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Monsters of finance

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract An anthropology of horror can serve as a vernacular critique of financial speculation. Drawing on fieldwork in San Pedro, Paraguay, I track horror across three registers: pombero tricksters; plata yvyguy (buried money) as a founding myth of postwar finance; and obligations binding sesame farmers to monsters, patrones, and creditors.
Caroline E. Schuster
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond profit maximization: The effect of cooperative governance on insolvency risk in the Brazilian supplementary healthcare industry

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Traditional bankruptcy literature has primarily focused on commercial enterprises, often overlooking the unique dynamics of cooperatives and other small organizations. This study addresses this g ap by developing a predictive model for insolvency risk within Brazil's supplementary health sector, encompassing both for‐profit and not‐for‐profit ...
Thiago de Oliveira Victorino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional Challenges in Hemodialysis: A Perspective from Albania. [PDF]

open access: yesEurasian J Med
Pina P   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policies on FDI Inflows Into Australia

open access: yesAsian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To what extent FDI policy settings and changes influence FDI inflows is an empirical question for which global answers are scarce. Australia is a pertinent locale to test this question, having a long history of attracting FDI and a policy approach distinct from most developed countries.
Stewart Nixon
wiley   +1 more source

The Limits of Convergence in the Enlarged Europe: Change in Labour Conditions in a Shipbuilder's Sites in Norway and Romania

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the 2000s, questions were open on whether the EU eastern enlargement would contribute to upwards or downwards convergence in labour standards, or even to divergence. Over two decades later, it is possible not only to attempt an answer, but also to identify the industrial relations processes that mediate economic integration between widely ...
Jon Erik Dølvik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Deficiencies in Children's Residential Care in Finland: Inspectors' Views on Working With Information

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Abusive and illegal practices in residential care are a recognised issue in child welfare internationally; thus, the question of how these institutions are supervised is important. However, children's residential care is complex by nature, making its supervision a challenging task.
Jenni Repo
wiley   +1 more source

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