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Friday, May 29, 2026 What a Recent Rule Change Means for Corporate Transparency Drug cartels and other illegal enterprises often use shell companies to hide their dealings and launder money. To combat this activity, many countries have requirements that corporations disclose their ownership-or their beneficial owners. And the U.S. was adopting a similar policy when,…

The work summarized here was presented as the Arnold Zellner Memorial Keynote Address at the 46th International Symposium on Forecasting in Montreal, June 2026. Generative AI was used as an editing tool and helped with references and literature review. I thank Martín (Tincho) Almuzara for ongoing discussions on the topics in this paper. The views…

Photo by Brett Hondow, Pixabay The US federal government’s Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has asked agencies to submit “high-impact and shovel-ready” project proposals for improving the use of technology in permitting and planning decisions, and in AI adoption. The TMF – a funding initiative created in 2017 by the General Services Administration (GSA) to modernise…

The U.S. crashed out of the World Cup round of 16 on Monday, losing 4-1 to a spirited Belgium side in a match that was marred by controversy before kick-off. Belgium took an early lead in the 9th minute via Charles De Ketelaere, but the joint hosts equalized half an hour into the game, with…

In The New York Times, Senators Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) propose to “save” Social Security by lifting the cap on earnings subject to the payroll taxA payroll tax is a tax paid on the wages and salaries of employees to finance social insurance programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance. Payroll taxes…