June 9, 2020
An idea that has been around for hundreds of years, the universal basic income has only recently become an experiment in Stockton, California.
March 27, 2020
To the Great Depression and the Great Recession, we can now add coronavirus stimulus spending as examples of John Maynard Keynes's philosophy.
February 25, 2020
Looking at Scandinavian taxes, we can see the tradeoffs that government provided healthcare, university tuition, parental leave, and elder care require.
February 5, 2020
Because Chicago first had a single use plastic bag ban and then replaced it with a single use plastic bag fee, researchers can compare the impact.
December 31, 2019
After the Supreme Court said any state could charge internet taxes, the decision rippled across small, large, local, and remote businesses.
October 16, 2019
Considering the complexities of the past and present wealth tax in OECD countries, we can better decide if it should be used to diminish wealth inequality.
October 9, 2019
September 24, 2019
A Social Security shortfall will create tradeoffs between the generations that get more than they paid to the system and others that get much less.
September 19, 2019
At $1 trillion, the ballooning U.S. deficit can be understood as a number, as a proportion of the budget, and the reason we owe China so much money.
September 2, 2019
To determine the disaster cost of weather and climate events, the U.S. government has to decide what to include and how to assess the value.
August 29, 2019
Diplomatic immunity can give us an indication of corruption in a country by looking at whether consular officials pay parking tickets.
August 21, 2019
While states find it's tough to predict marijuana tax revenue, they can assume that higher rates will nudge consumers toward black markets.