Written by over 20 leading international economists, this book offers win-win scenarios to economic problems. As in the other volumes of this set of public policy handbooks, the Handbook of Global ...Economic Policy employs a unique organizational principle: from viewing economic problems from conservative and liberal perspectives, to developing practical, non-ideological solutions to the problems, and finally testing the solution's feasibility in terms of economic, administrative, political, psychological, legal, international, and technological obstacles. The authors confront conventional wisdom about tradeoffs between unemployment and inflation, economic growth and displaced workers, and c
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The film festival's budget has increased to $225,000, but Michael Posner still expects to put $100,000 of his own money into the event. This year, the city of Delray Beach gave the festival $3,000, ...the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission gave $4,500 and the county's Tourist Development Council gave $7,000, a major improvement over last year, when Posner said he received no financial assistance from the area. Ladrones y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars): Directed by Ricardo Mndez Matta, this Spanish-language drama tells the story of three Puerto Rican families struggling to stay together in a society overcome by corruption and drugs. Ladrones is part of a day of South American films in Spanish and Portuguese to be presented on Sunday. Posner calls the festival a "filmmaker's festival" loaded with parties, happy hours and even surfing lessons to encourage mingling.
