Aug 02 Watch Gov. Markell: Hiring More People With Disabilities Is Good for the Bottom Line Gov. Markell: Hiring More People With Disabilities Is Good for the Bottom Line… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch July Report Shows Jobs Added but Economic Recovery May Be Slowing Down July Report Shows Jobs Added but Economic Recovery May Be Slowing Down… Continue watching
Aug 02 State Tax Cuts: Is Arthur Laffer All Wet? By Joel Slemrod The correlation between states having no income tax and their economic growth is not as direct as Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer says it is, argues tax economist Joel Slemrod. Photo courtesy of Jon Boyes/Getty Images. Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Aug 02 State Tax Cuts: Is Arthur Laffer All Wet? By Joel Slemrod By Joel Slemrod The correlation between states having no income tax and their economic growth is not as direct as Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer says it is, argues tax economist Joel Slemrod. Photo courtesy of Jon Boyes/Getty… Continue reading
Aug 02 Is Baby Boomer Retirement Behind July’s Drop in the Unemployment Rate? By Paul Solman The simple story of the July unemployment numbers, released Friday, is that the population grew by about 200,000 people and new jobs absorbed just about all of them. Why did the unemployment rate go down -- from 7.6 percent… Continue reading
Aug 02 Is Baby Boomer Retirement Behind the Drop in July’s Unemployment Rate? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman The simple story of the July unemployment numbers, released Friday, is that the population grew by about 200,000 people and new jobs absorbed just about all of them. Why did the unemployment rate go down --… Continue reading
Aug 01 How Low Can They Go? Arthur Laffer Defends Slashing State Income Taxes By alaffer // In this 2012 Making Sen$e report, former Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer drew his famous curve on a napkin -- just the way he did for the Ford administration -- and explained how it works. Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Aug 01 How Low Can They Go? Arthur Laffer Defends Slashing State Income Taxes By alaffer By Arthur Laffer // In this 2012 Making Sen$e report, former Reagan White House economic adviser Arthur Laffer drew his famous curve on a napkin -- just the way he did for the Ford administration -- and explained how it… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Who Will Be Tapped to Succeed Bernanke at the Federal Reserve? Who Will Be Tapped to Succeed Bernanke at the Federal Reserve?… Continue watching
Jul 31 How to Guarantee a Job for Every American By William Darity // In our Making Sen$e report on youth unemployment earlier this month, we examined obstacles inner-city youth face to finding jobs. Compiling our first Making Sen$e report on youth unemployment earlier this month, we were hit with the… Continue reading