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| compdsrt.pdf | complete dissertation in pdf format less charts and graphs. (c. 320 pages when formatted) charts and graphs add about another 100 pages. |
| Chapt1.pdf | Chapter 1 -- Introduction: The problem and its setting |
| Chapt2.pdf | Chapter 2 -- Review of the Literature |
| Chapt3.pdf | Chapter 3 -- Methodology |
| Chapt4.pdf | Chapter 4 -- Findings and Results |
| Chapt5.pdf | Chapter 5 -- Conclusions and Discussion |
| bblgrphy.pdf | Bibliography for dissertation. |
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Following are monographs developed from
my dissertation, |
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| corp.pdf | An examination of how corporations have evolved into the Frankenstein's monsters of today |
| femwork.pdf | Excerpt from my dissertation examining the "feminization" of the American work-force and work-place and the relationship to vocational/technical education |
| accrmod.pdf | An accretion v. linear model of economic evolution specifically examining the assumption of Pieget type development which forbids regression and stage repetition. Helps explain high societal stress levels |
| ValOfEd | Excerpt from dissertation calculating "value of post-secondary education" to a student using DFC/ROI and income trends/projections in CPI $ for various educational levels |
| freetrd.pdf | Free Trade -- Does comparative advantage still exist? Why limitations on capital export [including intellectual] may be as important as limitations on immigration in preserving a high equitably distributed per capita national income [standard of living] |
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How many countries does it take to equal one Wal-Mart? Cumulative GPDs of poorest to richest nations [GDP order] compared to the gross incomes of the largest trans-national corporations [largest to smallest] Question: should Wal-Mart et al. have a seat on the Security Council in the U.N.? PDF format -- xls available on email request |
| eos.pdf | I cut it off twice and its still too short: "Economy of Scale" meets the "Law of Diminishing Returns." See how the Fortune 500 do using 4 measures of size and 4 measures of profit. |
| casevgen.pdf | Why improving the individual no longer seems to help society as a whole. Problem is the dichotomy between individual/case solutions and generic/class effects. |
| sklsprem.pdf | "Skills Premium" or how wages can go down in the middle of a labor "shortage" |
| Data charts and tables in pdf format -- xls available on request. | |
| MYA = Mid Year Average, CPI = Consumer Price Index (U) | |
| WheatPrices.pdf | Table & graph of CPI adjusted MYA wheat prices -- free food in 2010!! |
| CornPrcs,pdf | Midyear average corn prices in CPI dollars |
| HogPrcs.pdf | Mid year average hog prices in CPI dollars |
| FSI.pdf | Changes in family income in quintile distribution in CPI dollars 1947-1994 |
| cattle.pdf | MYA cattle prices in CPI dollars |
| bnkrptrt.pdf | US Bankruptcies per million population |
| djia.pdf | Dow Jones Industrial Averages 1900-1997 showing phases of economic change and periods of gross speculation |
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