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  • Municipal Bonding and Taxation

    by Anthony G. White ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book, first published in 1979, examines the economic lives of municipal governments. Local government provides a great deal of services, all of which must be paid for. The sources of these revenues are analysed here, in three sections: bonding and debt; taxation; and other, miscellaneous sources of revenue. The bibliographic entries stretch back into the nineteenth century, and see a large ... Read more

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    A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

    by Richard Rothstein ...
    New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice SelectionOne of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the YearOne of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of the YearWinner of the Hillman Prize for NonfictionGold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • "Trickle Down Theory" and "Tax Cuts for the Rich"

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    Unmasking the Truth about Tax CutsIn this essential essay, Thomas Sowell, with his trademark independent-minded approach, challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding tax cuts and "trickle-down" economics. He argues that this often-used term is a distorted simplification, obscuring the nuanced reality of how tax policy impacts economic activity. Sowell provides a clear-eyed perspective, ... Read more

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  • FDR's Folly

    How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression

    by Jim Powell ...
    The Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression’s destructive effects and propping up thecountry on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in ... Read more

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  • The Benefit and The Burden

    Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take

    by Bruce Bartlett ...
    A thoughtful and surprising argument for American tax reform, arguably the most overdue political debate facing the nation, from one of the most respected political and economic thinkers, advisers, and writers of our time.THE UNITED STATES TAX CODE HAS UNDERGONE NO SERIOUS REFORM SINCE 1986. Since then, loopholes, exemptions, credits, and deductions have distorted its clarity, increased its ... Read more

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  • The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One

    How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

    by William K. Black ...
    An investigator tells the inside story of the 1980s savings-and-loan scandal and what we can do today to prevent future frauds: "Merits a wide readership." — Journal of Economic IssuesIn this expert insider's account of the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s, William Black lays bare the strategies that corrupt CEOs and CFOs—in collusion with those who have regulatory oversight of their ... Read more

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  • Family Properties

    Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America

    by Beryl Satter ...
    A landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago: "The most important book yet written on the black freedom struggle in the urban North." —David Garrow, The Washington Post)Named One of the Top Ten Books of 2009 by The New York Times and The Washington PostWinner of the National Jewish Book AwardWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation AwardThe "pr... ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • How the Other Half Banks

    Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy

    by Mehrsa Baradaran ...
    The United States has two separate banking systems today—one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of ... Read more

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  • The New American Economy

    The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward

    by Bruce Bartlett ...
    As a domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bartlett was one of the originators of Reaganomics, the supply-side economic theory that conservatives have clung to for decades. In The New American Economy, Bartlett goes back to the economic roots that made Impostor a bestseller and abandons the conservative dogma in favor of a policy strongly based on what's worked in the past. Marshalling ... Read more

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  • Fraud

    An American History from Barnum to Madoff

    by Edward J. Balleisen ...
    A comprehensive history of fraud in America, from the early nineteenth century to the subprime mortgage crisisThe United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same ... Read more

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  • The Great Contraction, 1929-1933

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    by Milton Friedman, Anna Jacobson Schwartz ...
    Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetary policy--steady control of the money supply--matters profoundly in the management of the nation's ... Read more

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  • From Wall Street to Bay Street

    The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance

    by Joe Martin, Chris Kobrak ...
    The 2008 financial crisis rippled across the globe and triggered a worldwide recession. Unlike the American banking system which experienced massive losses, takeovers, and taxpayer funded bailouts, Canada’s banking system withstood the crisis relatively well and maintained its liquidity and profitability. The divergence in the two banking systems can be traced to their distinct institutional and ... Read more

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