Microeconomics or Inheritors Handbook

Microeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction (with Infotrac(r))

Author: William A McEachern

This very successful textbook is distinguished by a superior writing style that draws upon common student experiences to introduce economic concepts, making economic theory more accessible and interesting. "Case Studies" and numerous examples take advantage of students' intuitive knowledge of economics, building upon real-life situations. A streamlined design places pedagogy and illustrations directly within the flow of the text, making them less distracting and more useful for students. A fully integrated program of technology enhancements sets this text apart by pairing the book with numerous online multimedia learning tools that have been developed to help the text better serve a wide range of learning styles. The text uniquely integrates classroom use of The Wall Street Journal by including a complimentary student subscription offer, as well as in-text pedagogy to help students learn to analyze the latest economic events as reported in the Journal.

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Inheritor's Handbook: A Definitive Guide for Beneficiaries

Author: Dan Rottenberg

The Inheritor's Handbook is remarkable for its jargon-free solutions to sophisticated family-wealth issues and its relentless focus on the beneficiary's point of view, a view absent from most books on estate planning. This book delivers proven advice from experts and heirs, with real-life examples that dramatize dozens of problems.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
	How to use this book	7
Part 1	Preparing to Inherit	12
	Your Relationship with Your Parents	15
	Estate planning questions: The quick list	16
	Opening the Conversation	18
	Before You Talk to Your Parents, First Talk to Yourself	18
	Sidebar: A checklist of emotional inheritance issues	19
	Parents' primary concerns	20
	After Talking to Yourself, Confer with Your Siblings	22
	Before Approaching Your Parents, You May Want to Consult a Professional	23
	Approaching Your Parents	23
	Assembling Your Parents' Vital Documents	31
	Estate Planning Issues	33
	Managing Your Parents' Affairs before They Die	33
	Minimizing Estate Taxes	33
	Sidebar: Estate, inheritance, and gift taxes	40
	Protecting against Incompetence or Disability	39
	Durable general power of attorney	39
	A living (or "revocable") trust	42
	Preparing for Death	43
	Have your parents written their wills?	43
	Plan the funeral	46
	Get to know your parents' advisers	47
	What if your parent has remarried?	47
	Understanding Irrevocable Trusts	50
	Is a Trust Necessary?	50
	Using Trusts to Reduce Taxes	59
	Sidebar: How long can a trust last?	64
	The Alternative to a Trust	64
	If a Trust Is Necessary	65
	How many trusts?	65
	Choosing an estate attorney	66
	Locating a trust's "home base"	69
	Choosing a Trustee	69
	Anticipating Disputes and Attaching Strings	74
	What Does a Trust Cost?	82
	Once the Trust Document Is Written, Then What?	82
Part 2	When Wealth Changes Hands	84
	Steps to Take When Your Parent or Spouse Dies	87
	At the Time of Death	87
	After the Funeral	88
	In the Months after Death	91
	Sidebar: The estate of Donald B.: A sample timetable	92
	The Executor	93
	Duties of Executors	93
	If You Are the Executor	94
	Local Estate and Inheritance Taxes	94
	Your Inheritance	94
	If There Is No Will	94
	If There Is a Will	95
	What to expect	95
	Your right to access the will	95
	Contesting a will	95
	After the Will Is Settled	96
	Can money change you?	97
	Dealing with grief issues	98
	Quick Tips	100
	Choosing Professional Advisers	102
	Family advisers, or choose your own?	105
	A Quick Guide to Professional Advisers	107
	Lawyers	107
	Accountants	108
	Investment advisers	109
	Stockbrokers	110
	Financial planners	111
	Insurance agents	112
	Therapists	112
	To Commingle Assets or Not?	114
	Rewriting Your Own Will	118
Part 3	Handling New Wealth	120
	Managing Your Direct Inheritance	125
	Utilizing Your Professional Advisers	125
	Investing	127
	If You're a Surviving Spouse	129
	Planning Your Own Estate	131
	Living with an Irrevocable Trust	131
	Your Goals as a Trust Beneficiary	131
	Your Rights to Information about the Management of Your Trust	132
	Dealing with Trustees	132
	Improving your trustee's performance	139
	Checking investment performance	144
	Challenging management fees	146
	Is your trustee ripping you off?	147
	Settling Disputes: Confrontational Tactics	147
	Going semi-public	147
	Going public	148
	Going to the government	149
	Suing a trustee	150
	Removing your trustee	151
	Choosing a Successor Trustee	154
	Dealing with Your Fellow Beneficiaries	155
	Inheritors' Lifestyle Issues	157
	The Importance of Work	157
	The Rewards of Philanthropy	160
	A Closing Thought	168
	Resources	171
	Support Groups	172
	Inheritors' Support Groups	172
	Related Support Groups	173
	Inheritance and Wealth Advisers	174
	Personal and Technical Money Issues	174
	Family Business Consultants	176
	Philanthropic Consultants	176
	Psychological Issues	177
	Organizations	178
	Family Therapy	179
	Publications	180
	Books	181
	General Resource Guides	181
	Trusts and Estates	181
	Psychology of Inheritance	183
	Money Management and Personal Finance	184
	Meaningful Work	185
	Contributing Your Time	185
	Socially Responsible Investing	186
	Philanthropy	187
	Selected Articles	188
	Magazines	188
	Papers	189
	Newspapers	189
	Government Agencies	190
	Glossary	193
	Index	202