Where have all the taxpayers gone? Long time taxing Where have all the taxpayers gone? Cap gains to show Where have all the taxpayers gone? Gone to Texas&Florida’s sun! When will Dems every learn? When will they EVER learn?
By Richard Brody | Submitted On May 18, 2020 Richard Brody | May 18, 2020 Especially, during apparent, and/ or, actual crises, it is essential, for politicians, to begin, transforming to statesmen, when they are elected, and hold public office! What the world, and the United States, needs, especially now, are SMART leaders, who, instead of,… Read More »
Alexander Tziamalis, & Konstantinos Lagos | May 18, 2020 It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enormous economic progress which characterised the last century is over. That a decline in prosperity is more likely than an improvement in the decade which lies ahead of us. The famous economist John Maynard Keynes… Read More »
By Michel A. Bell | May 20, 2020 Layoffs are not a long-term answer for firms when they face tough times. Nine-eleven and the Great Recession tested firms with no-layoff policies. Southwest Airlines, Marriott, FedEx, Honeywell, Toyota, to name a few, passed the test. I should add that I am talking about permanent employees in… Read More »
Paige Marta Skiba, Dalié Jiménez, Michelle McKinnon Miller. Pamela Foohey, & Sara Sternberg Greene | May 13, 2020 As more Americans lose all or part of their incomes and struggle with mounting debts, another crisis looms: a wave of personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy can discharge or erase many types of debts and stop foreclosures, repossessions and wage garnishments. But… Read More »
By Benjamin A. Priday | May 7, 2020 At least half of American families have been giving money to charity every year – but that fraction had been declining prior to the global pandemic. We’re living in a very different world now. Millions are unemployed, the needs of nonprofits are ballooning and there are constant… Read More »
Deidra Miniard, Joe Kantenbacher, & Shahzeen Attari | May 5, 2020 Political divisions are a growing fixture in the United States today, whether the topic is marriage across party lines, responding to climate change or concern about coronavirus exposure. Especially in a presidential election year, the vast divide between conservatives and liberals often feels nearly impossible to… Read More »
By Steven E. Salterio | April 30, 2020 Predictions about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the world’s economy arrive almost daily. How can we make sense of them in the midst of this economic storm? After all, research shows that economic forecasts made during events such as SARS are often wildly inaccurate. To… Read More »
Julie Appleby & Steven Findlay (Kaiser Health News) | April 28, 2020 As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency procedures on hold, many health insurers foresee strong profits. So why is the industry looking to Congress for help? Insurers say that while that falloff in claims for non-COVID care is offsetting for now… Read More »
By Stephen C Turner | April 14, 2020 I love baseball. It has been a big part of my life for nearly six decades. Growing up in St. Louis you learn the words to Take Me Out To The Ballgame at an early age. You grow up with your own family, and, at the same time,… Read More »