Book Review

Review of: MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS AGENTS. Vol. 1: INDUSTRIAL AND REGULATORY APPROACHES. Vol. 2: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND POLICY ASPECTS. (Duane G. LeVine & Arthur C. Upton eds., Praeger 1992). Each volume contains: bibliography, series foreword, foreword, figures, notes, biographical references, tables, index. Vol. 1: [194 pp.] LC-92-167 ISBN 0-275-94322-4. Vol. 2: [188 pp.] ISBN 0-275-94323-2. [Cloth, each $49.95. 88 Post Road West; Westport CT 06881.

Organic-industrial complex or herbal remedy? A case near Seattle and Vancouver

This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Organic conversion can help maintain property and lifestyle. But organic is not always local. Based on long-term contacts this poster notes market, global and policy implications of an American family farm which converted to organic herbs with a multinational partner. Is the family’s affiliation with corporate macro-actors the happy human face of globalisation? Or does it support Pollan’s (2001) warning that an ‘organic-industrial complex’ will dominate organic movements in the US, UK and world-wide

Supplemental Notes to "Demographic transition and industrial revolution: A macroeconomic investigation"

These notes cover: Derivation of the objective function of the Dynastic Problem, Characterization of the competitive equilibrium, Sequential Problem (SP) whose solution corresponds to the competitive equilibrium allocation, Limiting behavior of the equilibrium time paths, Calibration as a solution to the system of linear equations, Solution method, Solving our model with the Barro and Becker parental utility, Effects of TFP and Labor Supply Changes on Structural Change.

Industrialización y espacio urbano

Ces notes, écrites a partir du livre The Capitalist Imperative. Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth de M. Storper et R. Walker, sont centrées sur les relations entre l'industrialisation et la croissance urbaine. Les auteurs s'étendent sur d'autres sujets tels que les processus de croissance industrielle, les dinamiques du développement technologique, son apparition et sa difussion, les marchés de travail et les politiques d'emploi, et les nouvelles relations de classe qu'apparaissent dans le nouveau cadre de production, mais ces notes sont concernées particulierement pour la relation entre la localisation industrielle et la croissance urbaine et régionale. Les agglomérations urbaines apparaissent comme le parfait endroit revalorisé pour le développement des nouveaux systbmes de production dans un contexte de hierarchies urbaines instables. Les villes et les régions sont soumises des changements imprévisibles, résultats de l'expansion de la production sur le territoire et la différentiation spatiale conséquence de la croissance selective des différentes industries.These notes, written after the book The Capitalist Imperative. Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth by M. Storper and R. Walker, focus on the relations between industrialization and urban growth. Although the authors comment on several topics that include ;he processes ofindustrial growth, the dynamics of technology, its generation and difussion, the labour markets and employment policies, and the new class relations developed in the new context ofhroduction, these notes emphasize the relationship between industrial location and the regional and urban development. Urban agglomerations appear as a perfect revalued locus for the development of new production systems within a context of unstable urban hierarchies. Cities and regions are subjected to unpredictable changes due to the expansion of production over space and the spatial differentiation arising from the selective growth of different industries.Estas notas, escritas a partir del libro The Capitalist Imperative. Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth de M. Storper y R. Walker, se centran en las relaciones entre industrialización y crecimiento urbano. Los autores desarrollan otros temas como son los procesos de crecimiento industrial, las dinámicas del desarrollo tecnológico, su aparición y difusión, los mercados de trabajo y las políticas de ocupación, y las nuevas relaciones de clase que se desarrollan en el nuevo contexto de producción, pero estas notas enfatizan sobre todo la relación entre localización industrial v crecimiento urbano v regional. Las aglomeraciones urbanas apareceh como un lugar revalorizado para el desarrollo de nuevos sistemas de producción en un contexto de jerarquias urbanas inestables. Las ciuiades y las regiones están sometidasa cambios imprevisibles, debido a la expansión de la producción sobre el territorio y a la diferenciación espacial resultado del crecimiento selectivo de distintas industrias.Aquestes notes, escrites a partir del llibre The Capitalist Imperative. Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth de M. Storper i R.Walker, se centren en les relacions entre industrialització i creixement urbà. Els autors s'estenen sobre altres temes com són els processos de creixement industrial, les dinàmiques del desenvolupament tecnològic, la seva aparició i difusió, els mercats de treball i les polítiques d'ocupació, i les noves relacions de classe que es desenvolupen en el nou context de producció, pero aquestes notes emfasitzen, sobretot, la relació entre localització industrial i creixement urbà i regional. Les aglomeracions urbanes apareixen com un lloc revalorat i perfecte per al desenvolupament de nous sistemes de producció en un context de jerarquies urbanes inestables. Les ciutats i les regions estan sotmeses a canvis imprevisibles, a causa de l'expansió de la producció sobre el territori i de la diferenciació espacial resultat del creixement selectiu de les diferents indústries

