It seems the economic policy known as ‘supply-side’ has made a comeback in the U.S. under Donald Trump.
The underlying idea was, I understand, proposed by Arthur Laffer in the 1970s and formed the basis of Ronald Reagan’s approach in his presidency. The claim is that if taxes are reduced, society as a whole will benefit becaus…
Month: April 2019
What consumers want
Harry Shannon
CBC News Item 21 April 2019'Is that even legal?' Companies may be sharing new credit or debit card information without you knowing. … Information about the sharing of this kind of information with third party companies is often buried in the fine print of bank and credit card agreements…
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How I lost three hours to Summer Time
Harry
Shannon
Spring forward, Fall back; so goes the saying. Which means you ‘lose’ one hour when the clocks go forward in Spring.
Yet I
managed to lose three! I was in Canada
for the first one on 10 March. North
America extended the summer time period some years ago. The U.S. Congress were pretending they were
takin…