Public finance and taxation Books

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and popular annual textbook provides students of UK taxation with a thorough knowledge of: Income tax, Corporation tax, Capital gains tax, Inheritance tax, Value added tax. The book provides numerous illustrative examples of the practical operation of statute and case law and provides a wide variety of end-of-chapter questions for self learning. It is aimed at students studying for both University degree programmes incorporating courses in UK taxation and also students studying tax courses for professional qualifications in accounting, banking, management and taxation. Past exam questions, with solutions, are provided in the text from the ACCA, CIMA and CIOT examinations. This edition has been updated for all those provisions of the 2019 and 2020 Finance Acts that relate to the tax year 2020/21. In particular, it incorporates all the new personal tax rates, allowances and reliefs, together with changes for self employed businesses, employment tax rule changes and VAT changes.Trade ReviewThis is an outstanding textbook, full of practical details, easy to use and ideal as a core guide to the UK tax system for students of all kinds - whether at University or on Professional courses. -- --Andy Lymer, Professor of Accounting and Taxation, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisFully updated each year,Taxation: Policy and Practice continues to provide coverage of the UK's tax system as it has for 28 years. The most widely used UK University tax textbook! It is an excellent aid to support a first course in tax, or as a general introduction to this topic. Written in an accessible style with many examples, activities and questions throughout, this textbook gives the reader a thorough understanding of the UK's taxation principles and current practices. The companion website provides additional questions and answers, links to other tax materials available online and commentary on tax developments as they occur throughout the year. While the UK tax system becomes ever more complicated and many text books and guides reflect this trend, Taxation: Policy and Practice 2021/2022 edition, maintains its clarity and brevity. Reader friendly and informative, this text is based on a structured conceptual framework. Updated annually to ensure an accurate reflection of the current tax climate, it avoids unnecessary and confusing detail. It provides an ideal introduction to both macro and micro perspectives of UK taxation, fiscal policy and decision making. Features - - Fully updated and revised to include the Finance Act 2021 - Designed to support independent or classroom study. - A glossary of key terms and concepts. - More than 100 useful questions and mini case studies. - A comprehensive package of further materials available for purchasers from the website including many extra exam and practice questions, with answers. - Ideal for students studying UK tax for the first time for a degree course or for professional tax examinations for ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS, CIPFA, ATT etc.Trade ReviewLymer and Oats has now become the standard text for UK University tax courses, thanks to its up to date, comprehensive and user-friendly approach to a subject students sometimes find quite daunting. I have no hesitation in recommending it. --Professor --Jane Frecknall-Hughes, University of Nottingham An excellent textbook which I have recommended to all of my students - --Professor Anne Redston. Department of Law, Kings College London An excellent balance of practice and theory, without non-essential detail, makes this the first-choice student text for UK tax --Professor John Hasseldine, University of New Hampshire, USA

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and popular annual textbook provides students of UK taxation with a thorough knowledge of: Income tax, Corporation tax, Capital gains tax, Inheritance tax, Value added tax. The book provides numerous illustrative examples of the practical operation of statute and case law and provides a wide variety of end-of-chapter questions for self learning. It is aimed at students studying for both University degree programmes incorporating courses in UK taxation and also students studying tax courses for professional qualifications in accounting, banking, management and taxation. Past exam questions, with solutions, are provided in the text from the ACCA, CIMA and CIOT examinations. This edition has been updated for all those provisions of the 2020 and 2021 Finance Acts that relate to the tax year 2021/22. In particular, it incorporates all the new personal tax rates, allowances and reliefs, together with changes for self employed businesses, employment tax rule changes and VAT changes.Trade ReviewThis is an outstanding textbook, full of practical details, easy to use and ideal as a core guide to the UK tax system for students of all kinds - whether at University or on Professional courses. -- --Andy Lymer, Professor of Accounting and Taxation, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisFully updated each year, Taxation: Policy and Practice continues to provide coverage of the UK's tax system as it has for 29 years. The most widely used UK University tax textbook! It is an excellent aid to support a first course in tax, or as a general introduction to this topic. Written in an accessible style with many examples, activities and questions throughout, this textbook gives the reader a thorough understanding of the UK's taxation principles and current practices. The companion website provides additional questions and answers, links to other tax materials available online and commentary on tax developments as they occur throughout the year. While the UK tax system