The Economic Report of the President provides valuable information about the present state of the U.S. economy and its future course. The Economic Report is issued by the Executive Office of the President and the Council of Economic Advisers and transmitted to Congress no later than 10 days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. It includes:

?Current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income and federal budget outlays.
?Employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force.
?Annual numeric goals.
?A program for carrying out program objectives.

For more than 70 years, the Economic Report has provided a nearly contemporaneous record of how administrations have interpreted economic developments, the motivation for policy actions, and the results of those interventions.

Included in the Economic Report of the President is the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers. Each year, the Council of Economic Advisers submits this report on its activities during the previous calendar year in accordance with the requirements of the Congress as set forth in section 10(d) of the Employment Act of 1946 as amended by the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978.

Studying Lacan's Seminar IX presents the combined teachings and exegeses of three eminent Lacanian scholars of one of Lacan's notoriously difficult seminars in a set of detailed commentaries on the lessons of the seminar.

Olga Cox Cameron, Dan Collins, and Don Kunze offer chapters that attempt to navigate the twists and turns of Lacan's logic, offering multiple access points to the mystery of identification, transforming an intimidating seminar into a fertile space for critical thought.

The volume will be an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the structural patterns of the psyche through a rigorous topological lens and will appeal to scholars and students alike, as well as psychoanalytic therapists and analysts interested in Lacan's teachings.

This book explores how family owned businesses live and act across multiple temporal horizons-past, present, and future-and how those horizons shape strategy, identity, and everyday organizing. The book's motivation is to offer a comprehensive, practice-relevant lens on how family firms uniquely experience and manage the tensions of time: honoring historical legacies without becoming captive to them, meeting present operational realities without myopia, and opening credible futures without severing recognizability. Throughout, the authors show how this dynamic interplay is decisive for long-term sustainability and renewal in enterprising families.

This book examines the important elite group of newly rich private entrepreneurs who have contributed to lifting China from relative backwardness to an economic giant over the last four decades. Their rise coincides with the Chinese Communist Party's "reform and opening up" policy initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, which fundamentally transformed China's economic landscape and created unprecedented opportunities for private wealth accumulation.

Drawing on extensive interviews and observations of more than forty entrepreneurs who rank among the one percent richest people in China (based on estimates from the renowned Hurun Report), the book offers rare insider perspectives on this influential yet understudied group. These voices reveal the complex realities of building private enterprise within an authoritarian political system, navigating the delicate balance between entrepreneurial ambition and state control.Placing their experiences into a bricolage of historical, social, and political contexts, the book develops a theoretical understanding centered on power and dependency. The entrepreneurs' self-perceptions and narratives illuminate how China's super-rich negotiate their position between market forces and political imperatives, offering crucial insights into the dynamics that have shaped contemporary China's remarkable economic transformation.

This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics, business, and economics, as well as anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of wealth creation and state-market relations in contemporary China.

The hospitality and leisure industry is continues to be reshaped by rapid and continuous digital change. Evolving guest expectations, new digital-first competitors, and emerging technologies are fundamentally transforming how organisations in the industry operate, compete, and deliver value.

This fully updated second edition equips current and aspiring hospitality and tourism managers with the strategic insights and practical competencies required to succeed in this environment. It goes beyond explaining digital technologies to show managers what they must do differently - how they must think, decide, and lead in digitally transforming organisations.

Bridging theory and practice, the book combines clear explanations of core digital concepts with realistic industry cases and practical guidance on the expanding roles and responsibilities of managers. Readers are placed in real-world situations where they must navigate uncertainty, competing priorities, and the challenges of digital transformation.

Key features of the book include:

• Compelling opening case studies that place readers in realistic managerial decision-making situations
• Manager's Playbooks that translate concepts into clear, actionable guidance
• Strong focus on the evolving competencies required of modern hospitality and tourism leaders
• Strong focus on the digital capabilities required of hospitality and tourism organisations
• Coverage of key digital technologies, how they work, and their practical applications across the industry
• Rich discussion questions, reflections, and activities to support deeper learning and critical thinking

Designed for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in hospitality and tourism management, this book is also highly relevant for industry professionals and executive education programs seeking to strengthen digital leadership capability.

