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A Bit More For The Coffers After three years in free-fall, federal, state, and local government revenues are starting to show signs of a pickup.   |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
Reason
October 2003
John Hood |
Why the States Are Broke Bloated governments, budget gaps, and Parkinson's laws |
Finance & Development
December 2009
Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
U.S. Banker
February 2011
Tom Cunningham |
Get Ready for a Drop in Property Tax Receipts State and local governments are suffering substantial declines in tax revenue and one popular explanation is that the crash in the real estate market is to blame. As it turns out, that s not the case -- at least not yet. |
Reason
May 2009
Flynn & Summers |
Failed States After a long spending binge, governors go begging for a handout. It won't be their last. |
Reason
May 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Data: State Squeeze A study finds state and local taxes on business - including property, sales, and corporate income taxes - growing at an accelerating rate. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
In a State of Deterioration Rebuilding older communities is key to an economic recovery, but excessive debt is robbing state and local governments of the resources they need to invest in infrastructure, schools and job creation. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
IDB America
December 2003
Peter Bate |
Social justice starts with taxes Central America's tax systems are being overhauled in order to boost spending on social services. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Cutting Through The Budget Smoke Long-term growth matters to the health of the U.S. federal budget, and so does reforming entitlements. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
CFO
February 1, 2005
Don Durfee |
Big City Blues Sooner rather than later, businesses will feel the effects of local budget shortfalls, through higher taxes and fees, crumbling roads and bridges, and smaller police departments. Simply relocating may not be the answer --- many suburbs now face the same fiscal pressures as inner cities. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Brian Doherty |
So Long, Surplus: Social Security unstimulated The "Social Security surplus" has vanished. That figure has long referred to the amount in Social Security taxes collected over and above the amount the system pays out that year. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2006
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Tax Cheats Snub Spend-Crazy Feds There would have been no federal budget deficit last year had tax cheaters paid all they owed. |
Finance & Development
September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Glenn Hubbard |
The Social Security And Medicare Morass Entitlement reform in the U.S. -- and encouraging more private saving -- are essential. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Nadezhda Bikalova |
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Russia Russia has experienced serious problems in developing and maintaining satisfactory fiscal relations between its central government and regional and local governments. How have these problems arisen, and what steps might make Russia's fiscal federalism work better? |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 18, 2006
Julia Hanna |
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language The deficit and related fiscal measures are basically labeling conventions with no intrinsic meaning. So why aren't economists getting the message? |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Eyzaguirre et al. |
Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
The Bush Tax Cuts Are Sapping America's Strength The cost is nearly three times as much as the tab from September 11, Afghanistan, Iraq, and homeland security combined. |
National Defense
November 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell |
Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests. |
National Defense
April 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Impending Collision Between Military Needs and Resources The latest release of the federal budget request to Congress and the submission of the military services' unfunded requirements lists are clear indicators of the serious fiscal problems the nation must confront. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Robert J. Barro |
It's The Spending, Stupid -- Not The Deficit Huge debt often helps curb outlays. But today that isn't happening. A discussion about government spending and taxes. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Barnett & Ossowski |
What Goes Up... Why oil-producing states must husband their resources |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Most Companies Paid No Taxes During the 1996-2000 boom, more than 60% of U.S. firms didn't pay any taxes. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Peter Coy |
Commentary: States of Crisis Governors know plenty of phony ways to balance out-of-whack state budgets. Here are a few honest ones. |
Finance & Development
September 2011
Laurence Ball et al. |
Painful Medicine Although advanced economies need medium-run fiscal consolidation, slamming on the brakes too quickly will hurt incomes and job prospects. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2005
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Lawmakers' New Looks at Online Sales Taxes Legislation to level the taxation playing field for all in-store, catalog and online retailers is back on the table in Congress. |
Inc.
July 1, 2003
Bobbie Gossage |
A Gross Tax Proposal A business activity tax stands to change the way taxes are calculated in Kentucky. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Save Money on Property Taxes What could be worse than your home losing value? Paying taxes based on its old, higher value. Make sure your tax bill reflects the housing market. |
Inc.
October 2004
Burt Helm |
Property Tax Woes Hit Indiana Though property tax hikes are a hot topic across the U.S., the debate is especially intense in Indiana, where "pro-business" reform has ironically resulted in higher taxes for many entrepreneurs. |
Finance & Development
September 2009
Carlo Cottarelli & Jose Vinals |
Looking Ahead Countries must begin now to devise economic strategies to accompany the recovery. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Robert A. Feldman & C. Maxwell Watson |
Central Europe: From Transition to EU Membership The Central European countries have made considerable progress with the transition to a market economy and now face the challenge of developing macroeconomic policy frameworks on the road to EU accession. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2007
Caron Carlson |
SMBs Plead For Permanent Tax Ban Small businesses make their case before Congress, pushing for continued protection from states' discriminatory and access taxes. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Vito Tanzi |
Globalization and the Work of Fiscal Termites Globalization is likely over time to have a significant negative impact on countries' ability to raise revenues through their tax systems. What steps can countries take to counter this problem? |
National Defense
September 2004
David M. Walker |
Defense Transformation: A Battle the U.S. Cannot Afford to Lose A crunch is coming. Although national defense and homeland security have received generous funding in recent years, this cannot continue indefinitely. Defense budgets of the future almost certainly will be tighter. It is time to recognize that we are in a fiscal hole, and stop digging. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Caroline Winter |
Making the Well-Off Pony Up Governments around the world want to levy new taxes on their affluent citizens. |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut... |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Laurence J. Kotlikoff |
A Hidden Fiscal Crisis A noted U.S. economist says debt figures seriously understate long-term budget problems in the United States |
