Sunday, February 16, 2014

Two Numbers: Twitter's Dicey 2013

Read my Newsweek piece on Twitter's 2013. Even after the sell off, Twitter's valuation is sky high! At this rate, it would take hundreds of years for the stock to pay back.

Monday, February 10, 2014

At the IRS trying to collect more with less

Read my Datapoints column in Sunday's New York Times about how fiscal austerity is making it harder to collect taxes. It seems the Republican agenda goes beyond cutting taxes to limiting the collection of taxes that are legally due.

Two Numbers: It pays more to flip burgers down under

Read my latest piece in Newsweek about how stingy the US is in terms of the minimum wage compared with other wealthy countries. Australia's minimum wage is more than double that of the US and it hasn't held back the Aussie economy all these years!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Two Numbers: Obamacar

Read my Newsweek column. Saving the US car industry may prove to be Obama's greatest legacy.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Two Numbers: The Pay Stinks

Read my Newsweek column on how the jobs crisis is turning into a wages crisis.


Friday, January 17, 2014

Two Numbers: Why the IRS will love legal pot

Read my Newsweek column on how big a national market marijuana could be if legalized.

Two Numbers: America's Energy Jolt

Read my column in the New Newsweek on how we are fast approaching energy self-sufficiency.