Affecting citizens, creditors, and contractors, a debt default is a personal event that touches the lives of millions of people.
The Best and Worst Tax Systems
Comparing tax systems for higher income nations, we can be somewhat surprised by the OECD’s top and bottom countries.
Our Lawmakers’ Conflict Between Politics and Math
Published by the Concord Coalition, there is a timeline for the federal budget process. Already, the Senate Budget Committee missed its April 1st deadline: While the good news is that all of us want less spending, the bad news…
Our Most Up-to-Date Social Security Worries
With the newest Trustees Report, Social Security projections indicate the Congress might echo its 1983 negotiations.
Where You Don’t Want To Be a Trillionaire
We could say that repeatedly, Zimbabwe’s inflation rate is so high that their dollar cannot possibly be called money.
The Surprising Ways that Governments Get Money
Thinking of how governments fund all they do, we usually think of taxes. But there is much more. Government Revenue U.S. States Desperate for cash, in 2010, Arizona’s governor sold the state capitol. The deal included the House and Senate,…
How (NOT) To Reduce a Federal Budget
Faced with pension reform proposals, workers in France responded with protests that U.S. lawmakers surely want to avoid.
Why a Debt Rescue Committee Is “Deja Vu All Over Again”
Like Yogi Berra, we could say “deja vu all over again” about the Congressional debt reduction committees that were proposed and created.
An Easy Explanation of the Debt Ceiling
With another debt ceiling conflict emerging this week, we.should look back and ahead at how, what, and why the U.S. borrows.
The Countries With the Best and Worst Social Security Systems
By comparing the world’s retirement systems through the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, we can see how to improve them.