Search Results - "finance"

Expression vs. Equality : The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform / by Grant, J. Tobin

Table of Contents: “…Campaign finance reform and the thesis of group-centrism -- Framing and the issue of campaign finance reform -- Measuring interest group effect -- Public attitudes toward interest group rights and influence -- Public attitudes toward campaign finance reform -- The salience of campaign finance reform -- Conclusions and implications -- Measurement appendix.…”
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Reading the Market : Genres of Financial Capitalism in Gilded Age America / by Knight, Peter, 1968-

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Social Security and the Stock Market : How the Pursuit of Market Magic Shapes the System / by Munnell, Alicia Haydock

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Capital, State, Empire : The New American Way of Digital Warfare / by Timcke, Scott

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Empire of Direct Mail : How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots / by Moriyama, Takahito

Table of Contents: “…The rise of political consultants -- The development of political direct mail -- The presidential election of 1964 -- After Goldwater -- Debates over campaign finance reform -- The formation of the New Right.…”
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Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging / by Turner, John A. (John Andrew), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Sustainability and financing reform -- Benefit adequacy -- Retirement policy -- Reforming the reform process -- Conclusion: the way forward -- Appendix -- References -- Author -- Index -- About the institute.…”
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The Power of People : Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution / by Theriault, Sean M., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The two faces of democratic accountability -- The politics of public pressure : competition, attention, and retribution -- Patronage, political parties, the public, and the Pendleton Act of 1883 -- Congressional pay raises and public scrutiny -- The modern history of campaign finance reform -- The unfulfilled reform : congressional term limits -- The power of the people.…”
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Unemployment Insurance Reform : Fixing a Broken System /

Table of Contents: “…O'Leary -- State UI financing response to the Great Recession / Wayne Vroman -- Unemployment insurance reform: evidence-based policy recommendations / Christopher J. …”
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Unlikely Entrepreneurs : Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 / by Wall, Barbra Mann

Table of Contents: “…Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis -- "All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles -- "Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880 -- "An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925 -- "Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals -- Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals -- "Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals -- Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals -- Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement.…”
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A Future of Good Jobs? : America's Challenge in the Global Economy /

Table of Contents: “…Lerman -- Revising employers' role in sponsoring and financing health insurance and medical care / Katherine Swartz -- Trade and immigration: implications for the U.S. labor market / Lori G. …”
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Doing Business in America : A Jewish History /

Table of Contents: “…Jewish immigrant bankers, New York real estate, and American finance, 1870-1914 / Rebecca Kobrin -- 4. Far Away Moses & Company : an Ottoman Jewish business between Istanbul and the United States / Julia Phillips Cohen -- 5. …”
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Entrepreneurial Vernacular : Developers' Subdivisions in the 1920s / by Loeb, Carolyn S., 1948-

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Traveling Economies : American Women's Travel Writing / by Steadman, Jennifer Bernhardt, 1971-

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