Joshua M Brown

My UK Slide Presentation

I’m a very big audience draw 😉 This morning I addressed an audience of delegates at the Citywire Wealth Management Retreat in Hertfordshire, UK. My presentation tackled the state of the wealth management business, the latest trends in investing and the various regulatory, demographic and political realities that are impacting our work. I view and illustrate these…

Lincoln and Roosevelt on the need for a Federal Income Tax

President Abraham Lincoln “created the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the predecessor of today’s Internal Revenue Service, and introduced the first U.S. income taxes in 1862 to pay for the North’s Civil War expenses. The Confederacy also imposed income taxes. After all, military wars, especially big ones, have to be paid for; at least, that used to…