As of now anyone who follows commodity markets, international affairs, or the global food situation has heard about the Argentina export tax hike on grains; more specifically soybeans...
Ahead of his inauguration, Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) asked the Ministry of Finance to prioritize the passing of a negative income tax system after he and President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office yesterday...
The Boston Globe reports (HT: Greg Mankiw) that politicians in Massachusetts have proposed a 2.5% tax on university endowments that exceed $1 billion...
Allan Meltzer of Carnegie Mellon University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what the Fed really does and the political pressures facing the Chair of the Fed...
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