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The Coming Opportunity to Make a Fairer and More Efficient Tax System

Posted October 29, 202300:25:28

The U.S. Congress has stated its intention to extend many of the tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act beyond 2025. But, as Kim Clausing highlights,...

Is China’s Economic Miracle Coming to an End?

Posted October 22, 202300:26:36

China's rise has been among the most consequential economic events of the past half century. Before the reforms begun by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s,...

Rebooting American Health Care

Posted October 15, 202300:25:42

Health outcomes in the United States lag behind those in many other rich countries, especially for lower income groups and ethnic and racial minorities....

Taking Stock of the U.S. Economy: Government Shutdowns, Inflation, Housing, Unions and More

Posted October 8, 202300:42:53

Binyamin Applebaum of the New York Times, Larry Edelman of the Boston Globe, Scott Horsley of NPR, and Heather Long of the Washington Post join EconoFact...

Poverty in the U.S.: Causes, Consequences, and the Role of Policy

Posted October 1, 202300:28:59

12.4% of Americans lived in poverty in 2022. The 4.6 percentage point increase over 2021 marks the biggest one-year jump in the poverty rate on record....