Great Financial Disasters of Our Time
- ISBN-10
- 3830511620
- ISBN-13
- 9783830511625
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Publisher
- BWV Verlag
- Author
- Alan N. Peachey
Description
The GSA is responsible for managing the US government's property portfolio that covers approximately one third of all the land in the United States. Not strictly a financial disaster, but a nice illustration of what we all know in our ...
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