William G. Gale

2009

Is the Stimulus Working?September 22, 2009

An Update on the Economic and Fiscal Crises: 2009 and BeyondSeptember 15, 2009

Fix Health Care. But Fix the Deficits, TooSeptember 08, 2009

Activist Fiscal Policy to Stabilize Economic ActivityAugust 24, 2009

Deficit: What Caused It, Why It MattersJuly 30, 2009

Financing Health Care Reform by Soaking the Rich: A Bad Idea All AroundJuly 21, 2009

Here Comes the Next Fiscal CrisisJuly 08, 2009

Automatic: Changing the Way America SavesJuly 01, 2009

The Fiscal Crisis: Bad Now, Worse Long-TermJune 22, 2009

Tax Reform and Fiscal Discipline Needed for Economic RecoveryJune 05, 2009

Tax Reform HandcuffsMay 04, 2009

Challenges and Opportunities for Tax ReformApril 15, 2009

The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and BeyondFebruary 19, 2009

The Stimulus Package and Economic SolvencyFebruary 17, 2009

In '06, Rich Earned More, Paid Less TaxJanuary 30, 2009

What’s Missing in the Stimulus PlanJanuary 28, 2009

2008

Fixing the Tax SystemDecember 08, 2008

Memo to the President: Fix the Tax SystemDecember 05, 2008

President-elect Obama's Economic TeamNovember 25, 2008

Paths to Economic RecoveryNovember 24, 2008

Taxes under Obama and McCainOctober 30, 2008

Distributional Effects of the 2001 and 2003 Tax CutsJune 30, 2008

Increasing Annuitization of 401(k) Plans with Automatic Trial IncomeJune 05, 2008

The Tax System: Too Complex, Unfair and OutdatedMay 15, 2008

Individual Taxpayers and Federal Tax Reform May 13, 2008

Facing the Music: The Fiscal Outlook at the End of the Bush AdministrationMay 08, 2008

The Gas Tax "Holiday"May 02, 2008

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2: 2007February 01, 2008

2007

Encouraging Homeownership Through the Tax CodeJune 18, 2007

Still Crazy After All These Years: Understanding the Budget OutlookApril 27, 2007

Q&A on Tax ReformApril 05, 2007

Fixing the Tax System: Support Fairer, Simpler, and More Adequate TaxationFebruary 28, 2007

Promoting Retirement Security: Make Saving Easier & More RewardingFebruary 28, 2007

Options to Fix the Alternative Minimum TaxJanuary 19, 2007

2006

Aging Gracefully: Ideas to Improve Retirement Security in AmericaAugust 01, 2006

What Do Individual Development Accounts Do? Evidence from a Controlled ExperimentJuly 11, 2006

Improving Opportunities and Incentives for Saving by Middle- and Low-Income HouseholdsApril 01, 2006

New Estimates of the Budget Outlook: Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme ChoseFebruary 10, 2006

Taxing the Future: Fiscal Policy in the Bush AdministrationFebruary 01, 2006

2005

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Tax Reform Panel's ReportDecember 05, 2005

The Tax Reform Proposals: Some Good Ideas, but Show Me the MoneyDecember 01, 2005

The Evolving Pension System: Trends, Effects, and Proposals for ReformDecember 01, 2005

Tax Reform Options in the Real WorldOctober 01, 2005

Charitable Giving and the Taxation of EstatesSeptember 13, 2005

The Case For Environmental TaxesJuly 21, 2005

U.S. Economy: We're All Living on Borrowed TimeJune 01, 2005

Tax Policies to Help Working Families in CitiesJune 01, 2005

The National Retail Sales Tax: What Would the Rate Have To Be?May 16, 2005

The Great Tax ShiftMay 04, 2005

Saving Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R BlockMay 01, 2005

Options for Reforming the Estate TaxApril 18, 2005

Demythologizing the Russian Flat TaxMarch 14, 2005

The Pros and Cons of a Consumption TaxMarch 03, 2005

The Saver's Credit: Expanding Retirement Savings for Middle- and Lower-Income AmericansMarch 01, 2005

