Operations Research Proceedings 2014 Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Septem...

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Validation of an Enhanced System Synthesis Approach -- Stochastic Dynamic Programming Solution of a Risk-Adjusted Disaster Preparedness and Relief Distribution Problem -- Solution Approaches for the Double-Row Equidistant Facility Layout Problem -- Simulation of the System-Wide Impact of Power-to-Gas Energy Storages by Multi-Stage Optimization -- An Approximation Result for Matchings in Partitioned Hypergraphs -- On Class Imbalancy Correction for Classification Algorithms in Credit Scoring -- The Exact Solution of Multi-Period Portfolio Choice Problem with Exponential Utility -- On the Discriminative Power of Tournament Solutions -- An actor-oriented approach to evaluate climate policies with regard to resource intensive industries -- Upper Bounds for Heuristic Approaches to the Strip Packing Problem -- An Approximative Lexicographic Min-Max Approach to the Discrete Facility Location Problem -- Effects of Profit Taxes in Matrix Games -- Extension and application of a general pickup and delivery model for evaluating the impact of bundling goods in an urban environment -- Optimizing time slot allocation in single operator home delivery problems -- Robust Scheduling with Logic-Based Benders Decomposition -- Optimal Adaptation Process of Emergency Medical Services Systems in a Changing Environment -- Strategic network planning of recycling of photovoltaic modules -- Designing a Feedback Control System via Mixed-Integer Programming -- Fair Cyclic Roster Planning - A Case Study for a Large European Airport -- Why Does a Railway Infrastructure Company Need an Optimized Train Path Assignment for Industrialized Timetabling? …”
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What's wrong with a free lunch? / Philippe van Parijs [and others] ; foreword by Robert Solow ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston Review.

Table of Contents: “…Galston -- UBI and the flat tax / Herbert A. Simon -- Falling in love again / Wade Rathke -- Security and laissez-faire / Emma Rothschild -- Subsidize wages / Edmund S. …”
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Nation in debt : how can we pay the bills?. by Tony Wharton

Table of Contents: “…; A Framework for Deliberation; Option One: Agree to Make Sacrifices Now; Reform Social Security and Medicare; Raise Revenue; Cut Federal Spending Everywhere; What We Could Do; Option Two: Strengthen Checks and Balances; Pass a Balanced-Budget Amendment; Time-Again-for "Pay-as-You-Go"; Riding into the Sunset; Permanently Ban "Earmarks"; What We Could Do; Option Three: Invest in Growth First; Reduce the Corporate Tax Rate; Encourage Research and Development; Get More Young People into Science; What We Could Do.…”
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Transparency and other hot topics / guest editors, Tom McManus, Yair Holtzman, Harold Lazarus and Johan Anderberg.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Transparency guru: an interview with Tom McManus -- Transparency: panacea or Pandora's box -- Organization-stakeholder relationships: exploring trust and transparency -- Creating transparency around the research and development tax credit -- Globalization, organizational opaqueness and conspiracy -- Healthcare transparency: opportunity or mirage -- Transparency in the age of AIDS: the reality and mythology of a disease -- Organic management of frameworks and systems, but not people -- Transparency and there again: lessons learned at Digital -- How personal can ethics get? …”
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Stealing Africa How Much Profit is Fair? / DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark).

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The great forgetting : the past, present and future of social democracy and the welfare state / Jack Lawrence Luzkow. by Luzkow, Jack Lawrence, 1941-

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China Urbanisation Migration and Related Issues.

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Zeitgeist The Movie - Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain / Sideways Film.

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The Future of Capitalism Meeting of the Minds / CNBC (Television network).

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Killing ed.

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Exclusion U

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Offshore : elmer et le secret bancaire suisse / un film de Werner Swiss Schweizer

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Jim Turley Discusses Challenges And Optimism For Women and Increasing Diversity / Prendismo, LLC.

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Jim Turley Shares Anecdote About Advancing Women In The Workplace / Prendismo, LLC.

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Modern Presidential Campaigns. Packaging the Candidates, Images & Sound Bites (1980 - 92) / Educational Video Group.

Table of Contents: “…Carter's "Rose Garden" Strategy (1:48) -- Reagan/Ford Considered "Dream Ticket" (0:47) -- Reagan Accepts Republican Nomination (5:08) -- Carter Accepts Democratic Nomination (2:43) -- 1980 Commercial Campaign Messages (2:38) -- Reagan, "There You Go Again" (5:25) -- Reagan's Inaugural Speech (2:19) -- 1984 Presidential Election Historic Firsts (1:57) -- Cuomo - 1984 Democratic Convention (1:52) -- Jesse Jackson "Our Time Has Come" (0:59) -- First Woman VP Candidate (2:30) -- Mondale "Taxes Will Go Up" (3:20) -- Reagan/Mondale Television Ads (3:26) -- Reagan Appears Confused (2:29) -- Ferraro Faces Off Against Bush (2:11) -- 1988 Democratic Keynote Address (2:37) -- Dukakis Accepts Democratic Nomination (4:42) -- "Facts are Stupid Things" (1:56) -- Quayle Defends His Public Service (1:10) -- Bush's Successful Acceptance Speech (2:24) -- Dukakis Ads Target Voter Groups (2:07) -- Benson, "Senator, You're No Jack Kennedy" (3:05) -- Dukakis Confronted on Capital Punishment (1:32) -- Clinton Dubbed "Come Back Kid" (2:19) -- Bush and Clinton Win Party Nominations (1:47) -- 1992 Democratic Convention (3:18) -- Clinton "We Can Do It" (2:54) -- Bush Supporters Concerned (2:00) -- Barbara Bush Addresses National Convention (3:35) -- Clinton/Gore Maintain Momentum (1:42) -- Perot Re-enters Race (2:40) -- Debate Seals Candidate's Fate (3:40) -- Clinton's Inaugural Address (2:11) -- Credits: Modern Presidential Campaigns, Volume 4: "Packaging the Candidates: Images & Sound Bites" (1980–92) (0:38)…”
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Psychological Perspectives on Financial Decision Making edited by Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, Jakub Traczyk.

Table of Contents: “…Part I The Level of the Brain -- 1. Neural Bases of Financial Decision Making: From Spikes to Large-Scale Brain Connectivity -- 2. …”
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Income inequality in oecd countries : what are the drivers and policy options?. by Hoeller, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The Distribution of Labor Income Isabell Koske, Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabelle Wanner -- Introduction and Main Findings -- Main Findings -- Cross-country Patterns and Recent Trends in Labor Income Inequality in OECD Countries -- The Role of Non-policy Factors in Shaping Labor Income Inequality -- Skill-biased Technological Change -- Globalization -- The Role of Structural Policies in Shaping Labor Income Inequality -- Education Policy -- Labor Market Institutions -- Minimum wages -- Wage bargaining -- EPL: overall stringency and gap between regular and temporary contracts -- Unemployment and social assistance benefits -- Active labor market policies -- Interactions between labor market policies and globalization -- Product Market Regulation -- Tax Policy -- Other Policy Issues.…”
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Call Me Mike : a Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle. by Zimmerman, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Depression, a Victory, and a Defeat; 4. Pax, Tax, and a Near Miss; 5. His Honor the Mayor; 6. …”
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Capital in the twenty-first century / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. by Piketty, Thomas, 1971-

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How Ottawa spends, 1990-91 : tracking the second agenda / edited by Katherine A. Graham ; cover design, Robert Chitty.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 2: The Goods and Services Tax: Lessons from Tax Reform -- Chapter 3: The Department of Industry, Science and Technology: Is There Industrial Policy After Free Trade?…”
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