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Part of the series Inter-America series;Inter-America series.
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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-232) and index.
• Part I. Taxing trade. Creating a contrabandista community, 1848-1881 — Rails, trade, and traffickers, 1881-1910 — Part II. Prohibiting criminal consumption. Smugglers in dangerous times: revolution and war, 1910-1919 — Narcotics and prohibition, 1914-1945 — Smugglers and seditionists: states confront illicit traders, 1920-1945.
• Appendix of songs in Spanish, with English translations.

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• Smuggling — Mexican-American Border Region — History.
• Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) — History.
• Mexican-American Border Region — History.

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Online resource title from PDF title page (ProQuest ebrary, viewed December 17, 2015).
• Available from Ebrary.
• Available from Wiley.

Subjects:

• Finance, Public — Accounting — Standards — United States.
• Local finance — Accounting — Standards — United States.
• Accounting — Standards — United States.
• Electronic books.

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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
• Introduction : The greening of Costa Rica — Part I: Foreign debt, debt-for-nature, and the national system of conservation areas. 1 The political economy of Costa Rica’s neoliberal state — 2 Polticial ecology, debt-for-nature, and national conservation areas
• Part II Embodied indebtedness : the remaking of people and nature. 3 Nature and people in the Arenal-Tilaran Conservation Area — 4 Biological diverstity and the dispossession of peasants’ knowledge — 5 Forests and peasants’ loss of access — 6 Ecotourism and social development — 7 Women’s microenterprises and social development — 8 Mining and the dispossession of resources and livelihoods — 9 The greening of capitalism.

Subjects:

• Debt-for-nature swaps — Costa Rica.
• Debt-for-nature swaps — Social aspects — Costa Rica.
• Debt-for-nature swaps — Canada.
• Ecology — Economic aspects — Costa Rica.
• Costa Rica — Social conditions — 21st century.
• Human ecology — Costa Rica.
• Debts, External — Costa Rica.
• Debt relief — Costa Rica.
• Costa Rica — Economic policy.
• Sustainable development — Costa Rica.

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• Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194) and index.
• Spending $400 million an hour — How we got here — Where the money goes — Where the money comes from — Why this can’t go on forever.
• In a sweeping narrative about the people and the politics behind the budget, Wessel looks at the 2011 fiscal year (which ended September 30) to see where all the money was actually spent, and why the budget process has grown wildly out of control.
• In a narrative about the people and politics behind the federal budget, Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel, author of the New York TImes bestseller In Fed We Trust, looks at where the money comes from, how the government spends taxpayers’ money, and why the budget is on an unsustainable trajectory. Few topics are more contentious or more consequential than the federal budget. For on thing, the numbers boggle the mind. The U.S. government spent $3.6 trillion in fiscal 2011–$400 million an hour–more than $30,000 per household. That is as much as all the goods and services produced by the entire economy of Germany, the fifth-largest economy in the world. In an account written for those who live outside the Beltway, Wessel explains the vast scope of the budget and puts its growth in historical context. When Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, federal spending stood at 4.3 percent of the GDP today it is almost six times that, accounting for one dollar out of every four int he overall economy. He tells us, fro example: The U.S. defense budget is greater than the combined defense budgets of the next seventeen highest defense spenders The federal government gives up almost as much money for tax loopholes, deductions, credits, and other tax breaks as it collects in individual and corporate income taxes Firing every federal government employee wouldn’t save enough even to cut the budget deficit in half. Next. he pulls back the curtain to show us where all that money goes, introducing us along the way to some of the key figures who help to shape the budget and guide policy over taxes and spending, from Jack Lew, former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Presidents Clinton and Obama and current White House chief of staff, and Representative Paul Ryan to Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, and Leon Panetta, director of the OMB from 1993 to 1994 and current secretary of defense. Finally, Wessel walks us through the nuts and bolts of why cur

Subjects:

• Budget — United States.
• Budget deficits — United States.
• Deficit financing — United States.
• Debts, Public — United States.

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• Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-324) and index.
• America is mired in debt–more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes, the more things seem to remain the same. In White House Burning, Simon Johnson and James Kwak–authors of the national best seller 13 Bankers and cofounders of The Baseline Scenario, a widely cited blog on economics and public policy–demystify the national debt, explaining whence it came and, even more important, what it means to you and to future generations. They tell the story of the Founding Fathers’ divisive struggles over taxes and spending. They chart the rise of the almighty dollar, which makes it easy for the United States to borrow money. They account for the debasement of our political system in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced today’s dysfunctional and impotent Congress. And they show how, if we persist on our current course, the national debt will harm ordinary Americans by reducing the number of jobs, lowering living standards, increasing inequality, and forcing a sudden and drastic reduction in the government services we now take for granted. But Johnson and Kwak also provide a clear and compelling vision for how our debt crisis can be solved while strengthening our economy and preserving the essential functions of government. They debunk the myth that such crucial programs as Social Security and Medicare must be slashed to the bone. White House Burning looks squarely at the burgeoning national debt and proposes to defuse its threat to our wellbeing without forcing struggling middle-class families and the elderly into poverty. Carefully researched and informed by the same compelling storytelling and lucid analysis as 13 Bankers, White House Burning is an invaluable guide to the central political and economic issue of our time. It is certain to provoke vigorous debate — Provided by p
• By 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 if it is not addressed soon, why this might be impossible given the hypocrisy about government deficits prevalent in Washington today–and what is to be done — Provided by publisher.
• Immortal credit — End of gold — Deficits don’t matter — What does the federal government do? — Why worry — Arguing first principles — Where do we go from here?

