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’...
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...
Federal tax and spending policies are worsening the problem of economic inequality. But the tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy are only part of...
Like other forms of income, long-term capital gains and qualified dividends are taxed at graduated rates. Long-term capital gains and qualified dividends, however, receive preferential...
It is conventional wisdom that people adjust their investment patterns in response to upcoming changes in capital gains tax rates: They accelerate their gains if...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on one thing: Managers of private equity funds should pay ordinary tax rates on their carried interest, not the...