becomes ever more complicated and many text books and guides reflect this trend, Taxation: Policy and Practice 2022/2023 edition, maintains its clarity and brevity. Reader friendly and informative, this text is based on a structured conceptual framework. Updated annually to ensure an accurate reflection of the current tax climate, it avoids unnecessary and confusing detail. It provides an ideal introduction to both macro and micro perspectives of UK taxation, fiscal policy and decision making. Features - - Fully updated and revised to include the Finance Act 2022 - Designed to support independent or classroom study. - A glossary of key terms and concepts. - More than 100 useful questions and mini case studies. - A comprehensive package of further materials available for purchasers from the website including many extra exam and practice questions, with answers. - Ideal for students studying UK tax for the first time for a degree course or for professional tax examinations for ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS, CIPFA, ATT etc.Trade ReviewLymer and Oats has now become the standard text for UK University tax courses, thanks to its up to date, comprehensive and user-friendly approach to a subject students sometimes find quite daunting. I have no hesitation in recommending it. --Professor --Jane Frecknall-Hughes, University of Nottingham An excellent textbook which I have recommended to all of my students - --Professor Anne Redston. Department of Law, Kings College London An excellent balance of practice and theory, without non-essential detail, makes this the first-choice student text for UK tax --Professor John Hasseldine, University of New Hampshire, USA

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and popular annually updated textbook provides students of UK taxation with a thorough knowledge of: Income tax, Corporation tax, Capital gains tax, Inheritance tax, Value added tax. The book provides numerous illustrative examples of the practical operation of statute and case law and provides a wide variety of end-of-chapter questions for self learning. It is aimed at students studying for both University degree programmes incorporating courses in UK taxation and also students studying tax courses for professional qualifications in accounting, banking, management and taxation. Past exam questions (updated to current year rules) , with solutions, are provided in the text from the ACCA, CIMA and CIOT examinations. This edition has been updated for all those provisions of the 2021 and 2022 Finance Acts that relate to the tax year 2022/23. In particular, it incorporates all the new personal tax rates, allowances and reliefs, together with changes for self employed businesses, employment tax rule changes and VAT changes.Trade ReviewThis is an outstanding textbook, full of practical details, easy to use and ideal as a core guide to the UK tax system for students of all kinds - whether at University or on Professional courses. -- --Andy Lymer, Professor of Accounting and Taxation, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and popular annually updated textbook provides students of UK taxation with a thorough knowledge of: Income tax, Corporation tax, Capital gains tax, Inheritance tax, Value added tax. The book provides numerous illustrative examples of the practical operation of statute and case law and provides a wide variety of end-of-chapter questions for self learning. It is aimed at students studying for both University degree programmes incorporating courses in UK taxation and also students studying tax courses for professional qualifications in accounting, banking, management and taxation. Past exam questions (updated to current year rules), with solutions, are provided in the text from the ACCA, CIMA and CIOT examinations. This edition has been updated for all those provisions of the 2022 and 2023 Finance Acts that relate to the tax year 2023/24. In particular, it incorporates all the new personal tax rates, allowances and reliefs, together with changes for self employed businesses, employment tax rule changes and VAT changes.Trade ReviewThis is an outstanding textbook, full of practical details, easy to use and ideal as a core guide to the UK tax system for students of all kinds - whether at University or on Professional courses. -- --Andy Lymer, Professor of Accounting and Taxation, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisLex Fullarton's book "Heat, Dust and Taxes: A story of tax schemes in Australia's outback" set in the picturesque but treacherous landscape in the Outback of North-western Australia, tells the story of one of the greatest series of tax avoidance schemes in history. This book is not only an interesting read, it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of taxpayer compliance behaviour development in the highly problematic area of mass marketed tax schemes. Dr Paul Kenny, Associate Professor in Taxation Law, Flinders University, Flinders Business SchoolTrade Review"Heat, Dust, and Taxes is a fascinating insight into the world of the tax profession and its shameless exploitation of vulnerable, unsophisticated, and naive high income earning West Australian miners in the 1990s. A must-read for anyone interested in tax behaviour and compliance." - Prof. Robert Deutsch, University of New South WalesThe value of this excellent book is that it involves not merely an analysis of the leading cases, but also of general attitudes towards taxation and enforcement of the law. Fullarton provides an original and excellent contribution to the literature of tax avoidance. The study remains supremely important because in 2014 the G 20 is treating tax avoidance as one of the main items on its agenda. -- Geoffrey Hart taught taxation at the University of Sydney.

