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New data suggest 10 years of consecutive poverty is a greater risk factor for death than dementia, obesity and stroke among Americans.

Ukraine’s tax system functions primarily on the basis of unofficial rules of tax collection. This divergence between law and practice predates Russia’s 2022 invasion. This column argues that Ukraine needs a new tax system that provides incentives to come out of the shadow economy. The main goal is for businesses to pay predictable and uniform taxes as prescribed in the law. In times of tremendous crisis the state has to react forcefully to protect its citizens. The Ukrainian government has d...

While it is clear that federal workers’ wages and benefits are above market levels, it is less clear whether state and local employees are similarly overpaid. In the past year, several organizations have published studies arguing that state and local workers are underpaid. But these studies undercount or omit important benefits that public workers enjoy, leading to a substantial understatement of state and local compensation. Using the example of California, this paper provides a full accounti...

A Better Connecticut Institute, a progressive policy group, released an analysis showing tax policy has little impact on household migration.

There are 10 million minority-owned small businesses in America, generating $2 trillion of annual wealth.

Small business has much to gain and very little to lose if Congressestablishes Social Security personal retirement accounts. Theseaccounts, which would allow taxpayers to invest a portion of theirSocial Security retirement taxes, would make capital more availableto small businesses without adding any appreciable administrativeburden.

The idea of a male “breadwinner” in married heterosexual couples might seem old fashioned. But as a social construct, the view that a husband’s primary role is to earn money has proved to be exceptionally durable.

The labor market's perceived weakness has led to calls for anotherextension of temporary unemployment insurance benefits, but thiswould increase spending by roughly $1 billion per month and isunnecessary given the demonstrated strengthening of the labormarket. Any extension of jobless claims generates exactly the wrongincentives and increases the average duration of unemployment forthose who qualify.

Many Americans believe some myths about generosity that are getting in the way of not just our own personal growth and development as generous people, but also are widely blocking money to a lot of causes that could really use some.

A few have so much yet many have so little, say experts on the nations income gap. That nudged a senator to help fill Thanksgiving food baskets.