Check out www.privateerbook.com. Privateer is the untold story of MAXIMUS, the largest social welfare privatization firm in America. Find out how a one-person startup evolved into a powerful New York Stock Exchange company that challenged government labor unions and forever changed the way entitlement programs are managed. The book is written for entrepreneurs building a business, politicians and and government officials seeking reform, citizens concerned with government entitlement programs, and academicians teaching business and public administration. The book presents lessons learned in the real world of government contracting, explaining how MAXIMUS survived intense competition, highly political environments, and hostile government unions to achieve success. MAXIMUS grew at the astonishing rate of 36.5% over a 29 year period, each year earning a profit and never going into debt. Learn how numerous stall points on the growth curve were overcome to achieve rapid growth. The company has managed health and welfare programs throughout the US as well as England, Canada, and Australia. MAXIMUS staff have replaced thousands of government workers to provide more efficient, effective and compassionate services to people in need. Today MAXIMUS is a mid cap stock with some 9,000 employees worldwide.

Take a critical view of the institutions that affect our everyday lives with this extended essay. The most important of these is the modern-day corporation, which continues to resist social control despite an ability to adapt to the environment like no other entity in human history.

Corporations continue to explode with power, and religious, educational, and governmental organizations are looking to them as examples. An increasing number of entities are learning how to conduct themselves by looking at their corporate counterparts, and, as a result, they're no longer fulfilling their true purposes.

Author Francis X. Healy Jr. examines the implications of these disturbing developments. Discover why institutions continue to miss expectations, why society suffers as a result of corporate models, and how money and power interact in problematic ways.

The pursuit of money and power is stifling the true purposes of institutions with honorable objectives. Many groups that once carried at least a facade of being above it all are now stuck in the moneypower continuum; if something doesn't change soon, the consequences will be devastating.

Germany has made rich contribution to the world of business and industry. The strength of German innovation and business system is evident in the various companies, brands, technologies that have evolved from here. This book is a collection of business trivia and other fun facts that will inform and challenge you. This book explores the stories, facts and mysteries behind some of the most well known brands in the world. Read through this book to understand: - What is the name of the BMW logo? - What is the origin of the term "robber barons"? - What is the "moose" test - How did "Haribo" get its name? - "Smart" Cars are everywhere. How did they get their name? Flip through the pages of this book to know the answers to these and much more.

The story of Tasmania's most controversial forestry giant, the corruption that gave it power and the forces that brought it down. At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in the state of Tasmania and was its largest private landowner. Most of its profits came from woodchipping, mainly from clear-felled old-growth forests. A pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar Valley was central to its expansion plans. Gunns' collapse in 2012 was a major national news story, as was the arrest of its CEO for insider trading. Quentin Beresford illuminates for the first time the dark corners of the Gunns empire and how it was embedded in an anti-democratic and corrupt system of power supported by both main parties, business and unions. Simmering opposition to Gunns and all it stood for ramped up into an environmental campaign not seen since the Franklin Dam protests. Fearless and forensic in its analysis, the book shows that Tasmania's decades-long quest to industrialise nature fails every time.

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Why do we seem to have so little money? Why is our nation 17 trillion dollars in debt? How much IS $17,000,000,000,000? If that debt were to be divided equally among every U.S. citizen we would all pay more than $45,000 in debt To whom is this debt owed? Some of it is owed to China and other nations. The majority is owed to the Federal Reserve Bank. President Kennedy and President Lincoln both attempted to place the U.S. Congress in charge of our money. Both were assassinated. We seem to make no connection between their economic policies and their assassination. The U.S. Constitution states clearly that the government is to issue our money. Why does our money come to us in the form of a Federal Reserve Note? a debt the U.S. Government owes to the Federal Reserve Bank? A large part of our debt is war related. The two major World Wars in the last 100 years resulted in huge multinational central banks that control the economy of much of the world. The book looks at the social teachings of two Popes (Leo XIII and John Paul II). They both spoke strongly against exploitation of workers and unjust economic systems. Originally the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths all outlawed usury. Today only the Muslim faith continues to ban usury. The book looks at Native American philosophy which taught that no one may own the resources of the earth, they are a common WEALTH, They exist for the benefit of all the people. It mentions Estonia and Bolivia have passed legislation which states clearly that these elements are common WEALTH and must be used for the benefit of all. The book also looks at many groups of people who are working to make the world a little better for us all. It ends with a request for more people to help make the world a little better for us all.

