Polarized America or Meyers Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell 3d

Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches

Author: Nolan M McCarty

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007.

The idea of America as politically polarized--that there is an unbridgeable divide between right and left, red and blue states--has become a cliché. What commentators miss, however, is that increasing polarization in recent decades has been closely accompanied by fundamental social and economic changes--most notably, a parallel rise in income inequality. In Polarized America, Nolan McCarty, Keith Poole, and Howard Rosenthal examine the relationships of polarization, wealth disparity, immigration, and other forces, characterizing it as a dance of give and take and back and forth causality.

Using NOMINATE (a quantitative procedure that, like interest group ratings, scores politicians on the basis of their roll call voting records) to measure polarization in Congress and public opinion, census data and Federal Election Commission finance records to measure polarization among the public, the authors find that polarization and income inequality fell in tandem from 1913 to 1957 and rose together dramatically from 1977 on; they trace a parallel rise in immigration beginning in the 1970s. They show that Republicans have moved right, away from redistributive policies that would reduce income inequality. Immigration, meanwhile, has facilitated the move to the right: non-citizens, a larger share of the population and disproportionately poor, cannot vote; thus there is less political pressure from the bottom for redistribution than there is from the top against it. In "the choreography of American politics" inequality feeds directly into political polarization, and polarization in turn creates policiesthat further increase inequality.

Table of Contents:

1	The choreography of American politics	1
2	Polarized politicians	15
3	Income polarization and the electorate	71
4	Immigration, income, and the voter's incentive to redistribute	115
5	Campaign finance and polarization	139
6	Polarization and public policy	165
7	Where have you gone, Mr. Sam	191

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Meyer's Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell, 3d

Author: Charles H Meyer

The need for an understanding of accounting is now even more critical than ever for lawyers practicing in many areas including securities and corporate law and litigation. In addition, over the last several years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has made some landmark changes in the accounting rules in areas of interest to lawyers, including the accounting for mergers and acquisitions. The Second Edition of Accounting and Finance For Lawyers includes important material on such areas as accounting for stock options and derivatives and the elimination of the pooling of interests method of accounting for acquisitions. There is a discussion of the accounting implications of the use of so-called special purpose entities. Finally, a chapter on international accounting issues reflects the increasing globalization of business and accounting. As in the First Edition, the basic building blocks of accounting are covered so that the material is accessible and useful to those with any level of accounting knowledge.

Table of Contents:

Chapter

1 The Basic Financial Statements

2 The Accounting Process

3 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

4 Recognition Of Revenue And Expenses

5 Current Assets And Liabilities

6 Accounting For Inventories

7 Property, Plant, And Equipment And Depreciation

8 Intangible Assets

9 Accounting For Investments

10 Accounting For Long Term Debt

11 Accounting For Leases

12 Accounting For Other Long Term Liabilities

13 Accounting For Stock And Stockholders' Equity

14 Partnership Accounting

15 Accounting For Business Combinations

16 Earnings Per Share And Financial Ratios

17 Special Reporting Issues

18 Corporate Finance - Valuation

Appendix: Time Value of Money

Index