Supported by comprehensive online teaching and learning resources.

The second edition of Nonlinear Contingency Analysis gives professionals a powerful framework for understanding complex behavior, and this companion volume shows clinicians exactly what happens when that framework is applied to children, families, adults, and animals facing challenging circumstances.

Case Studies and Applications in Nonlinear Contingency Analysis provides vivid examples and step-by-step case analyses that you can adapt to your own practice. Every case shows how constructional, non-coercive interventions succeed where eliminative models fail. These aren't abstract theories-they're replicable roadmaps for transforming behavior across clinical, educational, organizational, and animal settings.

Whether you work in mental health, education, behavior analysis, or animal training, Case Studies and Applications in Nonlinear Contingency Analysis shows how constructional, freedom-expanding interventions can transform lives. If you want to see how nonlinear contingency analysis works in practice-and how to use it yourself-this is the book you need by your side.

Interviewing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: (Volume I: Beginnings) offers a reflective and dialogical exploration of the origins of neuropsychological rehabilitation through the voices of those who helped shape its early development. Compiled and edited by Dr. Christian Salas, this volume brings together a series of in-depth interviews that trace how the field emerged-not as a predefined discipline, but as a set of practices, ideas, and encounters that gradually took form across time and contexts.

Focusing on the formative years of neuropsychological rehabilitation, Beginnings examines the intellectual, clinical, and personal trajectories that contributed to its foundation. Through conversations with leading figures such as George Prigatano, Barbara Wilson, Anne-Lise Christensen, Lance Trexler, Masahiro Nochi, Mark Ylvisaker, Pamela Klonoff, Jill Winegardner, Tedd Judd, Jennie Ponsford and Elena Marquez, the volume highlights how the field was shaped by interdisciplinary influences, institutional developments, and the lived experiences of clinicians and patients alike. Rather than presenting a linear history, the book reveals a field constructed through dialogue, experimentation, and the ongoing negotiation between theory and practice.

Set against the backdrop of Chile-whose name means "the ends of the earth"-the book adopts a decolonial and cross-cultural perspective, situating these stories within a broader global context and foregrounding the relational and situated nature of knowledge production. In doing so, it portrays neuropsychological rehabilitation not as a finished body of knowledge, but as a discipline whose beginnings remain present in its current practices.

This volume will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and students in clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and allied health fields seeking to understand how the discipline came into being and how its foundational ideas continue to shape contemporary practice.

Libya: Continuity and Change offers a comprehensive reappraisal of Libya's modern history, challenging conventional narratives that overemphasise rupture while overlooking enduring structural patterns.

This third edition traces Libya's development from its early historical foundations through the colonial and post-colonial periods to the rule of Mu?ammar al-Qaddafi and the instability that followed his fall in 2011. Moving beyond leader-centric accounts, the book situates Qaddafi's policies within broader historical, social, and political continuities, showing how his revolutionary project both drew upon and reconfigured existing structures. It further demonstrates how, in the post-Qaddafi era, deep-rooted institutional and socio-economic legacies have continued to shape political fragmentation, conflict, and governance challenges. By highlighting the interplay between continuity and change, the study offers a more nuanced understanding of Libya's trajectory and the persistent influence of the past on present dynamics.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of Middle East and North African politics, international relations, and modern history, as well as policymakers and analysts seeking a deeper understanding of Libya's ongoing political crisis and prospects for stability.

This innovative textbook edited by international experts in technology law and policy provides a comprehensive and accessible guide into the fast-evolving landscape of technology law and policy in the UK and the EU.

The recent wave of regulatory reforms adopted by UK and EU regulators increases the complexity of Internet law as it had developed in the past decades. Recognising the ever-growing importance of artificial intelligence in today's public discourse, the textbook extends beyond traditional legal sectoral frameworks, and explores the intersection of law, technology, and public policy to describe and critically reflect on current and emerging issues in the modern information society.

