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Uneasy street : the anxieties of affluence / by Sherman, Rachel,1970-author.(CARDINAL)477887;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Orientations to others: aspiring to the middle or recognizing privilege -- Working hard or hardly working? Productivity and moral worth -- A very expensive ordinary life: conflicted consumption -- Giving back, awareness, and identity -- Labor, spending, and entitlement in couples -- Parenting privilege -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Wealth; Rich people; Social stratification; Social classes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The thin green line : the money secrets of the super wealthy / by Sullivan, Paul(Paul J.),author.(CARDINAL)620101;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.Paul Sullivan shows how people can make better financial decisions, and come to terms with what money means to them. He lays out they can avoid the pitfalls around saving, spending and giving their money away, and think differently about wealth to lead more secure and less stressful lives. An essential complement to all of the financial advice available, this unique guide is a welcome antidote to the idea that wealth is a number on a bank statement.
Subjects: Finance, Personal.; Financial literacy.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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No apology : the case for American greatness / by Romney, Mitt.(CARDINAL)684421;
The pursuit of the difficult -- Why nations decline -- The pursuit of power -- Pathways of American power -- A free and productive economy -- The worst generation? -- Healing health care -- An American education -- Running low -- The culture of citizenship -- America the beautiful.Reacting to President Obama's remarks in which he repeatedly apologizes for America's international power, Romney asserts that American strength is essential--not just for our own well-being, but for the world's, and proposes a new commitment to citizenship. He outlines simple solutions to rebuild industry, create good jobs, reduce out of control spending on entitlements and healthcare, dramatically improve education, and restore a military battered by eight years of war.
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 18
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Raising financially confident kids / by Hunt, Mary,1948-author.(CARDINAL)633944;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Developing financial confidence -- What if my kids turn out like me? -- Meet Uncle Harvey -- A plan to call our own -- Ready, set, launch! -- Meltdown on aisle 5! -- Parenting: a curious profession -- They're coming after your kids -- Future debtors of America -- The trouble with debt -- Tear down attitudes of entitlement -- Develop financial intelligence -- Neutralize the glamour of easy spending -- The preschool years -- Ages six through nine -- Ages ten through teen."From preschool through the teen years, every stage of your child's development is covered, including how to talk to them about money at each age, how to help them start saving money and giving it away, and how to avoid the pitfalls of easy credit and a culture built on debt"--p.4 of cover.
Subjects: Children; Finance, Personal.; Children.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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American government : essential review for AP, honors, and other advanced study.
Constitutional underpinnings. Influences on the constitution -- The road to the constitution -- Separation of powers: legislative, executive, and judicial -- Federalism -- Democracy -- Political beliefs. Public opinion -- Evolving political opinions: the Industrial Revolution -- Evolving political opinions: roaring twenties and the Great Depression -- Evolving political opinions: the Cold War and beyond -- Voting, polling, and public opinion -- Factors that influence public opinion -- Political parties, interest groups, mass media. Political parties and elections -- Development and effects on political parties -- Effects on political process -- Electoral laws and systems -- Interest groups & pacs -- Mass media -- The Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts. The Congress -- The President and the executive branch -- The judiciary -- Relationships, balance of power -- Linkages -- Public policy. Federal policy making -- Government economics -- Fiscal revenue -- Mandatory spending and entitlements -- Fiscal spending -- Health policy -- Regulatory policy -- Basic economic factors -- Monetary policy -- Foreign policy -- Military policy -- The tools of foreign policy -- The role of bureaucracy and the courts -- Important linkages -- Civil rights and civil liberties. The Bill of Rights -- Impact of the Fourteenth Amendment -- The Civil Rights Movement expands -- Incorporating rights of the accused -- The U.S. criminal justice system -- The constitution of the United States of America."Get up to speed with Fast Track: American Government! Covering the most important material taught in high school government classes, this essential review book gets readers on the fast track to class success, with critical information presented in an easy-to-follow quick-study format! Inside this book, you| l find clear, concise summaries of the most important concepts, institutions, and policies covered in U.S. government & politics, social studies, and civics classes as well as diagrams, charts, and graphs for quick visual reference. With easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations"--
Subjects: Study guides.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Shakedown : the continuing conspiracy against the American taxpayer / by Malanga, Steven.(CARDINAL)469594;
Introduction: the conspiracy against taxpayers -- The bill is coming due -- California's road to serfdom -- The mob that whacked Jersey -- We don't need another war on poverty -- America's worst urban program -- The movement to undermine welfare reforms -- The religious left, reborn -- The advocates and Washington's housing disorders -- A culture of entitlement everywhere.The author chronicles the rise of what he calls the New New Left, beginning with President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty in the 1960s, and lays the blame for the economic meltdown of the early twenty-first century to the bigger government and more public spending agenda of the political powerhouse.
