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In this book, you will find the foundations of a hard and true story of a humble emigrant family in search of their destiny. Around the backbone of family history, I will narrate our principles and philosophy of life, cultural basis, family concept, the importance of religion, the need for respect for laws and authority, respect and love for our predecessors, the importance of having dreams and the attitude and strength to carry them out—in short, the different components of a scale of values, which, used with conviction, balance, and intelligence for each situation, can help us to travel with honor and pride the path to our fulfillment and happiness, both in our material life and in our spiritual life.
Jacob Peters (1800-1888) married Theodora Stoffelen in 1831, and in 1858 the family immigrated from Germany to land in West Bend Township, Wsshington County, Wisconsin. Descendants and relatives lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas and elsewhere. Includes some family history and genealogical data in Germany for ancestry and some relatives and descendants.
Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative that blends a vivid portrait of the 1920s with an intensely gripping account of Wall Street's greatest catastrophe. The book offers a vibrant picture of a world full of plungers, powerful bankers, corporate titans, millionaire brokers, and buoyantly optimistic stock market bulls. We meet Sunshine Charley Mitchell, head of the National City Bank, powerful financiers Jack Morgan and Jacob Schiff, Wall Street manipulators such as the legendary Jesse Livermore, and the lavish-living Billy Durant, founder of General Motors. As Klein follows the careers of these men, he shows us how the financial house...
The problems of exchange rate misalignments and the resulting payments imbalances have plagued the world economy for decades. At the Louvre Accord of 1987, the Group of Five industrial countries adopted a system of reference ranges for exchange rate management, influenced by proposals of C. Fred Bergstan and John Williamson for a target zone system. The reference range approach has, however, been operated only intermittently and half-heartedly, and questions continue to be raised in policy and scholarly circles about the design and operation of a full-fledged target zone regime. This volume, with chapters by leading international economists, explores one crucial issue in the design of a target zone system: the problem of calculating Williamson's concept of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER). Williamson contributes an overview of the policy and analytic issues and a second chapter on his own calculations.
Literary Market Place 2001 is the ultimate insider's guide to the U.S. book publishing industry, covering every conceivable aspect of the business. In two, easy-to-use volumes, it provides: -- 50 sections organizing everyone and everything in the business -- from publishers, agents, and ad agencies to associations, distributors, and events -- Over 14,500 listings in all -- featuring names, addresses, and numbers ... key personnel ... activities, specialties, and other relevant data ... e-mail addresses and Web sites ... and more -- Some 24,000 decision-makers throughout the industry, listed in a separate "Personnel Yellow Pages" section in each volume -- Thousands of services and suppliers e...