The Problem Isn’t Growth; the Problem Is Inequality
On February 12, 2013 US President Barack Obama will give his fifth state of the union address to Congress. Early reports are that he will focus on economic growth. The...
Taxation
The Tax Legacy of George W. Bush: It Lives!
The Bush years gave America's rich new and unprecedented preferential treatment at tax time. The fiscal cliff deal enacted in the early moments of 2013 leaves that preferential treatment in...
Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
Who won in the fiscal cliff deal? The lawyers won. Well, not just the lawyers. The lawyers, the doctors, the dentists, the middle managers, the advertising executives, the whole MBA...
On Corporate Taxes, Britain Follows U.S. Lead
American companies have no monopoly on avoiding taxes. British companies are also paying less in tax while reporting record profits. And American firms operating in Britain happen to be some...