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New IRS data show that 71% of US taxpayers who make it into the ‘Top 400’ are there for only a single year
The top or bottom 1/5/10% by income, just like the top or bottom income quintiles, are never the same people from year to year, because there is constant, dynamic turnover as we move up and down the income categories.
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An economic analysis of protectionism clearly shows that Trump’s tariffs would make us poorer, not greater
Trump’s base will be hurt the most by his wealth-destroying and punitive trade policy.
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How defending capitalism is like recycling
Recycling is one example of an action that we take in the present to benefit a group in the future.
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One economist’s final words before being devoured by zombies
The final moments of an economist amidst a horde of zombies.
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The Estate Tax is a Fundamentally Flawed Economic Policy
There are two problems with an estate tax: 1. The belief that estates should be taxed at all reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of economics, and 2. The actual taxing of estates has very different effects than those that advocates imagine it will have.
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Child Labor is Terrible, But the Alternative is Worse
Does the “Made in Bangladesh” tag on your shirt—which could just as easily be read as “Made by Child Labor”—make you feel bad? There’s no question it should make us reflect on the incredible standard of living that we enjoy. But as Texas Tech Professor Benjamin Powell explains, we shouldn’t feel bad or unethical for […]
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