Archive | Economy
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Column: In need of a few ground rules
It is no secret that, three years since the official end of the recession, many of the world’s economies are still in terrible shape. Here in the United States, unemployment has been above 8 percent for three years.
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Column: Death, taxes and the math behind class warfare
Mitt Romney pays a much lower tax rate than people who earn about as much as he does in one hour, without even having a job.
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Krugman discusses global financial crisis, Europe
In a rare public appearance, professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman explored the similarities between the current European financial crisis and the Great Depression of the 1930s in a filled-to-capacity lecture at Princeton U. Thursday.
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Column: Digging the debt hole
A few weeks ago, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made a statement during a congressional hearing that ought to have made us all a little apprehensive.
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Column: The discretionary illusion
Many people seem to assume that placing intelligent people in positions of power and then granting these individuals broad discretionary powers to do as they see fit is the best way to go about solving the world’s many problems. However, this idea is often an illusion.
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Study: Hiring may increase in 2012
The economy is looking up as more U.S. employers expect to grow this year. One in three companies predict renewed growth and increased hiring in 2012, according to a survey done by Right Management. This is a large increase from last year, when only one in five U.S.
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Column: Those crazy Republicans
Over the last three years, many on the left have argued that the Republican Party has gone crazy. At first, I didn’t think much of this argument.
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Column: Why Obama should raise taxes in 2013
President Barack Obama is going to win the election this year, and when he does I want him to raise taxes on wealthy Americans by repealing the Bush Tax Cuts or introducing new tax legislation on the 1 percent as well as capital gains. Proponents of tax cuts often ask, "Why punish success?
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Column: Increases in capital gains tax can decrease income inequality
Newt Gingrich promises to eliminate the capital gains tax so more money can flow into the market. This sounds like a good plan in theory, but after some careful thought it may not really be so great. On a personal level, most people probably hate taxes.