Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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Governing America : the revival of political history / Julian E. Zelizer. by Zelizer, Julian E.

Table of Contents: “…Paying for Government: Taxes, Money, and Fiscal Restraint.…”
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San Francisco's Queen of Vice : the Strange Career of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns. by Riggin, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…The Kefauver Committee; 24. "Hello Again"; Part Six: The Bone Rattler; 25. Official Closets; Epilogue: Death and Taxes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The global economy in turbulent times / Lin See-Yan. by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”
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The global economy in turbulent times / Lin See-Yan. by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”
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Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / Daniel P. Gitterman. by Gitterman, Daniel Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bush and the return of across-the-board tax relief -- Toward a new bargain? -- The past and future politics of boosting paychecks.…”
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Truth, growth, repeat : a business manual for generation why / by Mike Edmonds, with Ronnie Duncan. by Edmonds, Mike, Duncan, Ronnie

Table of Contents: “….; contents; introduction; how to use this book; read it like a workshop manual; when you see the word ;business you don't need to be a boss; there's no tax law in here; part one: the circle of true purpose; 1 truth is a system; 2 true purpose; oh going to talk about steve jobs; why motive matters; high horse optional; the basic impact of true purpose; the ultimate impact of true purpose; 3 attraction; why does true purpose touch people?…”
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The almanac of American philanthropy / Karl Zinsmeister ; [edited by] Karl Zinsmeister. by Zinsmeister, Karl

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Bookkeeping For Dummies, 2nd Edition Epstein, Lita. by Epstein, Lita

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The global economy in turbulent times / Lin See-Yan. by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”
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The great forgetting : the past, present and future of social democracy and the welfare state / Jack Lawrence Luzkow. by Luzkow, Jack Lawrence, 1941-

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The predictable surprise : the unraveling of the U.S. retirement system. by Schieber, Sylvester J.

Table of Contents: “…We've Killed the Goose, Let's Gild the Eggs; 24. Tax Benefits and Benefit Taxes; 25. Retiree Health Benefits. …”
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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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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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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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The Wisdom of Investing in ETFs Gaffen, David. by Gaffen, David

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