Governing Fortune

Author : Ernest P. Goss,Edward A. Morse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472024865

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Governing Fortune by Ernest P. Goss,Edward A. Morse Pdf

Written by a lawyer and an economist, Governing Fortune summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and benefits of casinos by showing how tax base and job growth vary widely with site-specific factors. The book sets forth an innovative proposal for the licensing of gamblers as a means to balance the liberty interests of individuals against the social costs generated from problem gambling behavior. Morse and Goss offer both regional and sector comparisons of the gaming industry and accessible data about every aspect of the gaming environment, including the impact of gambling on economic and social environments. "Goss and Morse provide an outstandingly sound economic understanding of the function and place of casinos in American society, including essential heretofore unavailable grounding in the legal issues that the book accomplishes remarkably effectively. Moreover, this wealth of economic and legal information is transmitted in an engaging and readable manner. Scholarly, thoughtfully collected and authoritative, the book is of interest to any learner of the gambling industry, including students, civic activists, legislators, and scholars." — Earl Grinols, Baylor University "In this book, Morse and Goss make important contributions to our understanding of the negative outcomes of the expansion of gambling in America." — Jon Bruning, Nebraska Attorney General Edward A. Morse is Professor of Law and holder of the McGrath North Mullin & Kratz Endowed Chair in Business Law at Creighton University School of Law. Ernest P. Goss is Professor of Economics and MacAllister Chair at Creighton University and was a 2004 scholar-in-residence with the Congressional Budget Office.

Author : Christine (de Pisan)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Education
ISBN : UGA:32108057988902

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The Book of the Mutability of Fortune by Christine (de Pisan) Pdf

Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364–ca. 1431) has long been recognized as France’s first professional woman of letters, and interest in her voluminous and wide-ranging corpus has been steadily rising for decades. During the tumultuous later years of the Hundred Years’ War, Christine’s lone but strong feminine voice could be heard defending women, expounding the highest ideals for good governance, and lamenting France’s troubled times alongside her own personal trials. In The Mutability of Fortune, Christine fuses world history with autobiography to demonstrate mankind’s subjugation to the ceaselessly changing, and often cruel, whims of Fortune. Now, for the first time, this poem is accessible to an English-speaking audience, further expanding our appreciation of this ground-breaking woman author and her extraordinary body of work.

Author : Pierio Valeriano,Julia Haig Gaisser
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472110551

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Pierio Valeriano on the Ill Fortune of Learned Men by Pierio Valeriano,Julia Haig Gaisser Pdf

Investigates the lives and fortunes of Renaissance humanists

Author : Innocent Gentillet
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781532659744

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Anti-Machiavel by Innocent Gentillet Pdf

Born around 1532 in Vienne, France, Innocent Gentillet was a Huguenot lawyer who fled to Geneva after the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572. In 1576, he published Discours sur les moyens de bien gouverner & maintenir en paix un Royaume, ou autre Principauté, Contre Nicolas Machiavel Florentin, popularly known as Anti-Machiavel. Despite a papal ban in 1605, Anti-Machiavel went through twenty-four editions in French, Latin, English, German, and Dutch; it was read and used by Montaigne and Shakespeare. This edition presents Simon Patericke’s 1602 English translation, revised for modern spelling and grammar, and explores Anti-Machiavel’s connections with other works of the period.

Author : Scott Timcke
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529221770

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The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune by Scott Timcke Pdf

Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune. Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances. Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.

Author : Patricia Gaffney
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453237472

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Fortune's Lady by Patricia Gaffney Pdf

DIVDIVOn the eve of the French Revolution, the daughter of a traitor might be the only one who can save the British Crown/divDIV /divDIVCassandra Merlin is in dire straits. Her father, Patrick, has just been executed for treason against the British Crown. Her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Sinclair, is eager to marry her off rather than bear the expense of sheltering a turncoat’s daughter. And when a handsome young patriot named Philip Riordan enters her life, Cass knows he is destined to complicate matters further./divDIV /divDIVRiordan wants her to enter the spy game, to provide valuable information about her father’s plot against the monarchy in order to save the king’s life. But the intelligence game is never a simple one, and even a heart as jaded as Cass’s may not be safe from the charms of Philip Riordan, renowned cad, Member of Parliament . . . and die-hard loyalist./div/div

Author : Thane Gustafson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674066472

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Wheel of Fortune by Thane Gustafson Pdf

The world’s largest exporter of oil is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through every major economy. Gustafson provides an authoritative account of the Russian oil industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. The stakes extend beyond global energy security to include the threat of a destabilized Russia.

