Richard Joseph

THE INNER WORKINGS by Richard Joseph The poems contained in this anthology carry an honesty and sincerity as told through the author's point of view. Follow the journey of the author through boyhood, developing relationships, introduction to religion and inevitably coping with loss. See the authors' growth through the words of each poem. Extract from poem, 'A Flower From Heaven' I glance through the frosty window, Searching for you.Late December and the snow are drifting to the floorBeing shredded by the thorny roses that lay in wait.Noise from children playing outside.Thunders through the house, The hands on the clock pass by slowly.

Krak w is Poland's most historic tourist city and is located in the south of the country on the banks of the Wisla (Vistula) river. Close to the Carpathian Mountains, Krak w has a population of over 1.5 million. Krak w's historic Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the city's most popular destination. Warsaw is referred to as the 'Phoenix City' and Poland's capital city was rebuilt after the Second World War when 85% of the city's buildings were destroyed. Today Warsaw has much to offer the tourist and boasts many historic sights. The city's Old Town with its colourful market squares and rows of tall townhouses, features on the UNESCO World Heritage site list.

Abuse & Betrayal is author Richard Joseph's deeply personal autobiographical account of his experiences with marriage, divorce, and the effects of his ex-wife's behavior. Sure to strike a chord with anyone who has ever been in a dysfunctional relationship or divorce situation, it follows the couple from happy beginnings to their tumultuous divorce, and describes the abuse and alienation Richard faced during and after the marriage.Richard's narration touches upon sensitive topics such as the emergence of his ex-wife's narcissistic personality, her obsession with status, and the inappropriate behavior she exhibited. But the most raw and exposed of his passages are those dedicated to describing his ex-wife's attempts at alienating him from his daughters, which makes Abuse & Betrayal a story not just about Richard's divorce, but also about his feelings and efforts toward parenting and fatherhood.Filling a void in the media market, Abuse & Betrayal delivers a story uniquely told from the male perspective and draws attention to important issues that too often get swept under the rug. Through Richard's encounters with lawyers, the courts, and prison, it raises questions about the fairness of the divorce process in our country and speaks to the biases in the legal and judicial systems.

Why do critics want to ""pull up the income tax by its roots""? Why do we have an income tax altogether - especially if its principles are no longer workable and the tax no longer serves its intended purpose? Or are the roots, in fact, still viable? This compelling book seeks answers to those questions in long-forgotten archives of tax history. Drawing on rare records from Congress, Richard J. Joseph demonstrates how the idea of relating taxes to individuals and businesses evolved during 1893-1895, leading in 1894 to the first American income tax legislation. That initial law, he notes, was intended to create a permanent and a fair ""ability-to-pay"" system. With an eye for detail Joseph explores ways in which it would serve as a model for future revenue. He explains how global and domestic changes have rendered it passe. And he shows how much of that early law informs our current federal taxation system. A lively written text makes this volume accessible to both lay person and tax scholar. Its stories of corporate taxation, rarely if ever divulged before, are highly relevant today.

Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies highlights specific social and cultural conditions that can enhance the communication, use and creation of knowledge in a society. The purpose of this book is to illustrate how these social and cultural conditions are identified and analysed through new conceptual frameworks. Such frameworks are necessary to penetrate the surface features of knowledge-based economies - science and technology - and disclose what drives such economies. The authors employ a trans-disciplinary approach to explore the nature of knowledge systems or environments and examine questions regarding the measurement of knowledge. Lessons are drawn from a variety of perspectives, including the history of information policy, philosophy, economic history, sociology, psychology, information economics, complex systems theory, organisational knowledge theory and political science.This book will provide policymakers, analysts and academics with the fundamental tools needed for the development of policy in this little understood and emerging area.