Zinc coatings are applied commercially by hot‐dipping, electro‐deposition, metal‐spraying, cementation and vacuum deposition (see Table 5). Galvanizing (zinc hot‐dipping) has been…
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Zinc coatings are applied commercially by hot‐dipping, electro‐deposition, metal‐spraying, cementation and vacuum deposition (see Table 5). Galvanizing (zinc hot‐dipping) has been done for more than 200 years now and is undoubtedly the most widely‐used form of metal coating. The production and pro‐perties of these coatings have received intensive study over the last 10 years; much of this has been reported at the ‘International Conferences on Hot‐Dip Galvanizing’.
ADDRESS BY DR G TOLLEY, PRINCIPAL, SHEFFIELD CITY POLYTECHNIC AND DIRECTOR‐DESIGNATE, THE OPEN TECH, TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, HARROGATE…
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ADDRESS BY DR G TOLLEY, PRINCIPAL, SHEFFIELD CITY POLYTECHNIC AND DIRECTOR‐DESIGNATE, THE OPEN TECH, TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, HARROGATE, THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 1982
IT IS OFTEN conceded that many of America's problems are ours too, although our two countries are usually out of phase. With the growth of unemployment in Britain, and the growth…
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IT IS OFTEN conceded that many of America's problems are ours too, although our two countries are usually out of phase. With the growth of unemployment in Britain, and the growth of new, scientifically based industries, there is evidence that manpower problems now becoming apparent are similar to those which have been steadily developing in the US during the last five years or so. The recent NEDC Report ‘Growth of the United Kingdom Economy to 1966’ has pointed out that a shortage of skilled manpower will continue side by side with large‐scale redundancies in some major industries. Re‐training schemes will obviously become necessary.
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the countries, their people, their businesses, and their governments. It is a change driven by international trade…
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Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the countries, their people, their businesses, and their governments. It is a change driven by international trade, implemented by various policies and aided by modern technology. It has impacts on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and prosperity, and human physical well-being in societies around the world. But there can be some negative impacts as well. One possible outcome of globalization of all sorts can be the income inequalities. Objective of this chapter is to search for any such connection. Gini coefficient, unemployment rate, Below Poverty Line (BPL) is taken to understand the extent of inequalities in different countries. Outcome shows some countries do not show any association between globalization and income inequalities; some do. Therefore, there are some other variables which influence the above relationship. This chapter tries to identify all such background factors. It reveals that factors like level of development, demographic structure, urbanization, adult and tertiary level of education and government expenditure share in higher education play important roles. All these have different magnitudes of impacts on change in income distribution due to the initial process of globalization.
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The reform of vocational qualifications is now under way. Britain's workforce is seriously underqualified and the need for competence, properly assessed and accredited, and…
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The reform of vocational qualifications is now under way. Britain's workforce is seriously underqualified and the need for competence, properly assessed and accredited, and personal qualities, such as attitudes and adaptability, must be met. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications is developing three major thrusts: towards competence, framework (the National Vocational Qualification), and accessibility and progression, giving a wide and more flexible range of learning opportunities.
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This chapter discusses the “seigniorage argument” in favor of public money issuance, according to which public finances could be improved if the state more fully exercised the…
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This chapter discusses the “seigniorage argument” in favor of public money issuance, according to which public finances could be improved if the state more fully exercised the privilege of money creation, which is, today, largely shared with private banks. This point was made in the 1930s by several proponents of the “100% money” reform scheme, such as Henry Simons of the University of Chicago, Lauchlin Currie of Harvard and Irving Fisher of Yale, who called for a full-reserve requirement in lawful money behind checking deposits. One of their claims was that, by returning all seigniorage profit to the state, such reform would allow a significant reduction of the national debt. In academic debates, however, following a criticism first made by Albert G. Hart of the University of Chicago in 1935, this argument has generally been discarded as wholly illusory. Hart argued that, because the state, under a 100% system, would be likely to pay the banks a subsidy for managing checking accounts, no substantial debt reduction could possibly be expected to follow. The 100% money proponents never answered Hart’s criticism, whose conclusion has often been considered as definitive in the literature. However, a detailed study of the subject reveals that Hart’s analysis itself appears to be questionable on at least two grounds: the first pertains to the sources of the seigniorage benefit, the other to its distribution. This chapter concludes that the “seigniorage argument” of the 100% money authors may not have been entirely unfounded.
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Azzeddine M. Azzam and Amal Britel
To contribute to the economic understanding of alternativefood‐grain policy options for Morocco, examines the fiscal implicationsof instituting, in addition to the current soft…
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To contribute to the economic understanding of alternative food‐grain policy options for Morocco, examines the fiscal implications of instituting, in addition to the current soft wheat subsidy, a consumer and producer subsidy in the related markets of hard wheat and barley. Subsidizing the two related markets has been suggested by some economists as a possible means of alleviating the subsidy burden through shifting supply and demand in the soft wheat market. The analysis shows that the additional subsidies will not alleviate the problem.