Economy
The Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Gap
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 ……Read More
Economy
Economy
The World’s Corporate Cash Hoarders and Labour Savings
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 ……Read More
Economy
More Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda from Ottawa
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 ……Read More
Economy
A Long and Painful History of Sovereign Debt Default
A paper by Michael Tomz of Stanford University and Mark Wright of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago looks at the long history of sovereign ……Read More
Economy
The Tip of Europe’s Sovereign Debt Iceberg
A rather interesting bit of research by Marco Lagi and Yaneer Bar-Yam at the New England Complex Systems Institute examines Europe's debt crisis in some ……Read More
Economy
Selling New One Family Homes in America
While there have been modest improvements in the U.S. housing market, one key metric is still looking pretty sad. Here is a graph from ……Read More