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Budget Your Goals, Not Your Silver explores the nature of the economy from a structural point of view. Because each individual has an economic structure, and is part of larger and larger economic structures, the author begins with an understanding of the nature of the individual economic structure and shows how our economy fits together overall. Each individual must have the ability to survive if the overall economy is to survive. Each individual then is a part of the overall economy and relates to that economy. In the process of this, many economic concepts need redefinition. Money must be recognized as a reference point of value before it can be used as a medium of exchange. Monopoly is inevitable and a useful means of organization, but must be controlled if the economy is to maintain a structural integrity. Wealth is a comparison, rather than an accumulation. This different point of view suggests some specific actions that are needed to strengthen the economy. ... Read more

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Bernard V Bothmer was a leading Egyptologist and art historian of the mid-twentieth century. Born in Berlin, he emigrated to America in 1941, and soon become an assistant curator of Ancient Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1950 Bothmer received a small grant to go to Egypt, to familiarize himself with the Cairo Museum and the archaeological sites, and to visit and study the places where the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition had done its fieldwork before the War. It was his first visit to Egypt. In this book, his diary of the trip, Bothmer details all the places he visited, from Aswan in the south to Saqqara in the north, and the people he met along the way. He describes the events and experiences of everyday life, from trains and donkeys to the Hotel Luxor, and alludes to the political and social circumstances surrounding the practice of archaeology in Egypt in the middle of the 20th century ... Read more

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Winner of the first ever Institute of Management Accountants Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education, this modular series has generated interest from faculty in undergraduate and graduate accounting programs. This is an entirely modular based product offering short, individual chapters on traditional and innovative topics for managerial and cost accounting.These modules are complete with end of chapter material.Each module remains consistent according to a dual triangle strategic framework which is presented in the first module, Strategy and Management Accounting. ... Read more

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The federal budget is the primary policy statement of the President's fiscal priorities and proposals for allocating expenditures and taxes.The budget also functions as a framework and reference point for congressional actions.Because of the budget's economic, social, and political importance and its role in providing the information needed to assess program efficiency and effectiveness, an understanding of budget concepts is important to anyone interested in how the United States Government works or does not work.Budgetary terms and definitions must also be understood in order to consider and implement changes in the budgetary or financial management process and to grasp what the government is doing at any given point in time. This book is a basic reference document for the Congress, federal agencies, and others interested in the federal budget-making process.It emphasizes budget terms, but relevant economic and accounting terms are also defined to help the user appreciate the dynamics of the budget process.It distinguishes between any differences in budgetary and non-budgetary meanings of terms. ... Read more

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Without clearly outlined budgets, corporations are unable to predict profits or losses or create plans for the future. This handbook shows controllers and budget directors how to create any style of budget, from the traditional approach to the cutting-edge, activity-based approach. No other management tool provides the operational direction that a well-planned budget does, and no other book provides such a complete guide topreparation, presentation, analysis, and effective use.

This book is supplemented annually. ... Read more