Adam Looney

Autonomous cars: Science, technology, and policy

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Zoning, taxing, hoarding: Housing policies for the middle class

1:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDT

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A better way to provide relief to student loan borrowers

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to supporters in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht - RC17BA542070

How progressive is Senator Elizabeth Warren’s loan forgiveness proposal?

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Students walk past a classroom building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC1ACEB68CF0

Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Strengthening accountability to protect students and taxpayers

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000109446

It took 6 years to uncover the college admissions scandal, here’s what the IRS and Congress can do better next time

Thursday, March 28, 2019

College students

Accountability in higher education after deregulation

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A student works outside Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC1B0CCBA810

Does the 90/10 rule unfairly target proprietary institutions or under-resourced schools?

Adam Looney and Vivien Lee

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York (L) arrives for a class photo with incoming newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC124C44C420

Ocasio-Cortez wants to raise the tax rate on high earners. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act already did

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000109452

How OIRA should review Treasury tax regulations

Greg Leiserson and Adam Looney

Thursday, December 20, 2018