Budget Taxes and Public Investment
EPI’s work on federal fiscal policy analyzes revenues, spending and deficits, but always within the context of the overall economy. EPI believes that the federal budget is the embodiment of our nation’s priorities, but recognizes that the state of budget balance is simply a tool to meet larger economic goals, not an end-goal in itself.
All work on this topic
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Apple’s advice on corporate tax reform: more tax breaks, please!
May 21, 2013 | | Blog
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Sequestration, detailed
May 17, 2013 | | Blog
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Broadening the tax base and raising top rates are complements, not substitutes: 1986-style tax reform is a flawed template
May 15, 2013 | | Report
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Looking ahead on the FY2014 budget
May 10, 2013 | | Blog
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Building a Tax Code for Today
May 1, 2013 | | Blog
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Dangerous targets: Why setting a specific deficit reduction target would worsen the economic and fiscal situation
April 30, 2013 | | Report
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Reinhart and Rogoff couldn’t justify austerity before it was debunked
April 30, 2013 | | Blog
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(Final?) Notes on the Reinhart/Rogoff saga
April 26, 2013 | | Blog
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Taxes are rising – but let’s remember which ones
April 18, 2013 | | Economic snapshot
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Many options exist for raising revenue in a smart and progressive manner
April 18, 2013 | | Report
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Kids vs. seniors: an Urban myth
April 18, 2013 | | Blog
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A slight bit of substance on the Reinhart and Rogoff 90 percent debt threshold
April 17, 2013 | | Blog
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The Reinhart and Rogoff magical 90 percent threshold loses its magic?
April 16, 2013 | | Blog
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Tax Day 2013: For the vast major, it’s all about the expired payroll tax cut
April 15, 2013 | | Blog
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How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? Getting the Fight Right
April 15, 2013 | | Blog
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Dark Age budgeting: Social Security back on the table
April 12, 2013 | | Blog
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The Obama budget’s misguidedly lower revenue target
April 12, 2013 | | Blog
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President’s budget “compromises” on job-growth too
April 11, 2013 | | Blog
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Where’s the Change?
April 11, 2013 | | Commentary
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Deficit reduction lost and found in the President’s 2014 budget
April 11, 2013 | | Economic snapshot
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How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? (Hint, Much Higher)
April 11, 2013 | | Commentary
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No, New Tax Cuts Will Not Pay for Themselves
April 4, 2013 | | Blog
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A review of the economic research on the effects of raising ordinary income tax rates: Higher revenue, unchanged growth, and uncertain but potentially large reductions in the growth of inequality
April 2, 2013 | | Report
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The sequester, the Ryan budget and practically all other spending cuts actually make the debt situation worse
March 28, 2013 | | Blog
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Time to end the reign of terror of scary upward-sloping graphs
March 28, 2013 | | Blog
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The Murray budget falls short on funding domestic programs
March 26, 2013 | | Blog
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Senate Democratic budget overly focused on deficit reduction
March 26, 2013 | | Blog
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Aggressively targeting a full recovery is the least risky thing you can do: Back to Work Budget edition
March 22, 2013 | | Blog
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Back to Work—sooner rather than later
March 21, 2013 | | Economic snapshot
