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Small Business
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The End of Parking Misery
Parking Panda, the new company that wants to unlock the hidden potential of America’s millions of unused parking spaces.
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Please, Do Not Tip Your Server
What happened when a worker-owned co-op restaurant ran afoul of the Department of Labor.
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Stop Talking About Small Business and Income Tax Rates!
Taxing the rich won’t kill small business hiring, but nothing Obama’s proposing will help it either.
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Who’s the Boss?
New research shows the huge economic value of effective supervisors and the surprising ways they make workers more effective.
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The Real Jobs-Numbers Mistake
It’s much more likely that we’re undercounting job growth at small businesses than overcounting it.
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Forget High-Tech
Local governments spend way too much effort encouraging tech startups. They should encourage other kinds of startups instead.
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Swipe Fee Revolution
A new legal settlement reducing credit card fees won’t help consumers much but is good for the economy anyway.
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I Want It Today
How Amazon’s ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail.
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Tax Ignoramuses
House Republicans exploit Americans’ confusion about marginal rates to sow fear about Obama’s proposed tax hikes.
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Southern Europe’s Small-Business Problem
Why corruption and poor regulation cause Greece, Italy, and Spain to have way too many workers at small firms.
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America’s Patent Crisis
How a new law encouraging more efficient patent processing could further stifle innovation.
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Should Small Businesses Really Fear Obamacare?
The official plaintiff in the Obamacare case was the main small-business lobbying organization. In fact, the new health care law should be a boon to entrepreneurs.
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Why Should We Stop Online Piracy?
A little copyright infringement is good for the economy and society.
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Small Is Still Beautiful
The trendy—and wrong—new argument that because big businesses innovate better, we should let them become monopolies.
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Small Companies, Big Credit Problems
How banks’ reluctance to make small-business loans is a major driver of sluggish recovery, and what to do about it.
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Why You Can’t Invest in My Awesome Start-Up
The dumb SEC rule that prevents small businesses from getting “crowd-funding” from investors.
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Take Our Free Money, Please!
Why Obama’s $30 billion small-business loan program has flopped.
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Little Banks vs. Big Banks
The Bank of America debit-card-fee debacle reveals why more Americans should be banking at smaller banks.
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Why Small Businesses Aren't Innovative
Everyone says small businesses are dynamic, market-shaking, job creators. But new evidence suggests that's not true.
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The Pawnshop Craze Finally Comes to the Internet
Can Pawngo attract swanky, cash-poor clients with its new, Web-only pawn operation?
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Rent-an-Expert
The fascinating new business that allows you to buy personal advice from a Nobel Prize-winning economist or a poker champion.
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Ahead in the Cloud
Amazon's cloud computing has revolutionized American small business, but can Amazon beat rising competitors?
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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Entrepreneurs …
Why the U.S. needs a new visa for foreigners who want to start businesses here.
