FAILED BANKS, BAILOUTS, AND FEDERAL POLICY
Tags: BAILOUTS (Finance); BANKING industry; MIDDLE class; INCOME tax; FEDERAL budgets; UNEMPLOYMENT
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- Balance Sheet Effects, Bailout Guarantees and Financial Crises. Schneider, Martin; Tornell, Aaron // Review of Economic Studies;Jul2004, Vol. 71 Issue 248, p883
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- Argentina's anxious middle class. LaFranchi, Howard // Christian Science Monitor;12/5/2001, Vol. 94 Issue 9, p4
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- Doing The Math. Grimes, Millard B. // Georgia Trend;Aug2006, Vol. 21 Issue 12, p122
The article presents information on income tax system in the U.S. Most ideas for improvement according to the author are changed ways to reduce the responsibility of the wealthy and high income earners. The 1986 income plan was so bad that it taxed a portion of middle income at a higher rate...
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- Are you getting the most out of construction tax benefits? Deibel, P.E. // ABA Banking Journal;Apr81, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p105
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