Monday, December 22, 2008

Contemporary Business Law and E Commerce Law or What You Need to Know About the Economics of Growing Old

Contemporary Business Law and E-Commerce Law

Author: Henry R Cheeseman

This book provides the richest selection of landmark (traditional) and contemporary (within the last three years) cases for business students, including more cases on information technology and e-commerce law than any other book.Topics present a summarized/brief approach to cases. This edition contains over 75 new cases that have been decided in the past three years, including ones covering IT and e-Commerce — dedicated chapters cover Intellectual Property and Internet Law, and Electronic Commerce and Information Technology Licensing. Over 45 “Online Commerce & Internet Law” boxes focus on the legal issues businesses face as they either launch new Internet ventures or rise to the challenge of incorporating on-line technologies into their existing business models. For those in Business Law professions.



Interesting textbook: Entertainment Marketing Communication or Nursing Outcomes Classification

What You Need to Know About the Economics of Growing Old (But Were Afraid to Ask): A Provocative Reference Guide to the Economics of Aging

Author: Teresa Ghilarducci

"With the aid of her Economics of Aging class, Teresa Ghilarducci has compiled this comprehensive sourcebook as a guide for politicians, economists, journalists, students, and ordinary Americans through the maze of Social Security and the economics of growing old in America." This book will be valuable from the classroom to the halls of Congress. Simply put, it contains information everyone should know.



Table of Contents:
Introduction1
1No exit7
2Quality over quantity11
3The life expectancy of the elderly14
4Elderly poverty : higher than you think16
5Big spenders and gamblers : the elderly in debt23
6Old age and social disability insurance29
7Paying your dues32
8Reaping the benefits36
9Who stands to gain38
10Redistribution of wealth40
11The freedom to work act43
12Growth of beneficiaries vs. contributors45
13Dependents : mouths to feed48
14Do the old eat the young?52
15Exploitation of Mexico55
16Welfare histories, welfare futures?65
17The implications of welfare dependency68
18Retirement savings habits72
19Spend, spend, spend76
20Debt78
21Annuities81
22Private pensions84
23A bias in 401(k) plans89
24Thinking ahead92
25Who's the boss?96
26From housewife to single mother103
27Dependent no more : working women109
28Living longer114
29Church ladies becoming Wal-Mart greeters121
30Elder work and youth unemployment124

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