This book examines infrastructure privatization, worldwide and particularly in the United States, by investment banks as one way to promote economic growth and productivity. More specifically, it focu
In the first decade of the twenty-first century a new wave of thinking has emerged from tech billionaires that may shape the way private capital gets invested to tackle social problems. These entrepre
Space was at the center of America’s imagination in the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy’s visionary statement captured the mood of the day: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the othe
In the first decade of the twenty-first century a new wave of thinking has emerged from tech billionaires that may shape the way private capital gets invested to tackle social problems. These entrepre
This book examines the role of private firms in the American water and wastewater industry. As more water infrastructure shifts from public- to private-sector control, vendors, consultants, and facili
This is a paperbound edition of a 2003 book. Though he is an ordained rabbi, Solomon (business law, George Washington U.) thinks that fears of evangelical Christianity taking over US government and so
Solomon in this problem-solving volume addresses the ongoing economic and population slump of Detroit. He starts by reviewing the city's history and context leading up to current difficulties. Next co
"[In Evangelical Christian Executives,] Dr. Solomon has captured the essence of an effective and refreshingly different approach to business. In telling the compelling stories of six Christian CEOs, h
Solomon argues that capitalism is not inherently unjust or defective, that American capitalism's structural features do not hamper opportunity for any citizens, and that more limited, carefully struct
Despite the best hopes of the past half century, black urban pathologies persist in America. The inner cities remain concentrations of the uneducated, unemployed, underemployed, and unemployable. Many
