Research and Commentary

On the Budget, Obama's Opening Bid Was Reasonable

April 16, 2013, Ron Haskins

Why Tax Day Is the Best Day to Save Money

April 15, 2013, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Rethinking the Federal Budget: Build Your Own Deficit Reduction Plan

April 12, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project

Charities Have Little to Fear from Effect of Deduction Rule on Contributions

April 12, 2013, Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s Federal Budget Proposal for FY 2014

April 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

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Around the Halls: The Obama Administration's Budget Release

April 10, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

The President’s Budget: A Good Strategy for Difficult Times

April 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Small Business, Innovation and Tax Policy: A Review

April 5, 2013, William G. Gale and Samuel Brown

The Tax Code Is a Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess

April 4, 2013, Bill Frenzel

What the Stockton Municipal Bankruptcy Means, And Doesn't

April 2, 2013, Tracy Gordon

New Tax Provision on Deductions Won’t Hurt Charitable Giving

April 1, 2013, Robert C. Pozen

Corporate Tax Reform Without Tears

March 31, 2013, Robert C. Pozen

Short-Term Congressional Budget Fixes Only Prevent Total Disaster

March 27, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Do Budget Commitments to the Old Shortchange the Young?

March 26, 2013, Gary Burtless

China’s Carbon Tax Proposal Highlights the Need for a New Track of Climate Talks

March 15, 2013, Adele Morris, Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen

A Balanced Budget Should Take a Backseat to Real Reforms

March 14, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Growing the Economy and Stabilizing the Debt

March 14, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin

Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale, Samuel Brown and Fernando Saltiel

The Tax Favored By Most Economists

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale

Payments to Elders Are Harming Our Future

March 8, 2013, Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

A Pop Quiz About Federal Spending That May Surprise You

March 5, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Fiscal Fatigue: Tracking the Budget Outlook as Political Leaders Lurch from One Artificial Crisis to Another

February 28, 2013, William G. Gale and Alan J. Auerbach

Increasing the Role of the Private Sector in Housing Finance

February 26, 2013, Phillip Swagel

Limiting Individual Income Tax Expenditures

February 26, 2013, Diane Lim

Transitioning to Bundled Payments in Medicare

February 26, 2013, Michael Chernew and Dana Goldman