"Bill Orr has produced a handy compendium of statistics, with cogent explanations, on the world economy in the 1990s. National incomes, output, trade, asset markets, debt, foreign aid and population are presented by nation, region and level of development. As a tool, it belongs in the office, study, or newsroom next to the dictionary, and the atlas."
--Charles P. Kindleberger, Professor of Economics, Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Global Economy in the 90s provides a broad statistical guide for all of us in an era of increasing international interdependence: a much-needed contribution.
--Alfred J. Malabre, Jr., author of "Within Our Means"

"Talk about timely Like a light in the dark swamp of geo- political-governmental charts, graphs, and tables. Orr] is there standing over your shoulder, showing you how he interprets each and every graph, and before you know it, you've got your calculator out, and you start to see things that you never saw before. It's addictive. No boring textbook, this book is a masterfully navigated experience through a very confusing jungle. Orr has taken the statistics from dozens of sources and recast them into graphs that are so easy to read. Try it yourself, open the book anywhere. This is a real gem."
&#Richard Barnaby, C.P.A., C.D.P.President, Business Support Services, Inc.Software for the Petroleum Trading Industry

The Global Economy in the 1990s presents, in one comprehensive volume, essential facts and analyses of all aspects of an increasingly integrated global economy. Filled with hundreds of lively graphs that reveal trends and relationships, hundreds of tables that provide concrete numbers for individual research, and succinct short essays that put each facet of economic activity in its global context, this invaluable reference is derived and enhanced from over 20 official sources--including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, GATT, United Nations, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and the European Community.

This book solves the problem of how to decide which passages in the Bible apply to modern Christians today. Bible readers are aware that the scriptures contain instructions for proper diet, clothing, personal grooming, animal sacrifice, government officials, marriage, child rearing, money, slavery, church organization, tithing, religious rituals and many, many other things. As has often been noted, the commandments of the Bible are bewilderingly complex, sometimes impracticable, and even inconsistent. Realizing this problem, quite a few have recently attempted to wind their way through the maze of biblical teachings in an effort to provide Bible followers with an approach which is simple and effective. But what has been lacking is an algorithm for doing just that. In The Kingdom Algorithm, How To Apply the Bible To Your Life, Cage and Orr begin by setting out the problem in full and giving a summary of proffered solutions. Finding none that works well, the authors offer their own. What is needed, they think, is an algorithm. An algorithm is a recursive method for determing a solution, such as one finds in computer programs. A tape measure, or a measuring cup, would be an algorithm. So would a mathematical formula for making parts out of materials. Cage and Orr offer the kingdom of God as the basis for a method for sifting biblical teachings and commandments in order to find the universal characteristics of the disciple of Christ. They set out the algorithm, explain it and then test it. After this, a chapter is devoted to a clear presentation of the characteristics of a citizen of the kingdom of God, no matter the period in history, the etnicity, the nationality nor the culture. Objections to the algorithm are then considered before the authors conclude with a general discussion of what all of this might mean to us today. Gary Cage and Bill Orr both have college training in biblical studies. Cage has a Ph.D.in philosophy and teaches philosophy, religious studies and history on the college level. Both are family men and, along with their wives and families, have been very active in church work for years. Cage has also been active in missionary work in West Africa and in Eastern Europe.