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Even more unexpected, Treasury, against the vigorous opposition of some liberals, has proposed to Carter that people selling assets held for ten years or more be taxed only on the amount of the profit that exceeds the rise in the consumer price index occurring between purchase and sale. Investors have long argued that it is unfair to tax them on long-term capital gains made illusory by inflation: if, for example, an asset held for ten years is sold at a dollar profit of 50%, but prices have risen 50% in that time, the seller has only held even...
...television tends to reduce a child's inhibitions against behaving aggressively. Studies indicate TV teaches the young that violence often succeeds and that problems can be solved by aggressive behavior. Moreover, kids are likely to copy what they see. And they see plenty: according to the Nielsen Index figures for TV viewing, Americans will have watched 18,000 TV murders by age 18-v. having spent only 11,000 hours in school. In response to pressure from parents and Congress, the networks now seem to be trying to tone down the thud and blunder...
Faculty members at the University who were reached for comment yesterday agreed with the findings of the roll, saying that Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, a common index of academic preparation for college, have remained virtually constant at Harvard, in contrast to the downward trend nationwide...
...fortnight ago, the pacesetting 30-share Financial Times stock market index reached an alltime high of 549.2, six points above its previous record in May 1972. Profit taking and some unfavorable corporate reports have since eroded prices somewhat; last week the FT index closed at 504.7, still a spectacular rebound from its nadir of 146 in January...
...Unemployment has reached a postwar high of 1.6 million and is still expanding, and even an inflation rate of 12% would be ruinous over the long term. If market prices were adjusted for the withering effects of inflation since the 1972 apex, the FT index would have had to hit 1,200 to set a new record...