As well as providing accessible guides to how law and policy came to be made in relation to topics like platform liability, AI, copyright, and privacy and data protection, the book also homes in on key areas such as the EU AI Act, adtech regulation, social media, chatbots, the gig worker economy, cybersecurity and predictive policing."

The companion website provides multimedia resources to delve deeper into specific topics; introductory materials for readers that are unfamiliar with the EU legal system; and teaching resources.

Law, Policy, and the Internet is an essential resource for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of internet regulation in an era of exponential technological change.

In the 2010s, digital platforms swiftly became the dominant way to disseminate media content, promising to make communication transparent in ways that print, cinema, and broadcast never could. The Digital Transparent critically interrogates this claim, arguing that while platforms introduce new transparencies, they also create opacities intrinsic to their technology and architecture.

Using Michel Foucault's concept of the dispositif, the book demonstrates that transparency arrangements are always selective, partial, and strategically constructed. It argues that transparency functions both as an opening up of the platform and as a mechanism that enables platforms to govern. Through dispositif analysis of two key transparency devices-the dashboard and the transparency centre-the book examines YouTube, SoundCloud, Facebook, and X.com/Twitter using textual analysis, interface analysis, and interviews with YouTubers.

The Digital Transparent is essential reading for students and scholars in media studies, offering a historical perspective on digital platforms that reveals what is genuinely new and what continues from earlier media. It will appeal to those interested in Foucault's work and its application to contemporary media, researchers in transparency studies seeking critical perspectives on communication and distribution, and platform scholars focused on governance, creative practices, and regulation.

The Psychoanalysis of Nazism explores the intricate relationship between psychoanalysis, language, and the sociopolitical forces of Nazi Germany.

Through a detailed examination of psychoanalytic discourse during the Third Reich, the book reveals how analysts navigated the constraints of censorship and ideological conformity, often adopting a "camouflage" style to preserve their intellectual integrity. It focuses on the works of Alexander Mette and Gerhart Scheunert, two analysts whose contrasting approaches to psychoanalysis under Nazi rule illuminate the tensions between adaptation and resistance. Mette's mastery of linguistic subterfuge allowed him to critique the regime subtly, while Scheunert's dual identity as both a Nazi Party member and a psychoanalyst highlights the moral and professional compromises of the era. The book also delves into postwar controversies, including Annemarie Duehrssen's polemical history of German psychoanalysis and the ongoing struggle to reconcile Freud's legacy with the field's troubled past.

This book is essential reading for scholars and students of psychoanalysis, history, and sociolinguistics, as well as anyone interested in the intersections of language, ideology, and intellectual resistance. It offers profound insights into the ethical dilemmas faced by psychoanalysts under totalitarian regimes and the enduring impact of these challenges on the development of modern psychoanalytic thought.

This cultural history of thinking machines examines conceptions of the human as an automaton and the possibility of mechanised thought in philosophical and literary works from the seventeenth century to the 1840s, with particular emphasis on the Romantic period.

In the 2020s, there has been no escaping the debate over AI. Yet strong AI remains as much science fiction today as it was in the nineteenth century. Media archaeology has highlighted the ruptures and dead ends of technological development, recovering forgotten and obsolete technologies. Failed and imagined attempts to create thinking machines from Thomas Hobbes to Charles Babbage and from E.T.A Hoffmann to Edgar Allan Poe not only illuminate their own historical contexts; they also reveal the origins of the utopian hopes and dystopian fears that continue to shape responses to mechanised thought. Artificial Intelligence before Computers argues that we can move beyond the Romantic myth of AI only by recognising its historical roots.

Drawing on case studies from Britain, Germany and the United States, this book will appeal to postgraduates and scholars in history, philosophy, literary studies and media studies, as well as non-specialist readers seeking to understand the long history of AI.

