Sökt på: Böcker av robert e. litan
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Global Backlash
Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With …
Improving Measures of Science, Technology, and Innovation
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), at the U.S. National Foundation, is 1 of 14 major statistical agencies in the federal government, of which at …
After the Crash
"As the global economy continues to weather the effects of the recession brought on by the financial crisis of 2007–08, perhaps no sector has been more affected and more under …
The Future of State-Owned Financial Institutions
Research suggests that if the majority of a country's financial institutions are owned by the state, that country will experience slower financial development, less efficient …
Need for Speed
The twenty-first-century telecommunications landscape is radically different from the one that prevailed as recently as the last decade of the twentieth century. Robert Litan and …
Future of American Banking
The future of American banking is in doubt and the industry and the federal insurance fund that helps support it are in turmoil. The ingredients of the turmoil have been simmering …
Moving Money
Once we paid for things with bills, coins, or checks. Today we pay with zeroes and onesdigital entries on credit and debit cards, or electronic messages sent over the Internet. In …
United We Serve
Public rhetoric in the United States has always laid heavy stress on the obligations of citizenship. Bill Clinton praised the idea of service, and so does George W. Bush. Since …
Financial Regulation in the Global Economy
In recent years, the major industrialized nations have developed cooperative procedures for supervising banks, harmonized their standards for bank capital requirements, and …
Growing Old
While the immediate dangers from the recent financial crisis have abated —much of the financial system has returned to profitability and the economy is growing, albeit slowly —the …
Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation
Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - through its National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) and …
Growing Old
A Brookings Institution Press and Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research publicationWhile the immediate dangers from the recent financial crisis have abatedmuch ofthe …