Tax Or Theft? Examining The History Of The Property Tax
In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Professor Andrew Kahrl, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, discusses his argument that local property taxes have contributed to the disenfranchisement of Black homeowners.
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Black Lives Matter vs. Black Lives Saved: The Urgent Need for Better Policing
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The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 1
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How corporate financialization affects main business performance—Empirical evidence based on a dy...
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Shared governance increases marine protected area effectiveness
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The New Battleground in the Fight over ESG’s Role in Public Pension Investments: The Courtroom
As we discussed in our white paper “ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-to-Date Recap and Analysis”, there was a surge in legislative activity in 2023 among red states curtailing the use of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors by …
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The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 2
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This article discusses the dynamics of innovation in America and Europe, focusing on variables such as access to technology, education, and life expectancy. To do this, the article proposes an agent-based model called the Innovameter. The dependent variable i…
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