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corporation tax

(Encyclopedia) corporation tax, imposts levied by federal, state, or local governments against corporations, their income, or their peculiar attributes, such as charters, capitalization, dividends,…

Favorite School Subjects

Among children age 6-11 Subject % Who Chose Particular Subject All Boys Girls Age 6–7 Age 8–9 Age 10–11 Math 25.4% 28.9% 21.6%…

Giving Pledge Participants

The United States is home to roughly 40% of the world's billionaires. About 10% of America's richest citizens have committed to participate in the Giving Pledge and donate…

Child Poverty and Family Income

Childhood poverty has both immediate and lasting negative effects. Children in low-income families fare more poorly than children in more affluent families in the areas of economic security…

Poverty

Below is an overview of the number and rate of people who were living in poverty in the United States in 2007. The figures, which are broken down by age, race, family type, region, and nativity, are…

It's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's Pulse

It's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's PulseIt's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's PulseExcerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics © 2003 by Tom Gorman. All rights reserved…

Wealth and Poverty: Introduction

IntroductionWealth and PovertyIntroductionWhat Is Poverty?Who's Got How Much?Why Incomes Are Becoming More UnequalWhat's the Government's Role?Other Aspects of Wealth and PovertyThe Ultimate Issue:…