Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

Meet the economic gangster. He’s the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can’t touch him–he has diplomatic immunity. He’s the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing world of billions in aid. The calculating crook who views stealing and murder as just another part of his business strategy. And, in the wrong set of circumstances, he might just be you.

Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective (5th Edition)
While arranged in the conventional ages-and-stages format, this book diverges from convention to take a multicultural approach to all facets of development in children from birth to age 8. Throughout the book, case studies and examples provide future teachers with a hands-on guide to how children develop, how children’s skills develop, and how that development should inform sensitive, successful teaching practice. Every topic is examined through the lens of diversity—from intellectual development to attachment patterns, from peer relations to motor skills. Coverage of atypical development and the challenges of special education is woven seamlessly through each chapter. Includes expanded coverage of children with special needs. For professionals in the field of teaching.

Customer Review: Great book
This book was great and even though it was used, it was still in great condition!

Customer Review: Racisim In Text
I bought this book for my child development class. Although I found the physical and motor development of children to be very interesting, I was very bothered by the authors frequent references to stereotypes. He often “sugar coats” his statements that whites are perfect, blacks are aggressive, and Asians are timid. Page 191 states, “Children of Japanese and Chinese familes are often taught–through direct guidance or example–to avoid outward expressions of anger. African and African American children, in contrast are encouraged to express feelings openly. Euro-American [White] children display a moderate amount of emotional expression.” This is clearly his opinion and he is entitled to it, but it is very unprofessional to put this in a text where multiculturalism is concerned. Another stereotype that he refers to is that women mainly suffer “anxiety and depression,” while the father has concerns of bonding with a child with down syndrome. This book is easy to read; however I would not recommend it for any student or instructor.

MBA Fundamentals Accounting and Finance (Kaplan Mba Fundamentals) How do you make sense of the accounting report or balance sheet you’ve just been handed? How do these reports help you to understand the company’s performance? How do you use the numbers you have been given to make good business decisions in the short- and long-term?

MBA Fundamentals in Accounting and Finance offers real-world accounting and finance basics that can be applied today. In the business world, we are frequently called on to review and analyze financial data. This convenient and straightforward guide offers everything you need to know about the numbers to ensure your business’s growth.

• Understand the functions of accounting
• Learn how to read a financial statements, balance sheets, income statements, and more
• Analyze profit and cash flow
• Improve your forecasting and strategic-planning skills

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Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Failure is the most fundamental feature of biological, social and economic systems. Just as species fail—and become extinct—so do companies, brands and public policies. And while failure may be hard to handle, understanding the pervasive nature of failure in the world of human societies and economies is essential for those looking to succeed.

Your Child: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Development from Birth through Preadolescence

What does a typical three-year-old think about and feel? What can you anticipate from your five-year-old about to begin school? What does it mean that your eight-year-old seems to lie regularly?

Your Child takes you step-by-step through the developmental milestones of childhood, discussing specific questions and concerns and examining more troublesome problems. From choosing your baby’s doctor to dealing with steep problems, from helping a child develop selfesteem to discerning when certain behaviors call for professional help — and how to find it — this book offers comprehensive and accessible information for parents on the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development of children from infancy through the preadolescent years. Expertly and definitively offering practical advice and invaluable information, Your Child will guide you through every stage of your child’s growth and help you meet the daily challenges of parenting.

Money and Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines from Accounting to Ethics A comprehensive guide to money matters in the office, with patients and with financial institutions.

Money management issues pervade all psychiatric practices, yet they are never discussed in school. This book is an all-in-one guide for the practitioner seeking to understand and master topics such as accounting, billing, collecting fees, contract law and informed consent, fee reduction and increases, payments and gifts (from patients as well as drug companies), nonpayment, and taxes.
Customer Review: Superb
This is perhaps the clearest, most concise book related to practice management that I have read. The author tackles the murky topic of money and financial management in private practice with clarity. Her coverage of the range of money-related topics is exhaustive. Her treatment of the ethics related to money is particularly enlightening; in addition to discussing and clarifying a number of common money-related ethical issues, she also provides an cognitive model for ongoing money-related decision-making by reflecting on the underlying issues and often hidden agendas in this area of practice. In addition to being utterly practical, this book is also quite readable. I highly recommend it for professionals who are serious about the financial health of their practice.
Customer Review: A ‘must’ for any clinician or practice in psychiatry
Cecilia M. Mikalac, MD’s Money And Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines From Accounting To Ethics covers many issues not usually revealed in grad school, which all practitioners need to know. Billing, accounting and business management concerns are translated into money management basics for psychiatric practices of all types, from practicing psychologists to social workers and nurses, covering such important topics as how to assess an office or practice’s financial foundations, plan for private practice’s ups and downs, and handling legal and ethical challenges along the way. The second section covering insurance concerns, managed care, drug companies, kickbacks and more is where the meat of the book lies, really delving into the daily concerns a private practice an expect to encounter. MD’s Money And Outpatient Psychiatry is a ‘must’ for any clinician or practice in psychiatry.

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International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture

Combining robust narrative with a wide variety of interesting cases, International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture focuses on the need for every entrepreneur to at least consider entering the global market in today’s hypercompetitive world. As an ever-growing number of countries become market oriented and developed, the distinction between foreign and domestic markets is becoming less pronounced, and entrepreneurs increasingly need to develop skills to identify opportunities and then manage these opportunities on a global basis. International Entrepreneurship is an ideal resource for students, professors, government officials, and practitioners throughout the world who are interested in this vital, growing area.

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
The classic of common-sense economics. “Enormously broad in scope, pithily weaving together threads from Galbraith and Gandhi, capitalism and Buddhism, science and psychology.”– The New Republic

Customer Review: Small is still beautiful, large is still ugly
Of late the bestseller lists have been filled with titles such as “Freakonomics” and “Predictably Irrational”. Yet while the media fawns on these books, some people might find them strangely unsatisfying. It’s not a matter of computing a statistic incorrectly or doing the analysis wrong. The problem is in the premise. The authors of these books are wrong from start to finish.

Physician’s Compensation: Measurement, Benchmarking, and Implementation (Wiley Healthcare Accounting and Finance) Physician Compensation Means More Than Money

Physician compensation planning and methodology is a complex area that is influenced by many key factors. It takes experience and sharp analytical skills to manage. This invaluable handbook will serve as a guide for the physician compensation process and provide the medical practice industry with various alternatives, as there are no simple solutions to physician compensation modeling.

This volume:

• Provides the foundation to build compensation plans that are easily understood and accepted by physicians
• Covers compliance with government regulations
• Includes models addressing Stark, cost allocations, departing physicians, and new recruits
• Discusses hospital-owned practices
• Includes production measurements covering relative value units, charges, and collections

CPAs and health care management consultants and administrators, physician management companies, hospital CEOs and CFOs, attorneys, and actuaries will find the information in Physician’s Compensation indispensable to designing effective, equitable, and appropriate compensation plans.