Which Rich Deserve the ‘Moron’ Label?
Donald Trump’s top economic adviser thinks any wealthy person who pays the estate tax is behaving moronically. But the real deep-pocket moronic behavior lies elsewhere.
Bob Lord
The Clever Games Tax ‘Reformers’ Play
Will corporate tax receipts increase under the Trump tax plan? Will the income individuals report decline? The only certainty: The rich will come out ahead.
Privileging the Income of the Privileged
The Trump tax plan reserves its highest rates for the income people actually labor to earn — and extends lavish preferential treatment to income from wealth. Four years ago, my...
A Piketty ‘Inflection Point’ Heads Up
The concentration of America’s wealth may be reaching a point where any further gains for the top 1 percent must literally come at the direct expense of everyone else. The...