Research and Commentary

Should President Obama Break His Pledge and Raise Taxes on the Upper-Middle Class?

May 12, 2011, William A. Galston

Ideological Fervor, U.S. Budget Blues

April 7, 2011, Thomas E. Mann

Web Chat: The Deal on Taxes

December 15, 2010, Adam Looney

A Liberal Realism Lies Behind President Obama’s Tax Deal

December 8, 2010, William A. Galston

A Compromise for the Tax Cut Debate

October 6, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Web Chat: What to Do about the Bush-Era Tax Cuts

September 29, 2010, William G. Gale

The Bush Tax Cuts: The Least Effective Stimulus

September 28, 2010, William G. Gale

Give U.S. Companies Certainty On Taxes

September 23, 2010, Robert C. Pozen

@ Brookings Podcast: Extending the Bush-Era Tax Cuts

September 17, 2010, Adam Looney

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A Guide to the Fight Over the "Bush Tax Cuts"

September 13, 2010, William G. Gale and Benjamin Harris

The Debate over Expiring Tax Cuts: What about the Deficit?

August 11, 2010, Adam Looney

Five Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts

August 1, 2010, William G. Gale

Let's Get Real on Tax Cuts

February 12, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Tax Cuts for New Hires: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time

October 16, 2009, Gary Burtless

Tax Reform Handcuffs

May 4, 2009, William G. Gale

Editors' Summary of the Spring 2009 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

April 2009, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers

Understanding the G-20 Economic Stimulus Plans

March 2009, Eswar Prasad and Isaac Sorkin

Assessing the G-20 Stimulus Plans: A Deeper Look

March 2009, Eswar Prasad and Isaac Sorkin

The Economy Needs a Shot In the Arm

December 21, 2008, William J. Congdon and Jeffrey R. Kling

A Payroll Tax Holiday?

December 17, 2008, Gary Burtless

Memo to the President: Fix the Tax System

December 5, 2008, William G. Gale and Benjamin Harris

Candidate Issue Index: Fiscal Responsibility

July 2, 2008, Isabel V. Sawhill

Distributional Effects of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts

June 2008, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Jason Furman, William G. Gale and Benjamin H. Harris

Individual Taxpayers and Federal Tax Reform

May 13, 2008, William G. Gale

President Bush's Plan for Economic Stimulus

January 18, 2008, Jason Furman

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