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Are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Tax Views That Far Out of the Mainstream?
When freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez floated the idea to Anderson Cooper on "60 Minutes" Sunday that the very wealthy pay a marginal tax rate as high as 70 percent, it got pundits and politicians all worked up. What...
Financial Times
Inheritance tax: a contentious levy ripe for reform?
Whether you believe inheritance tax helps fight inequality or is an unfair additional tax on the wealthy, it accounts for just 0.5 per cent of total tax revenues across the countries that levy it. But as the FT’s Stefan Wagstyl reports,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Philippe Aghion: The Market or the State? (1/6)
State-owned firms are not as innovative as private firms. But it does not follow, Philippe Aghion says, that government ought to be small. Government is needed as investor in the economy's productive capacity -- R&D, education, green...
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White House Economic Adviser Suggests 'Anti-Tax Propaganda' to Blame for Sinking Tax Cut Popularity
On the day after Tax Day, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett told Cheddar's J.D Durkin that the underwater popularity of President Trump's tax cuts were the fault of "anti-tax propaganda."
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Rep. Judy Chu: Republicans 'Made False Claims' About Tax Reform
According to House Ways and Means Committee Member Judy Chu, the GOP "made false claims" about the tax bill that passed in December of 2017 and is taking effect this tax season. "They said things like the American public would get on the...
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Hungary offers families tax and loan breaks to boost birth rate
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced over the weekend that he will offer families tax breaks and loan benefits in a bid to boost his country's birth rate. In the announcement on Sunday, Orban pointed toward his notorious...
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H&R Block Uses AI to Make the Tax Filing Process Less Stressful and More Transparent
Between changes in the tax code and the government shutdown, H&R Block knows this year's tax season is likely to be stressful for many. That's why the company's introducing a slate of tools, some artificial intelligence-enabled, to help...
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H&R Block CEO Says It's Not Too Late to Make Tax Season Pain-Free
Between changes in the tax code and the government shutdown, H&R Block knows this year's tax season is likely to be stressful for many. That's why the company's introducing a slate of tools, some artificial intelligence-enabled, to help...
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In Year 1 of Tax Reform, H&R Block Chief Asks If You Withheld Enough
Between changes in the tax code and the government shutdown, H&R Block knows this year's tax season is likely to be stressful for many. That's why the company's introducing a slate of tools, some artificial intelligence-enabled, to help...
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Blockbuster Jobs Report Shows Tax Cuts Are Working: Stephen Moore
What government shutdown? Friday's jobs report showed a blockbuster 304,000 jobs were added in the month of January, despite fears that the partial government shutdown would weigh on the job market. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4...
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Kudlow to Cheddar: We're Not Going Back to a 'War on Business'
President Trump's economic adviser Larry Kudlow slammed Democratic tax and banking proposals as un-American in an interview with Cheddar's J.D. Durkin on Thursday. "I'm afraid some of my Democratic friends are going back to a war on...
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Why the Timing of House Speaker Paul Ryan's Retirement Is No Coincidence
Meredith Kelly, the DCCC spokesperson, says the Speaker retired only after he pushed through a tax overhaul, which has been high on Ryan's agenda for the majority of his nearly two decade-long career. The bill, which Kelly claims...
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Trump Cabinet Member Linda McMahon: Tax Reform Will Happen This Year
Linda McMahon, head of the Small Business Administration, discusses her time as a member of the Trump cabinet, noting that her first order of business is helping with the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. McMahon...
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Why John Tuttle Is Optimistic About Tax Reform
John Tuttle, Head of Global Listings at the New York Stock Exchange, stops by the Cheddar desk. Logistics firm, BEST Inc. and Latin American travel company Despegar.com began trading today. We chat with Tuttle about Alibaba-backed Best...
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Ending DACA Could Make Tax Reform Tricky for GOP
The Trump administration announced its plans to end DACA on Tuesday morning. This Obama-era policy protects nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants--who were brought to the United States by their parents--from deportation. Business...
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Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki- Learn From Baby Boomers
#RichDad author @theRealKiyosaki's financial advice to millennials: "Learn from the baby boomers. They're in trouble." #CheddarLIVE
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The week in Trump: Obamacare, tax reform and Russia
Here's a look back at another tumultuous week in U.S. politics, when the president's campaign was revealed to be under FBI investigation and Republicans couldn't repeal Obamacare.
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OZY's Nick Fouriezos- AHCA Failure Will Impact Tax Reform
OZY came on Cheddar to discuss if the AHCA bill fails, what will be President Trump's next pursuit? Will meaningful tax reform be shuttered? Hear more on Cheddar.
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Violent clashes in Greece pit farmers against police
Riot police hit with shepherd's crooks and other projectiles
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Markets' Trump bump
Milton Ezrati, chief economist at Vested, on the equity rally following Trump's presidential election win
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Donald Trump's plans for business
Jack Mintz of the University of Calgary says Trump's plan to cut taxes and loosen regulations means Canada has reason to worry
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Small business tax changes
Two leading thinkers on economics and tax policy weigh in Finance Minister Bill Morneau's plans for small business taxation
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Tax impact
The panel discusses what proposed federal tax changes mean for people running businesses
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Too optimistic?
Felix Salmon and Alan Viard discuss whether business is too confident in Donald Trump's ability to bring about change