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Book SynopsisBusinesses and investments are going global due to globalization. Varying tax systems complicate decision-making. This book analyzes income tax provisions of six countries, providing insights for researchers, students, policymakers, and multinational enterprises.

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Book Synopsis''An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate'' Financial TimesIt has always been an important part of British self-image to see the United Kingdom as an ancient, organic and sensibly managed place, in striking contrast to the convulsions of other European countries. Yet, as Julian Hoppit makes clear in this fascinating and surprising book, beneath the complacent surface the United Kingdom has in fact been in a constant, often very tense argument with itself about how it should be run and, most significantly, who should pay for what.The book takes its argument from an eighteenth century cartoon which shows the central state as the ''Dreadful Monster'', gorging itself at the dinner table on all the taxes it can grab. Meanwhile the ''Poor Relations'' - Scotland, Wales and Ireland, both poor because of tax but also poor in the sense of needing special treatment - are viewed in London as an endless ''drain onTrade ReviewAn engaging account of three centuries of the UK's economic history ... Hoppit outlines an agenda for reform. -- Jonathan Portes * Prospect *A meticulous fiscal narrative of the union with Scotland, the 19th century equivalent with Ireland, and devolution of taxes more recently ... [Hoppit shows] the importance of taxation to history and contemporary politics, providing an invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate. -- Chris Giles * Financial Times *Hoppit shows how the history of financial relations within the United Kingdom is profoundly relevant to the current constitutional debate ... Hoppit steers the reader deftly through complex historical statistics ... provides much useful ammunition. -- Vernon Bogdanor * Daily Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisIn a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. Justice or injustice in taxation, they argue, can only mean justice or injustice in the system of property rights and entitlements that result from a particular regime. Taking up ethical issues about individual liberty, interpersonal obligation, and both collective and personal responsibility, Murphy and Nagel force us to reconsider how our tax policy shapes our system of property rights.Trade Review"Murphy and Nagel claim that pretax income is a myth, and, as such, has no moral significance.... The Myth of Ownership significantly increases the sophistication of the discussion [fairness in taxation]." --Michigan Law Review"The thoughts in this book deserve examination, especially the views of Nagel and Murphy on the self-interest each taxpayer reasonably has in the social justice purchased by hard-earned money....[They] offer ideas that would improve the national debate."--David Cay Johnston,New York Times Book Review"The Myth of Ownership...should be read by all who wish to enter the discussion regarding taxes."--William Michell Law Review"The authors very effectively argue that the taxation, such as the benefit and ability-to-pay principles, fall victim to a fatal defect. Justice in taxation cannot be assessed apart from a general theory of property rights."--The Mises Review"The best book by far on the political morality of taxation. In a clear and compelling analysis, Murphy and Nagel expose the mistake of thinking that individuals own their pretax income and they examine the social benefits of justifiable tax policy. Taking this book's message to heart would transform contemporary democratic politics."--Amy Gutmann, Provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics, Princeton University"This magnificent contribution from the distinguished philosophers Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel reminds us that fundamental issues of justice lie at the core of often mundane debates about taxation. The provocative thesis of The Myth of Ownership that the tax system helps create, rather than conforms to, the overall system of property rights has profound policy implications. I highly recommend this engaging book and the rethinking of first principles it inspires to anyone interested in taxation and the role of government in society and the economy."--Joel Slemrod, Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of MichiganTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2. TRADITIONAL CRITERIA OF TAX EQUITY ; CHAPTER 3. ECONOMIC JUSTICE NI POLITICAL THEORY ; CHAPTER 4. REDISTRIBUTION AND PUBLIC PROVISION ; CHAPTER 5. THE TAX BASE ; CHAPTER 6. PROGRESSIVITY ; CHAPTER 7. INHERITANCE ; CHAPTER 8. TAX DISCRIMINATION ; CHAPTER 9. CONCLUSION: POLITICS

