by Linda Beale Summers says taxes must increase For once, I find myself agreeing with Larry Summers. At a conference in Washington sponsored by the Brookings Institute, he emphasized that…

by Linda Beale Tax Foundation–up to its usual nonsense The Tax Foundation claims to be a nonpartisan institute interested merely in researching and informing people about taxes. That’s far from…

…provide health benefits, or $11.50/hour otherwise. This is not a lot of money in New York City, yet a study by the Fiscal Policy Institute, Good Jobs New York, and…

…tax rate is 100%. The Kimel post linked above was prompted by an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, Alan Viard, telling the New York Times that all economists know…

…A different way to factor in compensation that I had seen before on the Economic Policy Institute’s website was explained to me in an email by Jared Bernstein and is…

…about as much of a chance as the Budget for All from becoming law. Economic Policy Institute analysis is here. Update: Executive summary from the House … hat tip PJR….

…the major tax firms release their “handy tax tips” to entice new clients for this tax season. The American Institute of CPA’s handy tips (released Mar.1, 2012) include some helpful…

…and think tanks like the Tax Policy Institute. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court, having anointed corporations with a kind of personhood that lets them intervene in elections even though they have…

…the way to achieve broad-based tax growth: Gardner [of Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy] writes that Georgia lawmakers “wanting to join the non-income tax club are simply idolizing the…

…its self image. This is a link to an 11 minute interview of Michael Hudson: Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET),…