Michael J. Graetz (Columbia): “Death Tax” Politics. The earth belongs to the living: We are averse to damning children to a lifetime spent paying off their parents’ debts, yet we provide a mechanism for them to spend a lifetime living off their parents’ wealth. Tyler Antone LeFevre on justice in taxation. Jennifer Bird-Pollan (Kentucky): Why Tax Wealth Transfers? A Philosophical Analysis. Is the U.S. due for radically raising taxes for the rich? That’s what has usually happened whenever a large proportion of Americans have been upset with the distribution of their country’s wealth. Mark Thoma on tax hikes on the wealthy: Good or bad for growth? Lane Kenworthy on how the record over the past century offers no observable adverse effect of high overall levels of taxation on either economic growth or employment growth. The best sin tax is a carbon tax.
