"Combining balance sheet analysis with historical institutional analysis, this book traces the evolution of social sector financial balance sheets in the US from 1960-2018. This innovative historical-institutional approach, ranging from the micro level of households to the macro level of the...

"A gripping account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British...

Introduction -- The regulation of advertising -- The volume and content of political advertising -- The challenge of online advertising -- How ads are created and tested -- Buying and targeting political advertising on television -- Studying the persuasive effects of advertising -- Beyond...

Part 1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE. The history and study of faculty unions and collective bargaining in the United States -- Symbiosis and tensions: Shared governance and unions -- Graduate student unionization -- Legal developments in higher education collective bargaining --...

"As wealth inequality skyrockets and trade union power declines, the living wage movement has become ever more urgent for public policymakers, academics, and-most importantly-those workers whose wages hover close to the breadline. A real living wage in any part of the world is rarely its minimum...

"In advanced economies like the United States, innovation has long been recognized as a central force for increasing socioeconomic prosperity and improving human health. Today, U.S. government policy seeks to promote innovation through a suite of mechanisms, from tax credits in the private...

Introduction: Beneath the U.S.-China trade war -- Techno-geopolitics : toward novel theoretical framework transcending the 'technonationalism vs. techno-globalism' dualism -- Re-charting the rimland : U.S.-China 5G techno-geopolitical containment and countercontainment in Asia and Europe -- Rise...