As we approach the 21st century, we must rethink our centralized monetary system as part of a larger reexamination of existing political economy, according to Solomon. In questioning the passive acceptance of a federal monopoly in producing money, the author challenges prevailing notions of progress and economic life. Advancing the idea of local currencies to promote a political economy based on empowerment, self-reliance, and ecological permanence, the book discusses three viable systems, all of which are possible under federal and state laws: barter, customer discounts, and local scrip not pegged to the U.S. dollar. The business and practical aspects of each of these systems is considered. This original work will be of interest to scholars, students, and policy-makers in political economy, money and banking, public finance, and public policy.

Rethinking our Centralized Monetary System: The Case for a System of Local Currencies

Business & Money

Solomon, Lewis D.

Economics

Praeger

With the announcement of his resignation from the World Bank, the ongoing saga of Paul Wolfowitz, played out in the front pages of the world's newspapers, came to a dramatic conclusion. Paul D. Wolfowitz, as columnist George F. Will wrote in the Washington Post (May 12, 2005), has never been elected to office or served in a president's cabinet, but he has mattered much more than most who have. A longtime State Department hand (Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Ambassador to Indonesia), a leading scholar/intellectual (Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies), Deputy Secretary of Defense for four years, and one of the architects of the Bush Doctrine, Wolfowitz is a crucial figure in post-Cold War foreign and security policy. He most recently served as President of the World Bank. In each of these roles, he has stood out for his neoconservative and often uncompromising positions. It is no wonder that he is often vilified by the Left and lionized by the Right. In this first full-length biography of Wolfowitz, Solomon attempts to capture him not by delineating the quotidian details of his career, but by tracing his intellectual development and bureaucratic influence at key points along the road to Baghdad and beyond.

Paul D. Wolfowitz: Visionary Intellectual, Policymaker, and Strategist (Praeger Security International)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Contains changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Includes recent and significant cases, rulings, and regulations that break new ground or expand on existing law. Covers the history of and constitutional framework for the federal income tax and gross income, including benefit received, definition, exclusions, and tax-free fringe benefits. Also covers travel, entertainment, and other limitations on deductions. Looks at capitalization requirements, personal deductions, tax consequences of interest, assignment of income, advanced property, and capital asset transactions plus advanced timing issues.

Problems, Cases and Materials on Federal Income Taxation (American Casebook Series)

Malman, Laurie L.

Hesch, Jerome M.

West Group

Corporations Law and Policy: Materials and Problems (American Casebook)

Schwartz, Donald E.

Business

1999 Supplement to Corporations Law and Policy: Materials and Problems

Bauman, Jeffrey D.

Weiss, Elliott J.

Corporations, law and policies: Materials and problems (American casebook series)

West Pub. Co.

Corporations - Law and Policy: Materials and Problems, 1990 Supplement

West Publishing Company

This concise casebook distills the major themes of taxation. It offers well-developed problems and discussion questions in every chapter. The book is designed to help teachers and students make sense of both law and policy, and demands that students read the Code in addition to the text. Like the first edition, this edition develops a running analysis of income-tax and consumption-tax elements in the Code. It also focuses on the social policy effects of the tax law. The second edition is fully updated through the 2009 Stimulus Act.

The Individual Tax Base, Cases, Problems and Policies In Federal Taxation, 2d (American Casebook Series)

Sugin, Linda F.

Tax Law

West Academic Publishing

Asset Protection Strategies: Tax and Legal Aspects, 1994 Supplement

Saret, Lewis J.

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

In Volume II, get the forms and other tools you need to put an asset protection plan into effect. From difficult-to-locate offshore trust forms, to IRS forms that clients and foreign trusts must file, this resource provides all the forms you need. Coverage includes forms and commentary for creating business entities, domestic trusts, and the forms required for U.S. tax compliance. There are also checklists to ensure that you properly use the forms. All relevant forms are included on a free disk in WordPerfect "RM" 5.1 format that is easily convertible to other popular word-processing Programs.

Asset Protection Strategies--Set (Business Practice Library)

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