Ab-Norm-al Econ

Friday, November 30, 2012

Americans Pay Less In Taxes As Share Of Income Than They Did In 1980 But They Don't Know It

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The article provides a good lead into the post below which provides a thorough analysis of the data.  Nobody likes to pay taxes, but they ...

How The Tax Burden Has Shifted In US

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This article ought to be required reading for every adult in America.  A large share of our income is taxed away by government, but most Ame...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Why Not Just Let The Bush Tax Cuts Expire?

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Robert Reich asks a sensible question .  The Bush tax cuts went primarily to the wealthy, but they also provided some benefit the middle cla...

The Problem With The Payroll Tax

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A commission was formed in the early 1980's, headed up by Alan Greenspan, to make Social Security stronger so that there would be funds ...
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The View From The Top

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This is an interesting interview about the outcome of the presidential election.  Many of Romney's staff, and most of his big contribu...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

An Interview With An Economist That Sold 50 Million Textbooks

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This interview (via Noah Smith) covers a wide range of topics in economics.  In Part One of the interview (there is a link in the article t...

Tax Avoidance Is A Global Problem

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Many multinational corporations in Britain paid no corporate taxes to Britain last year.  The same thing occurs in the US and other countr...
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