Bracketed Tax: A Guide.

Today I learned that not many people (even those around me who study business) actually know how much they get taxed, or how the Australian taxation system works. I’ve heard statements like “if you earn over $80,000, you’ll get taxed 40%, but under $80,000 you only get taxed 30%”.
If this was correct, a person [...]

Posted on March 3, 2010 at 1:54 pm by Dan · Permalink · One Comment
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There’s no such thing as a… wait, what?

New York businessmen, as far as I can tell, are a special bunch. They love big words, big gestures and big paychecks. Unfortunately, in these tough economic times even the New Yorkers find their incomes reduced and as a result their lavish culinary expenditure has been curbed.
Only through extreme cleverness and guile can these sharply-dressed [...]

Posted on March 2, 2010 at 10:30 pm by Dan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Plotting Marginal Cost Curves in Excel 2007: A Guide.

What follows here is a simple, illustrated guide to creating marginal curves in Excel 2007. As any economist (even those in-training, like myself) know, marginal curves have to be plotted halfway between two discrete points on the x-axis. It’s simpler than it sounds. Click through for the illustrated instructions!

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 6:36 am by Dan · Permalink · Leave a comment
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