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The Family Business

By: Michael Ponzi

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The Family Business is the story of Michael Ponzi's return to a Hoboken neighborhood to continue in his father's profession as a hit man. Michael's first solo assignment comes after his dad gets pinched by the FBI, and The Dwarf, the "big" Carzano crime boss, orders a hit involving Zenobia, the best-known pop star on the planet. After Zenobia foils Michael in finishing the task, he finds that she is in major trouble with The Management and that The Dwarf has double-crossed him. He and Zenobia barely escape with their lives, and while on the lam, Michael is accused of kidnapping the mega star. On a Mennonite farm in upstate New York, Michael and Zenobia devise a way to return to their lives and solve two problems: Zenobia wants freedom from The Management, while Michael wants to settle family business with the Carzanos. Amid all their problems, the two discover an odd attraction. In a Snowden-esque twist, Zenobia is hiding a stolen microchip containing sensitive information about "The Management" and the identity of "The Man." As it turns out, the FBI and the mob are after the same information. Ultimately, Michael leverages the chip with bidders through an elaborate Ponzi scheme, with surprising results! Michael Ponzi is an unemployed teacher from Hoboken, New Jersey, who presently lives in upstate New York. He is the only son of hardworking Italian/Irish parents who have always been very proud of him. The Family Business is his first novel.

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1941859011

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Financial Management: Principles and Applications

By: J William Petty,Sheridan Titman,Arthur J Keown,Peter Martin,John D Martin,Michael Burrow

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Financial Management: Principles and Applications

By: J William Petty,Sheridan Titman,Arthur J Keown,Peter Martin,John D Martin,Michael Burrow

The sixth edition of Financial Management provides students with an overview of financial management suited to the first course in finance. The focus of the text is on the big picture, providing an introduction to financial decision making grounded in current financial theory and the current state of world economic conditions. Attention is paid to both valuation and capital markets, as well as their influence on corporate financial decisions. The 10 basic principles of finance are introduced in the first chapter and woven throughout the text, to give students a solid foundation from which to build their knowledge of finance. The goal of this text is to go beyond teaching the tools of a discipline or a trade and help students gain a complete understanding of the subject. This will give them the ability to apply what they have learnt to new and as yet unforeseen problems—in short, to educate students in finance.

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1442551623

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Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941

By: Michael E. Parrish

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Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941

By: Michael E. Parrish

Impressively detailed. . . . An authoritative and epic overview."—Publishers Weekly In the convulsive years between 1920 and 941, Americans were first dazzled by unprecedented economic prosperity and then beset by the worst depression in their history. It was the era of Model T's, rising incomes, scientific management, electricity, talking movies, and advertising techniques that sold a seemingly endless stream of goods. But is was also a time of grave social conflict and human suffering. The Crash forced Hoover, and then Roosevelt and the nation, to reexamine old solutions and address pressing questions of recovery and reform, economic growth and social justice. The world beyond America changed also in these years, making the country rethink its relation to events in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The illusion of superiority slowly died in the 1930s, sustaining a fatal blow in December 1941 at Pearl Harbor.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393254240

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A New Deal for Social Security

By: Peter Ferrara,Michael Tanner

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A New Deal for Social Security

By: Peter Ferrara,Michael Tanner

This book examines the history of Social Security and predicts that the system will face bankruptcy within the next few years.

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Cato Institute

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1882577620

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The Committee to Destroy the World

Inside the Plot to Unleash a Super Crash on the Global Economy

By: Michael E. Lewitt

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The Committee to Destroy the World

Inside the Plot to Unleash a Super Crash on the Global Economy

By: Michael E. Lewitt

An updated examination of what's weakening the U.S. economy, and how to fix it The Committee to Destroy the World: Inside the Plot to Unleash a Super Crash on the Global Economy is a passionate and informed analysis of the struggling global economy. In this masterfully conceived and executed work, Michael Lewitt, one of Wall Street's most respected market strategists and money managers, updates his groundbreaking examination of the causes of the 2008 crisis and argues that economic and geopolitical conditions are even more unstable today. His analysis arrives in time for the impending economic and geopolitical debates of the 2016 election season. Lewitt explains in detail how debt has now overrun the world's capacity, how federal policies of the past few decades have created a downward vortex sapping growth and vitality from the American economy, and how greed and corruption are preventing reform. The financial crisis created tens of trillions of debt, leaving investors to pay a huge price for these policy failures: The highest asset inflation we've seen in our lifetimes, although the government claims there isn't enough inflation More than $2 trillion of stock buybacks funded with low cost debt that are artificially inflating stock prices The Federal Reserve and other global central banks becoming the largest buyers of government debt in order to suppress interest rates An M&A boom resulting from companies needing to find growth outside of their core businesses While the financial media misses the story, Lewitt pulls no punches explaining how all of these trends are leading to the brink of another crisis. Lewitt lays out a survival plan for the average investor to protect their assets when the debt bubble bursts. The first edition of this book expressed hope that policymakers would not let the financial crisis go to waste. This book urges investors to learn from the crushed hope and take action before the next crisis.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119183707

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Aspen Publishing Bouvier Law Dictionary

Quick Reference

By: Stephen Michael Sheppard

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Aspen Publishing Bouvier Law Dictionary

