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Forbes

Forbes, Steve

Forbes 400 list

Ford, Gerald

Ford Motor Company

Foreign
Affairs

Forelle, Charles

Foster, Richard

Francis of Assisi, St.

franking privilege

Franza, Judge Arthur J.

free lunch, defining

free trade

countries ignoring basic rules of

government rules encouraging

Fremont General

Friedman, Milton

Friedman, Phil

Frist, Dr. William

Gabor, Zsa Zsa

Gale, Bill

gambling

history of hedge funds and

Gander Mountain

gangs and public parks

Gangwal, Rakesh

Ganis, Marc S.

GA Powders

Gates, Preston

GEICO General Insurance Company

General
Electric

General Motors

GI Bill

Gingrich, Newt

Giuliani, Rudy

Glass-Steagall Act, repeal of

Glater, Jonathan

globalization

golden parachutes

Goldman Sachs

Goldschmidt, Neil

golf

Bandon
Dunes

history
of

public golf
courses

Good Jobs First

Gore, Al

government

contract workers

debt

distribution of income and policies of

eminent domain,
see
eminent domain

growth
of

presidential economic policies,
see individual administrations

public assets, treatment of

regulation,
see
regulation (rules)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

government subsidies,
see
subsidies

Grace, William

Graham, Benjamin

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

GrassRoots
Interactive

Great Transformation, The
(Polanyi)

Greece, ancient

Greenberg Traurig
law firm

Greenspan, Alan

Greenwich,
Connecticut

Gregoire, Christine

Griffin,
Taylor

Griffith, Robert

Grinstein,
Gerald

Gumbiner, Dr. Robert

habeas corpus

Habenicht, Peter

Hadaway, James E.

Hain, Mary C.

Hall, James E.

Halliburton

Hamilton, Alexander

Hansen, Paul

Hard Times in Paradise
(Robbins)

Hargis, Lynn

Harpole, Myron

Harvard University

Hastert, Dennis

Hatch, Mike

Haug, Bob

Hayek, F. A.

health care system, U.S.

as a business

comparison to systems of other
countries

fraud
and

health care administration
costs

HMOs,
see
health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

inefficient deployment of human
capital

Nixon's
reforms

as percentage of U.S.
economy

personal bankruptcies
and

rationing of
care

tax breaks for employer-provided
plans

the
uninsured

universal health
care

health insurance

tied to employment

the uninsured

health insurance
companies

claims
process

confidentiality of fees paid for
procedures

“reasonable and
customary charge”

strategies
of

see
also
health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

Health
Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of
1996

health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

conversion to for-profit businesses

executive compensation

as nonprofits or charities

valuation of assets of

see also
health
insurance companies

hedge funds

compensation of managers of

dishonest

fees

inside information and

leveraging of investors' money

pension funds invested in

regulation and

risks for financial markets

secrecy of

tax shelters and

threshold for eligibility to invest in

Hellman & Friedman

Henriques, Diana
B.

Heritage Foundation

Hernandez,
Hector

Heron, Randall

Hilton,
Barron

Hilton, Conrad Nicholson

Hilton,
James

Hilton, Paris

Hilton,
Steve

Hilton Foundation

Hilton
Hotels

Hogi, Ed

Hogi, Joyce

Home Depot

home equity

home mortgage deduction

Honeywell

House of Representatives, U.S.

Ethics Committee

Ways and Means Committee

housing and
mortgage debt

Hubbs, Donald H.

Huizenga,
H. Wayne

Hurley, Charles P.

Hutchinson, Kay
Bailey

Hutchinson, Ray

Hutchinson,
Tim

Hyundai

IAP Worldwide Services

income inequality

analyses of

compared with other nations

in a democratic society, dangers of

executive compensation,
see
executive compensation

hedge-fund managers, earnings of

income taxes,
see
taxes incremental costs

India, U.S. jobs moving to

Indian tribes

Abramoff's dealings with

industrial revolutions

IndustryWeek

infant mortality rates

information age

infrastructure

inspection and repair of

investment in

Inouye, Daniel

inside information, hedge funds
and

Inslee, Jay

insourcing

interest income

Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)

criminal investigation
unit

fixing of
cases

investigations
of

public-private revolving
door

secrecy
at

stock options scandals
and

Interpublic Group

investment tax credits

Iowa, title insurance in

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities

Iraq
war

Isabella, Queen

Jacobs, Joseph M.

Japan, U.S. trade with

Jaquiss, Nigel

Jarvis, Howard

Jefferson, Thomas

Jeremiah

jobs, loss of American

Jobs, Steve

job subsidies

Johns Hopkins University

Johnston, David Cay (author)

Jones,
Reginald

Jones, Tom

Joskow,
Paul

journalists

JPMorgan
Chase

Judicial Watch

Justice,
Glen

Kaiser, Henry J.

Kaiser, Robert G.

Kaiser Permanente

Kay, Ira T.

Keiser, Mike

Kelliher, Joseph T.

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Sam

Kia

King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr.

King &
Spalding

Klein, Capt. Karl M.

Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co.

Kolbe, Peter

Korb,
Donald

Korea, U.S. trade with

Kozlowski,
Dennis

KPMG

Kreidler, Mike

Kucinich, Dennis

labor arbitrage

LandAmerica Financial Group

Lay, Ken

learning algorithms

LeBlanc, Floyd

Lee, Bryan

Lehren, Andrew H.

Lerner, Theodore N.

LeTellier, Gary W.

leverage

Levine, Randy

libraries

Lie, Erik

Light, Paul C.

limited liability partnerships

loan forgiveness (for executive
stock purchases)

lobbyists

earnings of successful

electricity prices and

Medicare Part D and drug lobbyists

number of

revolving door of politicians and

LoBiondo,
Frank

Lockheed

Long-Term Capital
Management

Lord, Albert

Los Angeles,
California

park system
in

police
department

Los Angeles
Times

Lowenstein, Ronnie

Ludwig von Mises Institute

McCullough, Robert

McGovern, George

McGuire, William

McIntyre, Robert S.

McKinsey Global Institute

Macombs Dam
Park

Magnequench

Major League
Baseball

manufacturing jobs, loss of U.S.

Maremont, Mark

market power

Mattera, Phil

Mathes family

Maxicare

Medicaid

Medical Economics

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