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Clandestine employment : the situation in the industrialised market economy countries / by De Grazia, Raffaele.(CARDINAL)179491; International Labour Office.(CARDINAL)144550;
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Underground economies : tax evasion and information distortion / by Feige, Edgar L.(CARDINAL)195134;
Bibliography: pages 361-378.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The misfit economy : lessons in creativity from pirates, hackers, gangsters, and other informal entrepreneurs / by Clay, Alexa,author.(CARDINAL)620870; Phillips, Kyra Maya,author.(CARDINAL)620962;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Entrepreneurship.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Stealth of nations : the global rise of the informal economy / by Neuwirth, Robert.(CARDINAL)468811;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.The global rummage sale -- Grade A, plan B, middle C, system C, vitamin E -- DIY city -- The global back channel -- The culture of the copy -- Can anybody tell me how to get to the bridge? -- The upside of down the trade -- Once upon a time in the west -- Against efficiency -- The honest con men -- Why not formalize the informal? -- Freedom to trade.When we think of the informal economy, we tend to think of crime: prostitution, gun running, drug trafficking. Stealth of Nations opens up this underground realm, showing how the worldwide informal economy deals mostly in legal products and is, in fact, a ten-trillion-dollar industry, making it the second-largest economy in the world, after that of the United States. Having penetrated this closed world, Robert Neuwirth makes clear that this informal method of transaction dates back as far as humans have existed and traded, that it provides essential services and crucial employment that fill the gaps in formal systems, and that this unregulated market works smoothly and effectively, with its own codes and unwritten rules. Combining a vivid travelogue with a firm grasp on global economic strategy--along with a healthy dose of irreverence and skepticism toward conventional perceptions--Neuwirth gives us an eye-opening account of a world that is operating all around us, hidden in plain sight.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Entrepreneurship.; Informal sector (Economics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shadow work : the unpaid, unseen jobs that fill your day / by Lambert, Craig,1947-author.(CARDINAL)410157;
Middle-class serfdom -- Shadow work in the home and family life -- Shadow work at the office -- Shadow work in restaurants, travel, shopping -- Shadow work on computers and the Internet -- The twilight of leisure.Examines the growing number of unpaid tasks that people do on behalf of businesses or organizations as a result of new technology and growing personnel costs, as well as the effect of this trend on personal leisure, consumer experience, and society.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Work;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Off the books : the underground economy of the urban poor / by Venkatesh, Sudhir,1966-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-410) and index.Living underground -- Home at work -- The entrepreneur -- The street hustler -- The preacher -- Our gang -- As the shady world turns.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Poor;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Exploring the underground economy : studies of illegal and unreported activity / by Pozo, Susan.(CARDINAL)186689;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Informal sector (Economics); Informal sector (Economics); Tax evasion;
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Floating city : a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy / by Venkatesh, Sudhir,1966-;
When worlds collide -- New York, New York -- The shifting ground beneath your feet -- Moving on up -- Sex is a passport -- Adventures in role-playing -- Boundary issues -- Exit strategies.Based on Venkatesh's interviews with New York City prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high end drug bosses and street-level dealers, "Floating City" exposes the underground as the city's true engine of social transformation and economic prosperity--revealing a wholly unprecedented vision of New York. A remarkable memoir of sociological investigation.
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Sociology, Urban;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Reefer madness : sex, drugs, and cheap labor in the American black market / by Schlosser, Eric,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index.The underground -- Reefer madness -- In the strawberry fields -- An empire of the obscene -- Out of the underground -- Afterword : more madness.Reports on America's "shadow" economy of illegal drugs, pornography, and illegal migrant workers, arguing that these underground industries continue to grow with government intervention.
Subjects: Nonfiction.; Informal sector (Economics); Black market; Marijuana abuse; Migrant agricultural laborers; Illegal aliens; Sex-oriented businesses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Reefer madness, and other tales from the American underground / by Schlosser, Eric.(CARDINAL)300217;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Case studies.; Black market; Illegal immigration; Informal sector (Economics); Marijuana abuse; Migrant agricultural laborers; Noncitizens; Sex industry; Sex industry.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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