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The Past and Future of Taxing the 1% Reuters

The Past and Future of Taxing the 1%

Taxing a country is like robbing a bank, in at least one respect. You have to go where the money is. In the U.S., it's at the top.

Obama's Budget Would Lead to the Highest Federal Tax Rate in 4 Decades Reuters
What Netflix's Epic Quarter Means for the Future of TV

What Netflix's Epic Quarter Means for the Future of TV

The television business isn't endangered. It's growing. And the result is great news for anybody who loves TV.

Entrepreneurship Is Falling—and That's Great News Reuters

Entrepreneurship Is Falling—and That's Great News

Too much of a good thing is a bad sign for the economy

Are Student Loans Destroying the Economy?

Are Student Loans Destroying the Economy?

No. But by trading cars for college (and homes for homework), some young people are investing in themselves rather than in the economy's biggest-ticket items

This Is the Reality of Austerity: Greek Children Are Starving Reuters

This Is the Reality of Austerity: Greek Children Are Starving

Force-feeding Greece with budget cuts and tax increases gets a predictable, and tragic, result

Everybody, Get Ready for the Smallest U.S. Investment Budget in Recorded History Reuters

Everybody, Get Ready for the Smallest U.S. Investment Budget in Recorded History

Both the White House and GOP budgets cut domestic spending on infrastructure, education, research and other investments to historic lows as a share of GDP

How We Pay Taxes, in 14 Charts

Where do our tax dollars come from? Where do they go? Who pays how much? How has it changed over time?

How Teenagers Spend Money Flickr/Meral Crifasi

How Teenagers Spend Money

Ah, life without a mortgage, insurance, or savings.

Reality Check: Obama Cuts Social Security and Medicare by Much More Than the GOP Reuters

Reality Check: Obama Cuts Social Security and Medicare by Much More Than the GOP

Obama plans to cut between $200 billion and $380 billion more from Social Security and Medicare than Republicans in the next ten years

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