wealth taxes

How Could the United States Pay for Reparations?

A few years ago, Ta-Nehesi Coates wrote a powerful essay, “The Case for Reparations” for The Atlantic . Reparations, he affirmed, would help close the...

February 3, 2021Janet Holtzblatt Noah Zwiefel

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Should Wealth Taxes Pay For Coronavirus Relief And Recovery?

I look forward to the day when the economy is strong enough that we can worry about the gigantic debt left behind by federal relief and recovery efforts.

May 28, 2020Janet Holtzblatt

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Inequality Is A Big And Growing Issue, But A Wealth Tax May Not Be The Solution

Wealth inequality in the US is a big and growing problem. But what should we do about it?

January 23, 2020Howard Gleckman

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Would Wealth Taxes Solve Wealth Inequality?

Democracies become oligarchies when wealth is too concentrated. So begins a letter by Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman about presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’...

January 15, 2020Janet Holtzblatt

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Three Largely Ignored Tax Policy Issues When Taxing The Wealthy

The current debate over wealth taxes mostly focuses on whether the very rich are undertaxed, but gives little attention to the most efficient and fairest...

January 8, 2020C. Eugene Steuerle

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Warren’s Plan To Tax Assets And Returns To Those Assets Is Unrealistic

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has proposed a number of new taxes on high-income households. Add them up and many of the very wealthiest could pay marginal effective tax rates of more than 100 percent.

November 7, 2019Howard Gleckman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Saez and Zucman Say Everything You Thought You Knew About Tax Policy Is Wrong

A new book by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay,...

October 23, 2019William G. Gale

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Should We Tax The Rich

A cheat sheet on some of the leading ideas.

September 10, 2019Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Warren’s Wealth Tax Revenue May Not Meet Expectations

It's not exactly a "2-cent" tax.

August 5, 2019Janet Holtzblatt

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Inside The Warren Vs. Harris Battle Over Tax Progressivity

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) both want to be elected President of the United States in 2020. Both believe that the federal...

January 28, 2019Howard Gleckman