Asian Pacific Marine Minerals and Industry Structure

Eventual development of marine minerals potential in the Asian Pacific would likely draw on the technology, skills, and experience of the emerging international seabed mining industry. As a result of strategic behavior by its firms, this small-numbers industrial "strategic group" has created a level of capacity for seabed mining exploration and research and development (R&D) that far exceeds the near-term level of activity expected in seabed mining. The paper reports on the nature of preproduction industrial structure (or "protostructure") in seabed mining and draws implications for efforts to develop the resource potential of Asian Pacific marine minerals. Seabed minerals exploration and R&D services might be offered to Asian Pacific nations at bargain prices (below unit cost) by firms with first-starter advantages in the emerging industry. However, cautionary notes are included about constraints on the economic potential of the region's deep-sea minerals such as manganese nodules, polymetallie sulfides, and cobalt crusts.Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Arthur Taylor Prescott Papers

Typescript, outlines,and notes of Taylor, first President of Louisiana Industrial Institute, of his book Drafting the Federal Constitution.https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/manuscript-finding-aids/1026/thumbnail.jp

HARRIS, Abram Lincoln

Title: Papers, 1919-1929 Description: 0.5 linear ft. (29 items) Notes: Afro-American economist and educator. Correspondence, manuscripts, and notes relating to Harris\u27s research on the involvement of Afro-Americans in the labor movement, particularly the Industrial Workers of the World. Includes material relating to the Socialist Party in the U.S. Correspondents include Covington Hall and Benjamin Fletcher. Subjects: Afro-American college teachers. lcsh Economists -- United States. lcsh Fletcher, Ben, 1890-1949, correspondent. Hall, Covington, 1871-1951, correspondent. Industrial Workers of the World. Socialist Party (US) Labor movement -- United States. Trade-unions -- Afro-American membership. Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC). NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.48 NUCMC #: DCLV96-A44

FDI, AGOA And Manufactured Exports From A Land-Locked, Least-Developed African Economy: Lesotho

Lesotho, a small, mountainous and resource poor country inside South Africa, has emerged as the largest and fastest growing exporter of apparel from Sub-Saharan Africa to the US. Its rapid manufacturing growth has been driven by inflows of export-oriented foreign direct investment. This paper explores this unusual experience against the setting of the dismal record of industrial growth and competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa. It traces the origins of apparel-based FDI in Lesotho and the critical role of trade preferences in stimulating its exports and notes the limited integration of foreign affiliates into the local economy. The recent export spurt reflects first mover advantages in apparel manufacture, but long-term prospects, after trade preferences, remain dubious unless there is a significant improvement in skills and productivity. The experience has important policy lessons for the Lesotho government, foreign investors and international community in terms of stimulating competitive industrial development in Africa.

Two Tales of a City: Nineteenth-Century Black Philadelphia

[Excerpt] In the tension between Forging Freedom and Roots of Violence certain themes present themselves for further research and thought. Neither volume successfully analyzes the historical roots of the African-American class structure. This is especially evident in each book\u27s treatment of the black middling orders. While neither defines the category with clarity, their basic assumption that small shopkeepers and regularly employed workers were critical to the community\u27s ability to withstand some of the worst shocks of racism is important. The clash between these books also raises questions concerning the role of pre-industrial cultural values in the transition to industrial capitalism. Nash notes, and then fails to explore, the significance of black exclusion from industrial life; Lane, however, is quite clear that to be excluded from that transition, despite the pains inclusion brought, is to remain in a position of profound disadvantage. The work of Lane and William Julius Wilson suggests avenues for both historical and contemporary exploration of the economic and cultural effects of this exclusion. In addition, Lane\u27s argument has a particular implication for the writing of nineteenth-century white working-class history as well. It would lend support to the suggestions of Richard Stott and others that we need to be more rigorous in appreciating both the cultural and social values of the pre-industrial world and the specific relevance of those values to industrial society. Finally, there is the central tension between these two books, one that revolves around their respective visions of nineteenth-century African-American urban culture. While neither argument is fully convincing, the structure of Roger Lane\u27s analysis, if not always its development, suggests an important direction for future work. Not to explore these issues historically is to continue the timidity Wilson so sharply criticized in contemporary policy debates. As in so many other areas, it was W.E.B. DuBois who pointed the way when he wrote, in 1899, that we must study, we must investigate, we must attempt to solve; and the utmost that the world can demand is, not lack of human interest and moral conviction, but rather the heart-quality of fairness, and an earnest desire for the truth despite its possible unpleasantness