Average effective tax rates of the 400 richest families and the bottom 50 percent of U.S. households, 1960-2018. In 2018, for the first time in history, the super-rich paid a lower tax rate than the bottom 50 percent. Data: Emmanuel...
By Valerie Volcovici2 February 2017 (Reuters) – Scientists may steal a page from the oil industry’s playbook to stop President Donald Trump rewriting the U.S. position on climate change, by relying on an obscure law meant to ensure federal agencies...
By MICHAEL LUO and MEGAN THEE-BRENANPublished: December 14, 2009 More than half of the nation’s unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments...
