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Most tax plans start with increasing the portion that the very wealthy pay as a percent of their income. That is not just true in America. It is a global way of raising money to support government programs, and, by most accounts, it is fairly successful. The major argument against this form of taxation that taxing people who make a lot of money will diminish their entrepreneurial incentives. The wealthy will lose their desire to create more wealth...
...downtown office) of the Harare bourse, but Zimbabwe's central bank forced the exchange to shut down last November amid allegations of fraud and rampant speculation - allegations deemed spurious by Zimbabwe's small investment-broker community. To be sure, the exchange was producing annual nominal returns of 23 sextillion percent, but Zimbabwe's inflation rate is even higher, rendering the bourse's real return close to -35%. Still, the government was taking no chances. "People took every shortcut to get instant riches," Gideon Gono, Zimbabwe's central-bank governor, tells TIME. "We were protecting the innocent." (See pictures of Zimbabweans...
...dollars has deepened the country's economic woes, turning what was once the breadbasket of Africa into a financial basket case. Just last month, he unveiled a series of trillion-dollar notes. The Cato Institute estimates the country's hyperinflation, one of the worst in history, exceeds 89 sextillion percent, or roughly a doubling of prices every 24 hours. Rather than admit to economic mismanagement and corruption, government officials are scapegoating the stock exchange. "There have been attempts to blame 'speculators' and 'rogue traders' for a sharp depreciation in the Zimbabwe dollar and rising inflationary expectations," says Shumba...
...Princeton, whose financial aid output is expected to increase by 13 percent, will raise its tuition by 2.9 percent next year...
...trips are open to anyone with Jewish heritage, there are specially designed trips that cater to those of the Orthodox or Reform persuasion, or those who just love to hike.The organization was founded in 2000 and, as of fall 2008, has sent nearly 200,000 young Jewish adults, 70 percent of whom are American, to Israel. The organization aims to encourage participants to form a strong personal connection with Israel, the Jewish people, and with their own Jewish identities.BIRTHRIGHT: HARVARD EDITIONOf course, Harvard has their own edition of Birthright, known as Harvard Hillel Taglit-Birthright. One aspect of the Harvard...