Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo. by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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The wages of war : when America's soldiers came home : from Valley Forge to Vietnam / Richard Severo and Lewis Milford. by Severo, Richard, Milford, Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; Prologue; Part One: After the Revolution; 1 Lambs and Bees or Tigers and Wolves; 2 Half Pay, Full Taxes, and Engines of Vice; 3 Officer Princes and the Art of Living Happily Ever After; 4 Daniel Shays: From True Patriot to Counterfeit Public Enemy; 5 A Little Rebellion Now and Then; Part Two: The War of 1812 and the Mexican War; 6 Like Sweet Poison on the Taste; 7 Just Debts and Common Sense; 8 St. …”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Capital, coercion, and postcommunist states / Gerald M. Easter. by Easter, Gerald, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Toward a fiscal sociology of the post-communist state -- Fiscal crisis of the old regime -- Politics of tax reform : making (and unmaking) revenue bargains -- State meets society in the transitional tax regime -- Building fiscal capacity in post-communist states -- Taxation and the reconfiguration of state and society.…”
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Brilliant Book-keeping Quinn, Martin. by Quinn, Martin

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Corporate governance and banking in China / Michael N.T. Tan. by Tan, Michael N. T., 1945-

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Sciences et pseudo-sciences : regards des sciences humaines / sous la direction de Valéry Rasplus.

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Magento 2 Beginners Guide. by Guarino, Gabriel

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What's wrong with a free lunch? / Philippe van Parijs [and others] ; foreword by Robert Solow ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston Review.

Table of Contents: “…Galston -- UBI and the flat tax / Herbert A. Simon -- Falling in love again / Wade Rathke -- Security and laissez-faire / Emma Rothschild -- Subsidize wages / Edmund S. …”
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Nation in debt : how can we pay the bills?. by Tony Wharton

Table of Contents: “…; A Framework for Deliberation; Option One: Agree to Make Sacrifices Now; Reform Social Security and Medicare; Raise Revenue; Cut Federal Spending Everywhere; What We Could Do; Option Two: Strengthen Checks and Balances; Pass a Balanced-Budget Amendment; Time-Again-for "Pay-as-You-Go"; Riding into the Sunset; Permanently Ban "Earmarks"; What We Could Do; Option Three: Invest in Growth First; Reduce the Corporate Tax Rate; Encourage Research and Development; Get More Young People into Science; What We Could Do.…”
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Transparency and other hot topics / guest editors, Tom McManus, Yair Holtzman, Harold Lazarus and Johan Anderberg.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Transparency guru: an interview with Tom McManus -- Transparency: panacea or Pandora's box -- Organization-stakeholder relationships: exploring trust and transparency -- Creating transparency around the research and development tax credit -- Globalization, organizational opaqueness and conspiracy -- Healthcare transparency: opportunity or mirage -- Transparency in the age of AIDS: the reality and mythology of a disease -- Organic management of frameworks and systems, but not people -- Transparency and there again: lessons learned at Digital -- How personal can ethics get? …”
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Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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Mexico Battle for North America / Sveriges television.

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The Wisdom of Investing in ETFs Gaffen, David. by Gaffen, David

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Accounting and finance for your small business / Steven M. Bragg and E. James Burton. by Bragg, Steven M.

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Tell you what : great New Zealand nonfiction 2017 / edited by Susanna Andrew & Jolisa Gracewood.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Editors' note; Høstens Vemod; The Poisoning at the Lake; Bequeathed; Learning to sing again; Te Matatini 2015; Confused about tikanga? …”
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Call Me Mike : a Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle. by Zimmerman, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Depression, a Victory, and a Defeat; 4. Pax, Tax, and a Near Miss; 5. His Honor the Mayor; 6. …”
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Intangibles in the World of Transfer Pricing Identifying - Valuing - Implementing / edited by Björn Heidecke, Marc C. Hübscher, Richard Schmidtke, Martin Schmitt.

Table of Contents: “…Arm´s length prices and fair market value -- Market approach -- Relief From Royalty -- MEEM -- Incremental cash flow method -- Cost approach -- Calculating Planning Data and Its Plausibility -- Discount rates -- Part IV: Country Perspective of Intangibles from a Transfer Pricing Perspective -- Introduction -- Austria -- Belgium -- Brazil -- Canada -- China -- East Africa -- France -- Germany -- Ghana -- India -- Italy -- Mexico -- Middle East -- Nigeria -- Poland -- Russia -- Spain -- Sweden -- United Kingdom -- CJEU Court Cases – IP and Taxation -- Part V: Implementing Intercompany Intangible Systems -- Withholding Tax Aspects of License Models -- A legal review of IP migrations -- IP from an M&A Tax Perspective -- Intellectual Property from a Customs Perspective.…”
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Cannabis sativa for health and hemp / Ethan L. Clark, editor.

Table of Contents: “…Raich (2005) -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Lawsuit Against HHS -- STATE AND LOCAL REFERENDA AND LEGISLATION -- States Allowing Use of Medical Marijuana70 -- Statistics on Medical Marijuana Users -- California (1996) -- Oregon (1998) -- Alaska (1998) -- Washington (1998) -- Maine (1999) -- Hawaii (2000) -- Colorado (2000) -- Nevada (2000) -- Vermont (2004) -- Montana (2004) -- Rhode Island (2006) -- New Mexico (2007) -- Michigan (2008) -- New Jersey (2010) -- Other State and Local Medical Marijuana Laws -- Arizona (1996).…”
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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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