Dear Moneyist, I am a retired registered nurse and my husband is retired also for three years now. We live in a rural California county where social activities are not frequent. Instead, we attend many fundraising events for fun and we also like to contribute. We end up with basketsRead More →
New research argues the ultra-rich paid a lower overall tax rate for the first time ever last year than the other income groups. “There are a lot of advantages to being rich, and this is one of them,” said Mark Mazur, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. The moreRead More →
Marquette University recently became the latest school to announce that it will no longer require an SAT or ACT score from applicants. The Jesuit college in Milwaukee, Wisc., joins more than 1,000 other schools — including the University of Chicago, Bowdoin College in St, Brunswick, Maine, and eight others thatRead More →
In the course of her career and research into behavior at work, Nicole Jones Young has noticed that some workplaces recognize the work of the loudest, most confident and, sometimes, the most well-heeled person in the room. She says most people have had at least one colleague with a senseRead More →
These parents are going to great lengths to ensure their kids are happy campers. It’s the most stressful time of the year for parents struggling to get their kids into summer camps, many of which are already at capacity. Camp counselors say they’ve seen parents act their most desperate duringRead More →
© Reuters. Logo of Sotheby’s auction house is seen in Zurich By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) – The global art market experienced another uptick in 2018, helped by an increase in the spending power of millennials, a report published by UBS and Art Basel said on Friday. A surveyRead More →
New York freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s mention of a 70% tax on the wealthy provoked heated reaction from both supporters and detractors, with House Republican whip Steve Scalise deriding the idea as a “leftist fantasy program.” But the debate sparked by the Democrat from New York also revealed some misunderstandingsRead More →
