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/in Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, Dr. Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, discusses the invention of the modern concept of diversity, the history of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the concepts of diversity and race in college admissions, and how a culture of anger seems to pervade American life.
Sabotaging Strategic Success: How Price Controls Could Imperil U.S. Pharma Industry
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute’s Director of Life Sciences Initiative Dr. Bill Smith about the policies that drove biopharmaceutical company from Europe to the U.S., and how proposed, similar price controls in President Biden’s Fair Prices Act could distort incentives away from innovation and threaten the success of a thriving and vital U.S. industry.
Harsh Tax Policies in NY Make MA Seem Palatable as Some Residents Look to Relocate
/in Blog: Economy /by Sarah DelanoWhile many Massachusetts residents relocated to either New Hampshire or Florida in 2021, a considerable amount of New Yorkers migrated into Massachusetts. Their motivation to relocate seems largely tied to the harsh taxes in New York, which surpass the rates in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts’ “Stinger” Tax, Explained
/in Blog: Economy /by Sarah DelanoMassachusetts recognizes S Corporations as flow-through entities. However, it levies an additional “stinger” tax on shareholders of these types of entities, depending on their revenue and industry. The state should reform S Corporation tax policy because the current system is uncompetitive and nonneutral. And, in addition to the new surtax on earnings over $1 million, the stinger tax could make business owners consider relocating, which would take revenue and surtax from the state.
UConn’s Prof. Manisha Sinha on The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition
/in Featured, Podcast, US History /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, UConn Professor Manisha Sinha discusses the influential figures and seminal events that created the abolitionist movement. She describes the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, and other key moments in the fight to end slavery.