The Automatic 401(k): A Simple Way to Strengthen Retirement SavingsMarch 01, 2005

The Outlook for Fiscal PolicyFebruary 14, 2005

President Bush's Proposed 2006 BudgetFebruary 08, 2005

2004

The US Budget Deficit: On an Unsustainable PathDecember 01, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Summary and OutlookNovember 29, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Starving the Beast?November 15, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Down Payment on Tax Reform?November 08, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Short-Term StimulusNovember 01, 2004

The Budget Outlook: Projections and ImplicationsOctober 25, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Effects on Long-Term GrowthOctober 18, 2004

Federal Revenue OptionsOctober 06, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Revenue and Budget EffectsOctober 04, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Distributional EffectsSeptember 27, 2004

The Cost of Tax CutsSeptember 19, 2004

Bush Administration Tax Policy: Introduction and BackgroundSeptember 13, 2004

The 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts: A Response to Jenn and MarronSeptember 06, 2004

National Retail Sales TaxSeptember 01, 2004

Budget Deficits, National Saving, and Interest RatesSeptember 01, 2004

Retirement Saving and Long-Term Care Needs: An OverviewSeptember 01, 2004

A Note on the Required Tax Rate in a National Retail Sales Tax: Preliminary Estimates for 2005-2014August 12, 2004

Economic Effects of Making the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts PermanentAugust 01, 2004

The Fiscal Gap and Retirement Saving RevisitedJuly 26, 2004

The U. S. Tax Code's Impact on Revenue Projections and the Federal BudgetJuly 22, 2004

Improving the Saver's CreditJuly 01, 2004

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2004June 22, 2004

Effects on Recent Fiscal Policies on Today's Children and Future GenerationsJune 07, 2004

The ""No New Taxes"" PledgeJune 04, 2004

Distributional Effects of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts and Their FinancingJune 03, 2004

Sources of the Long-Term Fiscal GapMay 24, 2004

The Saver's Credit: Issues and OptionsMay 03, 2004

Private Pensions and Public PoliciesApril 19, 2004

The Saver's Credit: Issues and OptionsApril 01, 2004

Should the President's Tax Cuts be Made Permanent?March 08, 2004

The Budget Outlook: Updates and ImplicationsFebruary 16, 2004

Overdrawn AccountFebruary 04, 2004

The President's FY 2005 Budget: First ImpressionsFebruary 04, 2004

Key Points on the Alternative Minimum TaxJanuary 21, 2004

Key Points on Making the Bush Tax Cuts PermanentJanuary 21, 2004

Who's Minding the Kids?January 01, 2004

2003

The Budget Outlook: Analysis and ImplicationsOctober 06, 2003

Distribution of Federal Taxes and Income, 1979-2000September 29, 2003

The Budget Outlook: Baseline and Adjusted ProjectionsSeptember 22, 2003

Fiscal Follies: The Real Budget Problem and How to Fix ItSeptember 01, 2003

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2003August 26, 2003

Reassessing the Fiscal Gap: Why Tax-Deferred Saving Will Not Solve the ProblemJuly 28, 2003

Estate tax: Tax Needs Reform, But Repeal Would be a Giveaway to the WealthyJuly 27, 2003

Perspectives on Long-Term Budget DeficitsJuly 24, 2003

Economic Effects of Sustained Budget DeficitsJuly 17, 2003

The AMT: Projections and ProblemsJuly 07, 2003

Sunsets in the Tax CodeJune 09, 2003

Short-Term Stimulus, Long-Term Growth and JGTRRAJune 09, 2003

An Economic Perspective on Urban EducationJune 01, 2003

The Tax CutMay 28, 2003

Thinking Through the Tax OptionsMay 13, 2003

Bush's Tax-Cut Plan Slashes GrowthMay 09, 2003

Budget Blues: The Fiscal Outlook and Options for ReformMay 01, 2003

Effects of Tax Simplification Options on Equity, Efficiency, and Simplicity: A Quantitative AnalysisMay 01, 2003

