Some variation of the phrase “the wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes” is frequently echoed by activists, pundits, politicians, and even some millionaires and billionaires (known as the…
Economy
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Every year, Oxfam publishes its report on world inequality. The statistic is always the same: a very small number of insanely wealthy individuals own most of the world’s wealth. The…
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The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range for its policy rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent at its May 7 meeting, maintaining the level set in…
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada harkens back to a not-so-distant past when Congress took its constitutional role “to regulate Commerce with…
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada harkens back to a not-so-distant past when Congress took its constitutional role “to regulate Commerce with…
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The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range for its policy rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent at its May 7 meeting, maintaining the level set in…
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Every year, Oxfam publishes its report on world inequality. The statistic is always the same: a very small number of insanely wealthy individuals own most of the world’s wealth. The…
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My son says “College is bullshit” — and he’s only 10 years old — my physician told me. The boy had already decided he would not go, and his father,…
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Supporters of tariffs claim that mainstream economists don’t understand the game. This “game” has been described by Peter Navarro as three-dimensional chess. I want to take that claim at face…
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Supporters of tariffs claim that mainstream economists don’t understand the game. This “game” has been described by Peter Navarro as three-dimensional chess. I want to take that claim at face…