2012 Reprint of Original 1951 Edition. Two Volumes bound in one. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The purpose of these volumes is to offer further evidence of the authors thesis that business leaders are the controlling element in economic development because they "determine its spirit and its strategy by making its major decisions." This volume and its predecessor are first rate history. Bank management, private banking, investment banking and competition in the money market, topics barely mentioned in other banking histories, are discussed with fine precision. The author has an unusual command of the foreign literature on money and banking and continually sees American practices against a world background. Not only for bankers, both theoretical and practical, but for all students of economic history, "The Molding of American Banking" is required history.

Everyone loves to WIN.Winning connotes a competitive spirit, a rise to thetop, and that supreme feeling of accomplishment.Mankind has posted gains throughout history andthese exemplify the victory of a WIN So... "What are we winning in this book?"This book uses the benchmarks of Health, Wealthand Success as three targets for Winning. We havetherefore included a select group of people who havesurmounted the pinnacle of these lofty peaks ...menand women that can look back down the mountainand say, "I did it "Regardless of how you 'slice it and dice it, ' the chaptersin this book give you inside traits, habits and actionsof successful achievers in an enjoyable read. If you havea desire to join them, you can read, scrutinize andcopy the methods and thinking that these WINNERShave developed to help get you there.The plans and strategies in this book are manyand varied. Each chapter is characterized by focus, discipline and substance.Follow the Celebrity Experts, adopt tested and provenwinning strategies in your life and be...A WINNER

In Portland, Oregon, coffee is more than just a beverage, it is an essential part of the city's character. Under oft-gray skies, independent roasters and cafes flourish, providing a wide array of styles and tastes for discerning Portlanders to choose from. The celebrated Portland coffee culture attracts visitors from around the world, who come to explore the diverse options and find inspiration for bringing great coffee to their own cities. In Caffeinated PDX: How Portland became the Best Coffee City in America, author Will Hutchens tells the stories of the people and companies that pushed Portland to the forefront of the specialty coffee scene. He travels around the city, talking to a wide variety of coffee professionals and capturing their passion for roasting, selling, and brewing some of the finest coffees in the world. He attends cuppings, goes to barista school, and volunteers at barista competitions to better understand what's so special about specialty coffee. Using Portland as the model, Hutchens also explains the phenomenon known as third-wave coffee, a worldwide movement to improve coffee quality from origin to cup. Full of anecdotes and insights into the minds of Portland's coffee leaders, as well as some lesser-known personalities, Caffeinated PDX is an enjoyable read for people who love coffee, for people who love Portland, or for anyone who appreciates a good story.

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print. We remember the books that shaped our ideas about the world as children, go back to favorite books year after year, give or lend books to loved ones and friends to share the stories we've loved especially, and discuss important books with fellow readers in book clubs and online communities. But for all the ways books influence us, teach us, challenge us, and connect us, many of us remain in the dark as to where they come from and how the mysterious world of publishing truly works. How are books created and how do they get to readers? The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) introduces those outside the industry to the world of book publishing. Covering everything from the beginnings of modern book publishing early in the 20th century to the current concerns over the alleged death of print, digital reading, and the rise of Amazon, Mike Shatzkin and Robert Paris Riger provide a succinct and insightful survey of the industry in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format. The authors, veterans of "trade publishing," or the branch of the business that puts books in our hands through libraries or bookstores, answer questions from the basic to the cutting-edge, providing a guide for curious beginners and outsiders. How does book publishing actually work? What challenges is it facing today? How have social media changed the game of book marketing? What does the life cycle of a book look like in 2019? They focus on how practices are changing at a time of great flux in the industry, as digital creation and delivery are altering the commercial realities of the book business. This book will interest not only those with no experience in publishing looking to gain a foothold on the business, but also those working on the inside who crave a bird's eye view of publishing's evolving landscape. This is a moment of dizzyingly rapid change wrought by the emergence of digital publishing, data collection, e-books, audio books, and the rise of self-publishing; these forces make the inherently interesting business of publishing books all the more fascinating.