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Silly taxes historically made for clever dodgers
Stephen Beard Apr 13, 2012
Throughout history, rulers have imposed taxes on everything from wigs to windows, but astute tax avoiders have always found a way to escape them.
Government must promote savings
Chris Farrell Mar 12, 2012
Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell says government needs to push sound saving, rather than sound borrowing.
USAjobs.gov can't keep up with demand
John Moe Oct 21, 2011
Monster.com used to run the official government jobs listing website. It did so for many years under a contract that has now expired and the...
Supercommittee says sell spectrum
Marc Sanchez Oct 10, 2011
On Friday, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) and Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-Pa.) - all members of...
The New Facebook and why Netflix split in two
Steve Henn Sep 24, 2011
How important is Facebook's push into digital media? It's huge. Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, believes the social network could remake the w...
On-shoring is the new off-shoring (thank you FCC)
Adriene Hill Aug 5, 2011
Call centers are bringing jobs back to the United States. Julius Genachowski, chairman for the FCC, says call centers will hire about 100,000 pe...
House members want Internet Service Providers to keep track of your online activity
Steve Henn Jul 29, 2011
The bill is called Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. Because who would want to vote against that? The bill passed in the...
New data security bill introduced in the Senate
Steve Henn Jul 29, 2011
I'm not sure how anyone in Congress has any time to do anything but try to figure out how to get a debt crisis deal done, but apparently, they do....
Rickrolling @whitehouse
Steve Henn Jul 28, 2011
The White House is holding "office hours" on Twitter during the debt ceiling negotiations. During yesterday's session, some Obama staffer...
