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Fortune Column
The Estate Tax Is One Death Penalty Too Many
September 4, 2000
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Read this month's column for more insight into
taxation policies. |
Why Getting Married Still Costs You
January 24, 2000
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This column expands on Chapter 12's Case Study
about Horizontal Equity and the Marriage Tax.
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Why Shouldn't We Die Tax-Free?
September 6, 1999
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Discussion of Congressional debates over the
estate tax lends to discussions in Chapter 12. |
Gas Tax Now
May 24,1999
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This column discusses how different kinds of taxes affect economic
efficiency. It is related to the discussion of deadweight losses of
taxation in Chapter 8, externalities and Pigovian taxes in Chapter 10, and
the design of the tax system in Chapter 12.
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How to Screw Up Social Security
Mar1999 |
This column discusses the proposal to
invest some of the Social Security trust fund in the stock market. It is
related to ideas discussed in Chapters 12 and 25. |
Are We a Nation of Spendthrifts?
February 15, 1999 |
This column discusses recent trends in
the personal saving rate and public policies aimed at increasing saving.
It is related to material in Chapters 12, 24, and 25. |
Government
Debt: A Horror Story
August 3, 1998 |
August's column discusses the future of fiscal policy as projected in a recent
report of the Congressional Budget Office. It is related to the issues
discussed in Chapter 12, The Design of the Tax System, and Chapter 25,
Saving, Investment, and the Financial System. |
A Great
Pryamid Scheme
April 13, 1998 |
April's column discusses the Social Security system and the projected
long-term fiscal imbalance in that system. It is, therefore, related
to the discussion of government finance in Chapter 12, The Design of the
Tax System, and to the discussion of saving and government debt in
Chapter 25, Saving, Investment, and the Financial System. |
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Taxes For Xers!
Mar1998
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March's column relates to Principle #3 (Rational People Think at the
Margin) and Principle #4 (People Respond to Incentives). It is also
related to Chapter 8, Application: The Costs of Taxation and Chapter 12,
The Design of the Tax System.
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