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Taxes

The Taxman Cometh

Name a country where high tax rates on the rich didn’t discourage growth. How about the United States of America?

By Michael Tomasky

Spring 2019, No. 52 – 9 MIN READ

Taxing for Equitable Growth

Democrats' hands may be tied at the moment when it comes to tax reform. But when the time comes, here are the three areas progressives must focus on.

By Heather Boushey Greg Leiserson

March 19, 2018, 3:46 pm – 6 MIN READ

Higher Education in Trump’s America

The longtime conservative disdain for academia may be finally coming to a head under the Trump Administration.

By Kevin Mattson

December 15, 2017, 4:21 pm – 5 MIN READ

Make Medicaid Federal

Medicaid was left to the states in 1965 for bad reasons. Correcting that would pay huge social dividends.

By Merrill Goozner

December 14, 2017, 4:19 pm – 5 MIN READ

The Tax Reform of Our Dreams

December 13, 2017, 3:41 pm – 1 MIN READ

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Jill Lepore has Schlesinger-like aspirations, albeit updated for the twenty-first century.

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