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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
On June 16, The Hamilton Project, the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, and the Tax Policy Center hosted an event on business tax reform.
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Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
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The future of US international corporate tax reform
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Taking on tax: Toward progressive revenue-raising business tax reform
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Aligning federal coal leasing and US climate policy
In a new paper from The Hamilton Project and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Professors Kenneth T. Gillingham (of Yale) and James H. …
Federal minerals leasing reform and climate policy
Over the past two decades Democratic and Republican administrations have taken steps to reduce U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions by reducing use of fossil fuels. D…
Lessons for broadening school accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Lauren Bauer, and Megan Mumford summarize lessons learned from the No Child Left Behind Act and how they relate to accountability …
Putting time limits on the punitiveness of the criminal justice system
Over the past 30 years, both the incarcerated population and the limitations placed on those with criminal records have dramatically expanded. The consequences…
Increasing employment for individuals with criminal records
Individuals who were formerly incarcerated often face great difficulty in re-entering the labor market after incarceration. A multi-pronged approach—inclusive …
Graduated reintegration: Smoothing the transition from prison to community
High recidivism rates—some 50 percent of released prisoners return within three years—constitute a major factor driving both high crime rates and high incarcer…
The economics of private prisons
Recently, private prisons have become the focus of considerable attention. This economic analysis explores the growth of the private prison industry and provid…
Twelve facts about incarceration and prisoner reentry
In this set of economic facts, The Hamilton Project explores the characteristics of the populations of the currently incarcerated and individuals reentering th…
