Author Archives: Laura Hertzfeld

What did they know?

Finger-pointing about the economic crisis won’t get us out of it, but Congressional hearings aim to provide some clarity around the latest analysis of the Lehman Brothers collapse and the SEC fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. The NewsHour’s Rundown blog polled leading economists on what they would ask Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve [...]

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What motivates the workforce?

PBS NewsHour’s Paul Solman looks at how Wall Street bonuses and other issues affect workplace productivity on a more granular level.

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Art and taxes

The forms we get from the IRS aren’t what anyone would call inspiring works of art. But the concept of taxes inspires all kinds of artistic expression around the world. In the U.K. this week, a new street art campaign was launched by a group called Mutate Britain, in support of a “Robin Hood” tax, [...]

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Follow the (tax) money

Now that you’ve paid your taxes, where is all that money going? KQED’s YouDecide tool lets you answer a poll about whether your money is being well spent, and shares data about where the money really goes. It turns out that in three major categories – defense, health care and education – we direct more [...]

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Eating on a budget

Just the idea of meatloaf conjures an image of TV dinners, Depression-era cookbooks, and eating for cheap. It’s not an inspiring image for a foodie, but I figured there must be a way to make a slightly more modern, healthier version of those dinners and still save money. So last night for my weekly Tuesday [...]

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