Subjects:  1. Bank loans    2. Banks & Banking    3. Banks And Banking    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. International - General    8. Investments & Securities - General    9. Public Debt Management    10. Public Finance    11. Syndicated loans    12. Syndicates (Finance)    13. Banking   

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A solid book
This is a solid treatment of public economic theory as it has developed since the work of Samuelson. The book starts by developing the general equilibrium approach to studying public economics and proceeds to relax assumptions and introduce new ideas. Most big topics in public econ are treated to some extent. Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economic policy    5. Economics - General    6. Public Finance    7. Public welfare    8. Social choice    9. Taxation    10. Welfare economics    11. Business & Economics / Economics / General    12. Economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate Finance    5. Finance    6. Investments & Securities - General    7. Investments & Securities - Stocks    8. Public Finance    9. Budgeting & financial management    10. Business & Economics / Banks & Banking    11. Investment & securities   

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Risk Management, emphasis on management
Jorion gives a good text book account of the Orange County debacle, concluding that this was a gross but purely human error, and not a failure of the financial system or the derivatives market. Excellent explanation.
This book tells the story of a 1.4 billion$ financial loss by the Orange County municipality. Interesting and informative read
Readable account of the Orange County financial blow-up.Particularly interesting is the description of Robert Citron, the hapless college dropout who controlled billions of dollars of public money.Alsofascinating are the prescient comments of the obscure accountant who ranagainst unbeatable Citron in the election prior to the disaster.Jorionmanages to educate the reader, in a very painless way, about theinstitutions of the bond market (such as repos).Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. California    4. Corporate & Business History - General    5. Debts, Public    6. Derivative securities    7. Economics - General    8. General    9. Governmental Income And Expenditure    10. Investment of public funds    11. Orange County    12. Politics / Current Events    13. Public Finance    14. Business & Economics / Economics / General    15. Business strategy    16. Citron, Robert L    17. Investment & securities    18. Microeconomics    19. USA    20. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Economics - General    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Economics    5. Government policy    6. Land Conservation    7. Land trusts    8. Land use    9. Nature    10. Planning    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Public Finance    13. Public Policy - Environmental Policy    14. States    15. United States    16. Conservation of the environment    17. Finance    18. Nature / Natural Resources    19. USA   

Editorial Review

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An Excellent Overview
The authors present a well written view of how the exercise of individual rights cost money if those rights are to be accomplished reasonably and in the abscence of armed force on the part of the individual.A number of previous reviewers have sanctimoniously and self righteously assumed for the book objectives far beyound its meager size and intent.I suspect they are the usual (1) "no gummint is good gummint" and (2) "no taxes is good taxes" types who feel that God, or something, made them exempt from cooperating with other people - a general description of so-called libertarians and far-right conservatives.In other words, their rights are paramount and they have no responsibilities or accountability.That road appears by magical thinking, as did garbage delivery and the sheriff's department in their view.They don't owe anyone anything for any reason, and they will shoot you to prove it.Sounds like they did not get socialized in K-12.Read the book for its intent, which is to object to "no gummint and taxes" movement in the US over the past decades which has brought us a really sorry pass and nearly into a form of fascism light.Holmes and Sunstein have done a great service here by raising substantive counter arguments to the "screw you, I got mine" groups in this era.

Revealing Explanation of the Necessities of Taxes
While it wasn't the most exciting book I've read, "The Cost of Rights" was a refreshing twist on the taxes issue.It challenged opponents of the current tax system or any tax system to think critically on the subject.I felt that Holmes' and Sunstein's approach was more effective than a listing of statistics.Rather than explaining economic reasons for taxes, they brought it to a level that related more to readers.Everyone has a reason to be interested in the preservation of his or her own rights.Without taxes for government support, we could not be guaranteed equal representation before the law.Taxes pay for law enforcement and other government services that are vital to our liberty.Without taxes, no one would every truly own property.Taxes serve as the standard for American's to exist and be governed by.They do not discern our morals, but instead preserve our rights.In "The Cost of Rights", the case for taxes was presented in such a way that I couldn't see liberty without some sort of tax system.

