Tax subsidies and incentives to work
From the NYT “Economix” Blog” by Uwe Reinhardt: Last week a brouhaha erupted over a passage in Appendix C of a Congressional Budget Office report, Budget and Economic Outlook 2014-24.…
From the NYT “Economix” Blog” by Uwe Reinhardt: Last week a brouhaha erupted over a passage in Appendix C of a Congressional Budget Office report, Budget and Economic Outlook 2014-24.…
President Obama’s State of the Union Address last week highlighted a number of themes that focused on creating more opportunities for working Americans by streamlining the tax code, providing financial…
From the New York Times blog, “You’re the Boss” by Jay Goltz: A couple of weeks ago, my production manager asked me a question that I have not looked forward…
From the “Economix” Blog of the New York Times by Simon Johnson: There is a tendency in recent American political discourse to use the term “populism” as a form of…
From the New York Times by Tara Siegel Bernard: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has already overcome considerable political resistance, has managed to pack some punches in the last…
From the January 10, 2014 New York Times Editorial: A similar dynamic is developing around the drive for a higher minimum wage. In the December jobs report, the average hourly…
From today’s New York Times Editorial Observer by Teresa Tritch: In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that no prominent banker would be prosecuted for fraud in the run-up…
From the New York Times “Room for Debate”: For the past year, fast-food and retail workers have made it clear that lousy pay should not be the cost for cheap…
This last year was a record one for fines and financial settlements levied against corporations for breaking laws and wreaking havoc on the economy, especially banks and other financial institutions…
From the LA Times: Guess how many Americans correctly answered this basic financial question: Is the stock of a single company usually safer than a mutual fund? A) 100% B)…