http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-274073 OUPblog » Blog Archive » The growth of the Giving Pledge and the federal estate tax Mon, 07 May 2012 12:30:18 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-274073 [...] taking the Giving Pledge, wealthy individuals publicly commit to contribute “the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.” The Pledge was [...] [...] taking the Giving Pledge, wealthy individuals publicly commit to contribute “the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.” The Pledge was [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246286 Edward Zelinsky on “Albert Pujols, Occupy Wall Street, and the Buffett Rule” | Top US News Today Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:55:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246286 [...] tax law expert at Cardozo Law School and author of The Origins of the Ownership Society, has a thoughtful and provocative Oxford University Press piece on Albert Pujols and his 10-year, $254 million contract. Zelinsky argues that Pujols indeed [...] [...] tax law expert at Cardozo Law School and author of The Origins of the Ownership Society, has a thoughtful and provocative Oxford University Press piece on Albert Pujols and his 10-year, $254 million contract. Zelinsky argues that Pujols indeed [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246263 Pfizzy Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:41:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246263 Me. The surtax is not the overpaid CEO's tax, though. Warren Buffett is not overpaid in my opinion. He is undertaxed. So are most big three major athletes. Me. The surtax is not the overpaid CEO’s tax, though. Warren Buffett is not overpaid in my opinion. He is undertaxed. So are most big three major athletes.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246158 Jason W. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:03:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246158 I'm confused. Is someone actually arguing the contrary? Who has lumped Pujols with overpaid CEOs? I’m confused. Is someone actually arguing the contrary? Who has lumped Pujols with overpaid CEOs?

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-245988 Pfizzy Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:01:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-245988 I think you miss one major facet of the Buffet surtax. It is that those who are millionaires would not be there if not for the support of the government and people of this country. Sports stars in particular could not be as successful in other countries as they are in this one. He deserves to pay the surtax. I think you miss one major facet of the Buffet surtax. It is that those who are millionaires would not be there if not for the support of the government and people of this country. Sports stars in particular could not be as successful in other countries as they are in this one. He deserves to pay the surtax.

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