Category: Economics
State-owned enterprises
High-risk wildfire + flood zones
Bailout
Farm bailouts
Excerpt
Government payments to farmers have surged to historic levels under President Donald Trump as the Agriculture Department floods the industry with cash to stem the financial losses from Trump’s tariff fights and the coronavirus pandemic. But as agriculture grows more reliant on unprecedented taxpayer support, farm policy experts and watchdog groups warn the subsidies are growing too big and too fast, with no strings attached and little oversight from Congress — and that Washington could have a difficult time shutting off the spigot.
Domestic resource mobilization in Africa
Income (bottom 50%)
Pre-tax and post-tax income of the bottom 50% (USA) (1962-2014). Average income before and after taxes, of the bottom 50% of the population. DATASOURCE: World Wealth & Income Database. WIDGET: factgraphs.org