Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Tax Act Overview The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which we will simply call the “Tax Act”, is not retroactive except for a very few unique expensing provisions, so for nearly everyone, your upcoming income tax filing due this spring for the 2017 tax year filing will NOT be effected. However, the changes…
Who makes up the Fortune 500?
Landing on the Fortune 500 is a pie-in-the-sky dream of many business owners. The most profitable U.S. companies that make up the latest list collectively employ 27.9 million individuals across the world and represent $840 billion in profits and $12 trillion in revenues. Who are these business dynamos and where are many of them based?…
Student Loan Debt – Good, Bad, and Ugly
Significant student loan debt is certainly a growing trend. If you’re the parent of a child . . . you already know! Either you’re looking at the impending costs with concern, looking at the checking account and contemplating if you should take that elaborate vacation instead, or you’re counting what the costs were and hoping…
Is revival of Glass-Steagall really a possibility?
The Glass-Steagall Act which is formally called the Banking Act of 1933 was enacted to prohibit commercial banks from participating in the investment business after the many bank failures of the Great Depression era. The idea was that banking institutions that safeguard and control our money supply should be separated from market investments such that…
Brexit – Now What?
Did you miss Adrian’s brief commentary about Brexit on WBBJ? View it here! Well, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) have made their voices heard and voted for Brexit. As you are likely already aware by now, Brexit is the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU). And, Brexit is…
Eddleman Brexit Interview on WBBJ
Here’s a story I was interviewed for on WBBJ about Brexit. Obviously I had much more to say that had to be cut from the piece. Don’t forget, I actually had a brief blogpost weeks ago where I mention Brexit and what else is on the horizon. Expect more details soon in our Eddleman’s Economic…
May Jobs Report and the Fed
As you’ve probably heard on the news, the May 2016 jobs report was “disappointing”, “concerning”, and a “surprise”, or at least those were the words used by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. In fact, May’s job creation was the worst since 2010. And, while you might hear the 4.7% unemployment figure bandied about, there’s been…
Minimum Wage Mishap
Today, we never think twice about using an ATM, but sooner than you might have expected, you may see the use of similar “automatic” kiosks in various industries such as fast food. And while technological replacement of labor is not a new thing or a bad thing, government manipulation of the economy is a bad…
Inequality and Prosperity: An Unlikely Duo
There is an interesting phenomenon occurring in 2016. For the first time in history, the top 1 percent of the population will have more wealth than the bottom 99 percent. This video posted to the Economist Facebook page shows a graph highlighting the change in position of the top 1 percent versus the bottom 99 percent over…
Is Capitalism Moral?
Today, a great portion of our society puts a large value on equal outcomes and the morality of considering our fellow man, but are equal outcomes really the best way to develop a moral society? Karl Marx, Immanuel Kant, and others argue that individuals cannot be trusted with their own self-interest, but how are…
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