Quick Reference

By: Stephen Michael Sheppard

NEW! The first complete revision of John Bouvier s great law dictionary in more than a century made relevant and authoritative for modern students of the law Derived from the famous 1853 law dictionary used by Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The Aspen Publishing Bouvier Law Dictionary Quick Reference has been brought completely up-to-date by a distinguished and widely-published legal scholar and teacher. Steve Sheppard, with law degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, brings his scholarship, international practice, and litigation experience to bear in making the famous text as relevant today as it was when it first broke ground in American law. Definitions derived from contemporary as well as classic sources give the reference book its depth and authority. Building on Bouvier's structure and entries, Professor Sheppard has added thousands of new terms and rewritten many original definitions. 8,500 short definitions explain more than 11,200 words and phrases, giving readers a general understanding of a term when a quick grasp of a concept is required. Each entry is written to be understood by the modern student, argued by the modern lawyer, and cited by the modern judge. An intuitive structure and thorough cross-referencing makes the first complete revision of this essential dictionary in more than a hundred years accessible and easy to use. Features of The Aspen Publishing Bouvier Law Dictionary Quick Reference: The classic becomes contemporary. Definitions derived from ancient and contemporary sources, with current statutes, regulations, cases, and treatises building on ancient and medieval sources Designed for modern use and contemporary issues Authority in General Editor Stephen Sheppard: Widely published by Cambridge, Oxford and other leading presses Holds law degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, including a doctorate in the science of law Draws on international legal practice, litigation, and teaching experience for the selection of terms Encyclopedic in scope: 8,500 entries, explaining more than 11,200 words and phrases, far more than Bouvier's original two-volume set with 6,600 entries Short definitions give readers a quick grasp of a concept and a general understanding in a hurry Clear statement of meanings, context and usage of key terms Intuitive structure, for ease of use: Major terms organize concepts and related terms: e.g. exceptions to Hearsay under hearsay, the forms of estate under Estate Thorough cross-referencing, making terms easy to find Summary of Contents: Welcome to the Bouvier Law Dictionary How to Use the Bouvier Law Dictionary Compact Edition The Order of Words and Phrases The Bouvier Law Dictionary Project The Entries, A-Z First Appendix: The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution Second Appendix: Justices of the United States Supreme Court

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1454820179

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International Business Finance

By: Michael Connolly

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International Business Finance

By: Michael Connolly

This textbook introduces students to the fundamental workings of business and finance in the global economy. It brings clarity and focus to the complexities of the field and demonstrates the key linkages between the foreign exchange markets and world money markets. Core topics examined include: corporate aspects of international finance, with special attention given to contractual and operational hedging techniques the mechanics of the foreign exchange markets the building blocks of international finance the optimal portfolio in an international setting. Michael Connolly also provides up-to-date statistics from across the globe, relevant international case studies, problem sets and solutions and links to an online PowerPoint presentation. International Business Finance is an engaging and stimulating text for students in undergraduate and MBA courses in international finance and a key resource for lecturers.

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Routledge

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1135991782

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Cons and Frauds

By: Michael Benson

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Cons and Frauds

By: Michael Benson

Describes types and cases of fraud, including identity theft, protection against fraud, and methods used by law enforcement to investigate fraud and track down con artists.

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Social Engineering

Hacking Systems, Nations, and Societies

By: Michael Erbschloe

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Social Engineering

Hacking Systems, Nations, and Societies

By: Michael Erbschloe

This book analyzes of the use of social engineering as a tool to hack random systems and target specific systems in several dimensions of society. It shows how social engineering techniques are employed well beyond what hackers do to penetrate computer systems. And it explains how organizations and individuals can socially engineer their culture to help minimize the impact of the activities of those who lie, cheat, deceive, and defraud. After reading this book, you’ll be able to analyze how organizations work and the need for security to maintain operations and sustainability, and be able to identify, respond to and counter socially engineered threats to security.

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1000439127

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Conquering the Divide

How to Use Economic Indicators to Catch Stock Market Trends

By: James B. Cornehlsen,Michael J. Carr

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Conquering the Divide

How to Use Economic Indicators to Catch Stock Market Trends

By: James B. Cornehlsen,Michael J. Carr

Many writers focus on economy time series, but James B. Cornehlsen and Michael J. Carr are the first to outline a comprehensive, rigorously tested, easy to understand model. In Conquering The Divide, the authors provide documentation of their model's validity. Using statistical verification, Cornehlsen and Carr don't dumb down the economy; they lay out its signals and indicators. Here, they offer a plan for risk assessment that shows you how to maximize returns, forecast inflation, and get out before big declines. "I've been looking for a book like this for a long time. Carr and Cornehlsen, professional researchers by occupation, have done superb work here in terms of the relationships between various indicators, the economy, and the stock market, e

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1934354155

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Mortal Bonds

By: Michael Sears

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Mortal Bonds

By: Michael Sears

Hired by the family of a disgraced investment banker who died in prison amid financial scandals, Jason Stafford races against time to find a fortune in missing funds only to see the people he contacts suffer suspicious and deadly accidents.