Whither Pensions? A Brief Analysis of Portman-Cardin IIIApril 28, 2003

The Real Fiscal DangerApril 21, 2003

Private Pensions: Issues and OptionsApril 16, 2003

Faith-Based BudgetingApril 01, 2003

The Administration's Savings Proposals: Preliminary AnalysisMarch 03, 2003

Truth In Taxes: A Voter's Guide to Election-Year Tax TalkMarch 01, 2003

Private Pensions: Issues and OptionsMarch 01, 2003

The Administration's New Tax-Free Saving Proposals: A Preliminary AnalysisFebruary 23, 2003

Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Incentives for InvestmentFebruary 12, 2003

America Cannot Afford a Huge DeficitFebruary 05, 2003

America Cannot Afford a Huge DeficitFebruary 05, 2003

Budget Blues: The Fiscal Outlook and Options for ReformFebruary 05, 2003

Perspectives on the Budget OutlookFebruary 03, 2003

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: A Simple FrameworkFebruary 03, 2003

Perspectives on the Budget OutlookJanuary 31, 2003

The President's Tax Proposal: Second ThoughtsJanuary 27, 2003

The Administration's Proposal to Cut Dividend and Capital Gains TaxesJanuary 20, 2003

The President's Tax Proposal: First ImpressionsJanuary 09, 2003

2002

Now Is the Time for All Good Feds to Come to the Aid of StatesDecember 20, 2002

The Economic Effects of Long-Term Fiscal DisciplineDecember 17, 2002

Fix a Real Tax MessNovember 14, 2002

About Half of Dividend Payments Do Not Face Double TaxationNovember 11, 2002

The AMT: Out of ControlSeptember 18, 2002

The Individual AMT: Problems and Potential SolutionsSeptember 18, 2002

A New Round of Tax Cuts?August 22, 2002

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2002July 30, 2002

The Bush Tax Cut: One Year LaterJune 01, 2002

The Budget Outlook: Options for Restoring Fiscal DisciplineJune 01, 2002

The Tax Treatment of Foreign Income: Issues and OptionsMay 09, 2002

Issues in Budget ReformMay 02, 2002

The Budget Outlook and Options for Fiscal PolicyApril 01, 2002

An Economic Evaluation of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001March 01, 2002

The Bush Budget: Guns and CaviarFebruary 10, 2002

Keep Existing Tax Cuts but Freeze New OnesJanuary 28, 2002

2001

The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Wealth AccumulationDecember 03, 2001

Temporary Incentives Will Offer More Bang for the BuckNovember 19, 2001

The Changing Budget Outlook: Causes and ImplicationsNovember 19, 2001

Perspectives on the Tax Stimulus DebateOctober 25, 2001

The Changing Budget Outlook: Causes and ImplicationsOctober 11, 2001

Evaluating President Bush's Tax Stimulus PackageOctober 09, 2001

Why the Current Stimulus Package Should Have Only Temporary ItemsOctober 09, 2001

Stimulating the Economy Through Tax Policy: Principles and ApplicationsOctober 05, 2001

Notes on Tax Policy in the Aftermath of the Terrorist AttackSeptember 28, 2001

Tax Simplification: Issues and OptionsSeptember 10, 2001

How Big is the Prospective Budget Surplus?September 01, 2001

Tax Simplification: Issues and OptionsJuly 17, 2001

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2001July 16, 2001

Rethinking Estate and Gift TaxationJune 27, 2001

The New Urban Economy: Opportunities and ChallengesJune 01, 2001

Resurrecting the Estate TaxJune 01, 2001

The Taxation of Retirement Saving: Choosing Between Front-Loaded and Back-Loaded OptionsMay 31, 2001

Dead Men Don't Buy GasMay 28, 2001

Rhetoric and Economics in the Estate Tax DebateMay 22, 2001

First Things First: The Case for Developing New Budget RulesApril 27, 2001

Rethinking the Tax RebateApril 02, 2001

The Estate Tax Plays a Key RoleApril 01, 2001

Tax Cuts and the Budget OutlookApril 01, 2001

A Golden Opportunity to Simplify the Tax System: Options for Reforming a Complex Tax CodeApril 01, 2001