Subjects:

• Debts, Public — United States.
• Government spending policy — United States.
• Budget deficits — United States.

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Part of the series Discovering America [5];Discovering America series 5.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.
• The founders, finance, and us — Riot, regulate, occupy (1765/1771) — Two revolutions? (1771/1776) — Conceived in war debt (1776/1783) — History on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1913/2012) — An existential interpretation of the constitution of the United States (1783/1789) — It’s Hamilton’s America — : we just live in it (1789/1791) — Crackdown and lockup : Cincinnatus, the whiskey rebels, and the end of Thomas Paine (1791/ ) — Gather your armies — Acknowledgments — Bibliographic essays — References — Index.

Subjects:

• Finance, Public — United States — History — 1789-1801.
• Debts, Public — United States — History — 1789-1801.
• United States — Politics and government — 1789-1797.
• United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Foreword / by Alice M. Rivlin — Preface — Introduction : State and Local Government Finance in the United States / Robert D. Ebel, John E. Petersen, and Ha T.T. Vu — The Constitutional Frameworks of State and Local Government Finance / John Kincaid — Federalism Trends, Tensions and Outlook / Timothy J. Conlan and Paul L. Posner — State and Local Government Finance : Why It Matters / Serdar Yilmaz, François Vaillancourt, and Bernard Dafflon — State and Local Governments and the National Economy / Rick Mattoon and Leslie McGranahan — The Evolving Financial Architecture of State and Local Governments / Sally Wallace — Profiles of Local Government Finance / Christine R. Martell and Adam Greenwade — Federal Preemption of Revenue Autonomy / James R. Eads, Jr. — State Intergovernmental Grant Programs / Ronald C. Fisher and Andrew Bristle — State and Local Fiscal Institutions in Recession and Recovery / Tracy M. Gordon — Real Property Tax / Michael E. Bell — State Personal Income Taxes / Joseph J. Cordes and Jason N. Juffras — State Corporate Income Taxes / David Brunori — Entity Taxation of Business Enterprises / LeAnn Luna, Matthew N. Murray, and Zhou Yang — Implications of a Federal Value-Added Tax for State and Local Governments / Harley T. Duncan — Retail Sales and Use Taxation / William F. Fox — Local Revenue Diversification : User Charges, Sales Taxes, and Income Taxes / David L. Sjoquist and Rayna Stoycheva — State Tax Administration : Seven Problems in Search of a Solution / Billy Hamilton — Revenue Estimation / Norton Francis — Providing and Financing K-12 Education / Daphne A. Kenyon — The Social Safety Net, Health Care, and the Great Recession / Thomas Gais, Donald Boyd, and Lucy Dadayan — Transportation Finance / Jonathan L. Gifford — Housing Policy : The Evolving Subnational Role / Robert M. Buckley and Alex F. Schwartz — Capital Budgeting and Spending / Justin Marlowe — Financial Markets and State and Local Governments / John E. Petersen and Richard Ciccarone — Infrastr

Subjects:

• Finance, Public — United States — States — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Local finance — United States — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations — United States — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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• Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
• How are we taxed? The view from 30,000 feet Personal income taxes Business income taxes Taxing spending Other kinds of taxes — The costs and benefits of taxation. Taxes and the economy The hidden welfare state The burden of taxation Tax administration and enforcement — A tour of the sausage factory. Misperceptions and reality in the policy process Snake oil Tax reform.
• Most contemporary Americans know little about how their tax system works. But with heated debates over taxation now roiling Congress and the nation, an understanding of our tax system is of vital importance. In this book the authors, both tax scholars, offer explanations of how our tax system works, how it affects people and businesses, and how it might be improved. Organized in a question-and-answer format, the book describes the intricacies of the modern tax system. The authors begin with the basic definitions of taxes and then delve into more complicated and indeed contentious concerns. They address such questions as how to recognize Fool’s Gold tax reform plans How much more tax could the IRS collect with better enforcement? How do tax burdens vary around the world? Why do corporations pay so little tax, even though they earn trillions of dollars every year? And what kind of tax system is most conducive to economic growth? They discuss key issues such as the large number of social programs hidden in the tax code, how taxes affect the economy, how the burdens of taxation are distributed, and the costs of running the tax code on both the IRS and taxpayers. They also dive into the political process, the genesis of ill-advised tax ideas, and options to improve the tax system. With the U.S. struggling to recover from the deepest economic recession since the 1930s, facing a mountain of debt, it is important for Americans to understand the tax system. This book describes modern tax realities, and educates Americans about the issues in the debate about tax reform.

Subjects:

• Taxation — United States.

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