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Bloomberg

'Hipster Antitrust' Rules Are Dangerous, Summers Says

Higher Ed
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that he's concerned about a populist tilt among US antitrust regulators, including comments this week appearing to target private equity, warning that the trend could prove harmful to the...
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The Economist

The Economist: Multimedia Library: Kal Draws: Taxation

9th - 10th
KAL, The Economist's resident cartoonist and animator, explains taxation in this short animated video.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Taxation and Representation

9th - 10th
"Taxation and Representation: The Imperial Debate between Britain and the Americans," presented by Gordon Wood, is focused on the United States around the time of the Boston Tea Party. The public in the U.S. wanted to be represented in...
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 8: A Distant Government

9th - 10th
Anti-Federalists argued that a distant national government would require a standing army and taxation.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taxes: Marriage Penalty

9th - 10th
Compares how the incomes of two people would be taxed if they were treated as individuals instead of as a married couple. [10:05]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taxes: Tax Brackets and Progressive Taxation

9th - 10th
Explains what tax brackets are and how a progressive tax system works.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Benjamin Franklin as Diplomat

9th - 10th
In this video, Sal and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss Benjamin Franklin as a diplomat. [10:02]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Alternative Minimum Tax

9th - 10th
This video explains the basics of the alternative minimum tax. [3:54]