Roberto Calvi: The Murder Of God's Banker.

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Income inequality in oecd countries : what are the drivers and policy options?. by Hoeller, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: Growth-Enhancing Policies and Inequality Isabelle Joumard and Isabell Koske -- Introduction and Main Findings -- Main Findings -- Reducing Labor Income Inequality and Boosting GDP per Capita: Policy Trade-offs and Complementarities -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that are Likely to Reduce Income Inequality -- Improving the quality and quantity of education -- Promoting equity in education -- Reducing the gap between employment protection on temporary and permanent work -- Increasing the spending on ALMPs -- Promoting the integration of immigrants -- Fostering female labor market participation -- Avoiding gender stereotyping in education -- Fighting discrimination -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that are Likely to Raise Income Inequality -- Increasing the flexibility of wage determination -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that have an Uncertain Impact on Income Inequality -- Avoiding too high and long-lasting unemployment benefits -- Liberalizing product markets -- Lowering minimum labor costs -- The Inequality and Growth Nexus Associated with Taxes and Transfers -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that are Likely to Reduce Income Inequality -- Re-assessing those tax expenditures that benefit mainly high-income groups -- Reducing distortions in taxing capital income -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that are Likely to Raise Income Inequality -- Shifting the tax mix from personal and corporate income taxes toward real estate and consumption taxes -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that have an Uncertain Impact on Income Inequality -- Moving from income to wealth or inheritance tax.…”
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Regulating the platform economy : international perspectives on new forms of work / edited by Lourdes Mella Méndez.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- An Introduction About Regulating the Platform Economy -- Part One: The Platform Economy and the Labour Market: Some Key Issues -- 1 The Platform Economy: the Main Challenges for Labour Law -- 2 Uber: Regulatory and Institutional Experimentation in the Taxi Industry in Quebec -- 3 Comparative Study on Japanese Employment-Like Working Style: Whether we are Discussing the Same Phenomenon or not -- 4 Identifying Labour Relationship in the Sharing Economy: Judicial Practice in China -- 5 Informality, Neoliberalism and the Gig Economy in Chile -- 6 Regulating Technology at Work -- Part Two: Other New Forms of Work, New Workforce and New Skills -- 7 New Forms of Work and Contractual Execution: Towards the "Smart Labour Contract" -- 8 Spanish Telework and Italian "Agile" Work: a Comparison -- 9 Robotics and Work: Labour and Tax Regulatory Framework -- 10 Technology and Jobs: has what was Old Become New? …”
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Applied Plant Cell Biology Cellular Tools and Approaches for Plant Biotechnology / edited by Peter Nick, Zdeněk Opatrny. by Nick, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Plant Stem Cells – Evolution of a Key Concept -- From Němec and Haberlandt to Molecular Cell Biology -- Part I: Control of Growth And Development -- Why to Spent Tax Money on Plant Microtubules? -- Auxin Biology: Applications and the Mechanisms Behind -- The Biotechnological Potential of Cytokinin Status Manipulation -- Cell Fate Between Life and Death During Somatic Embryogenesis -- Molecular Cell Biology of Pollen Walls -- Part II: Stress Tolerance -- Plant Cell Responses to Cadmium and Zinc -- Applied Cell Biology of Sulfur and Selenium in Plants -- Endocytosis: At the Crossroads of Pattern Recognition Immune Receptors and Pathogen Effectors -- Part III: Plant Metabolism -- Plant Compounds Acting on the Cytoskeleton -- Secondary Metabolites of Traditional Medical Plants – A Case Study of Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) -- Metabolic Engineering of Wood Formation -- Part IV: The Cell Biology Toolbox – New Approaches -- Flow Cytometry in Plant Research: A Success Story -- Photoconvertible Reporters for Selective Visualization of Subcellular Events and Interactions -- Plant Cell Strains in Fundamental Research and Application.…”
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Taxation in Agriculture by OECD

Table of Contents: “…Taxation in Agriculture: Main report -- Part I. Taxation in Agriculture: Main report -- Chapter 1. …”
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Advances in Taxation by Hasseldine, John

Table of Contents: “…Sample Selection -- Results -- Univariate Results -- Propensity Score Matching Results -- Main Regression Results: Difference-in-Difference -- Placebo Tests -- Robustness Tests -- Conclusion -- References -- Tax Planning Activities and Firm Value: A Dynamic Panel Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Theories of Tax Planning -- Measurements of Tax Planning Activities -- A Brief Overview of the Measurement of Firm Value -- Empirical Evidence from Previous Studies -- Research Methodology -- Data -- Model Specification -- Descriptive Statistics -- Empirical Results…”
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The Green Economy: Sustainable Forestry.

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Ronald Reagan on the Economy and Government Spending WPA Film Library.

Table of Contents: “…Intro: Ronald Reagan on the Economy and Government Spending: Great Communicator Series (2:23) -- A Time for Choosing (0:32) -- Making Government Work (0:40) -- Government Spending (1:11) -- Economic Recovery (0:48) -- National Debt (0:53) -- Permanent Welfare (1:42) -- Main Street America (0:19) -- Democracy in America (0:47) -- Wisdom and Decency of the American People (0:25) -- Anecdote on the Louisiana Purchase (2:18) -- America on the Mend (0:20) -- "Government is the Servant, Not the Master" (2:43) -- State of the Union Address: January 25, 1984 (2:30) -- Improving Government Programs (0:27) -- Announcement of the Reagan-Bush Candidacies for Re-election - January 29, 1984 (0:20) -- "We expect government to serve the people..." (0:26) -- Quoting Abraham Lincoln (0:33) -- Democratic Party Tax Hikes (0:26) -- Continuation of the New Beginning (0:47) -- Decentralization of Power (0:19) -- America to Lead the World in the 1990s (0:30) -- American Free Enterprise System (0:28) -- Tax Reform (2:17) -- Progressive Income Tax (1:12) -- Federation of Sovereign States (0:30) -- Great Days Ahead (1:39) -- A Prosperous, Progressive and Free Society (0:14) -- War Can Bring No Benefit (0:15) -- People Do Not Make Wars (0:18) -- A Thousand Sparks of Genius (4:15) -- Temporary Custody of the Presidency (0:21) -- Reagan's Management Style (0:27) -- Constitutionally Mandated Balanced Budget (0:23) -- Triumphs & Regrets (1:55) -- Great Prospects Before Us (1:14) -- A Time of Heroes (1:24) -- Economic Recovery Program (1:20) -- Notre Dame Commencement Speech (1:03) -- Christmas Address, 1984 (1:11) -- "We Must Be Cautious in Claiming that God is on Our Side..." (0:18) -- Main Street Americans (0:39) -- On the National Anthem (0:20)…”
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Blue-State Republican How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP. by Kromer, Mileah K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Building a Durable Republican Majority -- Chapter 1: They Even Taxed the Rain -- Chapter 2: The Uprising and the Honeymoon -- Chapter 3: The Non-Transferable Endorsement -- Chapter 4: Moderating the Trump Effect -- Chapter 5: Go Ahead, Call Him a Socialist -- Chapter 6: The Anatomy of a Landslide -- Chapter 7: Women and Black Voters for Hogan -- Conclusion: The Future of the Hogan Coalition.…”
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Understanding Canadian Law.

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Portugal. by Fund, International Monetary

Table of Contents: “…Main Features of the Portuguese Tax System; References; III. …”
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New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Fundraising Going Beyond the Equity or Debt Dilemma / edited by Pau Sendra-Pons, Dolores Garzon, María-Ángeles Revilla-Camacho.

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Uncle Sam and us : globalization, neoconservatism, and the Canadian state / Stephen Clarkson. by Clarkson, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- 1 Not Whether, but Which Canada Will Survive -- 2 The Peripheral State: Globalization and Continentalism -- I: The Polity: Reconstituting the Canadian State -- CHANGE FROM WITHOUT -- 3 Continental and Global Governance -- 4 NAFTA and the WTO as Supraconstitution -- CHANGE FROM WITHIN -- 5 The Federal State: Internal Trade and the Charter -- 6 The Municipal State: Megacity and the Greater Toronto Area -- II: The Economy: Reframing the State's Functions -- THE MACRO ECONOMY AND THE MANAGERIAL STATE -- 7 The Taxing State: From Lord Keynes to Paul Martin…”
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Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War : forgotten colonial crisis / Edmund James Yorke, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. by Yorke, Edmund James

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Applied Economics 60 countries and 50 years of experience. by Short, John

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Research Years -- 3 Fiscal Tables and Revenue Estimation -- 4 Public Expenditure Reviews and Medium Term Budget Frameworks -- 5 The Costing of Programmes -- 6 Fiduciary Risk Assessments and PEFAs -- 7 Tax Policy and Tax Administration, Private Sector Development -- 8 Tax Expenditures -- 9 Training and Other Presentations -- 10 Commonality over time: 50 years of Progress? …”
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Your Finances Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances

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Paul G. Hoffman (1954).

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Is Taxpayer Money Behind Profits at Goldman Sachs? (2/12/10) / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm).

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Service-Learning as a New Paradigm in Higher Education of China edited by Carol MA Hok-ka, Alfred CHAN Cheung-ming, Alice LIU Cheng, and Fanny MAK Mui-fong.

Table of Contents: “…The concept and development of service-learning / Carol Ma Hok-ka -- Service-learning and the aims of Chinese higher education / Carol MA Hok-ka, Fanny MAK Mui-fong, Alice LIU Cheng -- On the connection and dynamic interplay between service-learning and liberal arts education / XU Xin-zhong, YU Li-ren -- An exploratory study : the positive effects of service-learning on overall quality and psychological capital appreciation of medical students / LIANG Yong-feng, LI Yi-ang, WANG Yu-qing -- Philanthropy courses : the study on how to develop students' social responsibility / Cai Ying-hui -- Serving community by providing tax consultation : Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan (University) College : service-learning project in the taxation management course / LONG Zhao-hui, JIANG Ping -- Waste separation, engage in civic education : waste management project conducted by South China University of Technology / Lily QI Lili, ZI Yanfei -- Record life history. respect for life : oral history of leprosy rehabilitation village : a service-learning project conducted by South China Normal University / Han Yi-min -- The renewal of earnest practice : a reflection on the practice of ethics of philanthropy and the preservation of rural culture : a service-learning program conducted by Sun Yat-Sen University / Sherry WANG Shuo, XIONG Huan, LIU Hai-juan -- Independent service-learning course : the characters of service-learning at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College / Timothy CHEN Ka-kit, Katy Zhang lie-ni -- Service-learning and education realizing? …”
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The Economics of the Black Death.

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