Recent posts on Jewish Legal Perspectives- Fundamentals of Mesirah
- Decision on liability for unauthorized autopsy
- Appellate Court Affirms Decision Allowing Disinterment
- Seminar: To Be or Not to Be: The Convergence of Halacha, Law and Medicine in Matters of Death and Dying
- Delegating credit matters to employees may obligate business owners
- When Being Lubavitch is Not Enough
Tag Archives: wealth
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on the estate tax
Analysis of an interview with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, discussing the estate tax and the moral obligation of the wealthy to society. Should Warren Buffett’s philanthropy be done on a taxable basis? Continue reading
Hard work and dumb luck
My recent post, Tough luck for dumb luck, linked an article by Robert H. Frank which disagreed with the contentions that the tax system strains the vital connection between individual effort and reward. Robert H. Frank argued that luck contributed … Continue reading
Tough luck for dumb luck
I previously linked several editorials arguing for and against the estate tax. A frequent argument in favor of lower taxes, heard again at the recent anti-tax tea parties, is that taxing income and wealth strains the relationship between effort and … Continue reading
