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Congressman Paul Ryan takes part in a session called "The Business of Taxes" at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in Washington on December 2, 2014.

What if we could choose where part of our taxes went? Would we feel better about paying them?

Economics

No one likes paying their taxes, but would that change if you got some say over where they went? A group of researchers recently conducted experiments that say yes.

Latest figures say U.S. deficit declining, economy improving

Global Politics

Spanish turning to carrots to protest higher taxes on cultural events

Business, Economics and Jobs

Some Republicans open to idea of tax increases in deficit reduction deal

Global Politics

How debt deal impacts U.S. economic recovery

Business, Economics and Jobs

Europe reacts to US debt deal

Business, Economics and Jobs

In Europe, some see the eleventh-hour package of spending cuts and tax hikes making up the US debt deal as too little, too late.

Jobless, Some Spaniards Catch Entrepreneurial Spirit

Business, Economics and Jobs

More than half of young Spaniards are out of work and companies aren’t hiring. So the government hopes the young unemployed will go entrepreneurial and start their own businesses. But the challenges are big, both financially and culturally.

Can the Government Create Jobs?

In Tuesday night’s presidential debate there was much discussion about job creation, but it was the comments of one of our independent voters in Ohio, Dan Starr, that really set a lot of listeners off. “The government doesn’t create any jobs – they really don’t,” he said. “That’s the job of the private sector. There […]

Austerity Measures Prompt German Battle of Bands

Because of austerity measures, officials plan to merge two publicly funded orchestras in the southwestern part of Germany.

The World

Europe Still Searching for Solution to Weak Greek Economy

Global Politics

A day after European leaders met to try to come up with a new answer to Greece’s economic troubles, critics say the leaders are still failing to offer any real solutions to the debt crisis – and time is running out.