The individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act refers to the need for everyone to purchase health insurance. But the real mandate we need to embrace...
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Six faculty members share their thoughts on the politics, procedure, and implications of the Supreme Court decision.
The US is the only country in the Western Industrialized World that taxes its citizens when living abroad. This requirement burdens them with tax complexity...
The Occupy movement has the wrong target. The problem in the in the industrialized world, be it the U.S., Spain, France, or Greece, is not the super-rich....
As the federal income tax nears its 100th birthday, it is being reconsidered in light of alternative ideas.
Increasing tax rates might trigger a recession, but overspending and maintaining low rates could be more harmful in the long run.
Innovative solutions to the current crisis in Europe are needed. The article proposes some ideas involving labor markets, capital markets, and smart tax...
Texas’ electricity supply woes have more to do with the need to promote gas-fired power plants than any sinister regulatory specter, says Professor David...
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Spence: "Energy is a complicated issue — it’s hard to get people to think about all these trade-offs at once."
Partisanship in Congress is blocking meaningful healthcare reform, but the basic concepts that make up the Affordable Care Act are nothing new.
When it comes to taxes, many Americans think they pay too much and/or others don't pay enough. Who's right?
Disability insurance fraud is becoming a serious economic problem. What can the government do to prevent it?
Whether in the form of incentives or a carbon tax, the tools that shape energy policy strike a nerve with voters.
David Spence of EMIC shares his thoughts on natural gas regulation.
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Tax loopholes are really government spending by another name, experts say, and they cost the U.S. Treasury billions each year.
