List of Tax Policy & Reform articles
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U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich shrugs in a photo. How Republicans Became the Anti-Tax Party
Today’s budget policies owe a great deal to the Bush-Gingrich showdown of 1990.
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during a “Liberation Day” event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2. A Debate on Trump’s Tariffs
Conservative economist Oren Cass defends the White House’s goals against Kimberly Clausing, who calls the April 2 moves “shambolic” and “self-destructive.”
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the Dublin airport on April 12. Ireland Is Trapped in Its American Dream
Dublin faces an economic train wreck due to its overreliance on a few U.S. companies.
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A container ship operated by the French shipping company CMA CGM is moored in the Port of Marseille. Can a French Shipping Giant Make Marseille the Capital of the Mediterranean?
The Saadé family has raked in huge profits, turning CMA CGM into a strategic asset for Paris and a potential economic lifeline for France’s impoverished second city.
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A stranded man without a train ticket sits in front of a police barricade outside the railway station in New Delhi on May 12, 2020. Biden’s Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Has a Blind Spot
Enriching middle-class Americans at the expense of their counterparts in the developing world will come back to haunt the United States.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Is Biden’s Global Corporate Tax a Revolution—or a Retreat?
Progressives are upset with Biden’s modest proposal, but if implemented it would be a big step in global tax reform.
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Anti-Amazon activists gather for a rally in Fournès, France. Big Tech and Other Multinationals Are About to Pay a Lot More in Taxes
Biden and the Europeans are close to agreement on a virtual revolution in international corporate tax policies.
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Members of Congress of South African Trade Unions march to the National Treasury during their strike against corruption and unemployment in Pretoria on Oct. 7, 2020. U.S. Tax Policy Can Help Africa’s Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows
The Biden administration can stop multinational companies, criminals, and kleptocrats from siphoning off Africa’s wealth.
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Protesters in Seattle demand Amazon be taxed. The World Is Closer Than Ever to Making Corporations Pay Up
Forget the naysayers. The global fight against corporate tax dodgers finally looks winnable.
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Janet Yellen speaks in Wilmington, Delaware. A Global Minimum Corporate Tax Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come
Janet Yellen’s proposal has all but zero chance of success.
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Wind power generators are enveloped in a smoky sky near the Millard fire near Cabazon, California, on July 15, 2006. Stimulus Is an Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen
A public jobs guarantee is the only way to provide economic recovery without endangering the climate.
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Rep. Joaquin Castro wears a face mask Democrats Push for Foreign Aid in Coronavirus Stimulus Fight
While Congress and the White House remain far apart on COVID-19 stimulus talks, some Democrats hope to restore lost U.S. prestige by adding foreign aid to the bill.
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debunker-wealth-tax-mark-harris-illustration-09032020-horizontal_layout Don’t Believe the Hype. Wealth Taxes Are Nothing New.
Lessons from ancient Greece and Islamic finance for creating a tax that will benefit the poor—and the wealthy, too.
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People wait in line as a food bank hands out 1,600 food bags at a pop-up pantry in San Francisco on April 20, amid historic work furloughs and layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A Tale of Two Rescue Plans
The United States suffers record unemployment while Europe fares better in battling the coronavirus shutdown.
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A man begs for money in the snow along 42nd Street in Times Square in New York on March 21, 2018. America Needs a New Economic Philosophy. Foreign Policy Experts Can Help.
The United States cannot get grand strategy right if it gets economic policy wrong.
