Taxation

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U.S. Economy

Rich kids can spare some of their inheritance

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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Economic Development

Talent-driven economic development: A new vision and agenda for regional and state economies

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

October 15, 2019

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Environment

The Neoliberal Podcast: Carbon Taxes ft. Adele Morris, David Hart & Philippe Benoit

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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Up Front

Class Notes: Harvard legacy preferences, wealth taxation, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Reports

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Report

Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

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Taxation

Policy insights from comparing carbon pricing modeling scenarios

Alexander R. Barron, Marc A. C. Hafstead, and Adele Morris

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

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Report

Fiscal therapy: 12 framing facts and what they mean

William G. Gale

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

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Campaigns & Elections

The Filer Voter experiment: How effective is voter registration at tax time?

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

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U.S. Economy

If not now, when? New estimates of the federal budget outlook

Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin

Monday, February 11, 2019

Blog Posts

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Up Front

A fixable mistake: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

William G. Gale

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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Up Front

How to close the loopholes in the Craft Beverage Modernization Act

Friday, September 6, 2019

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Up Front

Estimating the economic impact of a wealth tax

Thursday, September 5, 2019

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Events

Leading carbon price proposals: A bipartisan dialogue

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

After the midterm elections: Implications for tax policy

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Taxing the gig economy

9:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

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Related Books

Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates cover image

Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates

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2015

No Slack

By Michael S. Barr

2012

Taxation and Employment

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2012

Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Vanessa Williamson

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U.S. Foreign Policy

France is not alone in its plan to tax tech giants

David Dollar and Lilian Faulhaber

Monday, August 19, 2019

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Podcast Episode

How to cure America’s debt addiction (and invest in the future)

William G. Gale and David Wessel

Friday, April 5, 2019

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Podcast Episode

Will the GOP’s tax cuts affect the 2018 midterm elections?

Vanessa Williamson and Fred Dews

Friday, November 2, 2018

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