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Apr 30, 2014

You can now read my new book Dead Men Ruling on Kindle: urbn.is/1mZZf7p

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’s discussion on #GivingInnovation will feature peer organizations from around the world such as @The_EFC,

. Be sure to tune in tomorrow! urbn.is/2KOToAF

Jan 25, 2017

Obamacare reform: a lot of good bipartisan ideas here!

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· Jan 24, 2017

Report: Instead of #ACA repeal and replace, fix it. Here's how: urbn.is/2k1Sojb

Nov 30, 2016

Giving days go beyond #GivingTuesday. Learn more from experts like

@MiamiFoundation

's @javisoto305: urbn.is/2gS8wlK #GivingPotential

Nov 30, 2016

If you haven't already, check out this online policy debate #GivingPotential

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Giving days go beyond #GivingTuesday. Learn more from experts like @MiamiFoundation's @javisoto305: urbn.is/2gS8wlK #GivingPotential

Nov 29, 2016

Can Giving Days Unlock America's Giving Potential? Tune in to this online discussion urban.org/debates/can-gi #GivingPotential

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Nov 4, 2016

See how "Both Clinton and Trump would reduce tax incentives for charitable giving" tpc.io/2flJs3h

A Lame Duck President in 2017? tpc.io/2eYseua via

New report: The New Debate over a Charitable Deduction for Nonitemizers. Check it out here: urbn.is/2e3QCY3

Oct 19, 2016

What Trump’s and Buffett’s tax returns say about how the wealthy are taxed

What Trump’s and Buffett’s tax returns say about how the wealthy are taxed

The individual income tax has never taxed the very wealthy much. There are two major reasons: first, paying individual income taxes on capital income is largely discretionary, since investors d…

Oct 11, 2016

Social Security must be fair for everyone, not just retirees

Social Security must be fair for everyone, not just retirees

No one should assess Social Security policy in isolation. What is fair in Social Security must relate to what is fair for the national budget as a whole. The current system discourages work in l…

Oct 5, 2016

STUDENT DEBT: THE MACRO QUESTION

STUDENT DEBT: THE MACRO QUESTION

As students accumulated $1.3 trillion in debt, did government make an equivalent increase in investment in what economists often call “human capital”? Or did government simply shift additional burd…

Sep 29, 2016

Reducing Wealth Inequality Requires Holding Risky Assets

Reducing Wealth Inequality Requires Holding Risky Assets

Advocates and lawmakers trying to counter wealth inequality, therefore, must find ways to get low-wealth savers into longer-term assets like stock and real estate, mainly through retirement plans a…

Sep 15, 2016

Restoring More Discretion to the Federal Budget

Restoring More Discretion to the Federal Budget

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, the three largest entitlement programs, accounted for $1.9 trillion, or about half, of federal spending in 2015. Congress can take steps to draw more att…

An Argument for Paying Down Public Debt

Sep 1, 2016

A fine analysis of why debt reduction needed to allow debt increases #PublicDebt blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2016/08/26/an- via

@IMFNews

blogs.imf.org

By Vitor Gaspar and Julio Escolano What should governments do about high public debt-to-GDP ratios? This question is getting much-deserved attention. Let’s abstract from macroeconomic (business...

on the risks of having so much of government on autopilot: urbn.is/29Aq6EX

Health Affairs

@Health_Affairs

Jun 27, 2016

In 2026 the fed gov't expects to spend $693b more in insurance than today. But is the #ACA to blame?

web.healthaffairs.org/acton/sp/17576

Jun 22, 2016

A Universal Basic Income? Right Debate, Wrong Answer: tpc.io/28LTPbs via

Thanks, Boston, for Restoring My Faith

Thanks, Boston, for Restoring My Faith

Like many others, I have found it difficult to maintain a sense of optimism this campaign season. A day at the Boston marathon more than took away my gloom.

May 24, 2016

What the Success of Trump and Clinton Portends for Future Elections

What the Success of Trump and Clinton Portends for Future Elections

Despite their divergent policy views, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have many similarities that help explain their success in this election season. Pay attention: these lessons will be taken up,…

May 23, 2016

Great demonstration of the need to solve many health problems before they start, at every age, and everywhere: urbn.is/pictureofhealth

May 17, 2016

Opportunity for all isn't going to happen on this path

Opportunity for All Isn’t Gonna Happen on This Path

It’s hard to believe that we can’t do a lot better with the $60,000 in federal and state spending and tax subsidies we spend annually per household, or the $2 million in health, retirement, educati…

Apr 28, 2016

How Tax Policy Can Promote Opportunity for All, And Not Just The Few: tpc.io/1qZ39BQ via

Prioritizing Opportunity for All in the Federal Budget

Prioritizing Opportunity for All in the Federal Budget: A Key to Both Growth in and Greater...

Many elected officials emphasize reforms that would promote opportunity, but until they define how success would be measured, progress is unlikely. The federal government is scheduled to spend close...

Apr 25, 2016

Register to attend Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children on May 2: eepurl.com/bY2zCD

Apr 20, 2016

Interested in investments in children? In measuring what works? nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/20

Apr 8, 2016

Proposed #EITC expansions could penalize marriage for many low-income workers, says

. Here's how:

Proposed earned income tax credit expansions could penalize marriage for many low-income workers

From TaxVox: This move would not only provide a disincentive to marriage, it would be unfair to many already-married couples.

Apr 6, 2016

Tax Psychology and the Timing of Charitable-Giving Deadlines: urbn.is/1RXNM5x via

Tax Psychology and the Timing of Charitable-Giving Deadlines

This brief discusses the timing of the charitable-giving tax deduction deadline, evaluated in light of recent evidence from the behavioral public finance literature. We discuss how tax salience,...

Apr 5, 2016

What do children face from the federal budget? archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?a

EITC Expansion Backed By Obama and Ryan Could Penalize Marriage For

on how the Obama-backed EITC expansion penalizes marriage for low-income workers, & a solution:

taxpolicycenter.org

President Barack Obama and Speaker Paul Ryan have proposed similar expansions of the earned income tax credit (EITC) for low-income workers without ch

Tax Policy Center

@TaxPolicyCenter

Mar 3, 2016

#LiveAtUrban: Complex Families and Complicated Taxes. Watch Live: tpc.io/1opQvKP

#LiveAtUrban at 9am:

@Todmandc discuss survival strategies of the poorest Americans

Desperate Measures: Survival Strategies of the Poorest of the Poor

National Academy of Social Insurance

@socialinsurance

Jan 28, 2016

#NASI2016's session IV panel #inequalityis

From

: Differences in family net worth by race, ethnicity, and income have persisted for decades urbn.is/1OFYObW

From

: 4 policy recommendations that could narrow the racial wealth gap urbn.is/1OFYObW

Jan 19, 2016

What is our part in making the country great again?

What is Our Part in Making the Country Great Again?

Though I believe we should be optimistic about our future, these slogans, along with presidential campaigns more generally, pretend to offer one easy solution to thousands of very complicated probl…

Jan 15, 2016

#FF Urban researchers who joined the #SOTU conversation: urbn.is/1mIdpgh Highlights: urbn.is/1RJYxJa

Jan 11, 2016

Giving from Wealth: some thoughts on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

The Zuckerberg Charitable Pledge and Giving from One’s Wealth

The Zuckerberg-Chan pledge falls into a class of efforts sometimes labeled “fourth sector” initiatives, which give much greater flexibility for how the money is used, including combining charitable…