The proposed tax would generate an estimated $1.7 billion per year from hedge funds and private-equity companies.
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Job Growth Rip Roaring
While your flat-screens are filled with Hillary Clinton, James Comey and surreptitious reports about Jared Kushner, the American people are finally experiencing some tangible economic relief.
Madoff’s Fraud Victims Aren’t Getting Paid
In that time since Bernard Madoff was arrested for his multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, victims have yet to receive one red cent from the company the Justice Department hired to take care of the $4 billion recovered from the landmark case.
Japanese SoftBank Investing In American Tech Companies
The future is bright for the tech sector. The engine of economic growth may have found a new fuel source.
Mogul Blasts Millennials For Poor Spending, Gets Attacked
Akin to the Latte Factor of the 1990s, today’s generation of consumers are suffering from the Avocado Effect.
Trump’s Upcoming Economic Failure
For whatever reason, both sides of the aisle believe that government is a wealth generator. Democrats openly promote the idea, while Republicans clandestinely have confidence in the notion.
There’s More To The WaPo Economist Survey Than You Were Told
Breaking news: academic elites are part of an insular clique where any dissent is quickly stamped out of existence by their counterparts in the mainstream media. Oh, is that old news?
How Technology Disrupts Politics Part 2: Cryptography
This article is the second part in a series on how technology disrupts politics. The topic of part two is cryptography.
The Sharing Economy: Under Fire From Republicans
Despite the lightning-fast growth of the sharing economy, the regulators are catching up. Across the US, and frankly the world, the most public-service-oriented and naturally developing sector of modern economic growth in recent history is being demagogued and regulated into oblivion by the most self-serving and least efficient actor in every economy: the government.