The 300 billion dollars Americans give every year to philanthropic causes provide a channel for important social change. So why are academics and even President Obama in favor of limiting tax deductions that can be claimed for charitable contributions? […]
Speaking on RT CrossTalk, Carnegie’s Uri Dadush discussed the use of monetary expansion by advanced countries to redress their economies. He warned that although the world is not yet in a new bubble economy, it […]
Obama’s State of the Union address reinforces his overwhelming focus on a domestic agenda in his second term. […]
The manipulation of economic statistics has failed to accurately reflect the underlying economic reality. For this reason, gathering more nuanced and better-targeted statistics must be prioritized. […]
Even a cursory review of the hard facts confronting recent Treasury secretaries suggests that the current nominee may end up facing the most difficult job of any of them. […]
The U.S. fiscal deal is a step in the right direction. But Washington still needs to address the biggest cause of the chronic fiscal crisis—exploding healthcare costs. […]
The United States has experienced a much sharper increase in inequality relative to other advanced countries. In fact, the magnitude of U.S. inequality resembles that of a developing country. […]
Political bickering has blinded American leadership to the deeply rooted problems with the U.S. economy. […]
If the United States falls off this fiscal cliff into recession, the outlook for the world economy, already gloomy, will darken further. […]
The U.S. election, whatever the outcome, will not eliminate the need for both parties to compromise in order to make meaningful headway on the tough economic challenges facing the country. […]
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