This paper reassesses what works in banking regulation based on the new World Bank survey (Survey IV) of bank regulation and supervision around world. The paper briefly presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in more than 125 countries, makes comparisons with earlier...

part Part One. A New Deal or a New Dole?: Artists, Writers, and Federal One -- chapter A New Dealer, A New Deck -- chapter The Federal Writers’ Project -- chapter Art, Music, and Historical Records -- chapter Federal Theatre Project -- chapter Reds Under Beds, or Trodding Boards? -- chapter A...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Decrepit Old Men Asking Only for Th eir Due: Th e Origins of the Veterans Lobby -- chapter 2 Shark-Infested Waters: Th e Scramble for Pensions after the Civil War -- chapter 3 Th e War to End All Wars Does Not End All Wars but Does Give Birth to the Boners and...

Introduction -- Don't Give the Public What It Wants; Give the Public What it Needs -- Radio Is Good for You! The Rise of Educational Radio -- Carnegie's Lemon? The Birth of NPR -- Washington Verus The Sticks -- Left, Right, or Always Establishment? The Bias Issue, -- Newt [Gingrich] Cometh --...

"The Congressional Budget Office has laid out seven infrastructure categories: highways, public transit, wastewater treatment, water resources, air traffic control, airports, and municipal water supply. This book focuses on a broadened version of the first and, in many ways, most visible and...