Saturday, March 30, 2024

Do the Rich Pay their Fair Share of Income Taxes?

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WSJ  :  The top 1% of earners in 2021 provided 45.8% of tax revenue;    the top 10% provided 75.8%;   the bottom 50% provided 2.3%.   ...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Music Backed Securities

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  Due to music streaming, many musicians can expect steady royalty streaming. The WSJ has a video that explains how this future income is i...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

FTC vs. Amazon: If there is no solution (remedy), there is no problem (liability)

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The FTC asked a Washington court to split its monopolization case against Amazon ( earlier blog post ) in two: 1. to determine whether Amazo...
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Would that the EU were as fast at innovating as they are at regulating

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  Link :  The European Parliament approved the AI Act, which raises the cost of European innovation. ➵ High-risk AI systems will be assesse...
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Americans favor SUV's over the environment, ...

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...because they are exempt from fuel economy standards: Because making light trucks held to lower environmental standards was more profita...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Why did Chocolate become so expensive?

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  From The Economist : Carla Subirana Artus explains that severe drought and diseases, driven by extreme weather, together with regulato...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Like Snapshot for Your Home

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Progressive Insurance pioneered telematic monitoring devices to offer Pay-How-You-Drive ( PHYD ) insurance policies over a decade ago. Now S...

The Effect of M&A on Workers

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New research by Arnold, Milligan, Moon and Tavakoli investigates worker outcomes from mergers in Canada. They identify three possible mecha...
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Should restaurants let menu prices "surge?"

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 When demand increases, shouldn't price be allowed to rise? ( WSJ ) Dynamic pricing—charging higher rates at peak times and dropping...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Using procurement for political ends gives you worse prices.

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Over 20 years ago, some middling economists ( cite ) estimated that the Small Business Set-Aside program reduced Forest Service Timber price...