Money Order: The Money Management Guide for Women

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Make Your Money Work for You

Thirty or forty years ago, most women depended on a weekly allowance from their husbands to run the household and care for children. Although today's women share the breadwinning with their husbands or support families on their incomes alone, their money management skills simply haven't kept pace with their earning power. It's time for women to embrace a new paradigm, doing away with the notion that control of finances is a man's job.

Like no other book on personal finance, Money Order offers a new model for managing your money, one that reflects women's constantly changing money needs and helps you develop real financial savvy and resourcefulness. Based on Womankind's grassroots Financial Literacy Project, Money Order covers all the basics, including how to

Establish and maintain good credit
Save for your children's college education
Manage debt
Finance car and home purchases
Insure yourself and your property
Prepare for retirement

But it doesn't stop there. Packed with insider tips from women financial experts, as well as real-life stories, exercises, and useful charts and graphs, Money Order is a comprehensive primer that teaches you to treat your money as your greatest asset -- not as an endless burden.

Once you have your day-to-day financial life on track, this book will provide you with new options to save, spend, and invest your money. Money Order encourages you to share your financial knowledge with other women and to make meaningful investments that will effect real economic change in your life and the lives of others.

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Written by professional women who serve as instructors at Womankind, a Boston-based collective dedicated to the ideals of feminist egalitarian economics, this valuable handbook not only covers financial basics but shows how financially savvy women can effect real changes in society. It is packed with straightforward information, as well as real-life stories, exercises, and useful charts and graphs, designed to help women change the way they think about and manage their money. It explores such important areas as: -- Establishing and maintaining credit -- Choosing a health plan -- Making major purchases -- Insuring themselves and their property -- Preparing for retirement -- Negotiating what you have to get what you need -- Investing resources with an eye to personal satisfaction and community benefits Like Our Bodies, Ourselves, Money Order has its roots in an innovative organization that works with women of all ages, backgrounds, and economic levels. It provides women with the essential tools to become financially independent and to redress social inequalities through targeted philanthropy and other economic initiatives.

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This book is for managers, particularly those at small companies or divisions of larger companies, who aspire to be owners. Using real-life case studies, the author shows how buyouts proceed from beginning to end, shedding light on the roles played by investment bankers, lawyers, accountants, lenders, and investors. With information on tax and regulatory issues, the book shows how buyout techniques can be adapted to meet changing conditions. Both public companies and small privately held companies are included in the case studies. Owners and managers alike will gain a clearer understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of buyouts from this stimulating text.

A Management Guide to Leveraged Buyouts - a Case Study Digest

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A Management Guide to Leveraged Buyouts - a Case Study Digest
Edward K Crawford
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The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which is now being implemented, reduces the support for a selected number of agricultural products. This book uses welfare theory and applied general equilibrium analysis to assess the medium to long term consequences of this reform, if the new policies remain in place until the beginning of the next century. It analyses the implications of two alternative scenarios: a) a further trade liberalisation covering all commodities; and b) increased protectionism with high prices, constraints on production and export subsidies (financed by the farmers themselves). The study also investigates the implications of financial renationalisation, whereby the European Union member-states would cover the costs of their own support measures.

Globalization and European Integration: The Changing Role of Farmers in the Common Agricultural Policy

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Globalization and European Integration: The Changing Role of Farmers in the Common Agricultural Policy
Marjoleine Hennis
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This book interprets the Common Agricultural Policy in the context of the broader processes of globalization, especially as those processes link to the organization of interests in the farm sector and the long-standing corporatist relationships between farmers and the state.

Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy: History of a Paradigm Change (Palgrave studies in European Union Politics)

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Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy: History of a Paradigm Change (Palgrave studies in European Union Politics)
Isabelle Garzon
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ASIN: 023000184X
Release Date: 2007-01-23

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Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy provides a comparison of the reforms of the European common agricultural policy. It analyses the determining factors by applying a multi-level (international, European and national), a multi-issue (agricultural and non-agricultural), and a policy network approach (the evolution of the corporatist model). It is demonstrated that the international trade level played a determining role. It discusses whether cumulative changes brought about a paradigm change and argues that policy feedbacks of each reform generated change, up to a change in policy paradigm.

The CAP and the Regions: The Territorial Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (Cabi Publishing)

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The CAP and the Regions: The Territorial Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (Cabi Publishing)

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This book assesses the regional impact of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Rural Development Policy (RDP), asking the question of how far these mainly sectoral policies are compatible with more general objectives of territorial cohesion across the old and new countries of the
European Union. Through detailed statistical analysis and case studies, it considers both the incidence of CAP expenditure and other farm producer support across over 1000 NUTS3 regions, and the impacts of current CAP reforms. It also assesses how far the CAP is consistent with the goals set out in
the European Spatial Development Perspective. It concludes with proposals for CAP/RDP reform, and attempts to highlight good practice in rural development.

