Taxing consumption progressively is a better way to tax the wealthy ~finance Article 1002 words, published Jun 8 2021 8 votes
California expects record revenues in stunning Covid budget reversal ~finance Article 1598 words 8 votes
Deutsche Bank suggests 5% tax on home workers to support those impacted by the pandemic ~finance business Article 584 words 12 votes
US taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided US taxes ~finance business.small Article 1769 words 12 votes
For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income? ~finance Article 892 words 8 votes
Spain set to introduce permanent basic income scheme to rebuild economy post-coronavirus ~finance Article 478 words, published May 20 2020 18 votes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils "a three-step plan and a national framework to achieve a COVID-safe economy and society" by July ~health Article 907 words 5 votes
Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom ~enviro sustainability Article 16 votes
Denmark may issue securities in foreign currencies for the first time in years to finance programs to support the economy through the coronavirus crisis ~finance economics Article 4 votes
The Cantillon Effect: Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don't ~finance economics Article 2011 words 4 votes
Social Security recipients who don’t usually file tax returns will automatically get $1,200 payments, US Treasury says in reversal ~finance economics Article 1109 words 6 votes
Social Security recipients who don’t usually file tax returns will automatically get $1,200 payments, Treasury says in reversal ~finance economics Article 1101 words 11 votes
US President Donald Trump says he could demote Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, risking more market turmoil ~finance economics Article 6 votes
‘Now is the time’: A Federal Reserve official urges Congress to plan for recessions ~finance Article 1020 words 7 votes
Now that Sweden has called a halt to its five-year trial with negative interest rates the serious work has begun on looking at whether it worked ~finance economics Article 2132 words 7 votes
The world's lowest interest rate may soon be raised in Denmark – new forecasts were triggered by the exchange rate ~finance economics Article 4 votes
Fitch downgrades Finland's outlook, raising doubts about return to AAA rating ~finance economics Article 290 words 4 votes
Sweden in global spotlight with interest rate move – Riksbank has ended a period of negative rates but will other central banks around the world now follow suit? ~finance economics Article 1112 words 3 votes
More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city ~finance Article 1760 words 15 votes
FATF – Iceland could land on a gray list of countries which have failed to take sufficient measures to combat money laundering and the financing of acts of terrorism ~finance Link 5 votes
Stockton's basic income trial: Early results show how money is spent ~finance economics Article 1509 words 6 votes
Denmark's new government to boost spending after years of austerity, following a campaign pledge to reverse years of cuts by previous administrations ~finance Article 474 words 6 votes
Denmark's central bank roundly rejected finance industry entreaties to ease the burden of the world's longest negative interest-rate experiment ~finance economics Article 8 votes
A young mayor makes the case for a guaranteed income ~finance economics Article 2542 words, published Aug 16 2019 11 votes
Mario Draghi signals 'worse and worse' outlook warrants ECB stimulus ~finance banking Article 7 votes
Alaska lawmakers show up in different cities, stuck on $444 million budget vetoes ~news usa.ak politics.usa Article 797 words 7 votes
Clamor is growing for Sweden to throw off its fiscal shackles after years of spending restraint ~finance economics Article 7 votes
Carbon pricing: Why do economists favor carbon taxes to fight climate change? ~enviro climate change Link 8 votes
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind. ~life Article 7886 words, published Apr 17 2019 20 votes
Protecting the 'unbanked' by banning cashless businesses in Philadelphia ~finance business banking Article 907 words 12 votes
Ontario’s basic income was working amazingly well before it got canceled ~finance Article 700 words 16 votes
Swiss town set for universal basic income experiment ~finance Article 492 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes
An unlikely group of billionaires and politicians has created the most unbelievable tax break ever ~finance economics Article 3508 words 13 votes
Debunking UBI funding schemes ~finance economics nsfw Article 1739 words, published Jul 5 2018 10 votes
GST overhaul promises $9 billion federal injection to level playing field ~finance economics Article 809 words 1 vote
Labor confirms it will oppose 'irresponsible' ten-year Australian tax package ~finance Article 658 words 1 vote