I like astronomy, amateur radio and birding. I have a BS in business administration Corp. Finance from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, graduated 1996.
MTV officially shut down its 24-hour music channels yesterday. They ended their final broadcast with 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles, the very first video broadcasted by MTV on August 1st, 1981.
This is a very interesting book by the inventor of the Laffer Curve, which graphically explains that diminishing (marginal) returns sets in after an optimal tax rate that absolutely maximizes tax revenue. If a government charges more than this optimal rate, as many do, a (dead weight) loss to society occurs, which damages the respective country's economy with increasing severity.