October 1991
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 9m
English
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Committee to Allocate Office Space: Judith M. Bardwick, The Plateauing Trap. New York: AMACOM, 1986. |
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“. . . while getting ahead”: Nancy Gibbs, “How America Has Run Out of Time,” Time (April 24, 1989), pp. 58–67. Quotation from page 60. |
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“. . . for their children”: “Special Report. Warning: The Standard of Living is Slipping,” Business Week (April 20, 1987), pp. 48–52. |
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“. . . outlook—all bad”: James C. Cooper and Kathleen Madigan, “Business Outlook; Desperately Seeking a Dose of Productivity,” Business Week (February 19, 1990), p. 27. |
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rate of 0.9 percent in the 1980s: Vivian Brownstein, “New ... |
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