On July 2, Woodward Park City introduces First Fridays . The monthly event takes place on the first Friday of July, August and September, features music from Mountain Town Music, and participation from local food and beverage partners, local business and vendors and much more. First Fridays are open and free to the public, vendors and local business.

President Joe Biden is expected to raise long-term capital-gains tax for the wealthiest Americans to 43.4%. Blake Christian, partner at the accounting firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Tright joined Mountain Money this morning to talk about the potential o f a tax increase and steps business owners and all of us can take this year in case the increase happens.

At what point do the actions associated with “faking it to make it” result in lies, and to what extent do those lies ultimately hurt our chances of “making it?” Author Sabrina Horn joined Mountain Money to talk about her new book Make It, Don’t Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success and shares ways to achieve business success with integrity. The book becomes available on June 22, 2021.

On Thursday May 6, the Bloomberg market wrap up noted that the Dow closed at a record high and that economists were predicting one- million new jobs for Friday’s new job report. They missed. By a lot. Joel Griffith an attorney and research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation joined Mountain Money to discuss the connection between the report and spending policies implemented by the Biden administration. Last week Mountain Money spoke with Professor Marshall Steinbaum of the

Gabriel Wineant joined Mountain Money to talk about h is book The Next S h ift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America . The book follows the story of Pittsburgh, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care.

There appears to be a disconnect between the latest jobs report and discussion on current go vernment benefits. Over the next two weeks we will be diving into this topic by chatting with two experts with very different perspectives. This week we welcome back Professor Marshall Steinbaum of the University of Utah .

The interaction between corporations and governments is certainly not new. Historically it appears that corporate political activity tended to align closely with specific economic interests tied to the corporation’s business activity. That certainly seems to be changing. So, what is motivating the change and how significant is it? How does it fit within the broader context of the issue of corporate social responsibility? We are fortunate today to be joined by Professor Trevor Fetter who is now a

Over the past year new trends developed in the Park City vacation rental market. People are visiting Park City not just to vacation but as a place to work from home. To help us gain insight on the changes in the market place we are joined by Rachel and Rob Alday with Abode Luxury Rentals .

Craig Primo is a Managing Director at Keystone Capital Markets . He has over 20 years of experience advising business owners in merger, acquisition and capital raise transactions. He has completed more than 50 transactions including sell side M&A, buy side projects, and capital raise transactions. And, most importantly for his conversation with Mountain Money , he and his Utah Team compile a quarterly list of M&A transactions that have happened in Utah. Craig, thank you for joining us on

Understanding America’s health crisis requires a focus not only on its health institutions but on the underlying economic conditions affecting health and access to medical care in this country. Author Brian Alexander surgically examines these issues by focusing on a single hospital in Ohio in his new book The Hospital: Life, Death and Dying in a Small American Town .