Barack Obama, committed to ideas of social justice, has attempted to transform the United States ... more Barack Obama, committed to ideas of social justice, has attempted to transform the United States into a European-style welfare state via taxation, regulation and legislation, in particular the Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’), a medical insurance system that de facto is nationalizing one-sixth of the nation's economy. But a slowing economy, mounting unemployment, and increasingly powerful central bureaucracy caught up in spying and other scandals and a disastrous launch of Obamacare are producing a rising tide of resistance and a reaffirmation of individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If Obama prevails he will be hailed as another take-off president. If his initiatives are overwhelmed by opposition forces, the effect will restore and strengthen constitutional guarantees that are currently under attack.
The thesis of this paper is that as Islam was freed from Ottoman control after World War I, as Mu... more The thesis of this paper is that as Islam was freed from Ottoman control after World War I, as Muslim states achieved their independence after World War II, and as massive Muslim migration to the West occurred, long-wave crises replaced colonial expansion as the trigger for jihad. The surges of new jihadist organizations emerged in two clusters, the first in the crisis years during and after the 1980-1981 long-wave peak and the second during the 2007-2011 long-wave trough. Such long-wave crises now are perceived by jihadists to be the onset of the Tribulation, the period when hardships and disaster afflict the world, signaling the imminent second coming of the Mahdi (Messiah) who will cleanse the world. The surges of jihadism thus now have to be understood to be newlyacquired manifestations of the global long-wave dynamic.
This edited volume has been designed to introduce those with an interest in the policy sciences t... more This edited volume has been designed to introduce those with an interest in the policy sciences to the field of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and their application to a wide range of policy-related issues. It is intended to inform both those who are looking for an introduction to the rapidly growing research in nonlinear dynamics and complexity, as well as those with extensive backgrounds in this area.
This article investigates whether businesses in concentrated or regulated industries are more lik... more This article investigates whether businesses in concentrated or regulated industries are more likely to exert influence in the area of tax policy. Simultaneous equation models are developed that describe the behavior of firms in their eflort to achieve policy outcomes beneficial to their common interests. These models are estimated using pooled time series cross-sectional &a. The results show thatfirms in concentrated industries are likely to seek polirical influence ifthey are aflected by direct or exclusive government regulation. The stu& also reveals that industrial concentration leads to greater corporate income, Examination of the political partisanship thesis provides support for the view that firms' tax rates vary depending upon the partisan coloration of state government.
Barack Obama, committed to ideas of social justice, has attempted to transform the United States ... more Barack Obama, committed to ideas of social justice, has attempted to transform the United States into a European-style welfare state via taxation, regulation and legislation, in particular the Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’), a medical insurance system that de facto is nationalizing one-sixth of the nation's economy. But a slowing economy, mounting unemployment, and increasingly powerful central bureaucracy caught up in spying and other scandals and a disastrous launch of Obamacare are producing a rising tide of resistance and a reaffirmation of individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If Obama prevails he will be hailed as another take-off president. If his initiatives are overwhelmed by opposition forces, the effect will restore and strengthen constitutional guarantees that are currently under attack.
The thesis of this paper is that as Islam was freed from Ottoman control after World War I, as Mu... more The thesis of this paper is that as Islam was freed from Ottoman control after World War I, as Muslim states achieved their independence after World War II, and as massive Muslim migration to the West occurred, long-wave crises replaced colonial expansion as the trigger for jihad. The surges of new jihadist organizations emerged in two clusters, the first in the crisis years during and after the 1980-1981 long-wave peak and the second during the 2007-2011 long-wave trough. Such long-wave crises now are perceived by jihadists to be the onset of the Tribulation, the period when hardships and disaster afflict the world, signaling the imminent second coming of the Mahdi (Messiah) who will cleanse the world. The surges of jihadism thus now have to be understood to be newlyacquired manifestations of the global long-wave dynamic.
This edited volume has been designed to introduce those with an interest in the policy sciences t... more This edited volume has been designed to introduce those with an interest in the policy sciences to the field of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and their application to a wide range of policy-related issues. It is intended to inform both those who are looking for an introduction to the rapidly growing research in nonlinear dynamics and complexity, as well as those with extensive backgrounds in this area.
This article investigates whether businesses in concentrated or regulated industries are more lik... more This article investigates whether businesses in concentrated or regulated industries are more likely to exert influence in the area of tax policy. Simultaneous equation models are developed that describe the behavior of firms in their eflort to achieve policy outcomes beneficial to their common interests. These models are estimated using pooled time series cross-sectional &a. The results show thatfirms in concentrated industries are likely to seek polirical influence ifthey are aflected by direct or exclusive government regulation. The stu& also reveals that industrial concentration leads to greater corporate income, Examination of the political partisanship thesis provides support for the view that firms' tax rates vary depending upon the partisan coloration of state government.
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