…actually is progressive, to pay for the increased EITC. Imagine a post-scarcity future (or … present?) in which high productivity (think: Star-Trek-style replicators) means there’s plenty for all, with little…

…wealth, greatly expand the EITC (and index it to unemployment) to turbocharge the real economy, or… • Some equitable and economically efficient combination of the above Why should we do…

…years saw major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. The EITC stabilizes the incomes of workers in the lowest-paid and hardest jobs, and protects them from unstable employment. It…

…the EITC enacted in 1993 had nothing to do with the huge puzzling increase in employment (without accelerating inflation) of the 90s. OK now that I have argued with Krugman…

…purposes of the EITC. I think their prejudices about what is normal is even stronger than their Hackitude as Bush Jr would look better if one considered the marriage penalty….

…to support the income of the working poor (EITC much better) then some data misbehaved. Aside from that, I can’t think of much agreement, that is many issues where the…

Greg Mankiw, Robert Stein, and others have been pushing the EITC lately. What is that all about? Efficiency? Best income redistribution mechanism? Leading edge to some other goal? This is…

From a 2/5/2004 post: Here’s a proposal I’d like to see analyzed: means-tested matches, on a sliding scale, to Roth and Traditional IRA contributions, with EITC recipients getting some amount…

…like to see analyzed: means-tested matches on a sliding scale to Roth and Traditional IRA contributions, with EITC recipients getting some amount match-free. Of course, that would take some money,…

…standard of living of lower-income working families is much more dependent on them. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which President Ronald Reagan called “the best anti-poverty, the best pro-family,…