It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Faust Joins Goldman Sachs Board of Directors Days After Exiting Presidency The Harvard Crimson. A master class in Flexianism….

How the capitalist class is strangling the American economy Ryan Cooper, The Week

Capitalism Is Ruining Science Jacobin

Another year of growth will make Kylie Jenner the youngest self-made billionaire ever, male or female. Forbes

The Unpunished Vice: A Life Of Reading By Edmund White

Wall Street Journal, House Panel Passes Tax Break for Gym Memberships, Exercise Classes:

Taxpayers would be able to claim new breaks for gym memberships, exercise classes and other fitness expenses under a bipartisan bill advanced Thursday in the House of Representatives.

The bill would consider those costs as medical expenses for tax purposes, enabling people to use tax-advantaged health-savings accounts and flexible spending accounts to pay for them. The break would be capped at $500 a year for individuals and $1,000 for joint filers. It would reduce federal revenue by $3.5 billion over a decade.

WORKING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE

The secondment to the minister's office is a coveted career move for many public servants. But what about the politics? Victoria Draudins spoke with staffers and researchers to find out how different types of experts fare.
Who are the staffers shaping our political landscape?
The ministerial office is one of the last largely inscrutable parts of our democracy. Where do these staffers come from, and what makes them qualified? A researcher is only now building a picture.
Why become a ministerial staffer
Working in a minister’s office can be a great boon for a public servant’s career. They depart with the department’s blessings and their profile is instantly raised upon returning.
SPOTLIGHT:
• Bureaucrat in the MO: in some cases return to portfolio 'not possible'
• Still many concerns about lax rules for ministerial staffer appointments
• Mind the rise — and ever rise — of ministerial advisers
• 'Advisers are here to stay, so you’ve got to make it work'



Melissa Breger (Albany), Teaching Law Students to Have a Good "Bed-Side: Manner

Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Wax Does Not Wane

William Henderson (Indiana), Studying Leadership Before the Big Test, Part I

Through Self-Experimentation And Posting His Genome Online, Carl Zimmer Learns What Heredity Really Means — And Why DNA And Lineage Are Not One And The Same

 

Single-file tax return suggested in Québec  The Quebec government has discussed the possibility of administering a single-tax system with the aim to collect income tax on behalf on the federal government. The province has collected GST in Quebec for the federal government since the early 1990s, and this request, if allowed, would mean Quebecers only have to file one return as opposed separate provincial and federal returns.  The Prime Minister later announced that the issue was not a priority for the government. Others have suggested it may be more efficient for the CRA to take on administering taxes from the province, as it does for the other provinces. Source: Global News, Quebec to ask Ottawa to allow people in the province to file a single tax return

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