The Biggest Tax Cut of All
Between the 1950s and the 2000s marginal taxes on the wealthiest Americans have fallen from 90% to 35%. As late as 1982 the top marginal tax rate was still 50%,...
Salvatore Babones
Job Churning, Job Creation, and the Reregulation of America’s Realonomy
Where do jobs come from? Pro-business groups regularly repeat the mantra that jobs are created by entrepreneurs, strong-charging world-changers who fight endless government interference to build businesses from scratch. But...
The Realonomy versus the Wealthy 1%
According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, the economy is growing again. In fact, it's been growing since July 2009. The economy grew in the second half of 2009,...
Employment in Today’s Realonomy
The past few months have brought us headlines like "Sharp Drop in Unemployment Rates" and "New Unemployment Claims at 9-Month Low." It sounds like employment trends today are finally looking up. ...