Owen Zidar
@omzidar
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Dad of 3. Co-author of The Everywhere Millionaire:
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She is exceptionally talented.
America LOVES small business. Even more than it loves the military, or the Supreme Court.
But what actually makes a business “small”? Do we … know?
Eric Zwick, a professor of finance and economics at the University of Chicago and co-author of “The Everywhere Millionaire” joins @mdc for a new episode of Mary in America.
Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts 💫
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Eric: "Small business is more venerated than the military, than the Supreme Court, than Congress —"
Mary [eyebrow raised]: "Well."
Eric: "...the media"
Mary [eyebrow on the ceiling]: "Well."
Nobody doing it like @mdc
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@omzidar and a book!? that's 4 under 5!
@LaporteReporte @omzidar Gemini thinks that's backwards
I'll be, uh, passing through Durham next week. Come to Duke and learn about rich business owners:
this news comes one day after I read in @omzidar's book about how he tried to put Portillo's out of business with his own hot dog restaurant and failed miserably
Had a great conversation yesterday about small business with @omzidar @lilybatch and @amyhanauer .
We discussed tax cuts and below: how the wealthiest "small" businesses --auto dealers, beer distributors-- are often legally protected from competition and not "small" at all
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Co-authors of the Everywhere Millionaire, @omzidar and Eric Zwick, explain how tax cuts intended to protect small businesses have created a new group of extremely wealthy small business owners.
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Thanks to fellow tax nerd @andrewrsorkin @dealbook for highlighting @The_Budget_Lab's new work on taxing top earners:
Last January, Marketplace enrollees saw their premiums double. Now, people who get coverage at work are seeing costs jump by 8-10%. Soon, Medicaid cuts will push millions out of coverage. Three shocks to cost and coverage that may open the next generational window for healthcare reform. New in @TIME with Abi Sanchez
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Was fun to talk to @asymmetricinfo about the everywhere millionaire- check out the episode here!
Really important piece from Roge Karma. Democrats must tackle pass-through income if they want to make the tax code fair.
America’s wealthiest aren’t just Silicon Valley moguls or Wall Street titans. In The Everywhere Millionaire, economists @omzidar and Eric Zwick reveal the hidden fortunes of private business owners across the country. Andy @serwer at @Barrons reports.
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A tax break with enormous consequences. Rogé Karma in @TheAtlantic explores how pass-through businesses fuel inequality, featuring @omzidar and Eric Zwick, authors of THE EVERYWHERE MILLIONAIRE from @henryholt
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🚨TOMORROW, AEI's @stanveuger will host WSJ's
@greg_ip, @omzidar, and Eric Zwick to discuss Zidar and Zwick's new book, The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There.
RSVP here:
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Great piece covering pass through businesses and the Everywhere Millionaire in @TheAtlantic
Tune in - starting at 1 pm et
Starting in 1 hour: CAP's "Beyond Billionaires" event with @lilybatch, @amyhanauer, @omzidar, Eric Zwick, and CAP experts @EmilyG_DC and @CoreyHusak. WATCH LIVE:
Hi Friends,
Thanks for all the support for the Everywhere Millionaire. Based on bookscan sales data, it looks like we are right on the bubble of the best seller list in business for September, so if you could pick up a copy at a local bookstore *in the next few days*, suggest the book to friends, retweet this message, or post about it - we’d greatly appreciate it!
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