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Book SynopsisIn Global Perspectives on Income Taxation Law, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Nicola Sartori, and Omri Marian cover basic, corporate and international tax law from a comparative perspective. The book both supplements readings in US tax law courses and serves as a textbook for a comparative tax law class. The book starts with a theoretical analysis of the field of comparative tax law. It then follows the usual order of topics covered in a basic tax course as taught in most U.S. law schools, and for each topic, the authors highlight possible alternatives or policy choices. The authors frequently consider the U.S. approach as a benchmark, comparing it with approaches used in other countries which form an interesting contrast, or a telling similarity. They consider the multiple purposes of studying comparative tax law: helping to advance successful tax reforms, cultural understanding, political values, legal harmonization, and a better understanding of domestic tax laws.Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative income taxation, providing a policy-based overview of key features of the income tax systems of a goodly number of countries. The book not only describes country differences in tax rules but hazards some explanations as to why we might see such differences. The level of detail is sufficient to capture the key features of the rules, while avoiding undue burden on the reader. It makes accessible material that might otherwise be difficult to find. The analytical approach should stimulate further thinking and research." --Victor T. Thuronyi International Monetary Fund "Given our international economy, Global Perspectives on Income Taxation Law is an insightful resource for those teaching a basic income tax course or a tax policy seminar. The comparative perspective provides a thought-provoking look at the tax policy choices made by Australia, Brazil, Israel, various European countries, and the United States. The authors reward readers with an excellent synthesis of the basic principles of income tax law while proving their thesis that the comparative study of tax law leads to a deeper understanding of the implications of these tax policy choices." --Tracy A. Kaye Professor of Law, Eric Byrne Research Fellow, Seton Hall University School of Law Chair, Teaching Taxation Committee, Tax Section, American Bar AssociationTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Ch. 1: Some Theoretical Aspects of Comparative Taxation ; Ch. 2: Taxable Income ; Ch. 3: Deductions ; Ch. 4: The Taxpaying Unit ; Ch. 5: Tax Accounting ; Ch. 6: Taxation of Gains and Losses ; Ch. 7: Tax Avoidance ; Ch. 8: Selected Business Tax Issues ; Ch. 9: Selected International Tax Issues ; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income tax records to cast light on the dramatic changes that have taken place at the top of the income distribution. The results cover 22 countries and have a long time span, going back to 1875.Table of Contents1. Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 ; 2. Income inequality and progressive income taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 ; 3. The evolution of income concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from income tax statistics ; 4. Top incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 ; 5. Top incomes in a rapidly growing economy: Singapore ; 6. The rich in Argentina over the twentieth century 1932-2004 ; 7. Top Incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century ; 8. Trends in top income shares in Finland ; 9. Top incomes in Norway ; 10. Income and wealth concentration in Spain in a historical and fiscal perspective ; 11. Top incomes and earnings in Portugal 1936-2005 ; 12. Top incomes in Italy 1974-2004 ; 13. Top incomes in the long run of history