Logan R. Hoffman deftly crafts a reconstruction and evaluation of the Doctrine of God in Friedrich Schleiermacher's primary theological work: The Christian Faith. This book identifies the new-found limitations to theological speech that were contemporary in Schleiermacher's day before offering a distinctive interpretation of Schleiermacher's solution for these limitations.

This work reconstructs what Schleiermacher had to say about the divine being, a subject seldom treated in book-length detail. By looking closely at the theological method employed (and offering a distinctive interpretation of Schleiermacher's method among Anglophone scholars), and then tracing that method through the major sections of The Christian Faith, the book brings clarity to what exactly Schleiermacher could justifiably say about God as given in the Feeling of Absolute Dependence.

This volume presents a wide range of examples using Hegel's 'objective dialectic' as an interpretive key for understanding his philosophical work. It explores the potential of a strictly dialectical approach to central themes in Hegel's logic, philosophy of nature, and philosophy of spirit.

The volume argues for taking contradiction seriously in Hegel's philosophy, understanding it in strictly theoretical terms that defy traditional conceptions of logic and ontology. The contributors demonstrate how Hegel's distinctive logical-metaphysical method, particularly his concept of 'dialectic' and the role of logical contradiction within it, can be applied to logical, epistemological, natural- and social-ontological, psychological, ethical, and political matters. Moving beyond both non-metaphysical readings and earlier ontological interpretations, the volume shows how Hegel's understanding of 'real contradiction' offers a renewed approach to his thematically rich oeuvre and addresses complex post-Kantian philosophical issues.

Reviving Hegel's Dialectic will be of interest to researchers and graduate students specializing in Hegel, German Idealism, post-Kantian philosophy, and the history of logic.

Contributors assess how entrepreneurial activities have become increasingly focused on creating value through cooperation, governing commons and applied social innovation. Drawing on a wealth of international case studies, chapters propose institutional-level solutions for promoting inclusion and reviving cooperatives, such as urban farming planning and affordable housing initiatives. Analysing entrepreneurship from grassroots movements providing affordable, renewable energy, to the actions of global banks and corporations, the book showcases actionable strategies while advocating for consistent sensitivity to local contexts.

Case Studies on Urban Entrepreneurship is a vital resource for scholars and students of business and management, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship. Urban activists and government officials will also benefit from its discussions of community-centred endeavours.

Protecting children is one of the long-term functions of human communities. This book addresses the protection of children as a historical phenomenon and as part of a more general change to childhood and youth in the Nordic context, with a particular focus on Finland.

Exploring how the forms of organising the protection of children have changed from the Middle Ages (c. 1100) to the present (2020s), as well as situating these developments within wider transformations in generational relations and their governance, this book draws on legislation and law-making documents as empirical indicators of changes in generational relations and the organisation of protection across time and place. The analysis is based on a theorisation of generational relations, through which governance is understood as the structuring of the relationship between adulthood and childhood within practices of protecting children.

This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social work, child welfare/protection, childhood studies and youth work, social policy and social welfare provision, as well as education and criminology.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) represent a collaboration between the private and public sectors, not only for the purpose of filling gaps related to economic infrastructure but also to improve the quality and diversity of public services. Its strengths have led several governments to launch broad programs for the promotion of PPP in several sectors, particularly in emerging economies. Understanding its main principles, its rationale and characteristics and the current debate on practical implementation complexities is critical for readers interested in public policy and development.

This book presents an analytically grounded treatment of public-private partnerships, with particular emphasis on developing economies. Its main contribution lies in offering a lifecycle-based framework that integrates economic theory, regulatory analysis, institutional design, and empirical evidence to guide both understanding and implementation of PPPs. It presents and examines the current debates around PPP and its strengths and weaknesses compared to other methods of public project implementation. Additionally, it highlights best practices and lessons learned across several areas, such as project planning, design and formulation, risk allocation, financial structuring, awarding processes and ex post assessment, among others. The book concludes by offering an overview of the evolving research trends in the design and implementation of PPPs and their implications, as well as the future research agenda.

This book is particularly useful for researchers, scholars and students of economics, public policy and development specialists as well as practitioners and officials interested in understanding the main concepts, principles and best practices in PPP implementation in emerging economies.

