Archive | Economy
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Column: Higher taxes are not the answer, Mr. President
President Obama unveiled his budget for 2013 on Monday, and his message was clear: higher taxes on the rich – nearly 1.5 trillion dollars higher.
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Irish Prime Minister optimistic about economy
In a display of strong Irish patriotism and optimism, Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny discussed the recovery of Ireland’s economy at a talk at Harvard U. on Thursday.
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Column: Obama’s 2013 sacrificial lamb
In President Obama’s eyes, America will soon be a land flowing with milk and honey: a land where GDP will increase by 4.4 percent and unemployment will steadily drop to 7.5 percent, and where college graduates aren’t sleeping on parents’ sofas.
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Unemployment rate drops nationally
Even though national unemployment rates have dropped once again, college students graduating across the nation may still have a tough time snagging their dream jobs. The unemployment rate nationally is now at 8.
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Orszag discusses political economy
Drawing on experience from both his time in government and his current position in the private sector as vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup, Inc.
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Column: A case for the flat tax
If we acknowledge the way we currently collect federal taxes as both inefficient and unfair, what can we do differently to correct it? The strength of a flat tax is in its simplicity.
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Column: China getting more involved with worldwide economics
China has bought much of the United States' debt to help prevent us from borrowing against the International Monetary Fund or going bankrupt. Now, it seems like another world power is knocking on China's door with their hands out.
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Column: Buffett’s taxes
During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama stated that “Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.” This statement echoed an op-ed that Buffett wrote in The New York Times last August. In this op-ed, Buffett claimed that he only paid 17.
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Column: What is Capitalism?
The current presidential campaign and the Occupy movement have many Americans discussing the character and causes of grossly unequal distributions of income, wealth and political power. But most of the dialogue I hear suffers from a faulty understanding of “capitalism.