Adam Looney

Taxing the Gig Economy

9:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

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Learning from Opportunity Zones: How to improve place-based policies

Hilary Gelfond and Adam Looney

Friday, October 19, 2018

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Headwinds for graduate student borrowers: Rising balances and slowing repayment rates

Vivien Lee and Adam Looney

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Explaining the Brookings Deregulatory Tracker

Vivien Lee, Siddhi Doshi, Adam Looney, and Austin J. Drukker

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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So you want to comment on a regulation? Here’s how

Friday, August 10, 2018

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Why the dentist with $1 million in student debt spells trouble for federal loan programs

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) is shown speaking on a monitor about tax cuts during a media briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2018.

6 ways to fix the tax system post-TCJA

Benjamin H. Harris and Adam Looney

Friday, May 25, 2018

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a missed opportunity to establish a sustainable tax code

Benjamin H. Harris and Adam Looney

Thursday, May 24, 2018

A housing construction project is seen in San Francisco, California.

The early results of states’ Opportunity Zones are promising, but there’s still room for improvement

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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How OIRA and Treasury can work together to improve tax regulation

Wednesday, April 11, 2018