Religious and Indigenous practices that counter despair, cultivate courage, and sustain moral action in the fight for environmental justice. Climate change is an ecological and political crisis, but it is also a spiritual one. Fractured relationships with the natural systems that sustain us and frustration with leaders' seeming inability to respond, has led many to grief, despair, burnout, and moral exhaustion. Indeed, current research on eco-anxiety and climate grief show that emotional overwhelm undermines collective action, even when solutions are known and available.

But there is a path forward, one found within religious and Indigenous traditions that have long cultivated practices for living with loss, sustaining hope, and acting ethically within fragile ecosystems. By bringing the psychology of climate grief into conversation with Indigenous and religious traditions, this book offers a framework for moving beyond paralysis toward resilient, justice-centered engagement. Each chapter draws on case studies from diverse Indigenous and religious traditions. challenging extractive worldviews, emphasizing relationality and interdependence, and grounding justice in care for land, community, and future generations. Together, they explore what it means to engage in inner activism: the work of moral courage, clarity, and presence that makes sustained ecological action possible. Practices of mindfulness, ritual, lament, storytelling, and community accountability are presented not as private coping strategies but as sources of collective resilience and ethical commitment. Emphasizing hope without denial and action without burnout, this book offers spiritual resources for transforming grief into courage, solidarity, and sustained engagement for ecological justice.

Contemporary Arab Women Revolutionaries: Radical Traditions offers a groundbreaking interdisciplinary examination of Arab women's radical modes of resistance from the 1970s to the present. Spanning literary, visual, political, social, digital, and translational practices, the volume reveals how women across the Arab world and its diasporas have established and transformed cultural, artistic, and spiritual traditions into powerful tools for confronting patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist structures.

Bringing together leading scholars in literature, film, visual culture, oral history, digital activism, and translation, the collection traces feminist interventions across key themes, including liberation and human rights, the disruption of social and gender norms, counter-memory as resistance, feminist resistance in conflict zones, and digital and translational activism. From Syrian Sufi-inflected poetics and Lebanese women combatants to Palestinian filmmakers, Sahrawi activists, and emerging dissident voices across Saudi Arabia, the Maghreb, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq, the chapters illuminate the creative, strategic, and often paradoxical ways women contest and reconfigure power.

Rich in case studies, multimodal analysis, and decolonial feminist theory, this landmark volume offers an indispensable framework for understanding the depth, complexity, and transnational reach of contemporary Arab feminist praxis.

This book proposes a comprehensive legal framework for regulating Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), integrating insights from law, economics, and process management.

Adopting a structured, future-focused, and risk-based approach to address the unique challenges of AGI regulation, this book validates the "singularity scenario" as a legitimate field of scientific inquiry. It critically examines the limitations of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in governing AGI, and introduces a foundational four-level analytical model rooted in transaction cost theory. Through a detailed exploration of the what, who, and how of regulation, the book maps the risks associated with AGI, discusses the potential role of electronic legal personhood, and develops a practical legal framework aimed at ensuring AGI's trustworthiness and alignment with human values. Ultimately, it argues for proactive, rather than reactive regulatory strategies in anticipation of the technological singularity.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of the law of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence and regulation.

The Entrepreneurial Journey: The Butterfly's Evolution From Story to Start-up is a narrative textbook that blends storytelling with entrepreneurial learning, guiding readers through the challenges, lessons, and transformations of building a startup.

This book uniquely combines storytelling with practical entrepreneurial education, offering readers an immersive experience into the world of startups. Through the journey of Nela, a visionary entrepreneur, readers are introduced to essential concepts such as opportunity recognition, business models, customer discovery, funding strategies, and leadership. The narrative approach transforms abstract theories into relatable, real-life scenarios, making it easier to understand and apply these principles.

