Archive for November, 2010
Ice, Ice Baby . . .
The more data that I explore the more I’ve come to realize that truly objective data is a rarity. There are omissions, unquantifiable variables and simple biases that all play a role. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a particular data series is vitally important to good analysis. I’ve seen many a researcher come to [...]
The State of America’s Private Sector XIII
Last week, on the day before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released their monthly personal income data for October 2010. Come on guys, did you really mean to release this the day before a major holiday–it was just plain wrong. Well, at any rate, I’m finally able to analyze this [...]
The Enterprise Value Tax
Last week I released a new study published by The Maine Heritage Policy Center examining a proposed federal tax dubbed the “Enterprise Value Tax.” (EVT) The findings of the study (pdf) below: In legislation backed by Congressional Democratic leadership this past spring, there was an attempt to more than double the taxation on the sale [...]
Fiscal Federalism VIII: Federal Spending Equals Higher State and Local Spending
A recent study by Professor Russell S. Sobel and George R. Crowley, as detailed in this previous blog, sheds light on a particularly disturbing aspect of federal spending–the inducement of higher state and local taxes. Fortunately, since the study itself is rather lengthy, it is now possible to watch an overview by Dr. Sobel.
Sales Taxes and Cross-Border Shopping
Dr. Art Woolf over at Vermont Tiger has announced that he has updated his excellent study examining how the sales tax in Vermont has lead to Vermonters cross-border shopping in sales-tax free New Hampshire. You can read the full study here (pdf) but below is the money-line: If Vermont’s border counties [with New Hampshire] had [...]
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