The murder of George Floyd in spring 2020 sparked a national reckoning and renewed attention to issues of racial equity and justice. This long-overdue awakening led me to read extensively about racism and to think about interactions between race and public policy. To be clear, I do not claim to be
Table shows the change in the distribution of federal taxes relative to current law from raising the limit on deductible state and local taxes (SALT) from $10,000 to $72,500, by expanded cash income percentile in 2021.
Table shows the change in the distribution of federal taxes relative to current law from raising the limit on deductible state and local taxes (SALT) from $10,000 to $72,500, by expanded cash income level in 2021.
Coal miners increasingly are victims of a cruel paradox. Even as production declines, more are suffering from deadly black lung disease. Yet falling production and...
“If you ain’t first, you’re last.” That all-or-nothing motto catalyzes number one NASCAR driver and titular hero in the 2006 spoof, Talladega Nights: The Ballad...
The average amount claimed in federal Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) has increased over time. In 1975, the average amount per claimant was $936 (in 2018 dollars), whereas in 2018, it was $2,451, or nearly three times more.
How The Democrats’ New Millionaire Surtax Would Work Democrats, scrambling to find a way to tax high-income households that Congress is willing to enact, appear...
The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center is holding a series of online conversations on tax and fiscal policy in today’s economy. The discussions take place every...
Life expectancy at age 65 has grown by about six years since Social Security began paying benefits in 1940 and, despite some recent temporary declines, is expected to increase significantly further in future decades. Despite a modest increase in the age at which people can claim full Social
Recent proposals to reform the tax treatment of US multinationals would increase US revenues substantially, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. The...
The Biden administration has committed to reducing US greenhouse gas emissions to half of 2005 levels by 2030. To help meet that goal, the Democratic...
