Will paywalls save the newspaper business
Category: Economy Written by Stephen Pate
Faced with sharply declining advertising revenue for both print and online newspapers, papers are trying to entice free readers to pay up for the news. It works partially: old people will pay anything to keep their news habit but young readers are already left the barn.
Last Updated on Monday, 29 April 2013 08:45
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The Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Woes
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 April 2013 07:52
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Which Nations have the Highest Top Marginal Tax Rate?
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
A brief by the Tax Policy Center looks at the top individual marginal tax rates for a selection of developed economies (i.e the OECD nations), putting the current top rates in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom into perspective when compared to their peers. While most people
Last Updated on Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:42
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Foreclosures in the United States A Tale of Two Markets
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
RealtyTrac's first quarter 2013 foreclosure report shows that, not surprisingly, the real estate market in the United States is still struggling, particularly in some markets. With one in every 296 housing units in foreclosure, we can see that the problems in the American real estate
Last Updated on Monday, 15 April 2013 07:48
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The Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Gap
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
As we are all well aware, Washington certainly seems to have problems with money. Achieving any sense of fiscal balance is elusive and, while tax revenues are up on a year-over-year basis as shown here...Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 07:35
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The World's Corporate Cash Hoarders and Labour Savings
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
In the aftermath of the most recent recession, job creation seems to be one of the key factors that has not recovered as it normally would, showing stubborn resistant to improvement and, in many nations, record levels of joblessness are being experienced. In this posting, I am going to look
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:11
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More Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda from Ottawa
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
Depending on where you live in Canada and your political leanings, the Harper government's proposed changes to the Employment Insurance system have either received positive or negative reviews, particularly after it was revealed that some recipients could expect the dreaded "random knock
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 09:45
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