Sigrid Hemels (EUR): Fairness and Taxation in a Globalized World. Timothy Mawe and Vittorio Bufacchi (UCC): The Global Luxuries Tax. Michael Carnahan on taxation challenges in developing countries. John Passant (Wollongong): Some Basic Marxist Concepts To Understand Income Tax. Phyllis Taite (Smith) (Florida A&M): Exploding Wealth Inequalities: Does Tax Policy Promote Social Justice or Social Injustice? Roy Ulrich (UC-Berkeley): A Wealth Tax for the States. James E. Mahon (Williams): Economic Freedom and the Size of Government. Mark Thoma on how taxing the wealthy promotes economic growth. Josh Barro on how tax cuts still don’t pay for themselves. Matt Bruenig on how arguments for flat taxes are universally bad. Jared Bernstein on Paul Ryan’s double standard: Only the working poor must comply with the tax code. Patricia Cohen on how taxes take away, but also give back, mostly to the very rich. The tax break for (at most) 41 families: James Kwak on the myth of the estate tax and the family farm. How to spread the wealth, explained with Legos: The tax code reduces inequality — but by how much? An interview with a wealthy retiree about his taxes. High-income Americans pay most income taxes, but enough to be “fair”? Let’s celebrate the people who pay the highest taxes by naming post offices and schools after them. Don’t forget to raise taxes.
