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Memos in Minutes tells "all" in 87 pages. It offers a sharp contrast to the usually weighty tomes on business writing. It contains no theory, no exercises, no long-winded discussions. It does describe, concisely, 13 steps necessary to writing memos that inform and persuade. The steps total a "method" that business writers repeat each time they write a memo. The method keeps writers on track with each memo, avoiding the pitfalls of poor organization; lack of audience appeal; too little meaning, too many words; and incorrectly applying grammatical rules.  read more »

As a predominant contributor for about two decades, McCulloch's Edinburgh Review contributions were widely read and undoubtedly influential. McCulloch's articles centered around subjects such as economic growth and prosperity, the banking system, public finance, the condition of labour and the freedom of trade. A comprehensive bibliography of McCulloch's extensive writings, as well as secondary literature, is also included in this book.

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While many writers promise to open up their teaching, I have never read a book that quite does it the way this one does. . . . I see it as an essential survival manual for all of us trying to become the teachers we hope to be.  read more »

Following the successful publication in 1999 of the 14-volume Collected Economic Writings of A.C. Pigou, Palgrave Macmillan now offers a selection of his journal articles, which appeared between 1902 and 1953, mainly in the Economic Journal .  read more »

Joan Robinson was one of the most prominent economists of the century. She made fundamental contributions to many different areas of economic thought. She studied economics at Girton College Cambridge, graduating in 1925. During the 1930s she published three books and participated in Keynes "Circus". Her early contributions to economics were extensions of neo-classical theory, and in 1933 she introduced the theory of imperfect competition. She became an ardent follower of Keynes and produced expositions of his theory. She was one of the first economists to take Marx seriously as an economist.  read more »

This two-volume, hardbound series is designed specifically for career-oriented students. Volume One presents SuperWrite theory and beginning transcription. Step-by-step approach to writing principles.