Do retirement savings policies - such as tax subsidies or employer-provided pension plans - increase total saving for retirement or simply induce shifting across accounts?
Since the election, American public policy debate has been focused on prospective budget deficits and what can be done to reduce them.
Last week, Governor Patrick proposed increasing the income tax and eliminating over $1.25 billion worth of deductions to “support our schools and our highways and byways, and do it for every corner of
At the start of 2013, the eurozone’s “fiscal compact” entered into force, owing to its ratification on December 21 by a 12th country, Finland, a year after German Chancellor Angela Merkel prodded euro
In the past, industrial countries have tended to pursue countercyclical or, at worst, acyclical fiscal policy.
Sooner or later the U.S. tax code will be reformed. Probably sooner.
There are very few “teaching moments” in politics, but the drama surrounding the current debate over the fiscal cliff is one of them.
Conventional wisdom calls the 2012 presidential race the “demographic election,” attributing President Obama’s victory in large part to his commanding advantage among rapidly growing groups like Latin
Though the dust from the election has barely settled — the nation has already moved on. Consuming our attention now is the budget crisis du jour.
For a United States citizen, the short trip to Havana requires navigating an obstacle course, owing to the trade and travel embargo that the US maintains against Cuba.
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