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Understanding Systemic Risk in Global Financial Markets

By: Aron Gottesman,Michael Leibrock

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Understanding Systemic Risk in Global Financial Markets

By: Aron Gottesman,Michael Leibrock

An accessible and detailed overview of the risks posed by financial institutions Understanding Systemic Risk in Global Financial Markets offers an accessible yet detailed overview of the risks to financial stability posed by financial institutions designated as systemically important. The types of firms covered are primarily systemically important banks, non-banks, and financial market utilities such as central counterparties. Written by Aron Gottesman and Michael Leibrock, experts on the topic of systemic risk, this vital resource puts the spotlight on coherency, practitioner relevance, conceptual explanations, and practical exposition. Step by step, the authors explore the specific regulations enacted before and after the credit crisis of 2007-2009 to promote financial stability. The text also examines the criteria used by financial regulators to designate firms as systemically important. The quantitative and qualitative methods to measure the ongoing risks posed by systemically important financial institutions are surveyed. A review of the regulations that identify systemically important financial institutions The tools to use to detect early warning indications of default A review of historical systemic events their common causes Techniques to measure interconnectedness Approaches for ranking the order the institutions which pose the greatest degree of default risk to the industry Understanding Systemic Risk in Global Financial Markets offers a must-have guide to the fundamentals of systemic risk and the key critical policies that work to reduce systemic risk and promoting financial stability.

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1119348544

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The Critique of Digital Capitalism

An Analysis of the Political Economy of Digital Culture and Technology

By: Michael Betancourt

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The Critique of Digital Capitalism

An Analysis of the Political Economy of Digital Culture and Technology

By: Michael Betancourt

Anything that can be automated, will be. The "magic" that digital technology has brought us - self-driving cars, Bitcoin, high frequency trading, the internet of things, social networking, mass surveillance, the 2009 housing bubble - has not been considered from an ideological perspective. The Critique of Digital Capitalism identifies how digital technology has captured contemporary society in a reification of capitalist priorities, and also describes digital capitalism as an ideologically "invisible" framework that is realized in technology. Written as a series of articles between 2003 and 2015, the book provides a broad critical scope for understanding the inherent demands of capitalist protocols for expansion without constraint (regardless of social, legal or ethical limits) that are increasingly being realized as autonomous systems that are no longer dependent on human labor or oversight and implemented without social discussion of their impacts. The digital illusion of infinite resources, infinite production, and no costs appears as an "end to scarcity," whereby digital production supposedly eliminates costs and makes everything equally available to everyone. This fantasy of production without consumption hides the physical costs and real-world impacts of these technologies. The critique introduced in this book develops from basic questions about how digital technologies directly change the structure of society: why is "Digital Rights Management" not only the dominant "solution" for distributing digital information, but also the only option being considered? During the burst of the "Housing Bubble" burst 2009, why were the immaterial commodities being traded of primary concern, but the actual physical assets and the impacts on the people living in them generally ignored? How do surveillance (pervasive monitoring) and agnotology (culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) coincide as mutually reinforcing technologies of control and restraint? If technology makes the assumptions of its society manifest as instrumentality - then what ideology is being realized in the form of the digital computer? This final question animates the critical framework this analysis proposes. Digital capitalism is a dramatically new configuration of the historical dynamics of production, labor and consumption that results in a new variant of historical capitalism. This contemporary, globalized network of production and distribution depends on digital capitalism's refusal of established social restraints: existing laws are an impediment to the transcendent aspects of digital technology. Its utopian claims mask its authoritarian result: the superficial "objectivity" of computer systems are supposed to replace established protections with machinic function - the uniform imposition of whatever ideology informs the design. However, machines are never impartial: they reify the ideologies they are built to enact. The critical analysis of capitalist ideologies as they become digital is essential to challenging this process. Contesting their domination depends on theoretical analysis. This critique challenges received ideas about the relationship between labor, commodity production and value, in the process demonstrating how the historical Marxist analysis depends on assumptions that are no longer valid. This book therefore provides a unique, critical toolset for the analysis of digital capitalist hegemonics.

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punctum books

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0692598448

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Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, 2015-2016 Edition

By: By Michael L. Cook

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Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, 2015-2016 Edition

By: By Michael L. Cook

Every step in the business bankruptcy litigation process is covered in Aspen Publishersand’ Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, from the drafting of the first pleadings through the appellate process. In fact, by making the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual a part of your working library, you not only get detailed coverage of virtually all the topics and issues you must consider in any bankruptcy case, you also get field-tested answers to questions you confront every day, such as: How to stay continuing litigation against a corporate debtorand’s non-debtor officers? What are the limits on suing a bankruptcy trustee? Is the Deprizio Doctrine still alive? Does an individual debtor have an absolute right to convert a case from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13? What prohibitions exist on cross-collateralization in financing disputes? Are option contracts and“executoryand” for bankruptcy purposes? When, and under what circumstances, may a bankruptcy court enjoin an administrative proceeding against a Chapter 11 debtor? What are the current standards for administrative priority claims? When must a creditor assert its setoff rights? When can a remand order issued by a district court be reviewed by a court of appeals? What are the limits on challenging pre-bankruptcy real property mortgage foreclosures as fraudulent transfers? Can an unsecured lender recover contract-based legal fees incurred in post- bankruptcy litigation on issues of bankruptcy law? Is there a uniform federal limitation on perfecting security interests that primes a longer applicable state law period, thus subjecting lenders to a preference attack? Do prior bankruptcy court orders bar a plaintiffand’s later state court suit and warrant removal of the action in federal court? Michael L. Cook, a partner at Schulte Roth and& Zabel LLP in New York and former long-time Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, has gathered together some of the countryand’s top bankruptcy litigators to contribute to Bankruptcy Litigation Manual. Contributing Authors: Jay Alix, Southfield, MI Neal Batson, Alston and& Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Kenneth K. Bezozo, Haynes and Boone, New York, NY Susan Block-Lieb, Fordham University School of Law, Newark, NJ Peter W. Clapp, Valle Makoff, LLP, San Francisco, CA Dennis J. Connolly, Alston and& Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA David N. Crapo, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ Karen A. Giannelli, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ David M. Hillman, Schulte Roth and& Zabel, LLP, New York, NY Alfred S. Lurey, Kilpatrick and& Stockton, Atlanta, GA Gerald Munitz, Butler Rubin, Salterelli and& Boyd, LLP, Chicago, IL Robert L. Ordin, Retired Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen M. Pezanosky, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Partner and Chair of Bankruptcy Section, Fort Worth, TX Robin E. Phelan, Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas, TX Daniel H. Squire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC Michael L. Temin, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PA Sheldon S. Toll, Law Office ofSheldon S. Toll, Southfield, MI Jason H. Watson, Alston and& Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Kit Weitnauer, Alston and& Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA Written by Mr. Cook and nineteen other experts, Bankruptcy Litigation Manual provides authoritative, up-to-date information on virtually every aspect of the bankruptcy litigation process, from discovery through appeal.

