Government Business category: 2241 books
Truth
The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A riveting play-by-play of a reporter getting and defending a story that recalls All the President's Men, Truthputs readers in the center of the "60 Minutes II" story on George W. Bush's shirking of his National Guard duty. The firestorm that followed that broadcast--a conflagration that...
The Fateful History of Fannie Mae
New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
“A lucid and meticulously reported book by one of the Wall Street Journal’s ace reporters” (George Anders, Forbes contributor and author of The Rare Find).
In 1938, the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt created a small agency called Fannie Mae. Intended to make home loans more...
The Effective Public Manager
Achieving Success in Government Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
The Effective Public Manager
Thoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of The Effective Public Manager offers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. In this new edition the...
by Melissa Rossi
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
A guide to the politicos, money men, lobbyists, and deal makers who really run America
What foreign country has the power to send America crashing into a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent on oil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Who made the call...
No Freedom without Regulation
The Hidden Lesson of the Subprime Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Almost everyone who follows politics or economics agrees on one thing: more regulation means less freedom. Joseph William Singer, one of the world’s most respected experts on property law, explains why this understanding of regulation is simply wrong. While analysts as ideologically divided as Alan...
Out of Work
Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1997
Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself.
An Independent Institute Book
Pricing and Cost Accounting
A Handbook for Government Contractors
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The essential reference to help federal contractors negotiate and maintain profitable contracts—Now in its third edition!
This is the essential reference to help federal contractors negotiate and maintain profitable contracts—and remain in compliance throughout the life of the contract.
Government...
Financial Fiasco
How America's Infatuation With Homeownership and Easy Money Created the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Now newly expanded, with a with a new chapter on the spreading global economic crisis, Financial Fiasco guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior by consumers, decisionmakers in companies, government agencies, and political institutions.
by Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Ames
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Conservative icon Steve Forbes returns with his most powerful and provocative ideas yet
The United States has been through one of the most tumultuous decades in recent history. Polls show people on both sides of the ideological divide believe that the country has gone off track. If something...
Public Administration Reformation
Market Demand from Public Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
In an attempt to instil trust in their performance, credibility, integrity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and good governance, many public organizations are in effect viewing tax-paying citizens as consumers. Little research exists to explore synergies between the market economy, public administration...
The Appropriations Law Answer Book
A Q&A Guide to Fiscal Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Get the Complete Answers to Your Appropriations Law Questions Scrutiny of the use of federal funds—and the people handling those funds—has never been greater. Yet federal personnel often don't know all the rules. What might seem like a logical, efficient action could very well be illegal. Now,...
Managing Local Governments
Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to change.
This book introduces new concepts and new ways of doing business that can greatly enhance...
by Lawrence E. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
China and the US National Debt Crisis - Does China Own the USA? The US is in the grip of an unprecedented level of national debt. How much of the US' national debt does China own and what are the consequences? This new ebook examines the Historical Context of the US debt dilemma, a Global Perspective...
by Peter Conti-Brown, Peter Conti-Brown
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich history,...