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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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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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Financial Advice and Investment Decisions : a Manifesto for Change. by Wilcox, Jarrod W.

Table of Contents: “…Resisting Forecasting OverconfidenceMaking Estimates More Robust to Extreme Observations; Taking Context into Account; Making Better Use of Information in Decisions; CHAPTER 7 Controlling Investing Behavioral Biases; Facing Up to Complexity; Promoting Independent Thinking; Controlling Organizational Biases; CHAPTER 8 Tax Efficient Investing; Context; Taxes that Affect Investment Returns; General Principles of After-Tax Investing; Measurement of After-Tax Performance and Benchmarks; CHAPTER 9 Matching Investment Vehicles to Needs; Revisiting Risk Aversion; Taxes Again; Diversification.…”
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The index revolution : why investors should join it now / Charles D. Ellis. by Ellis, Charles D.

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The complete guide to the gap year : the best things to do between high school and college / Kristin M. White. by White, Kristin, 1972-

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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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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs : 1990. by David, Leyton-Brown

Table of Contents: “…RELATIONS -- Bilateral trade and the FTA -- NAFTA negotiations -- Acid rain and other issues -- RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS -- RESPONDING TO EUROPEAN CHANGE -- Open Skies.…”
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A financial history of the United States : from Enron-era scandals to the subprime crisis (2004-2006) / Jerry W. Markham. by Markham, Jerry W.

Table of Contents: “…Corporate Governance Reforms""; ""Sarbanes-Oxley""; ""The Enron Reforms""; ""Other Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms""; ""Small Companies""; ""Loss of Competitive Advantage""; ""Competition from Abroad""; ""Blue Ribbon Reviews""; ""Government Concerns""; ""The Executive Compensation Controversy""; ""Background""; ""Fiduciary Duties""; ""Ovitz's Compensation""; ""Confiscation Through Taxes""; ""The Reagan and Bush Tax Cuts""; ""Compensation Arrangements""; ""Golden Parachutes""…”
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Commodity trader's almanac 2013 : for active traders of futures, forex, stocks and ETFs / Jeffrey A. Hirsch and John L. Person. by Hirsch, Jeffrey A.

Table of Contents: “…Patrick's DayMarch British Pound Invasion; April Almanac; April Tax Time Takes a Bite out of Gold; Bonds Can Go Up When Stocks Go Down; Beef Prices Head South before Summer; May Almanac; Copper Tops in May; Silver Slips in May; Coffee Buzz Fades in Summer; June Almanac; Short Soybeans for Summer; Sugar's Summer Sweet Spot; Summer BBQ Season Gives Beef a Bounce; Mother Nature Makes Corn Pop; July Almanac; Last-Half of July Short S&P 500; Summer Air Conditioning Heats Up Natural Gas; Swiss Franc Follows Gold Higher; August Almanac; August Gives Coffee a Lift…”
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Second thoughts : myths and morals of U.S. economic history / edited by Donald N. McCloskey.

Table of Contents: “…/ Mark Thomas -- The Great Depression : can it happen again? / John Wallis.…”
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LESSONS THAT SCHOOL FORGOT : how the agile and curious can beat the smart and rich. by SAMMARTINO, STEVE

Table of Contents: “…; Pull up your roots; Chapter 3 The future is informal; Discover the entrepreneur within; Self-reliance needs a comeback; The pace of change is super-radical; It's time to just make stuff up again; The formal institutions really don't get it.…”
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LESSONS THAT SCHOOL FORGOT : how the agile and curious can beat the smart and rich. by Sammartino, Steve

Table of Contents: “…; Pull up your roots; Chapter 3 The future is informal; Discover the entrepreneur within; Self-reliance needs a comeback; The pace of change is super-radical; It's time to just make stuff up again; The formal institutions really don't get it.…”
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The World Trade System : Trends and Challenges. by Bhagwati, Jagdish N.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The World Trade System Today; 1.1 Multilateral Trade Liberalization: A Success; 1.2 Developing Countries Embrace Liberalization and the WTO; 1.3 Proliferating PTAs Derail Multilateralism; 1.4 Whither Trade Negotiations: Doha, TPP, and TIPP; 1.5 Rule Making and Dispute Settlement: Bilateral versus Multilateral Settings; 1.6 Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; I Issues in Trade Policy; 2 Border Tax Equalization; 2.1 Overview of the WTO Law on Border Tax Equalization; 2.2 Using Border Adjustments for Climate Challenges; Notes; References.…”
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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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Taxation in Agriculture by OECD

Table of Contents: “…Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, and related concessions in agriculture -- Ability to use cash accounting rather than accrual methods -- Simplified accounting with taxable incomes calculated on the basis of standard or notional income and expenses -- Taxes levied on income from real estate instead of actual farm activities…”
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