Taxes (Macro)
Front Loading (5/12/2010)
Cash for clunkers and home-buyer tax credit provided huge subsidies for each incremental sale but failed to sustain the car and housing markets.
Keywords: cash for clunkers, channel stuffing, Economic stimulus, expenditure multiplier, front loading, home-buyer tax credit, incentive, incremental sale, pump priming, subprime loan, subsidies
Too Global To Be National? (6/18/2010)
US multinationals fatten their bottom lines by arbitraging wages, taxes, and regulations across countries.
Keywords: arbitrage, capital, intellectual property, profit, regulation, taxes, wages