Hunter Blair is Policy and Research Director at ThinkTennessee. Previously, Hunter worked as a budget analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, where he provided research and policy analysis relevant to federal tax and budget policy. He also worked as a part of EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) on their EARN in the South initiative.
Hunter earned a bachelor of arts in math and economics from New York University and a master’s in economics from Cornell University.
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Preempting progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South
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How Southern state policymakers can strengthen democracy and protect voter health during the coronavirus pandemic
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States continue to see record-high levels of initial unemployment insurance claims, including in the South
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The South’s worst unemployment numbers may be yet to come given social distancing delays in the region
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Higher rates of poverty and incarceration put front-line workers and communities in Southern states at greater risk from the coronavirus
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The CARES Act’s aid to state and local governments isn’t enough to shield vital public services from the coronavirus shock: Lessons from the Great Recession tell us why
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Southern state policymakers must do more to respond to the coronavirus pandemic: Medicaid expansion, emergency paid sick leave, and dedicated public health resources are especially needed
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Progressive revenue options: Descriptions and scores
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As investment continues to decline, the Trump tax cuts remain nothing but a handout to the rich
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Who’s paying now?: The explicit and implicit costs of the current early care and education system
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News from EPI › Year-end budget deal shouldn’t include temporary tax breaks for special interests
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On its second anniversary, the TCJA has cut taxes for corporations, but nothing has trickled down
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Still terrible at two: The Trump tax act delivered big benefits to the rich and corporations but nearly none for working families
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Bipartisan Senate budget bill could damage the economy during recessions
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act isn’t working and there’s no reason to think that will change
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Government programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2018
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It’s not trickling down: New data provides no evidence that the TCJA is working as its proponents claimed it would
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Detailed estimates for policies in EPI’s ‘Budget for Shared Prosperity’
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EPI’s model federal budget and tax plan: How we can raise the revenue needed to provide universal health care, strengthen safety nets, and shore up public investment
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It’s Tax Day again, and there’s still no reason to believe the Republicans’ corporate tax cuts are doing anything for working people
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Progressive tax reform requires a healthy IRS
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Heading into the midterms, there’s still no evidence that the TCJA is working as promised
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Locking in further regressive tax cuts would just make the TCJA worse
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Data continues to show little evidence that tax cuts are trickling down to typical workers, and now House Republicans want a do-over
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Last week’s GDP data shows there’s still no reason to think the TCJA’s corporate rate cuts are trickling down to workers
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‘The People’s Budget’: Analysis of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget for fiscal year 2019
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The likely economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Higher incomes for the top, no discernible effect on wage growth for typical American workers
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The Trump administration doubles down in the Wall Street Journal on why trickle-down really does work
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For Tax Day, a reminder that economic arguments for the GOP tax plan have no theoretical basis
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The Trump tax cuts should be repealed, not made even worse by making individual tax cuts permanent