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Puerto Rico currently has a tax system that no one consciously would have built from the ground up. It is unduly burdensome to administer and enforce; it is inequitable, along both horizontal and vertical dimensions; it oftentimes encourages the inefficient allocation of resources and it inflicts enormous damage to our competitiveness.
Improved incentives for private charitable donations would strengthen nonprofit organizations that provide a variety of public benefits in Puerto Rico. This study investigates options for stimulating additional charitable giving with enhanced tax incentives.
In 2009, according to The Economist magazine, world output shrank by more than 1 percent, the first time since 1945 that it has declined on a year-over-year basis. At the same time, years of excessive lending and irrational asset pricing finally caught up with the world’s financial system.
Recientemente se publicó en un diario del país una preocupante nota donde se fustiga y se culpa a la comunidad judía en Puerto Rico por toda una serie de problemas. Leerla me causó sorpresa y consternación, pero más me sorprendió que en los días siguientes no vi ninguna respuesta en defensa o por lo menos condenando tales comentarios y tal actitud.
This year was a tough and difficult one for the Puerto Rican economy. In part due to the Great Recession and the financial crises that have adversely affected economic activity around the world since 2007.
A casi cuatro años de haber participado de los trabajos del Informe CNE/Brookings sobre la economía de Puerto Rico, el Dr. Barry Bosworth, Senior Fellow del Instituto Brookings, encuentra que la situación económica de Puerto Rico se ha deteriorado marcadamente. En parte, este deterioro se debe al impacto de la profunda crisis económica y financiera a nivel global.
On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation inviting his fellow citizens to “… in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficient Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
Una de las preguntas que más a menudo me hacen es cuál debería ser la estrategia para hacer crecer la economía de Puerto Rico. Típicamente lo que buscan es la ansiada bala plateada con la cual matar al vampire de la recesión.
