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What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain The answer, hands down, is alcohol. This title calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking. It chronicles the history of our attempts to "legislate morality," the overlooked lessons from Prohibition, and the rise of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Most of the schools built in the United States, as well as many public facilities, must be financed by borrowing in the capital markets. Until recently, when strongly competing capital demands have interfered, the privilege of tax exemption has made state and local government borrowing relatively easy. Dr. Robinson has made an extensive study of th

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Contents Foreword, ix I. Introductory, 1 II. The Nature of Protection, 8 III. Critique of Popular, and Fallacious, Arguments for Protection, 17 IV. The Argument for Free Trade, 50 V. Rational Protection, 63 VI. Anti-dumping Legislation and Special Forms of Foreign Trade Control, 89 VII. The Future Commercial Policy of the United States, 107

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Contents Foreword, ix I. Introductory, 1 II. The Nature of Protection, 8 III. Critique of Popular, and Fallacious, Arguments for Protection, 17 IV. The Argument for Free Trade, 50 V. Rational Protection, 63 VI. Anti-dumping Legislation and Special Forms of Foreign Trade Control, 89 VII. The Future Commercial Policy of the United States, 107

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Offering new research findings and a useful theoretical synthesis, this study will promote a clearer understanding of the internal political processes of Third World nations and be of compelling interest to specialists and students concerned with Third World political economy, comparative government, and international political economy.

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This volume shows how the virtues of the market system, private property, and freedom of exchange can be applied to enhance the quality of life. It examines the general principles that guide both market and government allocation of resources, and specific policy issues.

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An examination of the role of public-private partnerships for local economic development in the United States and western Europe.

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Critics of qualitative educational evaluation frequently assume this approach is a monolithic entity rather than a multitude of varied approaches.

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This book proposes new fiscal rules to address the debt crisis, including a balanced budget amendment and a deficit-debt brake. It estimates the impact of the proposed rules on the economy over the next two decades.

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This conference volume deals with the question of what the economic impact of a shift in federal taxation toward greater use of indirect taxes would be with respect to the rate of saving and investment, personal effort, the balance of payments, and the efficiency of resource use. A major focus therefore is on the economic growth and balance-of-paym

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The capture of the French king John II at Poitiers in 1356 marked the end of royal taxation as a temporary, wartime expedient and its beginning as an annual assessment. John Henneman's detailed treatment of war financing in the period immediately preceding, from 1322 to 1356, is the first volume in a proposed study of royal finances in France durin

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Emerging sales tax problems are identified and analyzed, and techniques for integrating equity in sales tax design are included.

This unique volume will be of interest to tax planners and managers in business, and tax policy-makers and administrators in state and local governments.

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This work examines the wide range of financing approaches to reforming long-term care of the disabled elderly and the impacts they would have over the next 25 years.

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A solutions manual for all 582 exercises in the second edition of Intermediate Public Economics.

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This is must reading for those operating lotteries, state legislators, vendors to state lottery commissions, taxpayers, and scholars in public policy and government.

The whole question of state-sponsored gambling is explored, integrating both the business and policy strategies of operating a state lottery.

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State Tax Policy is the only book that provides students and professionals with a concise, approachable, and up-to-date introduction to the intricacies of state tax policy.

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State Tax Policy is the only book that provides students and professionals with a concise, approachable, and up-to-date introduction to the intricacies of state tax policy.

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A treatment of state-level business tax issues. The authors address three broad questions: how should businesses be taxed; how does present practice compare with and depart from this prescription; and how can present practice be improved

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