Subjects: Community activists; Government employee unions; Government spending policy; Taxation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The narcissism epidemic : living in the age of entitlement / by Twenge, Jean M.,1971-(CARDINAL)476624; Campbell, W. Keith.(CARDINAL)534057;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.The growing narcissism in American culture -- The many wonders of admiring yourself -- The disease of excessive self-admiration and the top five myths about narcissism -- Isn't narcissism beneficial, especially in a competitive world? : challenging another myth about narcissism -- How did we get here? : origins of the epidemic -- Parenting : raising royalty -- Superspreaders! : the celebrity and media transmission of narcissism -- Look at me on Myspace : Web 2.0 and the quest for attention -- I deserve the best at 18% APR : easy credit and the repeal of the reality principle -- Hell yeah, I'm hot! : vanity -- The spending explosion and the impact on the environment : materialism -- Seven billion kinds of special : uniqueness -- The quest for infamy and the rise of incivility : antisocial behavior -- The chocolate cake trap : relationship troubles -- All play and no work : entitlement -- God didn't create you to be average : religion and volunteering -- The prognosis : how far, and for how long, will narcissism spread? -- Treating the epidemic of narcissism.Citing a rise in such factors as cosmetic surgery, status-related debt, and misrepresented Facebook profiles, a cautionary report on the increase of unhealthy ego-related behaviors examines its actual cost to families, organizations, and societies.
Subjects: Entitlement attitudes; Narcissism;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The debt bomb : a bold plan to stop Washington from bankrupting America / by Coburn, Tom A.(CARDINAL)675489; Hart, John.(CARDINAL)507636;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Red ink rising -- The triumph of politicians -- The dying constitution -- Burning bridges to nowhere -- Getting to no -- Government is still the problem -- In the arena -- Duplication nation -- The entitlement trap -- The case for real health reform, and against Obamacare -- The tax reformation -- Defense: peace through strength through streamlining -- The debt crisis is a moral crisis -- Conclusion: the choices that must be made.Senator Tom Coburn analyzes the reality of America's fiscal crises and proposes methods for true recovery.
Subjects: Government spending policy; Debts, Public; Bureaucracy;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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End the IRS before it ends us : how to restore a low tax, high growth, wealthy America / by Norquist, Grover Glenn.(CARDINAL)762650;
Includes bibliographical references and index." As the recent scandal shows, the IRS is big, bad, and out of control. Grover Norquist analyzes the problems within the agency and presents solutions to rein them in. Norquist has a plan for cutting taxes for working Americans and for the major corporations that are fleeing for foreign shores. As president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist is the go-to expert on taxation. Now, Norquist makes the case for a major tax reform, including a possible flat tax. On the current path, America will coast through inertia to ever-growing government and taxation, as entitlements consume more of our national economy. Norquist presents an alternative future where government spending is reformed, and taxes and the IRS radically curtailed. END THE IRS BEFORE IT ENDS US lays out what taxation in America should look like. Norquist offers a solution where America thrives, and Americans keep their hard-earned cash"--
Subjects: United States. Internal Revenue Service.; Flat-rate income tax; Tax administration and procedure; Taxation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The deficit myth : modern monetary theory and the birth of the people's economy / by Kelton, Stephanie,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-308) and index.Introduction: Bumper sticker shock -- Don't think of a household -- Think of inflation -- The national debt (That isn't) -- Their red ink is our black ink -- "Winning" at trade -- You're entitled! -- The deficits that matter -- Building an economy for the people."Any ambitious proposal - ranging from fixing crumbling infrastructure to Medicare for all or preventing the coming climate apocalypse - inevitably sparks questions: how can we afford it? How can we pay for it? Stephanie Kelton points out how misguided those questions really are by using the bold ideas of modern monetary theory (MMT), a fundamentally different approach to using our resources to maximize our potential as a society. We've been thinking about government spending in the wrong ways, Kelton argues, on both sides of the political aisle. Everything that both liberal/progressives and conservatives believe about deficits and the role of money and government spending in the economy is wrong, especially the fear that deficits will endanger long-termprosperity. Through illuminating insights about government debt, deficits, inflation, taxes, the financial system, and financial constraints on the federal budget, Kelton dramatically changes our understanding of how to best deal with important issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs and building infrastructure. Rather than asking the self-defeating question of how to pay for the crucial improvements our society needs, Kelton guides us to ask: which deficits actually matter? What is the best way to balance the risk of inflation against the benefits of a society that is more broadly prosperous, safer, cleaner, and secure? With its important new ways of understanding money, taxes, and the critical role of deficit spending, MMT busts myths that prevent us from taking action because we can't get beyond the question of how to pay for it."--
Subjects: Debts, Public; Budget deficits; Government spending policy; Fiscal policy;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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