A comprehensive examination of welfare state surveillance and regulation of single mothers in Ontario.

The Dispute Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO) include Panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, in disputes concerning the rights and obligations of WTO members under the provisions of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. DSR 2015: Volume 11 reports on: United States - Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products - Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Mexico (WT/DS381), United States - Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU (WT/DS437/16), United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Shrimp from Viet Nam - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU(WT/DS429/12), Peru - Additional Duty on Imports of Certain Agricultural Products - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU (WT/DS457/15) and United States - Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements - Recourse to Article 22.6 of the DSU (WT/DS384, WT/DS386).

Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectancy and sheer number of retirees, however, the current system faces an eventual overload. Alternative proposals have emerged, ranging from reductions in future benefits to a rise in taxrevenue to various forms of investment-based personal retirement accounts. As this volume suggests, the distributional consequences of these proposals are substantially different and may disproportionately affect those groups who depend on social security to avoid poverty in old age. Together, these studies persuasively show that appropriately designed investment-based social security reforms can effectively reduce the long-term burden of an aging society on future taxpayers, increase the expected future income of retirees, and mitigate poverty rates among the elderly.

The book features: a detailed analysis of the regulations on eligibility requirements; a discussion of the passive activity rules; and a valuable chapter on financially distressed S corporations.