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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Marriage and Parental Investment in Children
Marriage ain’t what it used to be. Consider that: In 1950, almost half of all women were married by age 20 and for men the age was 23. By 2010, the median age of first marriage had increased to about … Continue reading
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Tagged children, cohabitation, divorce, economics of the family, marriage
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Should we get rid of corporation tax (part 2)
In the last post I talked about why so many people endorse the idea of completely scrapping corporation tax. To briefly reiterate the main arguments: We don’t know who mostly bears the costs of corporation tax. So if what we … Continue reading
California climate policy inequalities: Win-win, lose-lose, or somewhere in between?
In 2006, California approved AB 32, a sweeping law to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. Fynnwin Prager, a researcher at the University of Southern California, examines the implications of AB 32 for economic inequality. It is often … Continue reading
A softening of attitudes?
Yesterday, the latest British Social Attitudes report was released, and for once the story was about more positive attitudes around benefits. No more the headlines about ‘hardening’ attitudes; the headlines in the BBC and Express talked about ‘softening attitudes’ (using the words of … Continue reading
Should we get rid of corporation tax? (Part 1)
It’s famously difficult to get a group of economists to agree about anything. Lock a left and right wing economist in a room and ask them to come up with the best method of taxation, or the most effective way … Continue reading
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Tagged capital gains, corporation tax, progressive, shareholders
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