Publications by Max B. Sawicky
Report
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Feb. 27, 2007 | A fish is not a fowl: Tax credits and the minimum wage
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Jan. 31, 2007 | Like a fish needs a bicycle—Does a minimum wage increase require new business tax cuts?
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Nov. 1, 2006 | Postcards from an ailing economy
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Oct. 31, 2005 | The President’s Tax Reform Panel: Increased Burdens for Working Families, Less Tax for the Wealthiest Americans
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Sept. 7, 2005 | Eight steps to deficit reduction for growth and fairness
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Sept. 7, 2005 | Deficit reduction for growth and fairness
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Sept. 7, 2005 | Investing the peace dividend: How to break the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings stalemate
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April 11, 2005 | Do-it-yourself tax cuts: The crisis in U.S. tax enforcement
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April 4, 2005 | Collision course: The Bush budget and Social Security
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Oct. 12, 2004 | The budget arithmetic test: Repairing federal fiscal policy
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Oct. 9, 2003 | Show me the money: Evidence is sorely lacking that the Bush Administration’s proposed A-76 rules for
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March 24, 2003 | Altered States | EPI Issue Brief #187
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Oct. 1, 2002 | Where the money isn’t | EPI
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June 1, 2002 | U.S. cities face fiscal crunch: Federal and State Policies Exacerbate Local Governments’ Budget Shor
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April 1, 2002 | The high road to low unemployment: How short-term deficits can create a high-employment budget
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Feb. 1, 2002 | Budgeting beyond the Beltway | EPI Issue Brief #175
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Dec. 1, 2001 | Making work pay with tax reform
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Nov. 1, 2001 | Putting school renovation on a fast track
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Oct. 1, 2001 | An idea whose time has returned: Anti-recession fiscal assistance for state and local governments
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Feb. 1, 2001 | Making Illinois taxes more family friendly
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Oct. 1, 2000 | Making Minnesota taxes more family friendly
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April 1, 2000 | Giving Tax Credit Where Credit Is Due—A ‘Universal Unified Child Credit’ that expands the EITC an
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Sept. 1, 1999 | Social Investment and the Budget Debate
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Aug. 1, 1996 | Been there, done that—didn’t work: The Dole economic plan
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Jan. 1, 1996 | Falling Flat: The Dubious Case for the Flat Tax
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May 1, 1995 | Fatal Vision: The Budget Resolutions of 1995
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June 1, 1994 | Lost in Findings: A Critique of the Interim Report of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform
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June 1, 1991 | The Poverty of the New Paradigm
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Jan. 1, 1990 | Excise Taxes: Not Regressive? Comments on the CBO Study, Federal Taxation of Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages, and Motor Fuels
Economic snapshot
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Aug. 29, 2007 | Bush tax changes wreck budget
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Nov. 1, 2006 | Fuel for Thought: The High Cost of Energy
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May 31, 2006 | How to spot a progressive tax cut
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Feb. 6, 2006 | Bush Administration policies and the deficit
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Nov. 17, 2005 | Rethinking the tax benefits for homeowners
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Sept. 21, 2005 | Red ink rising
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Sept. 13, 2005 | Death and taxes (part II): Wealthiest estates account for most of revenue generated by estate tax
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Sept. 8, 2005 | Death and taxes (part I): who pays the estate tax and how much
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April 12, 2005 | Government loses when taxes go unpaid
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April 4, 2005 | Big deficit, little deficit: The Bush budget and Social Security
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Oct. 13, 2004 | Unrealistic expectations for the federal budget
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July 14, 2004 | Falling corporate tax revenues push budget deficits even higher
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April 5, 2004 | Congressional budget resolution takes the deficit from bad to worse
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Feb. 25, 2004 | Bush budget clearly tailored for election year
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Oct. 1, 2003 | Proposed tax cuts ignore budget deficits
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Sept. 17, 2003 | Tax cuts pump up future budget deficits
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Aug. 27, 2003 | Private sector health insurance for children is on the decline
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April 23, 2003 | Discarding pretense of tax cut equity
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April 21, 2003 | The Bush deficit: Who’s counting?
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March 7, 2003 | State and local tax growth matched 1990s overall economic growth
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March 7, 2003 | Shrinking public service
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Aug. 21, 2002 | Tax cuts account for most of drop in surplus
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April 24, 2002 | Tax breaks dwarf Social Security, Medicare shortfalls
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Nov. 7, 2001 | Nation sneezes, states catch cold
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Sept. 19, 2001 | The budget surplus: now you don’t see it… then you do
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May 30, 2001 | Corporate welfare for the oil industry
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Feb. 21, 2001 | Bush tax cuts not best way to help middle class
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Sept. 13, 2000 | Marriage penalty taxes
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June 13, 2000 | Tax credits for working families
Book
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April 5, 2006 | Bridging the Tax Gap: Addressing the Crisis in Federal Tax Administration
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Oct. 13, 2005 | Up From Deficit Reduction
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Oct. 13, 2005 | The Roots of the Public Sector Fiscal Crisis
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Feb. 1, 2000 | The End of Welfare? Consequences of Federal Devolution for the Nation
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Aug. 1, 1996 | Risky Business: Private Management of Public Schools
Commentary
June 26, 2007 | Healthy? Don’t click
June 26, 2007 | Clinton Saves But Nixon Invests
June 12, 2007 | Immigration? A surging birth rate?
June 12, 2007 | Old Europe Works
June 12, 2007 | France: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
June 11, 2007 | The trouble with economics
June 11, 2007 | Bada Bing! Equilibrium!
Feb. 15, 2007 | Minimum wage, Maximum Pork
April 6, 2006 | The bulls-eye is on efficient government: The IRS, small business, and tax administration
Jan. 12, 2006 | Taming the spending beast: How can Congress reassert control over the U.S. budget? Downsize defence
Dec. 20, 2005 | The Next Great Theft? | Economic Viewpoints
Feb. 10, 2005 | The ‘ticking budget’ facing the US
Sept. 22, 2004 | Letter to Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. on balanced budget – EPI Viewpoints
March 8, 2004 | Bush budget folly: Skimping on trains is bad for everyone
Feb. 11, 2004 | Tax burdens of the untaxed – EPI Viewpoints
Dec. 19, 2003 | Don’t Kid Yourself – Whoever Wins, Taxes Rise – EPI Viewpoints
June 27, 2003 | Going Flat
May 21, 2003 | A Fair Share for New York City: A Case for Equity
March 28, 2003 | The Bush administration’s cut was extravagant, and federal dollars could be better spent elsewhere
March 4, 2002 | Marriage Tax Bill Not That Helpful
March 4, 2002 | Bush’s Numbers Are Way Out Of Balance
March 4, 2002 | Tax Proposals good for Rich, Bad for Poor
March 4, 2002 | Who wants to stay a millionaire