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Give Up On The Estate Tax, Ray Madoff
Immortality For Foundations Can Pose Big Challenges In Shifting Times, Ray Madoff
Immortality For Foundations Can Pose Big Challenges In Shifting Times, Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff
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America Builds An Aristocracy, Ray Madoff
Inherited Wealth Shouldn't Get A Free Pass On Taxes, Ray Madoff
Inherited Wealth Shouldn't Get A Free Pass On Taxes, Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff
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Legally Dead, Ray Madoff
Legally Dead, Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff
You may not be able to take the things you owned in life with you when you die, but in United States the dead can still exert control over their property. And, the legal rights of the dead are growing!
In Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead, law professor Ray D. Madoff looks at how the deceased in America can exert control over their wealth through things like “dynasty trusts,” perpetual private charitable foundations, and how they control their creative works and identities well into the unforeseen future.
Changes To U.S. Taxing After Death, Ray Madoff
Changes To U.S. Taxing After Death, Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff
Boston College Professor Ray Madoff talks with Kai Ryssdal about her new book "Immortality and Law," and why dead doesn't really mean dead anymore -- financially speaking -- because states have started extending to some of the dead permanent control over their trusts and estates.
The Rising Power Of The American Dead, Ray Madoff
Immortality And The Law: The Rising Power Of The American Dead, Ray Madoff
Immortality And The Law: The Rising Power Of The American Dead, Ray Madoff
Ray D. Madoff
This book takes a riveting look at how the law responds to that distinctly American dream of immortality. While American law provides virtually no protections for the interests we hold most dear—our bodies and our reputations—when it comes to property interests, the American dead have greater control than anywhere else in the world. Moreover, these rights are growing daily. From grave robbery to Elvis impersonators, Madoff shows how the law of the dead has a direct impact on how we live. Madoff examines how the rising power of the American dead enables the deceased to exert control over their wealth …