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Trump, Trade and Tariffs
Understand the implications of Trump’s trade tariffs. Learn about the potential consequences for countries and industries worldwide.
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Understand the implications of Trump’s trade tariffs. Learn about the potential consequences for countries and industries worldwide.
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Learn more about proposed tariffs and how it can impact shopping sites like Temu.
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Uncover the stock market projections for 2025. Explore the forecast for the S&P 500. Do the numbers add up?
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From Trump’s corporate tax cuts to Biden’s efforts to reverse them, explore the evolving landscape of corporate taxes and their impact on the economy.
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Learn about the strange tariffs threat made by Donald Trump on Truth Social and its potential impact on international trade.
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Understanding the potential impact of ending federal taxes on tips. Learn why this policy may not benefit workers struggling to make ends meet.
A tax system that discourages itemization is a simpler and more just tax system.
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Just two months into 2024, millionaires are about to stop contributing to Social Security for the rest of the year.
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With Tax Day just around the corner, it is a good time to put post-WWII top marginal tax rate into context. Many find it hard to believe that the top rate was 91% during the Eisenhower years. No, that didn’t mean that high earners paid a 91% tax on all of
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If our politicians actually had any interest in economic efficiency, they would be engaged in an all out push to downsize the financial industry and free up hundreds of billions of dollars for productive uses.