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Book SynopsisLatin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in the early 1980s. Several other Latin American countries then followed suit, inspired both by Chile''s reforms and by World Bank recommendations stressing compulsory government-mandated individual saving accounts. Individual accounts were subsequently introduced in a number of countries in Europe and Asia. Many are now re-evaluating these privatisations in an effort to ''reform the reform'' to make these systems more efficient and equitable. This volume is the first to assess pension reforms in this new ''post-privatization'' era. After a discussion on demographic trends in the foreword by Nobel laureate Robert W. Fogel, Section 1 of the book includes chapters on the role of pension system default options, the impact of gender, and a discussion of the World Bank''s policies on pension reform. The chapter on the evidence from Chile''s newTable of ContentsForeword: Toward an Era of Longevity and Wealth ; 1. Overview: Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas ; PART I: SYSTEM DESIGN AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS ; 2. The Chilean Pension Reform Turns 25: Lessons from the Social Protection Survey ; 3. The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States ; 4. The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform in Latin America ; 5. Understanding the Gendered Dimensions of Pension Reform ; 6. Reflections on Pension Reform in the Americas: From "Averting the Old-Age Crisis" to "Keeping the Promise of Old-Age Security" and Beyond ; 7. Bounded Rationality in Latin American Pension Reform ; PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES ; 8. Perspectives from the President's Commission on Social Security Reform ; 9. Reforms to Canadian Social Security, 1996/97 ; 10. A Decade of Government Mandated Privately Run Pensions in Mexico: What Have We Learned? ; 11. Pensions in Brazil: Reaching the Limits of Parametric Reform in Latin America ; 12. Costa Rica's Pension Reform: A Decade of Negotiated Incremental Change ; 13. The Peruvian Pension Reform: Ailing or Failing? ; 14. Uruguay: A Mixed Reform ; 15. The Pension System in Argentina ; 16. Epilogue: The Future of Retirement Systems in the Americas

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Book SynopsisHow much did the British Empire cost, and how did Britain pay for it? Taxing Colonial Africa explores a source of funds much neglected in research on the financial structure of the Empire, namely revenue raised in the colonies themselves. Requiring colonies to be financially self-sufficient was one of a range of strategies the British government used to lower the cost of imperial expansion to its own Treasury. Focusing on British colonies in Africa, Leigh Gardner examines how their efforts to balance their budgets influenced their relationships with local political stakeholders as well as the imperial government. She finds that efforts to balance the budget shaped colonial public policy at every level, and that compromises made in the face of financial constraints shaped the political and economic institutions that were established by colonial administrations and inherited by the former colonies at independence.Using both quantitative data on public revenue and expenditure as well as aTrade ReviewIt is rare to come across a book of such high quality, especially for an author's first monograph. Colonial fiscal policy is not the most glamorous of topics. But Gardner convincingly argues that taxation tells us much about the nature and purpose of Britain's African empire. * Nicholas J. White, The Economic History Review *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. An Introduction to the Problem of Colonial Taxation ; PART I: BUILDING A SELF-SUFFICIENT EMPIRE IN AFRICA, 1885-1913 ; 2. Building Colonial States in Africa ; 3. Fiscal Foundations of the African Colonial State ; PART II: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN COLONIAL PUBLIC FINANCE ; 4. From Complement to Conflict: Trade Taxes, 1914-38 ; 5. Collective Action and Direct Taxation, 1918-1938 ; 6. The Failure of Africa's 'New Deal'? ; PART III: FROM SELF-SUFFICIENCY TO NATION-BUILDING ; 7. 