A town of 400 people is scrambling to prepare for 6,000 auto workers as a giant Ford plant rises. Locals are excited about the influx of jobs while officials worry about building enough homes and...

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In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.

How big is the average inheritance? And who’s most likely to get one? New data has answers.

Claudia Goldin of Harvard University has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This column, written by two of her former students and now fellow scholars, outlines both the work on...

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The trend contributes to worker shortages and historically low U.S. unemployment.

The Department of Data digs into another doctor-pay mystery: Why do the highest-earning doctors live in different places from the high earners in almost every other profession?

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Terry Taylor owns more than 120 dealerships across the country but few know much about him: “He’s like Batman.”

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In recent decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have been reluctant to raise taxes on the overwhelming majority of Americans, or to curb spending.

Extraordinarily detailed data shows how elite colleges prefer the richest students, even among students with similar test scores.

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With the first levy on wealth activity in Washington taking hold this year, we’re finally getting an inkling of just how rich the rich around here really are.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is seeking to use an infusion of funding to keep up with the ever-evolving tax maneuvers of the ultra-rich — while staving off frequent political attacks.

Dynasty trusts can shield wealth before the Trump tax cuts expire.

Wealthy taxpayers are hurrying to use the increased estate tax exemption amount before it potentially expires at the end of 2025.

This essay presents the case for a better US business tax regime. First, we provide an overview of the business tax base in the United States and describe how business activity is taxed, with special...

Jesse Jenkins’s ZERO Lab says that faster upgrades for the power grid are essential to cutting emissions.

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New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn’t turned out as planned.

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The authors argue that while the TJCA did boost domestic corporate investment, the law’s overall feedback effects on corporate tax revenue have been small because the gains from additional investment...

A piece of the 2017 tax law requiring companies to spread deductions for research costs over five years instead of taking them immediately is going into effect now, leaving some small firms owing the...