Citizen Wealth

Author : Wade Rathke
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576758748

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Citizen Wealth by Wade Rathke Pdf

From the founder of ACORN, the nation's largest grassroots community organization, comes this hard-hitting blueprint for helping working families establish a solid foundation of income and assets that equals true economic security—what Wade Rathke calls citizen wealth. Through compelling stories from the trenches of local, state, and national campaigns, where hardscrabble wins and smart negotiating have produced positive economic change for millions, Rathke shows how activists, government, business, and working people can join together to make citizen wealth a major priority and a visible reality.

Author : Angela Cummine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300218947

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Citizens' Wealth by Angela Cummine Pdf

A wide-ranging analysis of a powerful but controversial new economic tool that has rapidly eclipsed the size of the hedge fund market In 2006, Chile teemed with protesters after finance minister Andrés Velasco invested budget surpluses from the nation's historic copper boom in two Sovereign Wealth Funds. A year later, when prices plummeted and unemployment soared, Chile's government was able to stimulate recovery by drawing on the funds. State-owned investment vehicles that hold public funds in a wide range of assets, Sovereign Wealth Funds enable governments to access an unprecedented degree of wealth. Consequently, more countries are seeking to establish them. Looking at Chile, China, Australia, Singapore, and numerous other examples, including a comparative analysis of Britain and Norway's use of oil revenues, Angela Cummine tackles the key ethical questions surrounding their use, including: To whom does the wealth belong? How should the funds be managed, invested, and distributed? With sovereign funds--and media attention--continuing to grow, this is an invaluable look at a hotly debated economic issue.

Author : Wolcott Noble Griswold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Cooperation
ISBN : UCAL:$B28346

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A Consideration of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Wolcott Noble Griswold Pdf

Author : Michael Kuhn
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783838215754

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The Social Science of the Citizen Society by Michael Kuhn Pdf

The social sciences and humanities worldwide are discovering the necessity to self-critically reshape their theorizing: The first critique of social science theorizing calls for ‘globalizing’, the second, parallel critique, for ‘de-colonizing’ social thought. In his highly topical book, Michael Kuhn discusses · why and how the ‘globalization’ of social science theorizing introduces thinking through nation state perspectives as an up-to-date methodological must; · how the ‘de-colonialization’ of social science theorizing with the critique of Eurocentrism and its thinking through space paves the way for the worldwide implementation of thinking through nation-state views, transforming the social science world into a multiplicity of ’provincialized’ theories; · with which odd argumentations the ’indigenization’ of thought produces contributions to the ideological armament of the new states in the so-called 3rd world after their transformation into the very society system of the former colonizers; · how these indigenized theories make discourses among de-colonized theories a matter of which ‘provincialized’ theory manages to rule the worldwide creation of theories; · how the masterminds of globally de-colonized thinking present imperial thought as guiding theories for mankind’s thinking; · what templates for the turn from anti-capitalist towards nationalistic thinking Historical Materialism has provided, and · what consequences all this has for the social sciences as a voice in political debates about the world.

Author : Malcolm Torry
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447326120

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101 Reasons for a Citizen's Income by Malcolm Torry Pdf

In the face of rising inequality, financial crisis, and painful austerity, the idea of a basic, guaranteed income—a citizen's income—is an idea whose time has come. In101 Reasons for a Citizen's Income, Malcolm Torry lays out the case for guaranteeing a universal, unconditional income, and he goes on to show how a citizen's income would help solve problems of poverty, social cohesion, and economic efficiency. Drawing on arguments detailed in Torry's Money for Everyone, 101 Reasons for a Citizen's Income is a bracing call for action that will jump-start a crucial debate and point the way to a better future for all.

