David Gamage (UC-Berkeley) and Darien Shanske (UC-Davis): Tax Cannibalization and Fiscal Federalism in the United States. Zachary D. Liscow (Yale) and William A Woolston (Stanford): How Income Taxes Should Change during Recessions. Mark P. Gergen (UC-Berkeley): How to Tax Capital. Jeff Spross on the case for more tax brackets. Matt Bruenig on 50 years of the US tax system and the rise of nontax revenue; on how to think about the middle class and taxes; and on liberal tax justice. Jason Furman on what progressive tax reform should look like. Dean Baker on a progressive way to end corporate taxes. Caroline Freund on the case for higher estate taxes. Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego): Not so Fast: The Hidden Difficulties of Taxing Wealth; and How is the Opera Like a Soup Kitchen? The carried interest dilemma: A tax law helps David Rubenstein perform major patriotic philanthropic works — is it fair?
The first chapter from Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe by Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. Natasha Adams on why tax is a feminist issue. Fundamental tax reform is a fantasy — now, let’s get to work on improving our tax code. Leandra Lederman (Indiana): IRS Reform: Politics as Usual?; and The IRS, Politics, and Income Inequality. Hamilton Nolan on how gutting the IRS is a remarkably bad idea. The 10-second tax return: Letting the government do its citizens’ taxes is cheap, efficient, and accurate — naturally, the United States won’t do it. Yair Listokin on how Tax Day is an unnecessary anti-holiday — we should get rid of it.
