different models of producers' liability and their impact on the internal market. Beneficial for practitioners working in the field of consumer contract law and sale of goods law.
Patients, Consumers and Civil Society
Author: Susan Chambre
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1848552149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Medical Sociology is the among the largest and first subdisciplines in Sociology. This series presents issues and concerns in Medical Sociology.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1848552149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Medical Sociology is the among the largest and first subdisciplines in Sociology. This series presents issues and concerns in Medical Sociology.
The Licensing Racket
Author: Rebecca Haw Allensworth
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674295420
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rebecca Haw Allensworth pries open the inner workings of professional licensing boards, showing how they erect arbitrary barriers to work, corruptly influence markets for routine services such as hairdressing, and tolerate bad actors in high-stakes arenas like medicine and law. The Licensing Racket is a call for reform and, where needed, abolition.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674295420
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rebecca Haw Allensworth pries open the inner workings of professional licensing boards, showing how they erect arbitrary barriers to work, corruptly influence markets for routine services such as hairdressing, and tolerate bad actors in high-stakes arenas like medicine and law. The Licensing Racket is a call for reform and, where needed, abolition.