The Index Card

The Index Card
Author: Helaine Olen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0698186656

“The newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance.” —Burton Malkiel, author of A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse. They’re wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an off­hand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4" x 6" card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral. Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
Author: Anton Treuer
Publisher: Borealis Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0873518624

Treuer, an Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist, answers the most commonly asked questions about American Indians, both historical and modern. He gives a frank, funny, and personal tour of what's up with Indians, anyway.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Songwriting But Didn't Know who to Ask

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Songwriting But Didn't Know who to Ask
Author: Cliffie Stone
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1991
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This inspiring "how to" beginning songwriter's book is endorsed by Kenny Rogers, Peggy Lee, Merle Haggard, Gene Autry, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chet Atkins & other music celebrities with over 20 b/w photos from Cliffie's personal celebrity collection, which includes most of the above mentioned stars along with Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Kathy Mattea, Roy Rogers. The author's qualifications "transcend" the mediocre. In 1989, this veteran music publisher received two prestigious awards: His own "Star" on the "HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME" & his induction into the "HALL OF FAME" by the Country Music Association on CBS-TV. This "classic" book has multiple audience appeal: Although "disguised" as a beginner's book, there is something in it for all aspiring songwriters & poets; it has autobiographical tendencies for he includes many of his personal experiences like the "True Story About '16 Tons'"--which gives it a sense of pop & country music history; it will also satisfy music fans who are curious about the inner workings of the music business. You don't have to be a songwriter to enjoy this book! Easy reading...easy learning. Order from MUSIC SALES DISTRIBUTION CENTER, 5 Bellvale Road, P.O. Box 572, Chester, New York 10918. Phone: 914-469-2271; Toll Free 800-431-7187.

How Do I Tax Thee?

How Do I Tax Thee?
Author: Kristin Tate
Publisher: All Points Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250169666

"We all know the government taxes our income. Federal, state, and local taxes are withheld by employers, as are Social Security payments. But what about the many other ways the government covertly drains money from our wallets? Have you studied your cell phone bill? Customers in New York State pay an average of 24.36% in combined taxes on their wireless bills. They’re also charged for obscure services they didn’t ask for and don’t understand, like a universal service fund fee, an FCC compliance fee, a line service fee, and an emergency services fee. These aren’t taxes, strictly speaking. The government imposes these administrative and regulatory costs, and your wireless provider passes them along to you. What about your cable bill? Your power bill? Your trash bill? The cost of groceries, a gallon of gas, a cab ride, a hotel stay, and a movie ticket are all inflated by hidden fees. How much of what you pay at the grocery store, pump, airport, or the box office is really an indirect tax? In a series of short, pointed, fact-laden, humorous chapters, Kristin Tate exposes how up to half of your income is siphoned straight into federal, state, and city government coffers--and also where these hidden taxes and fees come from."--Dust jacket.

Forgotten Americans

Forgotten Americans
Author: Isabel Sawhill
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0300241062

A sobering account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation’s economic inequalities One of the country’s leading scholars on economics and social policy, Isabel Sawhill addresses the enormous divisions in American society—economic, cultural, and political—and what might be done to bridge them. Widening inequality and the loss of jobs to trade and technology has left a significant portion of the American workforce disenfranchised and skeptical of governments and corporations alike. And yet both have a role to play in improving the country for all. Sawhill argues for a policy agenda based on mainstream values, such as family, education, and work. While many have lost faith in government programs designed to help them, there are still trusted institutions on both the local and federal level that can deliver better job opportunities and higher wages to those who have been left behind. At the same time, the private sector needs to reexamine how it trains and rewards employees. This book provides a clear-headed and middle-way path to a better-functioning society in which personal responsibility is honored and inclusive capitalism and more broadly shared growth are once more the norm.