Seth Godin's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
You can receive instant daily updates of this blog by following @thisissethsblog. I create the tweets automatically using a service called twitterfeed. It's free and it works really well. (PS this is my only presence on Twitter... I'm focused on...
1 plus 1 makes 3 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
AWeber announced the imminent arrival of their brand new web form builder - making it even easier for everyone to design/create those all important forms to capture names and email addresses to start your ethical marketing conversation with your prospects. Watch the video and read the exciting list of new features (soon to be released) on AWeber's blog . Underneath the post you can find a Web...
Software by Rob (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Apologies to those who read this blog via RSS. For about two weeks no new posts were showing up in my RSS feed, then last week old posts were marked as new with multiple rows of links added below them. The real issue, though, is that ever since Google acquired FeedBurner there’s no human support so [...]
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Following up on Tuesday's post, Miami Law Prof Sues Above the Law Blog for $22m: Professor Jones has dropped the lawsuit: Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Above the Law National Law Journal Volokh Conspiracy Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Rainbow of Chaos (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) is over for another year and this year I managed to post every single day for the month of November. I also changed the focus of this blog a little bit and started blogging more about skepticism, science and pseudoscience as well as my usual “anything goes” blog posts. I [...]
Igneous Quill (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
No, today isn't the day I explain how I came up with the name, "Igneous Quill." That day may or may not ever come. What I'd like to write out today is simply a brief description of where Igneous Quill has been, where it is and perhaps a guess and where it's going. What is Igneous Quill? First, Igneous Quill is a blog . It began as a way to help me sort out my thoughts as I worked through...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas, Department of Economics) & Gerard A. Pfann (Maastricht University, Faculty of Quantitative Economics) have posted Markets for Reputation: Evidence on Quality and Quantity in Academe on NBER. Here is the abstract: We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Susan C. Morse (Santa Clara) has posted Making Offshore Account Holders Disclose on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article considers the compliance issues raised by individual taxpayer investment in offshore bank and similar accounts. Offshore account holders have historically had a high rate of tax evasion and have contributed...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
There has been much commentary on the revenue that could be raised by legalizing and taxing marijuana: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Potential Tax Revenue From a Regulated Marijuana Market: A Meaningful Revenue Source Business Week, Legalize Marijuana for Tax Revenue Christian Science Monitor, A Marijuana Tax as the...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Following up on last week's post on a New York Times op-ed, Estate Tax Reform to Protect Family Farms and Business ($10m Exemption), Not Wealthy Heirs ($1-2m Exemption): the Sunday New York Times ran four letters to the editor in response, My Estate Tax, Your Family Business, which are discussed...
Kirrus' Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... to, so I’ll try that out for a little while. See how it goes. If you have subscribed to this blog via an RSS feed, feel free to tell me if I’m being boring! Flashforward! I’m enjoying watching this series. Tends to be, that Rog (flatmate) and I sit down and watch it together… to be honest, but for that, I would have bought (and finished) the book it’s based on by now. Maybe after I’ve moved,...
Mere Orthodoxy (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... here to Mere-O and want to get acquainted, here are a few things you can do: 1) Subscribe to the blog via RSS . 2) Follow me on Twitter or “friend” (it’s not a verb, but go with it!) me on Facebook . 3) Read a few recent posts (a list of some of my favorites is below). 4) Drop a comment to me in the comments. We require registrations here at Mere-O, but that’s simply so we can ban people...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
ABC News, Tough Market for Law School Grads: Law Students Across the Country Try to Adapt in a Struggling Economy, by Emily Watkins: For the first time in decades, the promise of a profitable law career for top students is uncertain, as law schools report significantly reduced hiring rates. ......
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Ethan Yale (Virginia) has published Investment Risk and the Tax Benefit of Deferred Compensation, 62 Tax L. Rev. 377 (2009). Here is the abstract: Deferred compensation is thought to generate significant tax savings compared to current compensation in certain circumstances. The standard model used to support this conclusion does not...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Xuan-Thao Nguyen (SMU) & Jeffrey A. Maine (Maine) have posted two of their tax papers on SSRN: Giving Intellectual Property, 39 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1721 (2006) Taxing the New Intellectual Property Right, 56 Hastings L.J. 1 (2004)
