Under the House Build Back Better Act proposal, the US would have the third-highest combined top marginal tax rate on long-term capital gain taxes among OECD countries according to an article at the Tax Foundation. Currently Denmark has the highest rate at 42 percent followed by Chile. As an emerging country, Chile used to have …
The 2020 Olympics ended in Tokyo, Japan recently. Held during an ongoing pandemic with no spectators present in stadiums this was one of the unique Olympics held in modern times. I came across the following infographic on the medals awarded to winners. The composition of metals that these medals are made up of is interesting. …
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The Commonwealth Fund recently published the results of a study comparing the health systems of 11 high-income countries. Some of the factors considered in the study are affordability, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcome. The U.S. ranked the last at number 11. Despite healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP being the highest, the …
The price to go to college has become very expensive and continues to remain high. Both public and private universities charge tuition and other fees that is adding crushing debt to the middle class. The reasons for the high price of a college education are vast that it would take a Ph.D.-level thesis or a …
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