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"Rationality & Welfare: Public Discussion of Poverty and Social Insurance in the United States 1875-1935" (9001 words) |
 | While the businessmen who applauded Hoffman, Sherman, and others of their persuasion wished to retain fundamental traditions, scarcely any, at least of the articulate, thought that existing institutions of welfare were either rational or sufficient. |
| Businessmen friendly to social insurance, near-supporters, and others who commented on the principles upon which the institution should be built espoused not only preventionism, but other criteria less relevant to welfare institutions. |
| Businessmen, insisting that unemployment could not be predicted actuarially, usually spoke of unemployment "reserves" rather than "insurance," partly to emphasize that a worker should have no claim to benefits once a given reserve fund was depleted. |
| Business in the Baltics: A how-to (3181 words) |
| Foreign businessmen who are parachuting in expecting locals to cow tow and bend to their every whim are in for a serious shock. |
| In this sense, foreign businessmen who are parachuting in expecting locals to cow tow and bend to their every whim are in for a serious shock. |
| Some resident foreign businessmen do admit to bouts of frustration and even weather-induced depression; but the spectacular pace of change means that among the mixed emotions one feels living in the Baltics, boredom is not usually one of them. |
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