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Numberscruncher: Taxes Around the World
Americans have a unique phobia about taxes. Years ago, politicians told us that we could have more stuff by paying less money, and we liked that. And so, we believe it despite all evidence
Read More »Numberscruncher: Angels, Demons, and Debt
In the summer of 1998, Harper’s Magazine published one of its most talked-about stories, Vince Passaro’s narrative of how his family accumulated $63,000 in credit card debt. He and his wife had academic jobs
Read More »Spending Our Way Into, and Out of, This Mess
One of my friends had a complaint about the personal financial press: why is it, she wondered, that they are telling people now about raising emergency funds and living below your means. Where were
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Get Me Some Money Too
In response to the nearly self-fulfilling prophecy of a recession, President Bush recently announced proposals to offer tax rebates in the ballpark of $150 billion. He also proposed a kick-in for industry to help
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