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1454856556

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Shadow Networks

Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis

By: Francisco Louçã,Michael Ash

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Shadow Networks

Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis

By: Francisco Louçã,Michael Ash

The 2007-08 financial crisis surprised many economists and the public. But how did the crisis come about, why was it so deep, and why has the clean-up been so slow and painful? Many accounts of the crisis focus on renegade activity in marginal financial sectors. Shadow Networks challenges this pervading view and sets out to demonstrate that, far from a dissident branch, the shadow finance that initiated the crisis is tightly networked with, and highly profitable for, bank-based finance. The collapse was not an accident, but baked into the system of finance from the start. Shadow Networks traces the complex web of power that caused crisis and gives vivid descriptions of the actors in the quarter century leading up to 2007 to explain how the now decade-long crisis took shape. Shadow Networks: Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis is a probing examination of the roles of the powerful elite. It traces the networks and institutions that support a finance-focused, market centered model of economy and society from their ascendancy to their surprising resilience in the face of manifest failures.

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Oxford University Press

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0192563297

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The Big Investment Lie

What Your Financial Advisor Doesn't Want You to Know

By: Michael Edesess

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The Big Investment Lie

What Your Financial Advisor Doesn't Want You to Know

By: Michael Edesess

No professional investing advice is good advice. This hard-hitting book proves it with indisputable facts drawn from scientific research and the author's own thirty-five years of experience in the investment industry. Michael Edesess exposes “The Big Investment Lie”: that an investor will gain by hiring professional advisors to beat the market. He proves that no professional investment advisor or manager has ever consistently and predictably beat market averages, not even Warren Buffett. While The Big Investment Lie allows an entire industry to prosper lavishly, investors invariably lose when they hire professional help. Once you know the truth, you'll want to adopt Edesess's Ten New Commandments for Smart Investing, simple rules you can follow to invest, get a profitable return, and avoid squandering any more of your hard-earned dollars on bogus expertise.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1605093912

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Cannibal Capitalism

How Big Business and The Feds Are Ruining America

By: Michael C. Hill

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Cannibal Capitalism

How Big Business and The Feds Are Ruining America

By: Michael C. Hill

An unbiased look at how the economic practices of corporations, leaders, and government are severely damaging the American way of life Most of us have lived our lives by the rules—going to school, investing in real estate, and building careers—but the so-called Great Recession has changed everything. Cannibal Capitalism: How Big Business and the Feds Are Ruining America answers the questions on everyone's lips; what happened and where do we go from here? Unlike in most other recent instances of financial turbulence, when this crisis hit, the country turned on itself economically, with the powerhouses—corporations, business leaders, and government—throwing the everyman under the bus. In an effort to avoid becoming slightly less rich, the super-rich effectively cannibalized the true engines of growth in the economy, in the process putting the bottom ninety-nine percent of the population at serious risk of losing everything. Cannibal Capitalism fights back, arguing that to really recover we need to educate our children, invest in our small businesses, use our inflated money to develop real things that build real wealth, and get back to exporting in a big way. Takes a thoughtful look at how income and wealth disparity, industry consolidation, anticompetitive business practices, political ideological extremism, and the hoarding of existing wealth are destroying the wealth building capacity of the nation and the promise of ideal capitalism Examines the financial crisis and its fallout in a clear, no-nonsense way Explains what we can do to fix a broken system and come out on top The economic crisis rocking the foundations of the international financial system has had a disproportionately devastating affect on the average person. Angry, afraid, and confused, regular people are looking for answers and Cannibal Capitalism is here to help, illustrating how the super-rich did everything in their power to stay safe at the expense of everyone else.

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111817531X

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Macroeconomics: A European Text

By: Michael Burda,Charles Wyplosz

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Macroeconomics: A European Text

By: Michael Burda,Charles Wyplosz

The clarity and accessibility of this text, together with the numerous examples and case studies featured, combine to make the learning of macroeconomics as simple as possible.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199608644

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Reignite Your Marriage in Two Days

By: Michael Smalley, Ph.D.,Amy Smalley, M.A.

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Reignite Your Marriage in Two Days

By: Michael Smalley, Ph.D.,Amy Smalley, M.A.

Reignite Your Marriage in Two Days is a ground-breaking new book where couples discover seven key strategies proven to unlock the passion in their relationship.