Readers will witness the emotional and practical challenges of entrepreneurship, including resilience through setbacks, pivoting strategies, and balancing personal and professional ambitions. The book also emphasizes the importance of mentorship, team building, and leveraging technology to create scalable solutions. By following Nela's story, readers not only gain technical knowledge but also develop a deeper appreciation for the human side of entrepreneurship, inspiring them to embrace uncertainty and pursue their own ventures with confidence and creativity.

This book is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying entrepreneurship, innovation, or business management. It is also suitable for practitioners and educators seeking an accessible yet theory-based guide to the entrepreneurial process. Supported by an instructor's manual and a companion digital ecosystem, the book provides teaching notes, glossaries, and interactive tools to enhance learning and collaboration for students and professors alike.

Literature, Multiliteracies, and Digital Texts in the Second Language Classroom provides a comprehensive analysis of how digital transformation is reshaping literature education in the second language classroom.

Moving beyond print-based traditions, the book redefines what a literary text is and reconceptualizes reading and interpretation through the lens of multimodality, multilingualism, and digitality. By integrating multiliteracies pedagogy with contemporary technological and cultural shifts, researchers and educators are equipped to rethink their teaching for increasingly complex and hybrid communicative landscapes. Literature, Multiliteracies, and Digital Texts in the Second Language Classroom develops the "Triad Model of Literature Education" which conceptualizes multimodality, digitality, and multilingualism as interconnected dimensions of contemporary literary learning. The nuanced conceptual approach is complemented by practical considerations and pedagogical approaches that guide readers as they engage with the diversity of texts and literature in the digital age. The book demonstrates how literary learning now involves engaging with images, sounds, interfaces, and multiple languages across media environments and it also addresses the implications of emerging forms such as interactive narratives, AI-generated texts, and immersive experiences in AR and VR for second language education.

This book offers valuable insight to researchers, scholars, and teachers in the field of second language education as well as anyone interested in the intersection of technology and language learning.

Contributing authors consider why prevailing theories and practices must change in order to strengthen the link between management and humanity, and how this acceptance of change has lasting impacts on business policies. Acknowledging the need to re-invent managerial processes in a human-digital economy, chapters propose that leaders must embrace more empathetic, connected approaches amidst rising technocracies and algorithm-driven business strategies. Tackling key challenges such as climate change, artificial intelligence and global political pressures, the book outlines why leaders must master human interaction in order to transform the way they educate the next generation.

An authoritative source for speculations on the future of the field, A Manifesto for Humanistic Management is a vital resource for scholars and students of business, employment relations and corporate social responsibility. Business leaders, consultants and HR professionals will also benefit from its actionable recommendations.

Advancing a new social science-based approach to the welfare state, this book puts forward a systematic understanding of public procurement that brings together perspectives from legal, public administration, sociological, and policy studies.

Public Procurement and the Welfare State offers fresh insight into an important, complex, and interconnected activity of the welfare state and proposes a framework for exploring, understanding, and analysing this important area of state activity. Detailing the multi-faceted nature of public procurement processes that are essential for safeguarding vital services, constructing and maintaining infrastructure, and supplying the public sector, E.K. Sarter examines public procurement as a technical tool for safeguarding the availability of goods, works, and services, a social and political act, a policy tool, and a space for negotiation. This volume showcases the multi-faceted nature of public procurement and highlights the importance of decision-making processes and power relations that underly and for shape public spending decisions and processes, and thereby outcomes.

Offering a timely and holistic framework for understanding public spending that can be put in the service of equality, this is essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, political science, welfare state studies, public and social policy, public administration, economic justice, social innovation, and feminist economics.

This guide is an essential companion for nurses who are new to a career in higher education.

Supporting the transition from clinical practice to education, it draws on research and real-world experiences to explore the key issues and make the most of your new career. The first section of the book explores the broader context of nurse education, the academic cycle and the nuances of practice education. The second section explores key personal development skills, such as teaching, assessment strategies and student support. Offering insights, activities and tips from experts in the field, this book will help you negotiate the journey from clinical expert through novice educator to the emergence of a new identity as a competent nurse academic.

This is an invaluable text for all nurses new to working in higher education.