The Future of the Global Economy Meeting of the Minds / CNBC (Television network).

Table of Contents: “…The Future of the Global Economy: Meeting of the Minds (1:22) -- Giving in Hard Times (2:37) -- Lower Taxes, Greater Giving? (1:05) -- Clinton on Job Growth (2:11) -- Re Energizing the Economy (2:04) -- Training People on Unemployment. (2:34) -- Clinton on Tax Cuts (1:05) -- How is Obama Doing? …”
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The encyclopedia of libertarianism / editor Ronald Hamowy.

Table of Contents: “…. -- La Boétie, Étienne de -- Labor Unions -- Laissez-Faire Policy -- Lane, Rose Wilder -- Lao Tzu -- Las Casas, Bartolomé de -- Law and Economics -- Law Merchant -- LeFevre, Robert -- Left Libertarianism -- Leggett, William -- Levellers -- Liability -- Liberal Critique of Libertarianism -- Liberalism, Classical -- Liberalism, German -- Liberty, Presumption of -- Liberty in the Ancient World -- Limited Government -- Locke, John -- Macaulay, Thomas Babington -- MacBride, Roger Lea -- Madison, James -- Magna Carta -- Maine, Henry Sumner -- Mandeville, Bernard -- Market Failure -- Marriage -- Marxism -- Mason, George -- Material Progress -- Mencken, H.L. -- Menger, Carl -- Mercantilism -- Meyer, Frank S. -- Military-Industrial Complex -- Mill, John Stuart -- Milton, John -- Minimal State -- Mises, Ludwig von -- Molinari, Gustave de -- Money and Banking -- Montaigne, Michel de -- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat de -- Mont Pelerin Society -- Murray, Charles -- Nathan, Tonie -- Nationalism -- Natural Harmony of Interests -- Natural Law -- New Deal -- Nietzsche, Friedrich -- Nock, Albert Jay -- Nonaggression Axiom -- Nozick, Robert -- Objectivism -- Oppenheimer, Franz -- Ortega y Gasset, José -- Orwell, George -- Ostrom, Vincent and Elinor -- Paine, Thomas -- Paternalism -- Paterson, Isabel -- Paul, Ron -- Peace and Pacifism -- Philosophic Radicals -- Physiocracy -- Political Parties -- Popper, Karl -- Pornography -- Positive Liberty -- Posner, Richard A. -- Pound, Roscoe -- Praxeology -- Price, Richard -- Price Controls -- Privacy -- Private Property -- Privatization -- Progress -- Progressive Era -- Prohibition of Alcohol -- Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph -- Psychiatry -- Public Choice Economics -- Puritanism -- Pursuit of Happiness -- Racism -- Rand, Ayn -- Rawls, John -- Read, Leonard E. -- Regulation -- Religion and Liberty -- Rent Seeking -- Republicanism, Classical -- Responsibility -- Restitution for Crime -- Retribution for Crime -- Revolution, Right of -- Ricardo, David -- Rights, Natural -- Rights, Theories of -- Right to Bear Arms -- Röpke, Wilhelm -- Rothbard, Murray -- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques -- Rule of Law -- Say, Jean-Baptiste -- Scholastics/School of Salamanca -- Schumpeter, Joseph -- Secessionism -- Self-Interest -- Senior, Nassau William -- Separation of Church and State -- Sexuality -- Shaftesbury, Third Earl of -- Sidney, Algernon -- Simon, Julian -- Slavery, World -- Slavery in America -- Smith, Adam -- Social Darwinism -- Socialism -- Socialist Calculation Debate -- Social Security -- Sociology and Libertarianism -- Sowell, Thomas -- Spencer, Herbert -- Spontaneous Order -- Spooner, Lysander -- State -- Stigler, George J. -- Stirner, Max -- Stoicism -- Subsidiarity -- Sumner, William Graham -- Szasz, Thomas -- Taft, Robert A. -- Taxation -- Tax Competition -- Term Limits -- Thoreau, Henry David -- Tocqueville, Alexis de -- Tracy, Destutt de -- Transportation -- Tucker, Benjamin R. -- Tullock, Gordon -- Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques -- Urban Planning -- Utilitarianism -- Virtue -- Voltaire -- Voluntarism -- Voluntary Contract Enforcement -- War -- War on Terror -- War Powers -- Washington, George -- Wealth and Poverty -- Welfare State -- Whiggism -- Wicksell, Knut -- Wilberforce, William -- Wollstonecraft, Mary.…”
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Roberto Calvi: The Murder Of God's Banker.

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Village of immigrants : Latinos in an emerging America / Diana R. Gordon. by Gordon, Diana R.

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The European Harmonization of National Accounting Rules The Application of Directive 2013/34/EU in Europe / edited by Alberto Incollingo, Andrea Lionzo.

