A consumption tax is a tax on goods or services you spend money on, rather than what you earn. The United States does not ...

That must be the mantra behind the governor’s reintroduction of a local option tax bill that went nowhere in the prior legislative session. Gov. Maura Healey’s reprise of the Municipal Empowerment Act ...

Everything, from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to cars we drive, has global implications, requiring resources from distant places and generating pollution far from our homes. But while these ...

The government will provide a total of 20 million won worth of Onnuri gift vouchers through a lottery for citizens who purchase small business products worth more than 50,000 won in non-capital ...

Having highlighted the failures and fragility of a globalized food system, the COVID-19 pandemic created a sudden infatuation with local consumption, which was widely encouraged by the Québec ...

One of the surprising effects of a local election — specifically a gubernatorial election — seems to be that the demand for the local newspaper associated with the winning candidate’s party goes down ...

A new study examines the virtual shrinking of distances between places -- arising because of trade, telecommunication and travel -- and the widening gap between where products are made, where they're ...