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Legal Mirrors Of Entrepreneurship, Mirit Eyal-Cohen

Mirit Eyal-Cohen

Small businesses are regarded the engine of the economy. But just what is a “small” business? Depending on where one looks in the law, the definitions vary and they differ from one section to another. Unfortunately, what these various size classifications fail to assess, are the policy considerations and the legislative intent for granting regulatory preferences to small concerns to begin with.

In the last century, the U.S. government has been cultivating one such policy of fiscal and economic growth. Consequently, Congress and private institutions have been acting to incentivize, support and reward entrepreneurship through the law in order to …

Slump Sale Transactions - Taxation Issues In India, Mubashshir Sarshar

Mubashshir Sarshar

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Economists Are From Mercury, Policymakers Are From Saturn, Roberta F. Mann

Roberta F Mann

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is a book about communication between different types of people in a relationship. Lawyers and economists are different types of people who come together in the legislative and policymaking realm. Although legislators come from many backgrounds, law has been the most common profession of both House members and Senators since 1945. Sometimes policymakers rely on economic analysis to make decisions. Sometimes policymakers use economic analysis to support decisions already made. In particular, economic analysis has played a large role in the formation of tax and budgetary policy. Not only do economists and …