Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Taxes and the Top Percentile Myth

The WSJ writes an article about current taxes has a few incredible bits of trivia
  • the upper 1% of the income distribution earned 19.6% of total income before tax [in 2004], and paid 41% of the individual federal income tax
  • he wealthiest 1% of U.S. households now take home more than 20% of all household income
Read the rest of the WSJ article. (Thanks, Corinne)

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .