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Average U.S. tax burden at 40-year low

I finished up my tax return this weekend.  I did it myself, using Turbo Tax,  and ran it by our new accountant (because I left BusinessWeek in 2009 and started a new business, the return is more...

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A Bad Decade: 10-Year Private Income Growth Goes Negative

Each month the BEA releases figures for personal income and disposable personal income. These figures are a mix of private sector income and money received by individuals from the government. These...

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Tax Cuts and Growth

Ezra Klein writes: If you’re worried about stimulus, joblessness and the working poor, this is probably a better deal than you thought you were going to get. That’s my feeling too.  My short-term...

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Needed: A ‘Global-Compatible’ Tax System

President Obama is thinking about a broad overhaul of the income tax system, closing loopholes and lowering rates. (“Obama Weighs Tax Overhaul in Bid to Address Debt”). But in today’s global economy,...

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Import Recapture Strategy

From the NYT, on rising Chinese export prices: Markups of 20 to 50 percent on products like leather shoes and polo shirts have sent Western buyers scrambling for alternate suppliers…..Already, the...

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The Gingrich Tax Plan

I have a new essay on the Atlantic.com on Gingrich’s tax plan. Here’s the essay: “It starts very simply: Taxes, lower taxes.” That was the first line of Newt Gingrich’s explanation of how he would...

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1.3 million jobs lost to rising imports since 2007

Here’s a quick question. The U.S. has lost 4 million private nonconstruction jobs between 2007 and 2011. The major causes of this job loss include: A) Weak demand; B) Strong productivity growth; C)...

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