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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

The principal goal of the Bretton Woods System was to create an efficient foreign exchange system in order to promote trade and economic growth while at the same time preventing countries from engaging in competitive currency devaluations. While focusing intently on consumer prices, central banks tend to ignore rising asset prices.

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The Real (and Imagined) Problems with the U.S. Corporate Tax Code

Harvard Business

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. based corporations make up a disproportionately high share of the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s most important corporations (in terms of profits, assets, market capitalization, or sales). And in practice, the foreign income of U.S.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

and status of financial commitments – commitments like sales orders, purchase orders, payroll, inventory, shipping, and taxes. In May 2002, PwC announced PwC Consulting would branch off to be its own independent entity and would have their own CEO to run the global firm. Foundations of Finance, Seventh Edition by Arthur J.