A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.

New tax cuts in the Republicans' "big, beautiful bill" act are retroactive to 2025, which means many Americans may get bigger ...

Michael Kofoed, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Tennessee’s Boyd Center for Business and Economic ...

Plans for a wealth tax, which is dividing France, have gotten popular around the world as inequality has widened and ...

IF YOU want to put a policymaker on the spot, ask them what the top rate of income tax should be. The question befuddles everyone. On May 8th President Donald Trump broke with decades of Republican ...

Right now, the leading Republican candidates for president are in the second hour of their latest debate. On a stage in Boulder, Colo., 10 candidates are debating economic issues and other matters.

The Senate is debating an extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and passage of additional policies such as no tax on tips and overtime and a new tax credit on Social Security benefits. As the ...

President Donald Trump has high aspirations for his tariffs, going so far as to suggest increased taxes on imports could replace income taxes. "There's a real chance," he told Fox Noticias on April 15 ...

Total sales and use tax collections in fiscal year 2025 weakened moderately, according to the state of Wyoming Economic Analysis Division’s annual publication “Wyoming Sales, Use, and Lodging ...

Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...