A Journal of Ideas

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

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

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

Make Medicaid Federal

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

By Merrill Goozner

The Tax Reform of Our Dreams

By The Editors