What States Can Do to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Through Tax Policy
State governments have many options for recouping the windfalls large corporations and the wealthy received through the 2017 Republican federal tax law.
Taxation
Have the Rich Always Laughed Stiff Tax Rates Away?
Fans of grand fortune want us to believe that the rich have never paid much more of their income in taxes than they do now. Our actual history says different.
Seriously Taxing the Rich Will Take ‘Guts’ — and More
Egalitarians in the mid-20th century set high tax rates on the high-income set. Egalitarians in our century have some new ideas on how to make those stiff rates stick.
The Best Month for Egalitarians on Capitol Hill Since 1932
Those rare moments when our political class suddenly starts viewing the nation’s richest through a skeptical lens can help trigger real social change.