Author : Lynn A. Stout,Sergio Alberto Gramitto,Tamara Belinfanti
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781523095667

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Citizen Capitalism by Lynn A. Stout,Sergio Alberto Gramitto,Tamara Belinfanti Pdf

Corporations have a huge influence on the life of every citizen—this book offers a visionary but practical plan to give every citizen a say in how corporations are run while also gaining some supplemental income. It lays out a clear approach that uses the mechanisms of the private market to hold corporations accountable to the public. This would happen through the creation of what the authors call the Universal Fund, a kind of national, democratic, mega mutual fund. Every American over eighteen would be entitled to a share and would participate in directing its share voting choices. Corporations and wealthy individuals would donate stocks, bonds, cash, or other assets to the fund just like they do to other philanthropic ventures now. The fund would pay out dividends to its citizen-shareholders that would grow as the fund grows. The Universal Fund is undoubtedly a big idea, but it is also eminently practical: it uses the tools of capitalism, not government, to give all citizens a direct influence on corporate actions. It would be a major institutional investor beholden not to a small elite group of stockholders pushing for short-term gain but to everyone. The fund would reward corporations that made sure their actions didn't harm people, communities, and the environment, and it would enable them to invest in innovations that would take more than a few months to pay off. Which is another reason corporations would donate to the fund—they could be freed from the constant pressure to maximize their quarterly share price and would essentially be subsidized for doing good. The authors demonstrate that our current economic rules force corporations to be shortsighted and even destructive because for most large investors, nothing matters but share price. The Universal Fund is designed to be a powerful positive balancing force, making the world a better place and the United States a better nation.

Author : Claude Nicolet
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520063422

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The World of the Citizen in Republican Rome by Claude Nicolet Pdf

Author : Torry, Malcolm
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447311270

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Money for Everyone by Torry, Malcolm Pdf

Due to government cuts, the benefits system is currently a hot topic. In this timely book, a Citizen’s Income (sometimes called a Basic Income) is defined as an unconditional, non-withdrawable income for every individual as a right of citizenship. This much-needed book, written by an experienced researcher and author, is the first for over a decade to analyse the social, economic and labour market advantages of a Citizen's Income in the UK. It demonstrates that it would be simple and cheap to administer, would reduce inequality, enhance individual freedom and would be good for the economy, social cohesion, families, and the employment market. It also contains international comparisons and links with broader issues around the meaning of poverty and inequality, making a valuable contribution to the debate around benefits. Accessibly written, this is essential reading for policy-makers, researchers, teachers, students, and anyone interested in the future of our society and our economy

Author : Joseph R. Blasi,Richard B. Freeman,Douglas L. Kruse
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300195064

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The Citizen's Share by Joseph R. Blasi,Richard B. Freeman,Douglas L. Kruse Pdf

The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America’s early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive capital. This book traces the development of that share idea in American history and brings its message to today's economy, where business capital has replaced land as the source of wealth creation.div /DIVdivBased on a ten-year study of profit sharing and employee ownership at small and large corporations, this important and insightful work makes the case that the Founders’ original vision of sharing ownership and profits offers a viable path toward restoring the middle class. Blasi, Freeman, and Kruse show that an ownership stake in a corporation inspires and increases worker loyalty, productivity, and innovation. Their book offers history-, economics-, and evidence-based policy ideas at their best./DIV

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781861346995

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Citizen's Stake by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paxton, Will,Stuart Gordon White,Maxwell, Dominic
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861347008

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The Citizen's Stake by Paxton, Will,Stuart Gordon White,Maxwell, Dominic Pdf

Can and should asset-based policies such as universal capital grants become a new pillar of the welfare state? This work throws open this debate by bringing together the ideas of leading thinkers in academia and policy to explore the future scope of asset-based policies in Britain.

Author : Matthew R. Christ,Matthew Robert Christ
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521864329

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The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens by Matthew R. Christ,Matthew Robert Christ Pdf

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Author : Charles Fletcher Dole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Social ethics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044077924769

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The Citizen and the Neighbor by Charles Fletcher Dole Pdf

Author : Ellen Meiksins Wood
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784781026

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Peasant-Citizen and Slave by Ellen Meiksins Wood Pdf

The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence it gave to free labor. Wood argues that the emergence of the peasant as citizen, juridically and politically independent, accounts for much that is remarkable in Athenian political institutions and culture. From a survey of historical writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the focus of which distorted later debates, Wood goes on to take issue with influential arguments, such as those of G.E.M. de Ste Croix, about the importance of slavery in agricultural production. The social, political and cultural influence of the peasant-citizen is explored in a way which questions some of the most cherished conventions of Marxist and non-Marxist historiography.

Author : Charles Fletcher Dole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Social ethics
ISBN : UIUC:30112074695443

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The Citizen and the Neighbor; Or, Men's Rights and Duties as They Live Together in the State and in Society by Charles Fletcher Dole Pdf