Economy and Business
The Gay Tax
As the Supreme Court considers two cases that could lead to unprecedented rulings on the right to marriage equality, I've been paying close attention. For me, the national conversation about this civil right hits especially close to home because I'm the daughter of...
New Health Care Taxes: A Poor Prescription
An aging population and the Medicare safety net make health care costs the single biggest threat to America's fiscal future. The Obama administration is leaning on the rich to help foot the bill with two new Medicare taxes, both targeting the well-off. They take...
A Wall Street Powerhouse Attorney Talks Sense
With April 15 fast approaching, Americans are naturally thinking about taxes. But most of us won't be thinking about them the same way our forebears once did. Over the past half-century, our nation has witnessed a profound transformation in attitudes toward income...
Under-Taxing the Rich Is Uncivilized
Please don't fret about paying taxes. They're your most productive investment. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. noted more than a century ago, "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." Tax cuts may bring some temporary relief for the yachting...
Taxing Economics
Don’t Cheat Your Grandma
Despite the fact that Social Security isn't contributing a penny to the federal budget deficit, fiscal hawks have convinced President Barack Obama that we must slash its benefits to save the country. He's joined the sky-is-falling crew in a crazed search for targeted...
When Workers Foot the Bill for Bailouts
Peter Drucker, the analyst who founded modern management science, died in 2005 at age 95. When he died, business leaders worldwide hailed this Austrian-born American for his enormous contribution to enterprise efficiency and effectiveness. But Peter Drucker also cared...
Invisible Hand University
This Week in OtherWords: March 20, 2013
This week in OtherWords, John Cavanagh highlights Maryland's new approach to measuring well-being and Jim Hightower explains what's wrong with Paul Ryan's latest budget proposal. Here's a clickable summary of our latest commentaries and a link to our new cartoon. If...
Inequality Is Hurting Us All
Inequality hurts us all. Imagine if you could go back 45 years to 1968. That year, after three decades of creative policy from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal through President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, the United States was one of the world's most...