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1365070425

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Macroeconomics

A European Text

By: Michael C. Burda,Charles Wyplosz

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Macroeconomics

A European Text

By: Michael C. Burda,Charles Wyplosz

Macroeconomics teaches students to be young economists, providing a contemporary approach to the subject and a wealth of real-life case studies to allow students to understand how economics works in practice. Responding to the financial crisis, this text explains the modern approach to macroeconomics with simplicity and rigour, while retaining the focus on particular characteristics of the European economy. The authors analyse different theoretical approaches and contextualise theory with up-to-date monetary policy examples. Helpful learning features throughout the text including; boxes, chapter summaries, key concepts, end of chapter exercises, and essay questions, support students' learning, and the book is accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre designed to help students take their learning further. Online Resource Centre: Student Resources: Sample exam questions Multiple choice questions Review questions Web appendices Web links Lecturer Resources: Power Point slides Excel based exercises for macroeconomic modelling Lecture plans Case studies Revision questions Solutions to end-of-chapter exercises Test bank VLE cartridge

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0198737513

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Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, 2012-2013 Edition

By: Cook,Michael L. Cook

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Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, 2012-2013 Edition

By: Cook,Michael L. Cook

Every step in the business bankruptcy litigation process is covered inAspen Publishers' Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, from thedrafting of the first pleadings through the appellate process. In fact, bymaking the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual a part of your workinglibrary, you not only get detailed coverage of virtually all the topics andissues you must consider in any bankruptcy case, you also getfield-tested answers to questions you confront every day, such as:How to stay continuing litigation against a corporate debtor's non-debtorofficers?What are the limits on suing a bankruptcy trustee?Is the Deprizio Doctrine still alive?Does an individual debtor have an absolute right to convert a case fromChapter 7 to Chapter 13?What prohibitions exist on cross-collateralization in financing disputes?Are option contracts "executory" for bankruptcy purposes?When, and under what circumstances, may a bankruptcy court enjoin anadministrative proceeding against a Chapter 11 debtor?What are the current standards for administrative priority claims?When must a creditor assert its setoff rights?When can a remand order issued by a district court be reviewed by a court ofappeals?What are the limits on challenging pre- bankruptcy real propertymortgage foreclosures as fraudulent transfers?Can an unsecured lender recover contract-based legal fees incurred in post-bankruptcy litigation on issues of bankruptcy law ?Is there a uniform federal limitation on perfecting security interests thatprimes a longer applicable state law period, thus subjecting lenders to apreference attack?Do prior bankruptcy court orders bar a plaintiff's later state courtsuit and warrant removal of the action in federal court?Michael L. Cook, a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York andformer long-time Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, hasgathered together some of the country's top bankruptcy litigators tocontribute to Bankruptcy Litigation Manual.Contributing Authors:Jay Alix, Southfield, MINeal Batson, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GAKenneth K. Bezozo, Haynes and Boone, New York, NYSusan Block-Lieb, Fordham University School of Law, Newark, NJPeter W. Clapp, Valle Makoff, LLP, San Francisco, CADennis J. Connolly, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GADavid N. Crapo, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJKaren A. Giannelli, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJDavid M. Hillman, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP, New York, NYAlfred S. Lurey, Kilpatrick & Stockton, Atlanta, GAGerald Munitz, Butler Rubin, Salterelli & Boyd, LLP, Chicago, ILRobert L. Ordin, Retired Bankruptcy Court JudgeStephen M. Pezanosky, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Partner and Chair of BankruptcySection, Fort Worth, TXRobin E. Phelan, Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas, TXDaniel H. Squire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DCMichael L. Temin, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PASheldon S. Toll, Law Office ofSheldon S. Toll, Southfield, MIJason H. Watson, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GAKit Weitnauer, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GAWritten by Mr. Cook and nineteen other experts, Bankruptcy LitigationManual provides authoritative, up-to-date information on virtuallyevery aspect of the bankruptcy litigation process, from discovery throughappeal.

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Essentials of Forensic Accounting

By: Michael A. Crain,William S. Hopwood,Richard S. Gendler,George R. Young,Carl Pacini

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Essentials of Forensic Accounting

By: Michael A. Crain,William S. Hopwood,Richard S. Gendler,George R. Young,Carl Pacini

Essentials of Forensic Accounting Essentials of Forensic Accounting is an authoritative resource covering a comprehensive range of forensic accounting topics. As a foundation review, a reference book, or as preparation for the Certification in Financial Forensics (CFF®) Exam, this publication will provide thoughtful and insightful examination of the key themes in this field, including: Professional responsibilities and practice management Fundamental forensic knowledge including laws, courts, and dispute resolution Specialized forensic knowledge such as bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and valuation Through illustrative examples, cases, and explanations, this book makes abstract concepts come to life to help you understand and successfully navigate this complex area.

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The Trouble with Trauma

By: Michael Scheeringa

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The Trouble with Trauma

By: Michael Scheeringa

The Trouble with Trauma is the story of how the idea of psychological trauma appeals to the human mind. Trauma impacts many people psychologically, but the evidence on the long-term physical effect is incomplete. Theories that psychological trauma can permanently damage your brain, cause physical disease, and change your essential character have become staples of human thought worldwide. Dr. Scheeringa explains how those theories are widely believed whilst not being true, and at the heart of the story is an explanation of how humans choose to ignore scientific evidence and practice self-deception based on heuristics for survival. Heuristics is a rapid and efficient method to make judgments about threatening situations, which may be especially relevant during an epidemic and the spread of misinformation. But The Trouble with Trauma is more than a critique of social policy. This is a book for anyone who wants a better understanding on how groupthink and herd mentality works and improves our ability to understand scientific fact. Dr. Scheeringa sheds light on why we choose to ignore scientific evidence while engaging the reader in a lively conversation on how we come to believe.

