Adam Looney

Students listen to the student speaker during the graduation ceremony for the College of Business in Moby Arena at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.122019 Csu Cobgraduation 08 Bb

Who owes all that student debt? And who’d benefit if it were forgiven?

Adam Looney, David Wessel, and Kadija Yilla

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Bottles of Cointreau, the orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur, are displayed at the Carre Cointreau in the Cointreau distillery in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou near Angers, France, February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe - RC1EDD102B00

How to close the loopholes in the Craft Beverage Modernization Act

Friday, September 6, 2019

A man stands in the rain looking into the window of an antiquarian book seller in Brighton, southern England January 8, 2015. British businesses enjoyed a strong end to 2014, marked by rising demand at home and abroad and a record number of companies hiring staff, a major business survey showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT) - LM1EB1813YC01

Who owes the most student debt?

Friday, June 28, 2019

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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

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

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

Image of the facade of Brookings's building, ca 1960

Explaining the Brookings Deregulatory Tracker

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

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns as they listen to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's address during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2FKNP

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

Wednesday, May 30, 2018