Austerity is not the Answer; Employment is the Answer
In Greece the unemployment rate is 20%. In Spain it's 23%. In Portugal and Ireland the unemployment rate is 15%. Things in Europe are starting to look as bad as...
Taxation
Why Have Levels of Income Inequality Risen So Much?
The recession has been tough on many Americans. But the recession only started in 2008, and the statisticians at the National Bureau of Economic Research figure it ended in 2009. ...
Should We Reduce the Corporate Income Tax?
President Obama has opened an election-year debate on corporate taxation with his proposal to reduce the headline corporate income tax rate from 35% to 28%. His idea is to give...
Federal Workers Should Not Have to Pay for the Social Security Tax Cuts
Congress is set to extend the 2011 Social Security tax reduction to the end of 2012. Three cheers for that. Social Security taxes are some of the most unfair in...
