The presidential hopeful’s signature poverty-fighting policy is a bust.
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Jared Bernstein: Principle Meets Decency
Biden’s most progressive senior economic adviser wins surprising Republican support.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Will the Green Transition Build Worker Power? The IRS Will Help Decide.
The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Using Tax Policy to Promote Rural Development
We could shift the failed tax preference for opportunity zones into a targeted strategy to create more jobs for rural America.
Posted inPolitics
A Guide to the GOP Convention’s Pretend Agenda
Talk of the real stuff (tax cuts and deregulation) has been muted, but these less-than-meets-the-eye policies have been foregrounded.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Republican War on the Capital Gains Tax
Faced with few other taxes left to cut, the Trump administration is innovating new ways to make tax revenue from investment income vanish.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s New Opportunity Zones Look Great for Investors
Whether they’ll actually help their intended beneficiaries—poverty-stricken neighborhoods—is a lot less clear.