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The GOP Tax Package

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Congressional Republicans’ tax plan, most economists agree, will hurt America's poor and middle class while causing the fiscal and external deficits to soar. PS writers examine the plan’s likely impact on the US economy and American politics.

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  1. Making America’s Deficits Great Again
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    Making America’s Deficits Great Again

    Jan 15, 2018 Jeffrey Frankel shows that, no matter how one measures it, the Republicans' tax cut will worsen the US trade balance.

  2. Saving America from Trump’s Tax Reform
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    Saving America from Trump’s Tax Reform

    Jan 8, 2018 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca lament that the new legislation does nothing to address the US economy's most pressing challenges.

  3. The US Donor Relief Act of 2017
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    The US Donor Relief Act of 2017

    Jan 2, 2018 Joseph E. Stiglitz says that the Republicans’ tax legislation will lead to an even more unequal society – and a worse economy.

  4. Another Look at Tax Reform and Economic Growth
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    Another Look at Tax Reform and Economic Growth

    Dec 19, 2017 Michael J. Boskin argues that the GOP plan, while far from ideal, will have a significant positive effect on investment.

  5. Robert Barro’s Tax-Reform Advocacy: A Response
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    Robert Barro’s Tax-Reform Advocacy: A Response

    Dec 15, 2017 Jason Furman & Lawrence H. Summers raise fundamental objections to the economic model used to defend and promote the Republican tax plan.

  6. How US Corporate-Tax Reform Will Boost Growth
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    How US Corporate-Tax Reform Will Boost Growth

    Dec 13, 2017 Robert J. Barro predicts that the Republicans’ final tax package will provide a substantial economic stimulus over ten years.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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