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of accounting regulations in the EU -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- France -- Italy -- Spain -- Denmark -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- Objectives, overriding principles and relevance -- Financial statements layouts -- Write-down for impairment losses -- Accounting for Capital and Reserves, OCI and Profit Distribution -- Income taxes in financial statements -- Non-financial reporting in the European Union: current issues and prospects -- Private firm accounting in the EU: still an incomplete and fragmented picture.…”
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John J. Gilligan : the politics of principle / Mark Bernstein. by Bernstein, Mark, 1950 January 30-

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Achieve Financial Freedom – Big Time! Wealth-Building Secrets from Everyday Millionaires / Botkin, Sandy. by Botkin, Sandy

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The global economy in transition : debt and resource scarcities / J. Ørstrøm Møller. by Møller, J. Ørstrøm

Table of Contents: “…The deadly cocktail. Private gain, public loss. Making profit at the cost of society's interest. …”
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Hot money and the politics of debt / R.T. Naylor. by Naylor, R. T., 1945-

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Drug use & abuse / Micah L. Issitt. by Issitt, Micah L.

Table of Contents: “…Searching for a better brain : drug your way to high grades (2010) -- 27. …”
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A history of brewing in Holland, 900-1900 : economy, technology, and the state / by Richard W. Unger. by Unger, Richard W.

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Modern Presidential Campaigns. Packaging the Candidates, Images & Sound Bites (1980 - 92) / Educational Video Group.

Table of Contents: “…Carter's "Rose Garden" Strategy (1:48) -- Reagan/Ford Considered "Dream Ticket" (0:47) -- Reagan Accepts Republican Nomination (5:08) -- Carter Accepts Democratic Nomination (2:43) -- 1980 Commercial Campaign Messages (2:38) -- Reagan, "There You Go Again" (5:25) -- Reagan's Inaugural Speech (2:19) -- 1984 Presidential Election Historic Firsts (1:57) -- Cuomo - 1984 Democratic Convention (1:52) -- Jesse Jackson "Our Time Has Come" (0:59) -- First Woman VP Candidate (2:30) -- Mondale "Taxes Will Go Up" (3:20) -- Reagan/Mondale Television Ads (3:26) -- Reagan Appears Confused (2:29) -- Ferraro Faces Off Against Bush (2:11) -- 1988 Democratic Keynote Address (2:37) -- Dukakis Accepts Democratic Nomination (4:42) -- "Facts are Stupid Things" (1:56) -- Quayle Defends His Public Service (1:10) -- Bush's Successful Acceptance Speech (2:24) -- Dukakis Ads Target Voter Groups (2:07) -- Benson, "Senator, You're No Jack Kennedy" (3:05) -- Dukakis Confronted on Capital Punishment (1:32) -- Clinton Dubbed "Come Back Kid" (2:19) -- Bush and Clinton Win Party Nominations (1:47) -- 1992 Democratic Convention (3:18) -- Clinton "We Can Do It" (2:54) -- Bush Supporters Concerned (2:00) -- Barbara Bush Addresses National Convention (3:35) -- Clinton/Gore Maintain Momentum (1:42) -- Perot Re-enters Race (2:40) -- Debate Seals Candidate's Fate (3:40) -- Clinton's Inaugural Address (2:11) -- Credits: Modern Presidential Campaigns, Volume 4: "Packaging the Candidates: Images & Sound Bites" (1980–92) (0:38)…”
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Development Economics. by Siggel, Eckhard

Table of Contents: “…2 Economic Growth and its Determinants2.1 Production Function Models; 2.2 The Nature of Technical Change; 2.3 Empirical Evidence and Policy Conclusions; 2.4 Macroeconomic Growth Models; 2.5 Neoclassical Growth and the Stylized Facts of Economic Growth; 2.6 Endogenous Growth; 2.7 Convergence Once Again; Case Study 4: International Convergence of Income Levels; Case Study 5: Sources of Growth in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector; 3 Financing Economic Growth from Domestic Sources; 3.1 Policies to Accelerate Economic Growth; 3.2 Increasing Savings; 3.3 Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform.…”
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QuickBooks 2009 on Demand Perry, CPA. by Perry, CPA, Madeira, Laura

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The Stewardship of Wealth : Successful Private Wealth Management for Investors and Their Advisors + Website.

Table of Contents: “…Seize the Means of Production!The Power to Tax Is the Power to Destroy-Societies; B̀̀orrowing ... the Disease Is Incurable''; Now What?…”
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The Morality of Business A Profession for Human Wealthcare / by Tibor R. Machan. by Machan, Tibor R.

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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Commodity trader's almanac 2012 : for active traders of futures, forex, stocks and ETFs / [Jeffrey A. Hirsch and John L. Person]. by Hirsch, Jeffrey A.

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