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Taxation Trends In The European Union
Eurostat has published a massive overview of taxation trends in the European Union. Most of what you could ever think to ask about European tax rates is included here, with breakdowns of each nation....
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Greece Cracking Down On Tax Evaders, Will Begin Seizing Their Deposits
The Greek Parliament passed legislation Sunday that will allow businesses and individuals who owe tax or social security contributions to have their deposits seized. This is a big change for a...
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Crime In The U.K. Is Trending Down, But Drug Crimes Remain High
The Institute for Economics and Peace has released it’s U.K. Peace Index for 2013. There are lots of great data sets in this report, but I’ll highlight a couple charts....
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Profits From Poverty: How Food Stamps Benefit Corporations
The U.S. Government Accountability Institute released a fascinating report in September highlighting the evolution of food stamps in America and how their use has become problematic. One key sentence: Changing...
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The Difference Between Creating Jobs And Creating Wealth
Steve Horwitz, economics department chair at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, explains the difference between creating jobs and creating wealth.
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Feeding Leviathan: A History Of Taxes In America
The Awl provides a brief history of income taxes in the U.S., and where we are now.
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Who Pays More Taxes And Who Is Happy About It
The New York Times created this interesting quadrant chart of what the effective tax rate is in 54 nations and the happiness level of that nation’s citizens. The chart tells...
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The Unintended Consequences Of Limiting Sugary Drink Sizes
A recent study by Brent M. Wilson, Stephanie Stolarz-Fantino, and Edmund Fantino titled “Regulating the Way to Obesity: Unintended Consequences of Limiting Sugary Drink Sizes” considers what sort of impact would be produced...
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The U.S. Health Disadvantage
This is a subject that comes up often, but still not nearly enough: The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other nation, in both total health expenditures per capita...
