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How To Close The Loopholes That Made Apple’s Tax-Dodging Completely Legal

May 23, 2013 • The Hamilton Project • Tax Policy

In two stories on this week’s testimony by Apple CEO Tim Cook before the Senate Permanent Subcomittee on Investigations, Quartz’s Tim Fernholz and ThinkProgress’ Alan Pyke highlighted a paper released by The Hamilton Project and the Center for American Progress, “A Modern Corporate Tax”. In the paper, Alan Auerbach of the University of California, Berkeley, proposes two reforms to the U.S. corporate tax system: first, an immediate deduction for all investments that would replace the current system of depreciation allowances, and second, replacing the current approach to taxing foreign-source income with a system that ignores all transactions except those occurring exclusively in the United States. Pyke wrote that the proposal “would seem to balance both government and corporate interests.” For the ThinkProgress story, click here. For the Quartz story, click here. 

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THP Policy Director Adam Looney Testifies at Senate Budget Committee Hearing

May 22, 2013 • The Hamilton Project • Tax Policy, Effective Government

Earlier today, Hamilton Project Policy Director Adam Looney testified before the Senate Committee on the Budget on the role of tax reform in supporting broad-based economic growth and fiscal responsibility. To read his prepared remarks, click here.

The Rising Tide Of Evidence-based Solutions

May 15, 2013 • The Hamilton Project • Effective Government

In a blog post for Markets for Good, America Achieves Managing Director Michele Jolin provides highlights from a recent forum hosted by America Achieves and The Hamilton Project on the importance of using evidence to drive effective policymaking. Jolin calls for continuing the “growing momentum” toward evidence-based solutions that is being driven by members of the media, lawmakers at various levels of government and other stakeholders. To read the full piece, click here.

Should the United States have more jobs in recovery? What about Texas?

May 14, 2013 • The Hamilton Project • Employment & Wages

In a recent blog post for the Dallas Morning News’ “Biz Beat Blog”, Sheryl Jean highlights The Hamilton Project’s recent employment analysis, “Should the United States Have 2.2 Million More Jobs?” THP’s analysis explores government employment since the Great Recession and finds that, had the policy response been similar to that after other recent recessions, the economy would have about 2.2 million more jobs today. Jean discusses data from the Project’s jobs gap calculator, and highlights data on Texas’ jobs gap from THP’s state-by-state jobs gap chart. To read the full post, click here.

How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs

May 13, 2013 • The Hamilton Project • Economic Security, Employment & Wages, Poverty

In a recent blog post for The Atlantic, Derek Thompson highlights a chart from The Hamilton Project employment analysis “The Marriage Gap: The Impact of Economic and Technological Change on Marriage Rates.” He discusses findings from the analysis that show marriage rates are declining for every income level except the top five percent. To read the full blog post, click here.