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Joseph Pechman

Издател: Тhe Brookings Institution

Dr. Pechman argues that Professor Bittker misunderstands the implications of the Haig-Simons definition of income. The accretion concept is meant to define income, and is not designed to determine the time interval, the proper unit of taxation, or the personal deductions that might be allowed for tax purposes. Professor Bittker has devoted most of

collective

Издател:

Nicholas Christakis, James Fowler

Издател: Hachette Book Group

Renowned scientists Christakis and Fowler present compelling evidence for our profound influence on one another's tastes, health, wealth, happiness, beliefs, even weight, as they explain how social networks form and how they operate. In Connected, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get

Bela Greskovits

Издател: CASE

How to assess Hungary's present situation in the broader context of overall economic and political developments in post-socialist Eastern Europe? The regional perspective suggests that in terms of parting with state socialism and building market democracy Hungary - and a few other countries including Poland - represents the maximum any former

Robert A. Goldwin (editor), Art Kaufman (editor)

Издател: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Eighty new constitutions, more than half of the written national constitutions in effect, have been written and adopted just since 1974, an average of more than five a year. At a time when the United States is observing the two-hundreth anniversary of its Constitution, the median age of all constitutions in the world is less than fifteen years.