This past January, researchers uncovered that Black taxpayers are three to five times as likely to be audited as everyone else. One likely reason for this is that the IRS disproportionately audits lower-income earners who claim a tax benefit called the earned income tax credit. And this, says law professor Dorothy Brown, is just one example of the many ways that race is woven through our tax system, its history, and its enforcement.
Dorothy discovered the hidden relationship between race and the tax system sort of by accident, when she was helping her parents with their tax return. The amount they paid seemed too high. Eventually, her curiosity about that observation spawned a whole area of study.
This episode is a collaboration with NPR's Code Switch podcast. Host Gene Demby spoke to Dorothy Brown about how race and taxes play out in marriage, housing, and student debt.
This episode was produced by James Sneed, with help from Olivia Chilkoti. It was edited by Dalia Mortada and Courtney Stein, and engineered by James Willets & Brian Jarboe.
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Motley Fool Money - Monster Beverage = Monster Stock
What does it take to deliver huge returns over a two-decade time frame? (00:21) Tim Beyers discusses: - Netflix's 1st-quarter results - Why he believes the new ad-tier model is off to a strong start - What Ted Sarandos said on the call that many investors may have missed - The shuttering of DVD.com (13:33) Ricky Mulvey and Asit Sharma take a closer look at Monster Beverage, its eye-popping returns so far this century, and where it could go from here. Companies discussed: NFLX, MNST, ODFL Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - WOMEN WHO WEB3: ‘Bet on the Jockey’- From Welfare to Wall Street to Web3 VC With Jenny Q. Ta
On this week’s show, we sat down with Jenny Q. Ta, founder and general partner of Web3 VC Funds and a self-made millionaire who migrated from Vietnam to the U.S. I knew of Jenny from Twitter and could feel her warm and welcoming personality and charm through our DMs, but we’ve been missing each other IRL at various Web3 conferences. So finally we get to listen to the unstoppable might of a founder with three successful exits. Despite already being able to retire luxuriously and live a peaceful and happy life on a remote island somewhere, Jenny continues to give back, mentor, build, grow and learn and each minute you listen, will add more value to your livelihood, trust me! Sit back, relax, take a listen and learn more about Jenny below.
Meet Jenny!
Jenny Q. Ta is a three-times founder veteran of Wall Street, self-made millionaire and seasoned entrepreneur with three highly successful early ventures to her credit. As founder and CEO of Titan Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and investment-banking firm, Ta built a company that was profitable enough to be acquired in 2005. Prior to that venture, Jenny had filled the role of founder, CEO and driving force behind Vantage Investments, another full-service broker-dealer and investment-banking firm that she started while still in her early twenties and quickly grew to a-third-of-a-billion dollars in assets.
Ta’s next two entrepreneurial endeavors included masterminding two modern tech companies: VCNetwork.co, a virtual eHarmony meets “Shark Tank,” matching entrepreneurs with VCs, and CoinLinked.com, an American online social-commerce platform powered by a decentralized blockchain to connect the traditional marketplaces of today with the digital currencies of tomorrow. These two more-recent ventures were solidly grounded in Jenny’s rich business background, which includes extensive firsthand experience in senior executive management, sales, marketing and finance, with forays into the fintech industry and exploration of the opportunities that cryptocurrencies, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies afford. Jenny Ta’s third successful exit occurred in August 2021, when both entities were acquired by HODL Assets Inc.
Jenny is also a published author, whose book, “Wall Street Cinderella,” details her escape from Vietnam during the war and traces her path to success from welfare to Wall Street. The book serves as a helpful road map for women who are determined to pursue a successful career in business. Ta’s educational background includes an MBA degree in financial management. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems from CSUF.
On this show, Jenny shares:
⛰️Her journey from Vietnam, to living on welfare in the U.S., to Wall Street and her path to becoming a self-made millionaire
💰Advice for women leading VCs and women seeking funding from VCs
🔑Key ingredients for a successful startup to company in the web3 space
🦿Promising use cases for AI-powered web3 technologies
🫰How to identify promising startups for angel investors and venture capitalists
We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise on mindful eating! :)
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Federalist Radio Hour - Lessons From The House Of Habsburg
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Eduard Habsburg, Hungary's ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to share the story of his family, which ruled for centuries over parts of Europe, and discuss what lessons the current world can learn from rulers of times past.
You can find Habsburg's book "The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times" here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-habsburg-way/
You can find Habsburg's book "The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times" here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-habsburg-way/
Audio Poem of the Day - “No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief.”
By Gerard Manley Hopkins (read by Mary Jo Bang)
Cato Daily Podcast - Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, and Libel Law in America
Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million dollars over election-related libel claims. What does or should that mean for efforts to change libel laws in the United States? Walter Olson explains.
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SCOTUScast - Arizona v. Navajo Nation, Dep. of Interior v. Navajo Nation – Post-Argument SCOTUScast
On March 20, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the consolodated cases of Arizona v. Navajo Nation and Dep. of Interior v. Navajo Nation. At issue is whether the federal government has an affirmative duty to the Navajo Nation to assess and provide for the Nation's water needs from particular sources, given that such a duty was not expressly established in past treaties between the federal government and the Nation.
Join us to hear from Prof. Tom Gede as he breaks down the case.
Join us to hear from Prof. Tom Gede as he breaks down the case.
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Fox Hunt
Eliana Johnson joins the podcast today to assess the damage to Fox News Channel from its colossal settlement with Dominion, after which we look at the damage done to Ron DeSantis over the past couple of weeks. Give a listen.
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Amarica's Constitution - Judges and Adverse Events
The Judiciary continues to occupy the headlines, from the judge in Trump’s trial to judges and justices at the district and circuit level who somehow impact the lives of the whole nation. And Justice Thomas keeps knocking at the ethics door. We take it a step at a time, trying to be thorough. Everyone, it seems, wants to be more than they seem. So this time we look in some depth at judges being doctors, plaintiffs choosing judges, and regional judges offering national injunctions, while touching on some of these other areas as well.
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - UFOs in the Korean War
As chaos reigned across the Korean peninsula from 1950 to 1953 in a war that has still not officially ended, one group of US soldiers found themselves overwhelmed by an object they couldn't identify. A sphere -- apparently metallic -- capable of changing color and moving at unimaginable angles. In today's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the story of a UFO that may have led to the creation of Project Blue Book.
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