Taxes and Public Spending
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SIEPR's John Taylor discusses the implications of corporate migrations to Texas and says it should serve as a wake-up call to make California more business-friendly.
December 29, 2020
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Steep taxes and living costs combined with a rise in remote work are threatening California鈥檚 role as the center of tech [...]
December 20, 2020
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As COVID-19 cases surge again, SIEPR Senior Fellow Caroline Hoxby discusses the latest unemployment numbers and stimulus proposal.
December 03, 2020
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With Social Security reforms on President-elect Biden's political agenda, SIEPR Deputy Director Gopi Shah Goda is tapped to discuss what can be done to help safeguard the program.
December 02, 2020
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Social Security is heading to a point where people might not get what they paid into it. SIEPR Deputy Director Gopi Shah Goda is tapped for insights on what can be done [...]
December 01, 2020
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Trailblazing economist and presidential adviser Edward Lazear dies at 72
The SIEPR senior fellow founded the field of personnel economics.
November 24, 2020
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John Taylor & John Cogan write that the Trump administration's tax & regulatory policies had an immediate beneficial impact until the onset of the pandemic early this year.
October 07, 2020
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As the pandemic drags on in the U.S., Senior Fellow Ed Lazear discusses the S-shaped recovery ahead and gains in the employment rate in September.
October 02, 2020
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As debates continue on the role of the federal government assisting state and local governments, Senior Fellow Joshua Rauh makes the case that it鈥檚 time for bond holders to share t
September 17, 2020
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SIEPR Director Mark Duggan makes the case in this op-ed for reforms that can soften the blow of tax hikes needed to finance state unemployment benefits.
September 13, 2020
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As policymakers consider economic recovery strategies, Susan Athey tells Congress that worker training is a crucial part of addressing the instability & job loss brought on by AI.
September 10, 2020
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Gopi Shah Goda, SIEPR Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, discusses the history of social security and how it has shaped the United States.
August 17, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom warns that the longer Congress takes to decide on federal pandemic economic relief programs, "there鈥檚 less relief bang for the buck."
August 10, 2020
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鈥淭raining is not something that can be just left to the private sector . . . ultimately you are going to need public investment,鈥 said Erik Brynjolfsson.
July 13, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow John H. Cochrane shares his thoughts on Modern monetary theory, also known as MMT.
June 05, 2020
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鈥淥nce these things get started, it鈥檚 very hard to stop them...Once you think about it that way 鈥 we鈥檙e getting closer to something that certainly resembles universal basic income."
May 20, 2020
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Michael J. Boskin warned that rising national debt risks higher taxes, lower future incomes, and a reduced ability for children to climb past their parents on the economic ladder.
May 16, 2020
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In order to limit the impact of future stimulus efforts on the national debt, SIEPR Sr Fellow Josh Rauh proposes allowing Americans to choose to receive checks of up to $5,000[...]
May 10, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Darrell Duffie weighs in on the subject of Libor, a topic about which he has written extensively.
May 06, 2020
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"When Congress considers any next phase of economic responses by the government, it should consider targeted loans rather than grants for all," says SIEPR Sr Fellow Joshuah Rauh.
April 27, 2020