Author: Ariel Dorfman
Publisher: OR Books
ISBN: 9781682195000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
"I have created for each of you a fate, one tailored specifically for your needs and desires. Each of you has a defining moment--not before, not after--when a wrong turn or decision led to the disastrous outcome that you and I mourn. To isolate that malignant moment is an exacting, exhaustive process, which only the most well-trained and competent professionals, armed with the most sophisticated of predictive models and processing power, can accomplish. You can put your trust in me, as you would in an expert surgeon, a surgeon of the soul." On a distant planet overlooking Earth, the nameless protagonist of The Compensation Bureau is one of a team of Actuaries at work on the innovative Lazarus Project. Conceived in response to the shocking violence observed in humankind, the project identifies people who have wrongfully died at the hands of others--whether victims of war, hate crimes, or random brutality--and attempts to compensate for the cruelty and pain they faced in life and death. But balancing the accounts for the sufferings and wrongdoings of humanity proves hardly a clinical exercise. The Actuary soon finds himself personally invested in the project's mission, and the goals of the project itself are complicated as the fate of Earth's inhabitants becomes more uncertain. The Compensation Bureau explores the power of individual and collective action, from a writer hailed by The Washington Post as "a world-novelist of the first category."
The Compensation Bureau
Author: Ariel Dorfman
Publisher: OR Books
ISBN: 9781682195000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
"I have created for each of you a fate, one tailored specifically for your needs and desires. Each of you has a defining moment--not before, not after--when a wrong turn or decision led to the disastrous outcome that you and I mourn. To isolate that malignant moment is an exacting, exhaustive process, which only the most well-trained and competent professionals, armed with the most sophisticated of predictive models and processing power, can accomplish. You can put your trust in me, as you would in an expert surgeon, a surgeon of the soul." On a distant planet overlooking Earth, the nameless protagonist of The Compensation Bureau is one of a team of Actuaries at work on the innovative Lazarus Project. Conceived in response to the shocking violence observed in humankind, the project identifies people who have wrongfully died at the hands of others--whether victims of war, hate crimes, or random brutality--and attempts to compensate for the cruelty and pain they faced in life and death. But balancing the accounts for the sufferings and wrongdoings of humanity proves hardly a clinical exercise. The Actuary soon finds himself personally invested in the project's mission, and the goals of the project itself are complicated as the fate of Earth's inhabitants becomes more uncertain. The Compensation Bureau explores the power of individual and collective action, from a writer hailed by The Washington Post as "a world-novelist of the first category."
Publisher: OR Books
ISBN: 9781682195000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
"I have created for each of you a fate, one tailored specifically for your needs and desires. Each of you has a defining moment--not before, not after--when a wrong turn or decision led to the disastrous outcome that you and I mourn. To isolate that malignant moment is an exacting, exhaustive process, which only the most well-trained and competent professionals, armed with the most sophisticated of predictive models and processing power, can accomplish. You can put your trust in me, as you would in an expert surgeon, a surgeon of the soul." On a distant planet overlooking Earth, the nameless protagonist of The Compensation Bureau is one of a team of Actuaries at work on the innovative Lazarus Project. Conceived in response to the shocking violence observed in humankind, the project identifies people who have wrongfully died at the hands of others--whether victims of war, hate crimes, or random brutality--and attempts to compensate for the cruelty and pain they faced in life and death. But balancing the accounts for the sufferings and wrongdoings of humanity proves hardly a clinical exercise. The Actuary soon finds himself personally invested in the project's mission, and the goals of the project itself are complicated as the fate of Earth's inhabitants becomes more uncertain. The Compensation Bureau explores the power of individual and collective action, from a writer hailed by The Washington Post as "a world-novelist of the first category."
Medical Fee Schedule
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A Prelude to the Welfare State
Author: Price V. Fishback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226251639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States--before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance--and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement. In A Prelude to the Welfare State, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the ruling.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226251639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States--before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance--and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement. In A Prelude to the Welfare State, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the ruling.
Injury Compensation for Federal Employees
Author:
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Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers' Compensation
Author: Steven Babitsky
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 0735509395
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: Understanding the AMA guides in workers' compensation. 4th ed. / Steven Babitsky, James J. Mangraviti, Jr. 2008.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 0735509395
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: Understanding the AMA guides in workers' compensation. 4th ed. / Steven Babitsky, James J. Mangraviti, Jr. 2008.
The Compensation Review
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Publisher:
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Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The Construction Chart Book
Author: CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
Publisher: Cpwr - The Center for Construction Research and Training
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Construction Chart Book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. The book presents this information in a series of 50 topics, each with a description of the subject matter and corresponding charts and graphs. The contents of The Construction Chart Book are relevant to owners, contractors, unions, workers, and other organizations affiliated with the construction industry, such as health providers and workers compensation insurance companies, as well as researchers, economists, trainers, safety and health professionals, and industry observers.
Publisher: Cpwr - The Center for Construction Research and Training
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Construction Chart Book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. The book presents this information in a series of 50 topics, each with a description of the subject matter and corresponding charts and graphs. The contents of The Construction Chart Book are relevant to owners, contractors, unions, workers, and other organizations affiliated with the construction industry, such as health providers and workers compensation insurance companies, as well as researchers, economists, trainers, safety and health professionals, and industry observers.
Regulations and Procedure, United States Veteran's Bureau
Author: United States. Veterans Bureau
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Author: Michigan. Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Publisher:
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Category : Factory inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Reports for 1897-1908 include the Report of inspection of factories, 5th-16th.
Publisher:
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Category : Factory inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Reports for 1897-1908 include the Report of inspection of factories, 5th-16th.