By Ingo Geiger | April 19, 2022 EU Commission proposes directive to implement OECD agreement on global tax justice. Multinational corporations such as Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are to pay a minimum tax of 15 % in the future. A tax shifting scheme is also to be adopted, obliging corporations to pay taxes where they generate… Read More »
By Hani Al-Qasem | December 28, 2021 Do you think successful people are just plain lucky? Successful people did not become successful because they were lucky. They did not achieve success by accident. Being at the right place at the right time, meeting relevant people, reading the appropriate book, did not come about accidentally or by luck.… Read More »
By Richard Brody | December 28, 2021 Since, we don’t have a crystal ball, it is impossible to predict, accurately, the future! This is especially true, when, it comes to economic issues, including investment, real estate, interest rates, inflationary pressures, government actions, international factors, etc. What are the ramifications of inflation, recession, interest rates, Federal Reserve Bank decisions,… Read More »
Where have all the taxpayers gone? Long time taxing Where have all the taxpayers gone? Cap gains to show Where have all the taxpayers gone? Gone to Texas&Florida’s sun! When will Dems every learn? When will they EVER learn?
By Richard Brody | Submitted On May 18, 2020 Richard Brody | May 18, 2020 Especially, during apparent, and/ or, actual crises, it is essential, for politicians, to begin, transforming to statesmen, when they are elected, and hold public office! What the world, and the United States, needs, especially now, are SMART leaders, who, instead of,… Read More »
Alexander Tziamalis, & Konstantinos Lagos | May 18, 2020 It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enormous economic progress which characterised the last century is over. That a decline in prosperity is more likely than an improvement in the decade which lies ahead of us. The famous economist John Maynard Keynes… Read More »
By Michel A. Bell | May 20, 2020 Layoffs are not a long-term answer for firms when they face tough times. Nine-eleven and the Great Recession tested firms with no-layoff policies. Southwest Airlines, Marriott, FedEx, Honeywell, Toyota, to name a few, passed the test. I should add that I am talking about permanent employees in… Read More »
Paige Marta Skiba, Dalié Jiménez, Michelle McKinnon Miller. Pamela Foohey, & Sara Sternberg Greene | May 13, 2020 As more Americans lose all or part of their incomes and struggle with mounting debts, another crisis looms: a wave of personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy can discharge or erase many types of debts and stop foreclosures, repossessions and wage garnishments. But… Read More »
By Benjamin A. Priday | May 7, 2020 At least half of American families have been giving money to charity every year – but that fraction had been declining prior to the global pandemic. We’re living in a very different world now. Millions are unemployed, the needs of nonprofits are ballooning and there are constant… Read More »
Deidra Miniard, Joe Kantenbacher, & Shahzeen Attari | May 5, 2020 Political divisions are a growing fixture in the United States today, whether the topic is marriage across party lines, responding to climate change or concern about coronavirus exposure. Especially in a presidential election year, the vast divide between conservatives and liberals often feels nearly impossible to… Read More »