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Tax Havens For Millionaires
According to those who track such numbers, in 2012 there were 12 million millionaires in the world with combined assets of $46.2 trillion. That was 10% more than the previous year, but regardless of how much more it may be, the issue for these millionaires is how to avoid paying taxes. Now that there has…
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Faster Not Better
German Sociologist Harmut Rosa has recently published “Acceleration and Alienation” an essay about his idea that acceleration has become a key concept of our age. He makes a distinction between what he terms mechanical acceleration, or how long it takes us to do something and the pace of social change, the acceleration of daily life.…
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Insolence And Irresponsibility
The interest rate of student loans was raised to 6.8% last July 1st. Soon after, the senate failed to agree to reverse the rate increase. Education has traditionally been seen as a means to upward mobility, yet the cost of an education keeps going up making it necessary for many to borrow often large sums.…
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