and what about this property rights business???
"How does capitalism affect liberty?Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Rights    2. Costs    3. Finance, Public    4. Government spending policy    5. Governmental Income And Expenditure    6. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    7. Political Science    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Public Finance    11. Taxation - General    12. U.S. - Political And Civil Rights    13. U.S. Government    14. United States    15. Human rights    16. Taxation   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Congresses    5. Debts, Public    6. Economics - Macroeconomics    7. Europe    8. History    9. Italy    10. Public Debt Management    11. Public Finance    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / Macroeconomics    14. Business & Economics / Public Finance    15. Business & Economics-Economics - Macroeconomics    16. Debts, Public--Italy--History--Congresses    17. Macroeconomics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - General    5. Finance, Public    6. International cooperation    7. Public Finance    8. Public-private sector cooperation    9. Business & Economics / Public Finance    10. Economics | Public    11. International economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Examinations, questions, etc    5. Investment Analysis    6. Investments    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Management - General    9. Mathematics    10. Public Finance    11. Public Securities    12. Securities    13. Business & Economics / Management    14. Finance & Accounting   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Economic development projects    4. Finance    5. General    6. Infrastructure    7. Infrastructure (Economics)    8. Management    9. Project finance    10. Public Finance    11. Sociology    12. Industry & Industrial Studies   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Engineering - Industrial    5. Industrial Management    6. Plant Maintenance    7. Public Finance    8. Total productive maintenance    9. Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies    10. Production & quality control management    11. Production engineering   

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Clear but not imaginative
This is an extremely clear introduction to public finance, but it isn't the sort of book that will make students love public finance.There aren't enough current examples.It doesn't focus on the debates within public finance.It is just dry facts.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Economic Conditions    6. Economics - General    7. Finance, Public    8. Public Finance    9. Public Finance (General)    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / Public Finance    12. Economics   

Subjects:  1. Biotechnological Safety    2. Biotechnology    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Exports & Imports    5. Food    6. Food Biotechnology    7. Food Science    8. Food industry and trade    9. Industries - Agribusiness    10. International - General    11. Law    12. Safety measures    13. Safety regulations    14. Standards    15. Technology    16. Agricultural law    17. Agriculture & Farming    18. Business & Economics / Public Finance    19. Dietetics & nutrition    20. International Law    21. Public health & safety law    22. Social & cultural anthropology    23. USA   

Editorial Review

The main obstacle that many young people face in building their future is a lack of initial resources. Now here's a radical idea--what if every United States citizen with a high school diploma was guaranteed, on their 21st birthday, $80,000, no strings attached? Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott believe it's a doable scheme to ensure that every American will get "a fair share of the nation's resources as they accept the full responsibilities of adult life." Read more

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Also read "In Our Hands"
I recently read Charles Murray's "In Our Hands."
great, smart work that could change America..
Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott have written a great book on how to realize the American Dream."The Stakeholder Society" tells us how we can practically achieve true equality, so that America will have many that will have many more productive citizens, while ensuring that women have a true equal footing with men.It is a complex idea, but written simply enough so most of the Stakeholder plan could be understood by the average American.This book ought to be read by all politicans, and then maybe we'd have true economic prosperity.

Brilliant and Flawed
In an outstanding new book called the Stake holder society, Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott propose having the government give every American $80,000 in their early twenties.This would be funded by a two percent tax on wealth above $80,000.They also suggest a privilege tax on those who have had financially privileged childhoods.These proposals are carefully thought out and well motivated by the idea of giving some substance to our common empty talk of "equality of opportunity." Read more

Subjects:  1. Government - U.S. Government    2. Political Science    3. Politics / Current Events    4. Politics/International Relations    5. Public Affairs & Administration    6. Public Finance    7. Public Policy - Economic Policy    8. Central government policies    9. Equal opportunities    10. Law / General    11. Political science & theory    12. USA    13. Welfare & benefit systems   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Government - U.S. Government    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Public Finance    6. Public Policy - General    7. Central government    8. Civil service & public sector    9. Management & management techniques    10. Political economy    11. USA   

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Real-time Budgeting View
Those of you who read Aaron Wildavsky's(1979) "Politics of the Budgetary Process" know the big debate over public budgeting between those who believe public budgeting process is politically incremental and, therefore, who focus mainly on the individual actors and their strategies, and those who propose a more comprehensive and global outlook that focus on dynamics in the larger environment, which subsequently affect and shape how individual actors behave and respond to episodes. Read more

Subjects:  1. Budget    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. Local budgets    5. Political aspects    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Public Finance    8. United States    9. Central government policies    10. Political economy    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Development - Sustainable Development    5. Intergovernmental fiscal relations    6. Local finance    7. Public Finance    8. Revenue   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Intergovernmental fiscal relat    4. Intergovernmental fiscal relations    5. Local finance    6. Local taxation    7. Public Finance    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Aliens    2. Double taxation    3. Environmental    4. International    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Netherlands    8. Tax Law    9. Taxation    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / Public Finance    12. Taxation law   

Subjects:  1. International    2. Law    3. Taxation    4. Business & Economics / Public Finance    5. International Law    6. Taxation law