Would a “Wealth Tax” Help Combat Inequality? A Debate with Saez, Summers, and Mankiw
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
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Piketty provoked economists to think more deeply on optimal top tax rates and how low they could be
13 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

Mankiw on wealth taxes
03 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
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Thomas Sargent on rational expectations and the effect of taxes
08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
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Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
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True tax is love is a low top marginal income tax rate
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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The toll of a capital gains tax on entrepreneurship and innovation is far greater than previously thought @TaxpayersUnion
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
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Chad Jones is a trouble maker on top tax rates @paulkrugman
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
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Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
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Steven Landsburg Discusses Incentives and Taxes
05 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
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