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Scene of the Cybercrime

By: Debra Littlejohn Shinder,Michael Cross

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Scene of the Cybercrime

By: Debra Littlejohn Shinder,Michael Cross

When it comes to computer crimes, the criminals got a big head start. But the law enforcement and IT security communities are now working diligently to develop the knowledge, skills, and tools to successfully investigate and prosecute Cybercrime cases. When the first edition of "Scene of the Cybercrime" published in 2002, it was one of the first books that educated IT security professionals and law enforcement how to fight Cybercrime. Over the past 5 years a great deal has changed in how computer crimes are perpetrated and subsequently investigated. Also, the IT security and law enforcement communities have dramatically improved their ability to deal with Cybercrime, largely as a result of increased spending and training. According to the 2006 Computer Security Institute's and FBI's joint Cybercrime report: 52% of companies reported unauthorized use of computer systems in the prior 12 months. Each of these incidents is a Cybecrime requiring a certain level of investigation and remediation. And in many cases, an investigation is mandates by federal compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated book which covers all of the technological, legal, and regulatory changes, which have occurred since the first edition. The book is written for dual audience; IT security professionals and members of law enforcement. It gives the technical experts a little peek into the law enforcement world, a highly structured environment where the "letter of the law" is paramount and procedures must be followed closely lest an investigation be contaminated and all the evidence collected rendered useless. It also provides law enforcement officers with an idea of some of the technical aspects of how cyber crimes are committed, and how technology can be used to track down and build a case against the criminals who commit them. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Editions provides a roadmap that those on both sides of the table can use to navigate the legal and technical landscape to understand, prevent, detect, and successfully prosecute the criminal behavior that is as much a threat to the online community as "traditional" crime is to the neighborhoods in which we live. Also included is an all new chapter on Worldwide Forensics Acts and Laws. - Companion Web site provides custom tools and scripts, which readers can download for conducting digital, forensic investigations - Special chapters outline how Cybercrime investigations must be reported and investigated by corporate IT staff to meet federal mandates from Sarbanes Oxley, and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard - Details forensic investigative techniques for the most common operating systems (Windows, Linux and UNIX) as well as cutting edge devices including iPods, Blackberries, and cell phones

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Knowledge Management (KM) Processes in Organizations

Theoretical Foundations and Practice

By: Claire McInerney,Michael E.D. Koenig

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Knowledge Management (KM) Processes in Organizations

Theoretical Foundations and Practice

By: Claire McInerney,Michael E.D. Koenig

Knowledge Management (KM) is an effort to increase useful knowledge in the organization. It is a natural outgrowth of late twentieth century movements to make organizational management and operations more effective, of higher quality, and more responsive to constituents in a rapidly changing global environment. This document traces the evolution of KM in organizations, summarizing the most influential research and literature in the field. It also presents an overview of selected common and current practices in knowledge management, including the relationship between knowledge management and decision making, with the intention of making a case for KM as a series of processes and not necessarily a manipulation of things. The final section highlights the use of social networking and commonly adopted Web applications to increase the value of social capital and to connect practitioners with clients and colleagues. Table of Contents: Introduction / Background Bibliographic Analysis / Theorizing Knowledge in Organizations / Conceptualizing Knowledge Emergence / Knowledge "Acts" / Knowledge Management in Practice / Knowledge Management Issues / Knowledge Management and Decision Making / Social Network Analysis and KM / Implications for the Future / Conclusion

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Swindlers All, a Brief History of Government Business Frauds from Alexander Hamilton to AIG

By: Michael Powelson

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Swindlers All, a Brief History of Government Business Frauds from Alexander Hamilton to AIG

By: Michael Powelson

In the wake of the Great Recession of 2007-2008, millions of hardworking Americans lost their jobs and their homes, their retirements, and their income. However, the corporations that caused the Great Recession lost nothing and were, in fact, given trillions of dollars by the government in an unprecedented financial bailout. While over 16 trillion dollars went missing, not a single Wall Street executive was punished or even charged with a crime. This book chronicles some of the government and business frauds carried out throughout US history. These swindles were carried out by such “Founders” as Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. Corruption was also at the core of the Andrew Jackson administration and played a key role in perpetrating the Panic of 1837, and government and business fraud was rampant in the construction of both the transcontinental railroad and the Panama Canal. Court rulings granting corporations the status of “legal personage” were part of a broader scam that extended greater constitutional and legal protections to corporations while denying Blacks and workers their own constitutional and legal rights. Government and business frauds of the 1920s played a prominent role in spawning the Great Depression of 1929, while funding and provisioning the US military has always been inundated with a wide variety of scams. In the early 1990s, government and business scams resulted in the collapse of the savings and loan industry, while the frauds of the early 21st century resulted in the Great Recession of 2007-2008. Today, all of the factors are in place to lead to yet another depression/recession which will be followed inevitably by a massive government bailout of banks and corporations.

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Bankruptcy Litigation Manual 2014-2015e

By: Cook,Michael L. Cook

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Bozo Sapiens

Why to Err is Human

By: Michael Kaplan,Ellen Kaplan

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Why to Err is Human

By: Michael Kaplan,Ellen Kaplan

A lighthearted survey of the science of mistakes by the authors of Chances Are reveals how the human race is hard-wired to get things wrong in countless ways, citing such examples as successful racy advertisements for inferior products, our inclinations to favor dysfunctional relationship partners and the socially unacceptable behaviors of leaders. Reprint.

