…build up a few more assets and retire. For my American readers, it is worth noting that Piketty claims that the United States today (meaning 2010) has the highest level…

…European Commission and the European Central Bank in an attempt to collect payment on the government’s debt. The first program, enacted in 2010 in response to Greece’s escalating budget deficits,…

Cue the Fed Taking a Dump in the Empty Punch Bowl In May, the civilian labor force participation rate decreased by 0.2 percentage point to 62.6 percent. The rate has…

…to 2010, or from 2010 to 2011, or from 2010 to some later year. After all, as any libertarian would say, if you pay less in taxes this year, it…

…faster decline before 2010 and the period of slower decline and a reversal some groups experienced between 2010 and 2019. The net effect is a continued decline in mortality rates….

…cuts were to expire at the end of 2010. Policymakers extended many of their provisions for two years as part of a budget deal in December 2010. This agreement reinstated…

…2009, and 2.2 million jobs in 2010. The economy lost 3.5 million jobs in 2008 and 5.0 million jobs in 2009. It gained back just 1.0 million jobs in 2010….

…of total income. The bottom quintile’s share of income has remained little changed for the past few decades at less than 4%, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. In contrast,…

…charts of 1936 to 2010, you can view the 2010 table here and the graph here. Below is the chart constructed for the 1936 tax brackets. Next up is 1946….

…that they should grow some 1% to 2% annually. In 2009 and 2010 employment actually fell, so essentially all of the fall in the unemployment rate from 10% in late…