government_pillar - The Hamilton Project

Issue: Effective Government

Government has a limited but essential role in creating the conditions for growth in which all Americans can share.

The Hamilton Project will propose ways to increase government productivity, reform government regulation so that it efficiently guides private firms when necessary without unduly hampering them, and reduce government expenditures and increase revenues to ensure that the Project's proposals do not exacerbate an already dangerous fiscal imbalance.

Events

Meeting the Challenge of the Global Economy: Trade, Economic Security and Effective Government. A Hamilton Project paper release and discussion. July 25, 2006.
Reforming Taxation in the Global Age. A two-part forum and release of a new set of policy proposals that address the challenges of reforming the U.S. tax system. June 12, 2007.

New Approaches to Policy: Hamilton Project Strategy Paper

Achieving Progressive Tax Reform in an Increasingly Global Economy
by Jason Furman, Lawrence H. Summers, and Jason Bordoff

There is broad agreement about many of the shortcomings of our current tax system, but little consensus about the solution. To make progress, lawmakers will, at a minimum, have to come together in good faith and agree on a broad approach. In an effort to define a common approach, this strategy paper offers six broad principles that reflect the new challenges facing our tax system in the twenty-first century.

Effective Government Discussion Papers

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

Reforming Corporate Taxation in a Global Economy: A Proposal to Adopt Formulary Apportionment
by Reven Avi-Yonah and Kimberly Clausing
Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance Tax
by Lily Batchelder, NYU School of Law
Rehabilitating the Business Income Tax
by Ed Kleinbard, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
The Simple Return: Reducing America's Tax Burden Through Return-Free Filing
by Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago
How Can American Government Meet Its Productivity Challenge?
by Nancy Killefer, McKinsey & Company
Aligning Patent Presumptions with the Reality of Patent Review: A Proposal for Patent Reform
by Douglas Lichtman, University of Chicago Law School

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

Experts

Reuven S. Avi-Yonah University of Michigan	Austan Goolsbee Univerisity of Chicago
Lily Batchelder New York University School	Nancy Killefer McKinsey & Company
Kimberly A. Clausing Reed College	Edward D. Kleinbard Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
	Douglas Gary Lichtman University of Chicago