Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines how the nation turned from a period of significant fiscal slack to one in which concern over deficits ruled federal policymaking for more than two decades, and why presidential candidates today feel so constrained from proposing major policy shifts despite...

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle makes the case for addressing the retirement of the baby boomers in economic policy sooner, rather than later. Delay, he argues, reduces the chances of long-term structural reform, makes large tax increases almost unavoidable, puts the oldest and most vulnerable of...

This article offers an assessment of how well Social Security takes care of the poor.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle offers a new president advice on governing.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle advocates for a stronger Treasury role as the new team takes on the departments mission.

As tax bills go through Congress, Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle describes how tax provisions can be targeted effectively and how legitimate tax policy principles be maintained, in spite of wide disagreement over the exact shape of an ideal tax system.

Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle argues for simplification as a main goal of tax reform.

Be wary of quick fixes for the nation's economic problems, for they just may make things worse.

Should policymakers use capital expense deductions to help stabilize the economy?

When policy makers decide that they are going to grant a temporary write-off for new capital investments, they essentially conclude that its macroeconomic advantages exceed other alternatives. However, incentive effects apply more powerfully to established or old business than to new business...