Talkin’ Taxes with Bill Sweet
Click for audio From All About Your Benjamins: Unless you’re a CPA, you probably don’t like to think about taxes, but after...
Get Ready for Tariff-Based Inflation
Inflation Is Coming Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs Levies on steel and aluminum have yet to filter through to prices. But they will....
The Impact of Steel & Aluminum Tariffs on Inflation
Steel prices are up 40% this year since tariffs were introduced: Source: Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank Securities More on...
Trillion Dollar Inheritances
Bloomberg recently updated (no paywall) this giant set of infographics looking at the 25 biggest family fortunes. Whenever you see a...
Stop Padding Billionaires’ Profits by Paying for Sports Stadiums
Four Reasons Taxpayers Should Never Subsidize Stadiums Elected officials have been played by team owners and sports leagues. Bloomberg,...
Five Stadiums, Six Arenas, 335,271 Seats
Source: New York Times Via the NYT, this is a simply mind-blowing stat: “New York area is one of the most crowded regions in...
Fiscal Policy in Good Times and Bad
Fiscal Policy in Good Times and Bad Tim Mahedy and Daniel J. Wilson FRBSF Economic Letter, July 9, 2018 Thanks in large...
Government revenue since the recent tax reform
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 applies to taxes starting in 2018, and the first quarterly data on tax revenue are in. This graph...
Why Teachers Are in Revolt
Source: The Upshot From Upshot: the underlying conflict between public school employees and policymakers has roots in decisions...