In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden. Officially, at least, the United ...

Taxes make civilization possible. When the ancient Greeks introduced democracy roughly 2,500 years ago, they implemented a progressive taxation prototype so that those who benefited most bore the ...

Spotify's defining feature is undoubtedly music discovery, with the platform offering several ways to find your next playlist. Spotify also makes playlists and artist recommendations just for you.

In pre-revolutionary France, the highly privileged nobility known as the Second Estate was legally exempt from paying taxes, shifting the burden to everyone else, including peasants, wage-earners, and ...