Review Article

The CLass Structure of the Advanced Societies, by Anthony Giddens.
The Aristocracy of Labor, by Gavin Mackenzie.
The Coming of Post-Zndustrial Society, by Daniel Bell.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 美国经济增长是否会出现减缓迹象,乃至出现衰退?这一问题左右着近期全球经济的运行.基于这一疑惑,油价在本期出现剧烈调整.不过,油价的下降反而促成了全球股市的上涨,冲淡了经济放缓的阴影.     

石油金融态势点评

全球经济运行 3月份,全球经济运行主要呈以下特征:第一,主要经济体美国、欧洲、日本等都陆续呈现出制造业景气衰退的迹象;第二,有色金属价格再次呈现强劲上涨,特别是黄金价格创出新高;第三,加息周期得以确立.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 通货膨胀成为2007年年初宏观经济的心腹大患.面对此等难题,欧洲步美国后尘,采取观望态度;中国不得不再次痛苦思索加息的必要性.相反,日本央行则继续执行宽松的货币政策,以配合政府的经济政策.     

石油金融态势点评(8月12日-9月12日)

一、宏观经济运行 油价的骤然下跌是本期的最大看点.围绕着油价下跌的动因、过程、影响、步伐等等,争论不一而足.对于全球经济而言,猛烈下跌的油价更像是一位救火队长,拉了一把处于水深火热之中的央行行长们.本期,鲜有央行进行加息,连美联储散     

石油金融态势点评

一、全球经济运行 5月份,全球经济呈现温和态势,市场将目光聚焦于美联储加息效应延展以及商品价格运行.随着5月的结束,人们将把眼光投向对上半年经济表现的预测上.影向本期经济运行的主要因素有两个：美元表现与经济结构.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 接近年底,物价上涨,通货膨胀风险降临到多个经济体.欧洲央行高度警戒,中国央行小心应对,美联储却是左右为难--究竟通货膨胀与经济增长哪个更为重要?只能奉行利率绥靖政策.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 本期,全球主要经济体都保持了良好的经济运行态势,通胀逐渐得以抑制.不过,随着冬季的到来,能源价格可能反弹,进而拉升通胀水平,因此,多数经济体依然倾向于保持紧缩的货币政策.美国受选举影响,利率政策尚未明朗.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 1.全球加息进入高潮期 本期,全球加息浪潮终于波及到亚太地区的次级经济体. 8月10日,韩国央行将基准隔夜拆款利率上调25个基点至4.5%.2006年上半年,除建筑投资外,韩国出口、消费以及资本投资都保持持续增长.韩国央行承认,油价再度上涨及商业信心疲弱的风险依然存在.尽管韩国通货膨胀保持稳定,但随着经济持续增长、油价居高不下以及运输费用的增加,未来数月通货膨胀压力可能还会有所上升,这意味着加息的步伐可能继续.     

石油金融态势点评

一、宏观经济运行 6月份,国际原油价格持续高位徘徊,全球陷入通货膨胀的恐惧之中.美联储加息行动不仅推高了美国基准利率,也迫使其他经济体央行加快了加息的步伐.由于世界各主要经济体陆续加息,全球资本市场进入了动荡期.未来,影响全球经济运行态势的主要因素就是加息效应的进一步释放.预计,美国加息步伐可能放缓,但中国与日本等国将会陆续调高利率.     

Annual Review Article 1991

This paper reviews a number of themes or subject areas in British industrial relations which attained a particular level of prominence in 1991. The leading themes covered are wage determination in the context of recession, public-sector industrial relations, union recognition and derecognition developments, training, HRM competitive strategy and international joint ventures. Among the personal observations and comments made are that derecognition is far from being the most important indicator of management opposition to unions, that some criticisms of HRM are rather misplaced, and that the growth of international joint ventures warrants more attention from industrial relations researchers.     

Summary of an Article on Reforming Land-Use Regulations

This article describes how excessive land use control adversely affects the cost of housing. Numerous studies showing the impact of over-regulation on housing costs are cited. The article provides both a historical and philosophical context for public land use regulation and describes key judicial decisions as well as competing public and private interests that shape the regulatory environment.
Specific attention is given to the work of the Committee on Government Regulation and the Cost of Housing of the President's Commission on Housing. The various recommendations of the Commission are set forth, the central one being the enactment of state and local legislation to restrict zoning regulation to that which is necessary to achieve what the Commission terms a "vital and pressing" governmental interest. A number of other specific Commission recommendations are also enumerated including density of development, restrictions on manufactured housing, size of dwelling units, growth controls, farmland preservation, development standards and fees, and local permit processing. The article concludes with a strong statement regarding the need for public education as a prerequisite for reform.     

Annual Review Article 1990

This personal annual review examines recent events, particularly in the trade unions but also among employers, in the context of the changed environment of the last decade. It finds that unions have emerged both strengthened and weakened from their experiences, but that they have some reasons for optimism. Employers' policies remain uncertain, mixing change and stability, but perhaps some new patterns towards union recognition are emerging. Neither unions nor employers have been able to match actions to their grander designs. The latest piece of labour legislation — the Employment Act 1990 — has the potential greatly to alter both the particular and the general.     

Annual Review Article 1995

This paper follows the pattern of most of its predecessors, first in serving as a record of events and developments in some areas germane to the employment relationship in Britain between October 1994 and October 1995, and second in offering some interpretative comment on elements of continuity and change. The decelerating economic recovery brought continuing but modest reductions in unemployment and some increase in price inflation. However, tax increases, perceived job insecurity, generally low earnings increases and other factors inhibited any widespread sense of economic well-being and restrained consumer demand. Among the key events were the TUC's strategic initiative on employee representation and union recognition, and the debates surrounding the Greenbury Report on executive remuneration packages and a national minimum wage. Industrial disputes reached record lows. Employment prospects, job insecurity and work-related stress were recurrent issues, with the different approaches of the main political parties to employment matters being clarified ahead of the coming general election.     

Annual Review Article 1992

The article presents an overview of some of the significant developments in British industrial relations in 1992 from a managerial perspective. Against a background of deepening recession and redundancy, and some attempts to reorganize more flexibly, company approaches to equal opportunities, to training and development and to employee involvement (both individual and collective) are outlined. Interpretation reveals contradictory trends and a contrast between the rhetoric and the reality of innovation. Unless greater future emphasis is given to meeting employee as well as organizational needs, further problems seem likely to emerge.     

Annual Review Article 1989

This Annual Review Article 1989 considers the rising trend in inflation and earnings and indicates that in a wide variety of industries there was a marked upturn in union bargaining activity and industrial conflict. The Review considers some significant changes in employer preferences for particular unions in new or revised bargaining structures, and concludes with an examination of the debate concerning the 'juridification' of collective bargaining in the context of a possible return to 'adversarial' as opposed to 'new' industrial relations.