Tax Policy Center

Solyndra

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
The Department of Energy snookered the media last week with a report that seems to show that its clean energy lending programs are profitable. “ Remember Solyndra? Those loans are making money ,” went a typical headline. Unfortunately, that’s not true. Taxpayers are losing money on DOE lending.
November 17, 2014Donald Marron
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
A wonderfully-titled new paper —The Tragedy of the Carrots—by Boston College law professor Brian Galle got me thinking about Solyndra, the failed solar panel company...
October 11, 2011Howard Gleckman