…billion) of total USPS revenues and about 5 percent of volumes. The rates for Market Dominant mail are constrained by “price cap” regulation, which limits rate increases in a class…

…FedEx because, it says, they will enjoy “a better pricing environment in the future” since the Postal Service is soon going to need “to raise rates meaningfully to capture its…

…this story play out for 2018? There have been reports recently that the cap on H-2B workers, set by Congress at 66,000 per year, will be raised by around 15,000…

By Steve Roth  (originally published at Evonomics) The shares of income going to “capital” and “labor” are vexed issues. How much is received for doing work, and how much is unearned…

…muck about in the Sewer of Romulus here in this Fallen Sublunary Sphere. ”There are always trade-offs“, he says. “Deal with it“, he says. But here he leans to the…

…especially in the areas of trade policy rules and climate change agreements. All of this is in reaction to actions by Donald Trump in both areas. While Maas is fairly…

…more for pre-existing conditions, denying coverage of the condition, not covering a minimum of 60% of enrollee medical costs, having an arbitrary maximum annual or lifetime claims cap, and capping…

…(and the impact of the cap on the mortgage tax deduction) has caused this most important cyclical market to cool. On the other hand, they aren’t evidence of any intensifying…

…It’s just using the word money very carefully, as defined here. Starting with the big picture: You can compare the magnitude of these asset-creation mechanisms here. (Hint: cap gains rule.)…

…silver loading windfall without trading it for a less haphazard boost to marketplace funding. As xpostfactoid blog suggests, perhaps a cap on premiums as a percentage of income for all…