Future Financing of the Common Agricultural Policy: House of Lords Paper 7-i, 2nd Report of Session 2005-06 (Hl Paper)

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Future Financing of the Common Agricultural Policy: House of Lords Paper 7-i, 2nd Report of Session 2005-06 (Hl Paper)
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The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community: Principles and Consequences (Occasional Paper (Intl Monetary Fund))

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The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community: Principles and Consequences (Occasional Paper (Intl Monetary Fund))

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The Agri-environmental Policy Of The European Union: The Implementation Of The Agri-environmental Measures Within The Common Agricultural Policy In France, ... (Work - Technology - Organization - Society)

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The Agri-environmental Policy Of The European Union: The Implementation Of The Agri-environmental Measures Within The Common Agricultural Policy In France, ... (Work - Technology - Organization - Society)

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Agriculture and the Regions: The Situation and Developments in the Enlarged Community : The Regional Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy in Spa

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Agriculture and the Regions: The Situation and Developments in the Enlarged Community : The Regional Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy in Spa
Lydia Mykolenko , and th Deraymond
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Agriculture and World Trade Liberalisation: Socio-environmental Perspectives on the Common Agricultural Policy

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Agriculture and World Trade Liberalisation: Socio-environmental Perspectives on the Common Agricultural Policy

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Written by leading authorities from Europe and the U.S., this volume discusses current and future issues surrounding agriculture and its relationship to trade, sustainability, and the environment. The chapters are derived from a 1996 conference entitled "European Agriculture at the Crossroads: Competition and Sustainability" and have been revised to reflect the European Commission's Agenda 2000. The is an important resource for researchers and policy makers in agricultural economics, rural sociology, then environment, and European studies.

Agriculture Under the Common Agricultural Policy: A Geography

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Agriculture Under the Common Agricultural Policy: A Geography
Ian R. Bowler
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The four parts of this book - The Problem, Managing the Problem (Mitigation), Managing the Problem (Warnings and Technology), and Related Hazards - is a collaborative effort across different boundaries and disciplines, identifying key challenges, areas of progress and opportunities. The book emphasises that it is the social science links that need most attention, viz., research on warnings, warning response and risk communication. Further, the work must be seen in the context of sustainable policies, so that economic growth is not compromised and a longer term outlook is adopted.

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It was a day like any other in Gotham, until...

In the interest of cost-cutting, editorial work at the high-end housewares tome The Byzantium Catalog has been "redistributed," thereby relieving Rachel Chambers of her duties. Meanwhile, the evil "other woman" relieves Rachel of her boyfriend of two years.

But all is not lost. A business idea that starts off as a joke between Rachel and her friend starts to take off. And suddenly her misadventures take on a life of their own when the art director at her temp job turns her into a comic-book superhero. Suddenly Rachel is taking the New York social scene by storm-remorselessly tossing aside losers and nay-sayers in her never-ending quest for Success. And her man-eating alter-ego has got her believing that she just might be able to pull this off in real life...though maybe without the cone-shaped bra.

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A must-read! Fabulous! Please write MORE!!.......2007-07-27

I read nearly this entire book in one night without even realizing how the hours flew by.. I hope the authors write another book with the Rach as their main character.

This was a light-hearted, real-life read that was amazing in its simplicity. I felt like I was there. It was incredible.

The book leaves so much more to be developed in a sequel. It would be a great movie, too. I see it on the big screen.

If you haven't read it, get it quick. This is an undiscovered gem.

A fun read!.......2005-10-28

I'm not usually a fan of books written in the first person present, but this one caught me right away. It's written intelligently, believably, and the story moves along quickly. I found myself pulling for Rachel, the heroine, within the first chapter, and anyone that's ever been dumped, been out of work, or has experienced the NYC social scene should feel the same.

It's a fun and light read, and is perfect for that trip away from home when you're looking for something to make you feel good. Enjoy!

Inspires!.......2005-10-03

Shaking Her Assets is about a woman who picks her editing career up off the sidewalk - where her former boss tossed it - and haphazardly launches a start-up company which quickly turns into something she's fighting for, something she's really proud of. Rachel Chambers, a sensitive and loyal heroine compared to the usual career-driven femmes fatales found in chick lit, has a knack for putting people in their best light, optimizing strengths over weaknesses - crafting slamming entry essays to top business schools around the world. But Epstein and Kaplan know that women and men, alike, don't always apply their marketing talents to themselves, and in Rachael's world it's the 'artsy' man behind every crazy scene she gets herself into that illustrates, literally, her real POW!

