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Jul 24, 2013 | Budgets & Projections

Op-Ed: Credible Debt Plan Would Boost the US Economy

Financial Times | July 23, 2013Sir, Edward Luce says that “Simpson and Bowles are wrong about the US debt” (July 15) but he gets it wrong...
Jul 22, 2013 | Taxes

Op-Ed: "Blank Slate" Key to Tax Reform

POLITICO | July 22, 2013In the quarter century since Congress last reformed the Tax Code, back in 1986, it seems Washington has worked overtime to...
Jul 18, 2013 | Social Security

Op-Ed: Should Social Security Cost-of-Living Increases be Trimmed?

CQ Researcher | July 18, 2013 Should we measure inflation as accurately as possible? Of course we should, particularly when the fiscal implications...

Op-Ed: Grand Budget Bargain? No, Congress Would Prefer To Fight

Brookings | July 8, 2013Barring a miracle, budget bargains, either grand or petty, are not in the cards this year. The Congress would prefer to...
Jul 3, 2013 | Taxes

Op-Ed: The Baucus-Hatch “Blank Slate” Approach to Tax Reform Could Be Revolutionary

The Government We Deserve | July 3, 2013No one quite knows what exactly Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin...
Jun 28, 2013 | Taxes

Op-Ed: The Myriad Benefits of a Carbon Tax

The New York Times | June 28, 2013Few goals in Washington have more bipartisan support, at least in theory, than cleaning up the tax code....
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Jun 27, 2013 | Health Care

Op-Ed: Prescription for Patient-Centered Care and Cost Containment

New England Journal of Medicine | June 27, 2013 Despite high national spending, health care in the United States is uneven in quality and often...
Jun 26, 2013 | Taxes

Op-Ed: Modernizing Corporate Taxation

Project Syndicate | June 26, 2013How to tax the income of multinational corporations (MNCs) was an unlikely headline topic at the recent G-8 summit...

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