Tax Cuts and the BudgetMarch 09, 2001

Evaluating the Budget Surplus and Tax Policy OptionsMarch 08, 2001

Rethinking the Estate and Gift TaxMarch 01, 2001

The Budget Outlook and Tax PolicyFebruary 13, 2001

All Tax Cuts Are Not Created EqualJanuary 29, 2001

Rethinking the Estate and Gift Tax: OverviewJanuary 26, 2001

The Bush Tax CutJanuary 22, 2001

What Happens When You Show Them the Money? Lump Sum Distributions, Retirement Income Security, and Public PolicyJanuary 03, 2001

2000

The Role of Administrative Factors in Tax Reform: Simplicity, Compliance and AdministrationDecember 01, 2000

The Role of Administrative Issues in Tax Reform: Simplicity, Compliance, and AdministrationDecember 01, 2000

Do Estate Taxes Reduce Saving?November 11, 2000

The Effects of 401(k) Plans on Household Wealth: Differences Across Earnings GroupsAugust 01, 2000

Perspectives on the Budget SurplusJuly 17, 2000

The Tax BurdenJuly 17, 2000

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2000July 12, 2000

We Tax Dead PeopleJune 12, 2000

The Adequacy of Household SavingJanuary 01, 2000

1999

Why Are Taxes So Complicated and What Can We Do About It?December 01, 1999

Asset Accumulation Among Low-Income HouseholdsNovember 01, 1999

Does the Budget Surplus Justify Big Tax Cuts?: Updates and ExtensionsOctober 18, 1999

The Required Tax Rate in a National Retail Sales TaxSeptember 01, 1999

The Savings Crisis: In the Eye of the Beholder?August 26, 1999

A Crisis In Saving?August 16, 1999

Tax Cut's Trillion-Dollar QuestionAugust 02, 1999

Cuts for Gain Now, but Pain LaterJuly 25, 1999

A Tax Cut...July 20, 1999

Perspectives on the Household Saving RateMay 01, 1999

Does the Budget Surplus Justify a Large-Scale Tax Cut?March 22, 1999

Does the Budget Surplus Justify a Large-Scale Tax Cut?March 12, 1999

Economic Growth Through Tax CutsMarch 04, 1999

The Case Against Tax CutsMarch 01, 1999

Are Americans Really Overtaxed?February 24, 1999

The Best Return on the SurplusFebruary 17, 1999

Tax Credits: Social Policy in Bad DisguiseFebruary 16, 1999

Federal Tax Policy in the New MillenniumJanuary 20, 1999

1998

A 'Surplus' We NeedOctober 16, 1998

Tax-Cutting FrenzyAugust 27, 1998

The Flat Tax: Simple, Efficient, Fair. Or is it?June 01, 1998

Let's Revamp the Tax Code--But How?April 15, 1998

Don't Toss Out the Baby With ReformApril 14, 1998

Kill the Tax Code? Great Sport, Risky BusinessApril 13, 1998

Don't Buy the Sales TaxMarch 01, 1998

The Misguided Max TaxFebruary 23, 1998

Fantasy TaxFebruary 15, 1998

1997

What Can America Learn from the British Tax System?December 01, 1997

On the Possibility of a No-Return Tax SystemSeptember 01, 1997

The Case Against the Capital Gains Tax CutsSeptember 01, 1997

The Budget Deal: An Opportunity Lost . . .August 01, 1997

The Aging of America: Will the Baby Boom Be Ready for Retirement?June 01, 1997

The Effects of Social Security Reform on Private and National SavingJune 01, 1997

Easier, Fairer TaxesApril 12, 1997

Public Policies Toward Saving: Should We Expand Individual Retirement Accounts?March 06, 1997

Tax Reform Is Dead, Long Live Tax ReformFebruary 01, 1997

1996

Tax Cuts and Economic GrowthOctober 25, 1996

Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax ReformSeptember 30, 1996

Cutting Taxes Could Also Cut GrowthJune 23, 1996

Business Taxes and the Flat TaxMarch 07, 1996

Flat Tax Impact on Saving and the EconomyFebruary 19, 1996

The Kemp Commission and the Future of Tax ReformFebruary 05, 1996