published Apr 4th 2017, 7:00 pm, by Mihir Sharma (Bloomberg View) — Over the past year, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has emerged as the ideological patron of a certain brand of conservatism worldwide. Politicians from France’s Marine Le Pen, to Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, to Donald Trump appear drawn to

published Jan 9th 2017, 3:00 am, by Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) — It’s tax time again, and President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress have promised to slash them—especially for corporations and the rich. For millions of Americans, however, a tax increase will be the first thing they see.