The chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, Jason Furman, made waves last week with a speech at NYU in which he rejected calls for a universal basic income (transcript). I generally think that Furman’s arguments on…

The generally persuasive Greg Ip writes of a universal basic income in the Wall Street Journal:

For all its superficial appeal . . . UBI . . . is a solution in search of a problem. It would consume scarce resources while ignoring…

There are, of course, live doctrinal debates about the application of administrative law to tax guidance. Kristin Hickman has been a pioneer in spotting and examining the…

In his new book, EVICTED, Harvard sociologist Matt Desmond recounts the human cost of the frequent evictions that disrupt life in poor communities. Desmond doesn’t focus on the role of the tax code in housing policy, but his work suggests directions for further thought.

Maine’s governor Paul LePage is trying again to force low-income families to eat healthier. Since early last year, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has been asking its federal partners for permission to deny…

Tim Kaine has been hitting Donald Trump hard for failing to release his tax returns — and fairly so. From Kaine’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last night:

[D]oes anyone here believe that Donald Trump’s been paying his fair…

Sunday’s New York Times brought news (along with many other unhappy things) that some NY Fed economists seem skeptical of the Clinton campaign’s Bernie-ish proposal to subsidize college education. The gist is that, when student-loan…

Daniel and I are pleased to announce that Anne and Darien will be blogging here from time to time. We may see one or two more “tax &” folks join us here as well. Can’t wait to see what they have to say.