'Cash, Competence and Consent': Building Local Governments ; 8. Fiscal Policy and Regional Integration, 1945-63 ; 9. Fiscal Consequences of Decolonization ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn 2006 residential real estate prices peaked and started to fall, then threatened the world''s financial institutions in 2007, and confronted the global economy with disaster in 2008. In the past few years, millions of people have lost very substantial portions of their wealth. And while the markets have rebounded considerably, they are still far from a full recovery. Now, professional economists, policy experts, public intellectuals, and the public at large are all struggling to understand the crisis that has engulfed us.In The Financial Crisis of Our Time, Robert W. Kolb provides an essential, comprehensive review of the context within which these events unfolded, arguing that while the crisis had no single cause, housing finance played a central role, and that to understand what happened, one must comprehend the mechanism by which the housing industry came into crisis. Kolb offers a history of the housing finance system as it developed throughout the twentieth century, and especialTrade ReviewRobert Kolb's The Financial Crisis of Our Time is an exceptional and comprehensive academic contribution toward a definitive analysis and understanding of what happened to the financial world during the 2007-09 meltdown. It provides the answers to the underlying conditions, the causes, and the principal participants that combined to create the greatest disaster of our time. For any serious researcher, Kolb's analysis is indispensable. * Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus, CME Group *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction: The Financial Crisis of Our Time ; Before the Great Depression ; From the Great Depression to Financial Deregulation ; From Financial Deregulation to the Savings and Loan Crisis ; 2. From Securitization to Subprime ; The Development of Securitization ; The Process of Securitization: An Overview ; Credit Enhancement ; The Subprime Difference ; 3. Before the Deluge ; Subprime Lending: To the Peak ; The Height of Subprime Lending ; 4. From the Subprime Crisis to Financial Disaster: An Overview ; The Housing Peak to Hints of Something Wrong ; The Slide Accelerates ; Mortgage-Backed Securities and Foreclosures ; No Relief in 2008 ; The Climax? ; Back From the Brink ; 5. Extinctions ; Among the Ruins ; From Countrywide to IndyMac ; IndyMac ; Washington Mutual ; Wachovia ; Bank Extinctions, Banking Consolidation, and Too-Big-to-Fail ; 6. The End of Investment Banking ; Big Brains, Big Egos, and Big Pay ; Bear Stearns ; The Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers ; Merrill Lynch: The Herd Goes to the Abattoir ; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the Week that Remade Wall Street ; 7. When Zombies Walk The Earth ; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ; AIG ; Citigroup: The Biggest Zombie of Them All ; Zombies and the Future ; 8. Policy Responses and The Beginnings of Recovery ; Unfurling the TARP ; The Market Reacts ; The TARP Evolves ; Introduction of the TALF ; Instituting More Programs: The Public-Private Investment Program ; Support for the Auto Industry ; Support for Homeowners ; Green Shoots in the Financial Sector ; Initial Cost Assessment ; 9. Causes of the Financial Crisis: Macroeconomic Developments and Federal Policy ; The Basic Story ; Major Asset Price Collapse ; Concentrated Exposure to the Failing Asset Class ; Lack of Transparency and Freezing of the Financial System ; Macroeconomic Developments ; Federal Stimulative Policy and Legislation ; Attempts to Combat Mortgage Lending Discrimination and to Expand Home Ownership to Minorities ; National Homeownership Strategy ; The Causal Role of the GSEs ; 10. Causes of the Financial Crisis: The Failure of Prudential Regulation ; Regulation of Depository Institutions ; Regulation of Lines of Business ; Capital Requirements ; Interaction Between Capital Regulation and Credit Derivatives ; Regulation of Size and Scope-<"Too Big to Fail>" ; Restrictions on Concentration of Risk ; Regulation of Securities Markets and Supporting Institutions ; Capital Regulations ; Off-Balance Sheet Corporate Entities ; Credit-Rating Agencies ; Mark-to-Market Accounting Rules ; Complex Financial Derivatives ; The Regulation of AIG ; Poor Regulation of Mortgage Industry ; Defects in Regulatory Architecture ; 11. Causes of the Financial Crisis: From Aspiring Homeowner to Mortgage Lender ; The Borrower ; The Lender ; The Appraiser ; The Mortgage Broker ; The Mortgage Frenzy, the Originator, and Underwriting Standards ; 12. Causes of the Financial Crisis: From Securitizer to Ultimate Investor ; Purchasing Mortgages ; Creating Securities and Obtaining Ratings ; To the Ultimate Investor ; Incentives from Securitizer