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  • Cross-Cutting Themes in Employment Experiences during the Crisis

    by Athanasios Mr. Vamvakidis, Francis Vitek, Mwanza Mrs. Nkusu, Reginald Mr. Darius, Alun Mr. Thomas, Edouard Vidon ...
    Series Book 2010 - IMF Staff Position Notes
    The human cost of the recent global crisis is reflected in its impact on the labor market. Explaining why economies with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment experiences of six economies: Germany, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden. These economies ... Read more

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    Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were staunch opponents of a national bank. When President Jackson let the charter of the second bank lapse after 20 years it left the nation unprepared and powerless to respond quickly or effectively to major economic declines or emergencies. J. Pierpont Morgan became America's central bank initiating monetary policies that saved the nation from a severe ... Read more

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  • The Theory of the Leisure Class (Annotated)

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    The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is an economic treatise and detailed social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social-class consumerism. It suggests that the social strata and the division of labor of the feudal period continued into the modern era. The lords of the manor employed themselves in the economically ... Read more

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  • Taxes in America

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    Despite their passion and fury, contemporary Americans are remarkably clueless 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. Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know®, by preeminent tax scholars Leonard E. Burman and Joel Slemrod, offers a clear, concise explanation of how ... Read more

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  • On the Essence of Money

    by Moses Hess ...
    Moses (Moshe) Hess (June 21, 1812 April 6, 1875) was a Jewish philosopher and socialist, and one of the founders of Zionism. Hess originally advocated Jewish integration into the universalist socialist movement, and was a friend and collaborator of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Hess converted Engels to Communism, and introduced Marx to social and economic problems. He played an important role ... Read more

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  • The Ontology and Function of Money

    The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions

    by Leonidas Zelmanovitz ...
    Series series Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
    The central thesis of the book is that in order to evaluate monetary policy, one should have a clear idea about the characteristics and functions of money as it evolved and in its current form. That is to say that without an understanding about how money evolved as a social institution, what it is today, and what is possible to know about monetary phenomena, it is not possible to develop a ... Read more

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  • Money

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    by John Kenneth Galbraith ...
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  • Broken Capitalism: This is How We Fix it

    by Ferris Eanfar ...
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  • Big Data

    Potential, Challenges and Statistical Implications

    by Cornelia Hammer, Diane C Kostroch, Gabriel Quiros ...
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  • The Making of Good Supervision: Learning to Say "No"

    by Jennifer Ms. Elliott, Aditya Narain, Ian Tower, José Vinãls, Pierluigi Bologna, Michael Hsu, Jonathan Fiechter ...
    Series Book 2010 - IMF Staff Position Notes
    The quality of financial sector supervision has emerged as a key issue from the financial crisis. While most countries operated broadly under the same regulatory standards, differences emerged in supervisory approaches. The international response to this crisis has focused on the need for more and better regulations (e.g., in areas such as bank capital, liquidity and provisioning) and on ... Read more

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  • Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality

    A Global Perspective

    by Era Ms. Dabla-Norris, Kalpana Ms. Kochhar, Nujin Mrs. Suphaphiphat, Frantisek Mr. Ricka, Evridiki Tsounta ...
    Series Book 15 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some common drivers being the skill premium associated with technical change and globalization, weakening protection for labor, and lack of financial inclusion in developing countries. We find that increasing the income ... Read more

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  • The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

    by International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office ...
    Series Book Independent Evaluation Office Reports - Independent Evaluation Office Reports
    This independent evaluation of the IMF’s role and performance in the determination and use of aid to low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa is presented at a ground-level view. Country performance has improved in many sub-Saharan Africa countries over the period, and the report details the role of the IMF’s programs, as well as perceptions of that role. The report is an important contribution ... Read more

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