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Economic Profile Of The Indian Claims Region, Maine State Planning Office

Maine Collection

Economic Profile of the Indian Claims Region

Prepared by: John Joseph, James Lindvall, Remi Jurenas & Beverly Gilcreast

Division of Economic Planning and Analysis and the Division of Comprehensive Planning, Maine State Planning Office, December 3, 1976.

Contents: I. Demographics of the Claims Region / II. Economics of the Claims Region / III. Housing Needs in the Claims Region / IV. Local Fiscal Considerations / V. Capital Markets

Additional Tables and Charts.

Government As Promoter And Subsidizer Of Advertising, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The author points out that government subsidies in advertising can also mean more government control on those organizations that accept the subsidies.

Constitutional Issues In The Environmental Regulation Of Real Property, Fred P. Bosselman

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A New Approach To Business-Government Planning, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This piece advocates the government using sensible ways of regulating business.

The Potential For Reducing Inflationary Pressures By Reforming Government Regulation, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This paper suggests that if government offers proper incentives instead of increasing regulation, business and individuals would be more liable to alter their economic behavior in a way that is more beneficial to society as a whole.

Concentration In The Petroleum Industry, Billy J. Leach

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Saving, Investment And Capital Shortages, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The importance of saving and investment to the American economy are discussed.

The Contrast Between Government Planning And Business Planning: Market Orientation Versus Centralized Control, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Government planning is a centralized process in which economic decisions are made in the form of governmental edicts; business planning is a decentralized process where the individual consumer makes choices. The author states that adopting a form of centralized planning could result in society moving away from market freedoms and toward greater governmental controls over individual behavior.

Recommendations Of Alternative System Plans And Transmission Corridors For The Dickey/Lincoln School Hydroelectric Project, Vtn Environmental Sciences (Firm), Interior

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The regional scope of this study (a three state area of approximately 33,000 square miles) necessitated an initial investigation to determine what data was available. Known and potential sources of data were identified through the use of the Environmental Data Reconnaissance Report* prepared by Comitta Frederick Associates for the United States Depart-ment of the Interior in March 1976. The collected data was then analyzed for its accuracy, reliability, mappability and compatibility with the scope of this study.

Relative Deprivation And Ghetto Riots, Joseph Daniel Sekul

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Social Policies And Social Development - A Humanistic-Egalitarian Perspective, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This essay explores the relationship of social policies and of policy-relevant societal values to social development. Its thesis is that the scope, direction, and quality of the social development process are largely shaped by the social policies and the dominant value positions of societies.

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1976, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.

The Care Of The Poor In Albemarle Parish, Surry And Sussex Counties, Virginia, 1742-1787, Amanda Jane Townes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

From Benevolent Individual To Professional Agency: Personal Service To The Poor, 1880-1910, David Harry Robinson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Mental Patient's Right To Vote: An Analysis Of The Wild Case, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article is an analysis of the Wild case that was heard on 15 June 1976 by Judge Lloyd Jones of the County Court, Warrington.

In order to vote, the person's name must appear on the register of electors as a resident of a particular locality. Any place where the elector legitimately resides (even a hostel, a general hospital or a university) may be used as an address which qualifies a person for entry onto the register. The one exception is found in section 4(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1949, as amended by the Mental Health Act, …