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"A must-have guide to optimizing your life for wealth and success, from bestselling author, NYU professor and co-host of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway. Today's workers have more opportunities and mobility than any generation before. They also face unprecedented challenges, including inflation, labor and housing shortages, and climate volatility. Even the notion of "retirement" is undergoing a profound rethink, as our lifespans extend and our relationship...
2) American dream come true: why affordable housing is good policy, good business, and good for America
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Forbes Books
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c2024.
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"What if there were one single way we could significantly improve the American economy, public health, and offer attractive investment opportunities, while also providing more homes for American families and workers? The American Dream has always been built on the notion that no matter where you come from, you can be successful. For the past century, housing has played a major role in making the American Dream a reality for millions of individuals....
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The University of Chicago Press
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c2024.
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"Andrew Kahrl's enraging national assessment of legal and financial dispossession proves that African Americans property owners have long been beset by racist practices, invisible obstacles, and hidden traps that leave them vulnerable to economic predation. Kahrl focuses specially on how property taxes have been used to swindle African Americans out of their land, with the cooperation of public officials and courts. These racist regimes fund and reinforce...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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c2024.
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"CPA Exam For Dummies gives you a solid overview of everything you need to know to pass the Uniform CPA Examination--updated to reflect the 2024 exam updates. Only about half of aspiring CPAs pass the test their first time around. You can be in that one-and-done group, thanks to the concrete study plans in this book. You'll also get access to online resources, including study questions for each section of the exam and digital flashcards so you can...
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McGraw Hill
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c2024.
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English
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"Nationwide brokerage firms have perfected the secrets for how to legally fool the rest of us into giving them our hard-earned money. Written by a renowned leader and financial reform advocate who has seen every trick in the book firsthand, Outsmart the Money Magicians reveals how biased the financial system often is, and helps you see through the illusions, understand exactly what is happening with your money, and make investing and tax decisions...
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"The Personal Finance Cookbook teaches readers how to complete personal finance related tasks like budgeting, investing, and buying a house in the approachable style of a cookbook (engaging imagery, list format, each topic can stand on its own, etc.). In the same way that you don't need to know exactly how sugar and flour chemically bond to create cookies, you don't need to have an advanced knowledge of modern portfolio theory, tax code, or credit...
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Princeton University Press
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c2024.
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How the antitax fringe went mainstream--and now threatens America's future! The postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards--and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reasonable price to pay for living in a society of shared prosperity. Then in 1978 California enacted Proposition 13, a property tax cap that Ronald Reagan hailed as a "second American Revolution," setting off an antitax, antigovernment wave that has...
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Chronicles a year in the life of a septuagenarian sheep farmer as she observes and reflects on the cycles of life on land she's tended for over half a century. Barbara shepherds her flock and spins their wool into fine yarn; plants, harvests, and prepares beautiful food; and writes about the local community and how it's changed.
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Nolo
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c2024.
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English
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"Your one-stop guide to starting a small business... Want to start a business? Don't know where to begin? The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to set up a small business in your state and deal with state and local forms, fees, and regulations. The 13th edition is updated with the latest legal and tax rules affecting small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends"--
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"In the summer of 1932, the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse. One in three Germans was unemployed. Violence was rampant. Hitler's National Socialists surged at the polls. Paul von Hindenburg, an aging war hero and avowed monarchist, was a reluctant president bound by oath to uphold the constitution. The November elections offered Hitler the prospect of a Reichstag majority and the path to political power. But instead, the Nazis lost two...
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For Dummies, a Wiley brand
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c2024.
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Taxes for Dummies 2024 will show you how, when, and what to file based on new tax rules and legislation. Plus, the most current advice on how to maximize your deductions and credits. Perfect for the first-time tax filer as well as veterans of tax seasons past, this book has the answers you need when you need them.
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The University of Chicago Press
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c2024.
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"The issue of the future of Social Security, on which millions of Americans depend, produced great political theater at the State of the Union address. That highlighted a bigger problem of financing retirement as baby boomers seek to retire, often with limited resources. Many argue that the solution to the problem is for people to work longer. Teresa Ghilarducci, a noted expert on retirement, argues that the "working longer" idea is wrong, unnecessary,...
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SuperCollege
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©2023.
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English
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"A resource for collegebound students and their parents on college financial aid, scholarships, loans, and grants. Provides strategies for finding and winning scholarships, tax credits, asking for more financial aid, saving, student loan forgiveness, financial aid applications, state financial aid, military service, adult students, graduate students, and internships"--
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Lyons Press
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c2023.
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"Are you paying more taxes than you have to? The IRS is not going to tell you about a deduction you failed to take, and your accountant is not likely to take the time to ask you about every deduction you're entitled to. It's up to you. The savings can be tremendous. This invaluable book not only lists the individual items that are deductible but also explains where to list them on your income tax form. The fourteenth edition is completely updated...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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©2023.
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"Turning retirement savings into a steady income is a big step toward a worry-free retirement. This book introduces you to how to add annuities to your investment mix. It helps you evaluate how to select the best annuities for your needs and steer clear of the worst. You'll learn how different types of annuities can help you turn your retirement savings into a monthly paycheck, protect your investments from market ups and downs, postpone taxes, stay...
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"All human societies, from prehistory through to today, have been characterized by some degree of economic inequality. Arguably, complex societies would not have thrived if they had been unable to concentrate and redistribute resources effectively. We frequently talk about the top 5% or 1% today but, as Guido Alfani explains in this book, concerns about the rich and super-rich and their potential to influence contemporary politics and society are...
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