This volume deals with the very important and timely topic of dollarization, or the official adoption of the dollar as a nation's currency. The benefits and costs, as well as the type of nation that stands to gain from dollarization, are examined by some of the leading experts and participants in the current debate. Some advocate dollarization, some fixed exchange rates, some flexible. Contributors include R. Mundell (Columbia U), A. Berg (IMF), B. Eichengreen (U Cal - Berkeley).

This book takes a global approach, with an emphasis on North and Latin America respectfully, by discussing one of today's most controversial topics in business; Dollarization. With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, and the formation of the Euro in Europe, many countries and debating whether or not a common currency is in their best interest. This intriguing volume brings together the leading participants in the current dollarization debates. Many advocate the notion of a common currency, while others feel that in doing so will create financial costs for all that take part, with the severity varying from country to country.

This is my life and I am tring to represent it in print. Many will get much from it and many will identify with a few themes contained within. I hope something does touch or move you. This is me for you.

Matthew arrives for an appointment with a healer. They discuss the unusual experiences that he has faced for more than thirty years (near death experiences, vivid dreams, tarot cards, Stonehenge etc.) Things take a strange turn when Matthew offers to prove that what he's saying is real and not just a personal experience. He also gives an extraordinary invitation. Is Matthew really able to see the hidden secrets hinted at by mystics? Or are his experiences simply remarkable coincidences? Work out the symbols. Break the codes. See the truth. Your journey continues here.

This manual presents a wide variety of techniques associated with the use of human CNS tissue obtained at autopsy. The book contains detailed methodologies in discrete chapters written by an expert in the specific field. In addition, it addresses the potential for interactions between molecular studies in brain tissue obtained at autopsy and living brain by using neuroimaging techniques, and directs to reader to suppliers of equipment and reagents that have been shown to be useful when studying human brain tissue.;Topics include problems of collecting brain tissue at autopsy, how psychiatric diagnosis can be made after death and specific problems faced in using human brain tissue in modern laboratory-based techniques.;Suitable for all those using human tissue in their research, this manual is of particular value to those commencing studies using brain tissue. those involved in the study of brain tissue in an attempts to understand molecular and cellular changes that underlie psychiatric illnesses will find it invaluable.