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Transnational Law and Practice

By: Donald Earl Childress III,Michael D. Ramsey,Christopher A. Whytock

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Transnational Law and Practice

By: Donald Earl Childress III,Michael D. Ramsey,Christopher A. Whytock

Transnational Law and Practice emphasizes the knowledge and skills that students need to solve the real-world transnational legal problems they are likely to encounter as lawyers in today’s globalized world—regardless of their field of practice and regardless of whether they are interested in international law as such. The casebook covers public international law and international courts; but unlike traditional international law casebooks, it urges students not to be “international law-centric” or “international court-centric” and gives them the resources to learn how to use national law and national courts, and private norms and alternative dispute resolution methods, to solve transnational legal problems on behalf of their clients. New to the Second Edition: Substantially re-written chapter on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments to reflect recent important developments Excerpts from and discussion of new Supreme Court decisions on extraterritoriality, personal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute and Foreign Sovereign Immunity Excerpts from the new Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States and the draft Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration Professors and students will benefit from: A practice-oriented approach that focuses on the knowledge and skills students need to solve real-world transnational legal problems on behalf of their clients. Comparative perspectives throughout. A team of authors with a wide range of expertise and experience in transnational litigation, arbitration, international law, constitutional law and transnational business transactions. An excellent alternative to classic public international law texts for introductory or first-year courses on international or transnational law. Multiple uses: With advanced material on transnational practice in U.S. courts, also ideal for upper-division courses on international civil litigation. Practical materials not traditionally included in public international law casebooks, such as materials on transnational commercial arbitration and conflict of laws. Extensive explanatory text to facilitate student learning and notes and questions that emphasize real-world lawyering, not just theory and doctrine. Review questions at the end of each chapter to help students synthesize, logically structure, and flowchart complex material.

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Social Media Warfare

Equal Weapons for All

By: Michael Erbschloe

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Social Media Warfare

Equal Weapons for All

By: Michael Erbschloe

Social media applications can be weaponized with very little skill. Social media warfare has become a burden that nation states, government agencies, and corporations need to face. To address the social media warfare threat in a reasonable manner that reduces uncertainty requires dedication and attention over a very long-term. To stay secure, they need to develop the capability to defend against social media warfare attacks. Addressing unconventional warfare strategies and tactics takes time and experience, plus planning and dedication. This book will help managers develop a sound understanding of how social media warfare can impact their nation or their organization.

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Project Risk Analysis Made Ridiculously Simple

By: Lev Virine,Michael Trumper

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Project Risk Analysis Made Ridiculously Simple

By: Lev Virine,Michael Trumper

Project management is the art of analyzing and managing risks. Without risk, there is little need for project management. Project Risk Analysis Made Ridiculously Simple offers a step-by-step guide on how to perform project risk analysis and risk management for a wide range of readers: students, project schedulers not exposed to project risk analysis before, and to project risk experts. With this book, you will learn how to:Easily recognizable real-life stories and projects provide a compelling narrative while imparting valuable information on both the theory and practice of project risk management. You will not only understand why project risk management is important to the success of their projects, but you will also know how it can be implemented in your organization and the appropriate tools to use.

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Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households

Theory and Practice

By: Margaret Sherraden,Julie Birkenmaier,J. Michael Collins

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Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households

Theory and Practice

By: Margaret Sherraden,Julie Birkenmaier,J. Michael Collins

Financial struggles of American families are headline news. In communities across the nation, families feel the pinch of stagnant and sometimes declining incomes. Many have not recovered from the Great Recession, when millions lost their homes and retirement savings. They are bombarded daily with vexing financial decisions: Which bills to pay? Where to cash checks? How to cover an emergency? How to improve a credit report? How to bank online? How to save for the future? Low- and moderate-income families have few places to turn for guidance on financial matters. Not many can afford to pay a financial advisor to help navigate an increasingly complex financial world. They do their best with advice from family and trusted individuals. Social workers, financial counselors, and human services professionals can help. As “first responders,” they assist families and help in finding financial support from public and private sources. But these professionals are too often unprepared to address the full range of financial troubles of ordinary working families. Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households prepares social workers, financial counselors, and other human service professionals for financial practice with vulnerable families. Building on more than 20 years of research, the book sets the stage with key concepts, historical antecedents, and current financial challenges of families in America. It provides knowledge and tools to assist families in pressing financial circumstances, and offers a lifespan perspective of financial capability and environmental influences on financial behaviors and actions. Furthermore, the text details practice principles and skills for direct interventions, as well as for designing financial services and policy innovations. It is an essential resource for preparing the next generation of practitioners who can enable families to achieve economic security and development.

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Zondervan 2019 Church and Nonprofit Tax and Financial Guide

For 2018 Tax Returns

By: Dan Busby,Vonna Laue,Michael Martin,John Van Drunen

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For 2018 Tax Returns

By: Dan Busby,Vonna Laue,Michael Martin,John Van Drunen

The Zondervan 2019 Church and Nonprofit Tax and Financial Guide annual reference guide continues to be one of the few resources offering tax and financial advice to churches and nonprofit organizations. Issues of financial accountability, receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status, accounting for charitable gifts, and other crucial topics receive careful and full discussion. The 2019 edition also contains a thorough description of tax laws affecting churches and other nonprofit organizations, ensuring compliance with all regulations. The book includes expert advice on handling charitable gifts, sample policies and procedures, easy techniques for simplifying financial policies and procedures, insights on medical expense reimbursements, key steps in sound compensation planning, and examples of required IRS filings.

