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Buck Talk – Episode 1 with Kevin Bruns

http://media.blubrry.com/bucktalk/content.blubrry.com/bucktalk/_Ep_1_Buck_Talk.m4a Topics & Timestamps: 0:40 Social Security Trustees Report: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/2017/VI_F_infinite.html#1000194 http://www.heritage.org/social-security/report/misleading-the-public-how-the-social-security-trust-fund-really-works 6:00 State Lotteries (which suck) 11:15 2018 Tax Changes Charitable Gifts Property Taxes State Tax Deduction https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtodd/2018/01/05/substituting-charitable-contributions-for-state-taxes/#69361c8c2279 Cliff Asness: Tweets… Read more »

Robot Tax

What is this daft discussion about taxing robots as if they are people? Companies are already taxed on the efficiency gains if a robot takes a human’s job. Company A employs… Read more »

CRUT Links

https://www.naepc.org/journal/issue17d.pdf https://www.naepc.org/journal/issue21e.pdf https://www.naepc.org/journal/issue20f.pdf https://www.naepc.org/journal/issue05i.pdf http://www.proskauer.com/files/News/1b3e7ff8-2dff-4059-8670-2ce7ed09b32b/Presentation/NewsAttachment/30a646da-944b-427a-b2fc-2f701c00c6e8/NovDec2014%20Brown%20Article%20CRTs.pdf

New Links: Sumner Time Sadness Edition

Sumner on trade with China Sumner on forecasting Sumner on Trump being clueless Sumner on reasoning from a price change Sumner on the Fed setting an interest rate floor