to Ultimate Investors ; 13. Causes of the Financial Crisis: Financial Innovation, Poor Risk Management, and Excessive Leverage ; Financial Innovation and the Creation of Complex Instruments ; Poor Risk Management ; Excessive Leverage ; 14. Causes of the Financial Crisis: Executive Compensation and Poor Corporate Governance ; Pay at Financial Firms ; Risk-Taking and Executive Compensation in the Financial Crisis ; Incentives, Risk-Taking and Compensation at Fannie Mae ; Executive Compensation and Lehman Brothers ; Incentive Conflicts ; Corporate Governance in the Financial Crisis ; 15. Consequences of the Financial Crisis and the Future It Leaves Us ; Measuring the Damage: A Warning ; The Bailout and Its Costs ; From 2006 to 2009: Our Economic World and How it Has Changed ; Reduced Circumstances: Our Economic Future ; Beyond the Merely Economic-American Recessional or American Renewal? ; Perfecting the Fatally Flawed Regulatory Regimes of the Past ; The Financial Crisis, the Great Recession, and Institutional Failures ; Fundamental Reform? ; <"Too-Big-to-Fail>" ; Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, and Firms' Risk-Taking ; Conclusion: Dopes, Genius, Saints, Scoundrels, and Ordinary People

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Book SynopsisDrawn from the results of five seminars this unique book looks at the four areas of: public sector reform; essential features for public leaders; public leadership in action; and the outline of a public leadership approach for the future. It seeks to give public leadership a firm foothold within the study of leadership in general.Table of ContentsSetting the Challenge for Public Leaders PART I: PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND THE IMPACT ON LEADERSHIP Central Government Reform and Leadership Health Services Reform and Leadership Education reform and Leadership Police and Criminal Justice Reform and Leadership Local Government Reform and Leadership UK Defence Reform and Leadership PART II: ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF PUBLIC LEADERSHIP Keynote Chapter: What is Expected of Public Leaders? Political Leadership Community Leadership Leaders as Problem Solvers Knowledge and Capabilities of Public Leaders Measuring the Value of Leadership Skills to Deliver Improved Performance PART III: PUBLIC LEADERSHIP IN ACTION? Adaptive Leadership in Drumcree Leadership of Change Narratives: An Alternative Voice S17 of the Crime and Disorder Act: A Missed Opportunity for Public Leadership? Partnerships: Rhetoric or Reality? PART IV: OUTLINING A PUBLIC LEADERSHIP APPROACH Lessons from the Private Sector The Role of the Third Sector in Public Leadership Can Public Leadership be Evaluated A Collective Public Leadership Approach for the Future

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Book SynopsisFrom the authors of the national bestseller 13 Bankers, a chilling account of America’s unprecedented debt crisis: how it came to pass, why it threatens to topple the nation as a superpower, and what needs to be done about it. With bracing clarity, White House Burning explains why the national debt matters to your everyday life. Simon Johnson and James Kwak describe how the government has been able to pay off its debt in the past, even after the massive deficits incurred as a result of World War II, and analyze why this is near-impossible today. They closely examine, among other factors, macroeconomic shifts of the 1970s, Reaganism and the rise of conservatism, and demographic changes that led to the growth of major—and extremely popular—social insurance programs. What is unquestionably clear is how recent financial turmoil exacerbated the debt crisis while creating a political climate in which it is even more difficult to solve.

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Book SynopsisAn examination of an early version of the debate over money, debt, and taxes sheds light on current debates regarding public finance, a balanced budget, and paying off the public debt.Table of ContentsForeword by David O. Whitten Preface Introduction: To Mortgage the Public Revenue Too Frequent Emissions Requisitions Small and Slow To Levy Money Directly We the People A National Revenue Subject to all the Burdens A Choice of Evils A Wise and Frugal Government A Proper Selection of Moderate Internal Taxes An Unprecedented Spectacle Epilogue: As Sure as Debt and Taxes Bibliography Index

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