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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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Thirteen economic facts about social mobility and the role of education
In this set of economic facts, The Hamilton Project examines the relationship between growing income inequality and social mobility in America. The memo explor…
Informing students about their college options: A proposal for broadening the Expanding College Opportunities project
Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University and Sarah Turner of the University of Virginia present a strategy for improving college outcomes for high-achieving, low-…
New approaches to promoting college access for more Americans
The role of education in improving social mobility is well-known, and new evidence identifies promising ways to help more low-income students improve their edu…
Is starting college and not finishing really that bad?
In recent years there has been increasing concern about students who begin two- and four-year college programs but fail to complete a degree—particularly in li…
Should the United States have 2.2 million more jobs?
Following the last five recessions in U.S. history, the economy added government jobs—an average of 1.7 million, in fact—that helped spur our economic recovery…
Using data to improve the performance of workforce training
Workforce training programs have the potential to improve the lives and incomes of millions of Americans by lifting many into the middle class and preventing o…
Building on recent advances in evidence-based policymaking
Over the past decade, and particularly over the past five years, new government strategies have begun to emerge—at the federal, state, and local levels—that of…
Rethinking the federal budget: Build your own deficit reduction plan
Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney discuss a new Hamilton Project interactive feature that allows users to see how implementing different proposals in The Proj…
