Topic: Income

Santorum Made $1 Million a Year, Tax Returns Show

Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s income rose each successive year that he was out of Congress until he was earning about $1 million a year, according to four years of tax returns he made public late on Wednesday.

By Dino Grandoni

Nov 17, 2011

Stat of the Day

68% of the Sons of the 1% Work at Their Dad's Company

Nepotism and wealth go together according to a study published in the Journal of Labor Economics.

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 2, 2011

Chart of the Day

Want to Make a Lot of Money? The Answer Is Science

Those wishing of adding zeros to their paychecks should know one thing: they're prayers might be best answered through science--or at least by landing a job related to science.

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