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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

Think this is a bit of an issue for our economic and political future? Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. And, in 2010, Arne Duncan announced that 95% of American college students in language classes were taking European languages. So does Amelia Friedman.

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The Real (and Imagined) Problems with the U.S. Corporate Tax Code

Harvard Business Review

After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. collects less corporate tax revenue than peer countries, by about 1% of GDP. Jobs Creation Act of 2004. multinational corporations are not competitive.

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How Big Should Government Be?

Harvard Business Review

The answers to both will ultimately have to be political ones — messy calculations based on who pays, who benefits, who votes, and who makes the campaign contributions. The books have developed something of a cult following among econowonks across the political spectrum. in 2010, government spending's share of GDP in the U.S.

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