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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 done so on the military front, it has to do so on the tax front too.

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 accounting of state and local compensation, correcting the omissions of past studies. The conclusion is that...

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.