Shaking Her Assets takes on losing what's closest to you and moving forward. It's smart and funny, and at just the right moments it feels as warm as a big hug. Full of good advice and comic relief, this read is like spending quality time with your best friend.

Intelligent Chiclit.......2005-06-28

I read this book while taking #2 breaks at work and, while not an avid reader of chick lit, this had me hitting the prune juice so I could hurry and find out what happens next to Rachel, the first likable and believable character I've come across in a book like this.

Kudos to the authors for not insulting the intelligence of its intended audience of smart, ambitious, independent NY women-types, and those that want to understand them better - I get the sense the authors know whereof they speak. (This fun, quick story actually provides insight into how such women think and feel, amazingly - another testament to the authors' skill.) All this without a sophomoric reliance on sex and titillation. If you think all chick lit is just snarky conversation and vapid sexpots, read this. Though not lacking in impossibly witty repartee, SHA is more than a beach read - this is a real, engrossing story and a snapshot of what it's like to do something on your own these days.

One nit: it's Michigan Wolverines...Minnesota Golden Gophers. :-)

Buy this. And then read it. It'll restore your faith in chick lit.

a charming, AMAZING book!.......2005-06-02

Reviewed by Camille-Yvette Welsch for Small Spiral Notebook

As a reader of chicklit and a feminist, I often find myself torn between the fun of a quick, fluffy read and utter annoyance with relentlessly trendy female protagonists who can only succeed with the aid of a man and a limitless Visa. Shaking Her Assets is a pleasant surprise in a world where chicklit tends to follow an all-too familiar formula: Girl loses everything: glamorous New York job, bad boyfriend, self-respect. She then attempts to find the one true job, the one true love, and the self-respect via her new lover. Why can't women succeed and gain self-respect without the new romantic interest? Why does her strength have to be directly related to her happiness in love? Why can't she be happy in her life-and then find love?

In Shaking Her Assets, Rachel finds herself suddenly fired from her high-end writing job, then dumped by her boyfriend of two years, thereby following the formula, at least at the beginning. Miserable, she visits her best friend, Ben-who, refreshingly, is straight but still able to comfort without ulterior motives. They brainstorm the plan that launches Rachel as an applications editor for students seeking admission to MBA programs. Though initially a joke (and it remains one for Ben until Rachel sets him straight), the project blooms into a full-grown business while Rachel works as a temp. As she struggles-and succeeds-in building her business and dealing with her father's cancer, a stocky, cubicle-next-door guy enters her world, becoming first her new best pal and confidante, then, much later, her love interest. Zach takes her life and chronicles it in his online comic book site, turning Rachel into a She-Ra, capable of foibles and triumphs great and small. Epstein and Kaplan break away from the chicklit formula because the majority of the book finds Rachel making her way into the world of business, actively seeking clients with flyers and handouts, making excel spreadsheets of upcoming projects, researching business schools, and creating a client base. Only after she has succeeded does she get together with Zach who is also fighting to establish himself.

The writing is lively and engaging, and often quite funny. Rachel and Zach begin handing out flyers outside a business school and Rachel sights her prey, a dragon lady in a suit:

"And why do you think I'd need advice?" she says, unenthused.

I want to say, Because you're a huge bitch and it would behoove you to show an admissions committee as little of your personality as possible. Instead, I say, "Because if you're not using a company like this, I'm sure that you know your competition will be." I walk away without waiting to see her reaction, but I hope it gives her pause. Actually, I hope it cuts like a machete to the bone and makes her beg for my help. But the pause will be enough for now.

The savvy, independent woman chicklit readers want to identify with is Rachel. She struggles in her relationships with her family, both envying her married sister and feeling blessed by and proud of her sister's family. She imagines a romantic life with her best friend Ben and then dismisses it before ruining both of their lives unlike Julia Roberts character in My Best Friend's Wedding. She handles her father's death, figures out how to run a business, makes quick smart decisions that further her company. She demands to be taken seriously and respected, particularly by her best friend and his fiancée in one memorable restaurant showdown. Ah, the glory of it! Watching her business savvy is in itself a reason to read the book though ultimately, it is her entire coming of age, with her family, friends, romantic partners, and career, that make this story fascinating.

Interestingly, inside the cover page, the Library of Congress offers its variety of cross referencing categories for the book: "unemployed women workers-fiction," "self-employed women-fiction," "women editors-fiction," and "businesswomen-fiction." Like the Library of Congress, I see this particular book of chicklit as more than a beach read. It is testimony to what chicklit could be if authors chose to empower their characters and let their lives be about more than finding Prince Charming.

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