Author : John Henry Diebel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English language
ISBN : NYPL:33433082311188

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A New Method with English Grammar by John Henry Diebel Pdf

Author : Thomas Fortune
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Debts, Public
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011955759

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Fortune's Epitome of the Stocks & Public Funds by Thomas Fortune Pdf

Author : Dr. David You
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781450235303

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"The Tao of Fortune" or "大富豪的基因" by Dr. David You Pdf

In this book, the author applies ancient Chinese wisdom and thoughts to your personal financial management. It uncovers timeless laws and principles governing fortune, and is a step-by-step guide to your financial freedom and prosperity. It explores successful persons such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump and Steve Jobs to uncover the secrets of the wealth building and success - their believes, characters and mindsets. Discuss eight golden rules governing fortune; the strategies of the wealth building for the information age; and finally the practical techniques on how to be a self-made millionaire to reach your financial freedom. The book is written in Chinese. The English version is under development. ??,?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????;????????,????????????? ?????????? * ??????????? * ?????UFO ?? * ????????? * ????????????? ????????????????????????????????;?????????????,??????(Morningstar)??????????????,???????•??,????•???,?????????•??,?????•??????•??,????????•???,????????•????,?????????•????,?????•????????

Author : Thomas Williams Bicknell,Albert Edward Winship,Anson Wood Belding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Education
ISBN : CHI:63715386

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New England Journal of Education by Thomas Williams Bicknell,Albert Edward Winship,Anson Wood Belding Pdf

Author : William M. O'Barr,John M. Conley
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021523256

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Fortune and Folly by William M. O'Barr,John M. Conley Pdf

Today institutional investors dominate the stock market. They hold assets valued at about 6.5 trillion - almost one fifth of the country's financial assets. Furthermore, institutional investors now own well over half of the stock in the country's 100 largest corporations, including such flagship companies as IBM, GE, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil. Because of the tremendous influence institutional investors have on American corporations, business and government policymakers must make assumptions about how and why they make decisions - their priorities, motives, and concerns. In addition, anyone who markets to institutional investors needs to know what makes them tick. Sprinkled with candid and often colorful quotations from a variety of investment insiders, Fortune and Folly gives you a unique look at what really happens on Wall Street; facts that challenge the assumptions routinely made about the economic motivations of business behavior; new insights on pension safety and possible political influences; and economic analyses by Carolyn K. Brancato, the country's foremost expert on the economics of institutional investing.

Author : Chronicle Books
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780811870740

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Fortune-Telling Birthday Book by Chronicle Books Pdf

Discover the meaning behind your birthday, identify your ideal mate, and more with this handy little guide. Forget cookies and crystal balls—this little book has a personalized fortune for you and everyone you love. Harkening back to the 1930s, the nostalgic illustrations in the Fortune-Telling Birthday Book accompany a perennial calendar for you to keep track of (and interpret) the birthdays of all your friends and family. Other traditions and folklore are also included—birthstones and their meanings, astrological signs, ideal mates, flowers of the month, and anniversary symbols.

Author : Elizabeth A. Campbell
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Cycles in literature
ISBN : 9780821415146

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Fortune's Wheel by Elizabeth A. Campbell Pdf

This volume explores the ways that Charles Dickens appropriated and made central to his novels the dominant symbol of his age. The author argues that Dickens' contribution to the iconographic and narrative traditions was to fuse the classical image of the wheel - fortune - with the industrial one.

Author : Daniel Heller-Roazen
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801881558

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Fortune's Faces by Daniel Heller-Roazen Pdf

Arguably the single most influential literary work of the European Middle Ages, the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun has traditionally posed a number of difficulties to modern critics, who have viewed its many interruptions and philosophical discussions as signs of a lack of formal organization and a characteristically medieval predilection for encyclopedic summation. In Fortune's Faces, Daniel Heller-Roazen calls into question these assessments, offering a new and compelling interpretation of the romance as a carefully constructed and far-reaching exploration of the place of fortune, chance, and contingency in literary writing. Situating the Romance of the Rose at the intersection of medieval literature and philosophy, Heller-Roazen shows how the thirteenth-century work invokes and radicalizes two classical and medieval traditions of reflection on language and contingency: that of the Provençal, French, and Italian love poets, who sought to compose their "verses of pure nothing"in a language Dante defined as "without grammar," and that of Aristotle's discussion of "future contingents" as it was received and refined in the logic, physics, theology, and epistemology of Boethius, Abelard, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas.Through a close analysis of the poetic text and a detailed reconstruction of the logical and metaphysical concept of contingency, Fortune's Faces charts the transformations that literary structures (such as subjectivity, autobiography, prosopopoeia, allegory, and self-reference) undergo in a work that defines itself as radically contingent. Considered in its full poetic and philosophical dimensions, the Romance of the Rose thus acquires an altogether new significance in the history of literature: it appears as a work that incessantly explores its own capacity to be other than it is.