Risky Business

An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets—and what to do about it—by three leading economists

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in migrant domestic work are accounted for in detail alongside an analysis of the migration decision-making processes.

Jewish Luck recounts the intertwined stories of two women who—in their struggles against the anti-Semitism and patriarchy of the Soviet regime and the rebranded “New” Russia—succeed by creating their own luck.

Liz Palmer is raising her daughter alone because the child's father didn't want her. She hires a new diving instructor, Jerry Sharpe, but within two weeks of working for her, he turns up dead – leading Liz to ask some questions. Then Jerry's twin brother Jonas shows up, asking questions and making trouble for Liz.