Max B. Sawicky

Publications

DateTitleType
08/29/07 Bush tax changes wreck budget Economic Snapshots
06/26/07 Clinton Saves But Nixon Invests Viewpoints
06/26/07 Healthy? Don’t click Viewpoints
06/12/07 Immigration? A surging birth rate? Viewpoints
06/12/07 Old Europe Works Viewpoints
06/12/07 France: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Viewpoints
06/11/07 Bada Bing! Equilibrium! Viewpoints
06/11/07 The trouble with economics Viewpoints
02/27/07 A fish is not a fowl: Tax credits and the minimum wage Briefing Paper
02/15/07 Minimum wage, Maximum Pork Viewpoints
01/31/07 Like a fish needs a bicycle—Does a minimum wage increase require new business tax cuts? Issue Brief
11/01/06 Fuel for Thought: The High Cost of Energy Economic Snapshots
11/01/06 Postcards from an ailing economy Policy Memo
05/31/06 How to spot a progressive tax cut Economic Snapshots
04/06/06 The bulls-eye is on efficient government: The IRS, small business, and tax administration Viewpoints
04/05/06 Bridging the Tax Gap: Addressing the Crisis in Federal Tax Administration Book
02/06/06 Bush Administration policies and the deficit Economic Snapshots
01/12/06 Taming the spending beast: How can Congress reassert control over the U.S. budget? Downsize defence Viewpoints
12/20/05 The Next Great Theft? | Economic Viewpoints Viewpoints
11/17/05 Rethinking the tax benefits for homeowners Economic Snapshots
10/31/05 The President’s Tax Reform Panel: Increased Burdens for Working Families, Less Tax for the Wealthies Briefing Paper
10/13/05 Up From Deficit Reduction Study
10/13/05 The Roots of the Public Sector Fiscal Crisis Study
09/21/05 Red ink rising Economic Snapshots
09/13/05 Death and taxes (part II): Wealthiest estates account for most of revenue generated by estate tax Economic Snapshots
09/08/05 Death and taxes (part I): who pays the estate tax and how much Economic Snapshots
09/07/05 Investing the peace dividend: How to break the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings stalemate Briefing Paper
09/07/05 Deficit reduction for growth and fairness Briefing Paper
09/07/05 Eight steps to deficit reduction for growth and fairness Briefing Paper
04/12/05 Government loses when taxes go unpaid Economic Snapshots
04/11/05 Do-it-yourself tax cuts: The crisis in U.S. tax enforcement Briefing Paper
04/04/05 Big deficit, little deficit: The Bush budget and Social Security Economic Snapshots
04/04/05 Collision course: The Bush budget and Social Security Briefing Paper
02/10/05 The ‘ticking budget’ facing the US Viewpoints
10/13/04 Unrealistic expectations for the federal budget Economic Snapshots
10/12/04 The budget arithmetic test: Repairing federal fiscal policy Briefing Paper
09/22/04 Letter to Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. on balanced budget - EPI Viewpoints Viewpoints
07/14/04 Falling corporate tax revenues push budget deficits even higher Economic Snapshots
04/05/04 Congressional budget resolution takes the deficit from bad to worse Economic Snapshots
03/08/04 Bush budget folly: Skimping on trains is bad for everyone Viewpoints
02/25/04 Bush budget clearly tailored for election year Economic Snapshots
02/11/04 Tax burdens of the untaxed - EPI Viewpoints Viewpoints
12/19/03 Don’t Kid Yourself - Whoever Wins, Taxes Rise - EPI Viewpoints Viewpoints
10/09/03 Show me the money: Evidence is sorely lacking that the Bush Administration’s proposed A-76 rules for Briefing Paper
10/01/03 Proposed tax cuts ignore budget deficits Economic Snapshots
09/17/03 Tax cuts pump up future budget deficits Economic Snapshots
08/27/03 Private sector health insurance for children is on the decline Economic Snapshots
06/27/03 Going Flat Viewpoints
05/21/03 A Fair Share for New York City: A Case for Equity Viewpoints
04/23/03 Discarding pretense of tax cut equity Economic Snapshots
04/21/03 The Bush deficit: Who’s counting? Economic Snapshots
03/28/03 The Bush administration’s cut was extravagant, and federal dollars could be better spent elsewhere Viewpoints
03/24/03 Altered States | EPI Issue Brief #187 Issue Brief
03/07/03 State and local tax growth matched 1990s overall economic growth Economic Snapshots
03/07/03 Shrinking public service Economic Snapshots
10/01/02 Where the money isn’t | EPI Issue Brief
08/21/02 Tax cuts account for most of drop in surplus Economic Snapshots
06/01/02 U.S. cities face fiscal crunch: Federal and State Policies Exacerbate Local Governments’ Budget Shor Issue Brief
04/24/02 Tax breaks dwarf Social Security, Medicare shortfalls Economic Snapshots
04/01/02 The high road to low unemployment: How short-term deficits can create a high-employment budget Issue Brief
03/04/02 Who wants to stay a millionaire Viewpoints
03/04/02 Tax Proposals good for Rich, Bad for Poor Viewpoints
03/04/02 Bush’s Numbers Are Way Out Of Balance Viewpoints
03/04/02 Marriage Tax Bill Not That Helpful Viewpoints
02/01/02 Budgeting beyond the Beltway | EPI Issue Brief #175 Issue Brief
12/01/01 Making work pay with tax reform Issue Brief
11/07/01 Nation sneezes, states catch cold Economic Snapshots
11/01/01 Putting school renovation on a fast track Issue Brief
10/01/01 An Idea Whose Time Has Returned Briefing Paper
09/19/01 The budget surplus: now you don’t see it… then you do Economic Snapshots
05/30/01 Corporate welfare for the oil industry Economic Snapshots
02/21/01 Bush tax cuts not best way to help middle class Economic Snapshots
02/01/01 Making Illinois taxes more family friendly Issue Brief
10/01/00 Making Minnesota taxes more family friendly Issue Brief
09/13/00 Marriage penalty taxes Economic Snapshots
06/13/00 Tax credits for working families Economic Snapshots
04/01/00 Giving Tax Credit Where Credit Is Due—A ‘Universal Unified Child Credit’ that expands the EITC an Briefing Paper
02/01/00 The End of Welfare? Consequences of Federal Devolution for the Nation Book
09/01/99 Social Investment and the Budget Debate Issue Brief
08/01/96 Risky Business: Private Management of Public Schools Book
08/01/96 Been there, done that—didn’t work: The Dole economic plan Issue Brief
01/01/96 Falling Flat: The Dubious Case for the Flat Tax Issue Brief
05/01/95 Fatal Vision: The Budget Resolutions of 1995 Issue Brief
06/01/94 Lost in Findings: A Critique of the Interim Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform Briefing Paper
06/01/91 The Poverty of the New Paradigm Briefing Paper
01/01/90 Excise Taxes: Not Regressive? Comments on the CBO Study, Federal Taxation of Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages, and Motor Fuels Briefing Paper

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