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International Macroeconomics

A Modern Approach

By: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé,Martín Uribe,Michael Woodford

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International Macroeconomics

A Modern Approach

By: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé,Martín Uribe,Michael Woodford

An essential introduction to one of the most timely and important subjects in economics International Macroeconomics presents a rigorous and theoretically elegant treatment of real-world international macroeconomic problems, incorporating the latest economic research while maintaining a microfounded, optimizing, and dynamic general equilibrium approach. This one-of-a-kind textbook introduces a basic model and applies it to fundamental questions in international economics, including the determinants of the current account in small and large economies, processes of adjustment to shocks, the determinants of the real exchange rate, the role of fixed and flexible exchange rates in models with nominal rigidities, and interactions between monetary and fiscal policy. The book confronts theoretical predictions using actual data, highlighting both the power and limits of given theories and encouraging critical thinking. Provides a rigorous and elegant treatment of fundamental questions in international macroeconomicsBrings undergraduate and master’s instruction in line with modern economic researchFollows a microfounded, optimizing, and dynamic general equilibrium approachAddresses fundamental questions in international economics, such as the role of capital controls in the presence of financial frictions and balance-of-payments crisesUses real-world data to test the predictions of theoretical modelsFeatures a wealth of exercises at the end of each chapter that challenge students to hone their theoretical skills and scrutinize the empirical relevance of modelsAccompanied by a website with lecture slides for every chapter

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Capital Wars

The Rise of Global Liquidity

By: Michael J. Howell

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Capital Wars

The Rise of Global Liquidity

By: Michael J. Howell

Economic cycles are driven by financial flows, namely quantities of savings and credits, and not by high street inflation or interest rates. Their sweeping destructive powers are expressed through Global Liquidity, a $130 trillion pool of footloose cash. Global Liquidity describes the gross flows of credit and international capital feeding through the world’s banking systems and wholesale money markets. The huge jump in the volume of international financial markets since the mid-1980s has been boosted by deregulation, innovation and easy money, with financial globalisation now surpassing the peaks of integration reached before the First World War. Global Liquidity drives these markets: it is often determinant, frequently disruptive and always fast-moving. Barely one fifth of Wall Street’s huge gains over recent decades have come from earnings: rising liquidity and investors’ appetite for riskier financial assets have propelled stock prices higher. Similar experiences are shared worldwide and even in emerging markets, such as India, flat earnings have not deterred waves of foreign money and domestic mutual funds from driving-up stock prices. Now with central banks actively pursuing quantitative easing policies, industrial corporations flush with cash and rising wealth levels among emerging market investors, the liquidity theory of investment has never been more important. International spill-overs of these rapacious cross-border flows sets off capital wars and exposes the unattractive face of liquidity called ‘risk.’ As the world grows bigger, it becomes ever more volatile. From the early 1960s onwards, the world economy and its financial markets have suffered from three broad types of shocks – labour costs, oil and commodities, and global liquidity. Financial markets spin on fragile axes and the absence of liquidity often provides a warning of upcoming troubles. Global Liquidity is a much-discussed, but narrowly-researched and vaguely-defined topic. This book deeply explores the subject by clearly defining and measuring liquidity worldwide and by showing its importance for investors. The roles of central banks, shadow banking, the rise of Repo and growth of wholesale money are discussed. Additionally, covering the latest developments in China’s increasingly dominant financial economy, this book will appeal to practitioners, policy-makers, economists and academics, as well as those with a general interest in how financial markets work.

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Borrowing Through the U.S. Treasury's "Fast Money Tree"

The Need to Balance Austerity and Growth in the 21St Century

By: Dr. Michael William Sunner

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Borrowing Through the U.S. Treasury's "Fast Money Tree"

The Need to Balance Austerity and Growth in the 21St Century

By: Dr. Michael William Sunner

The continuing U.S. Governments debt ceiling crisis is an anomaly characterized by a dysfunctional Congress that previously approved the budgetary expenditures for a multitude of government programs that now requires that same body to approve raising the ceiling to pay for those same program expenditures. The U.S. Treasury then dutifully raises the necessary cash to pay these bills and maturing debt through selling (auctioning) an ample supply of various marketable debt securities (bills, notes, bonds and TIPS) through Treasurys Fast Money Tree. Treasury's goal is to sell or auction its securities at the lowest possible cost to the taxpayer in order to finance the U.S. government's operations and make up the difference between government revenues (taxes, fees, etc.), and the actual program costs. To accomplish this essential mission, Treasury sells (through approximately 280-300 auctions each year) approximately $7 to $8 trillion in marketable debt in the global financial markets to 21 Primary Dealers and over 200 other entities that include foreign central banks and hundreds of thousands of retail investors through a remarkably fast, efficient, and robust electronic system - the Treasury Automated Auction System ("TAAPS"), which I refer to as the Fast Money Tree. Simply put, Republicans want to decrease government borrowing and spending without raising taxes to stimulate economic growth, and Democrats want to also decrease government borrowing and spending, while increasing revenues (e.g., taxes on the very wealthy and ensuring that everyone pay their fair share of taxes. This book also argues for a sensible balance between spending cuts and increased revenues in order to promote economic growth. In any case, the Fast Money Tree must persist in carrying out its essential mission to raise the cash needed so the U.S. Governments essential government operations can continue unabated.

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