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Real business fixed investment.

Yesterday I compared real private GDP in cycles. Today I would like to look at real business fixed investment. If you listened to CNBC — otherwise known as the Republican…

Capital Gain Taxes & Investment: Risk and Return

…3.7 percent. In case you missed it, his second argument is that lower tax rates on capital gains raises the after-tax return on investment, which he dubs risk-taking. Of course,…