Econ 309 Taxing Wealth
Read:
John Oliver on Corporate Taxation, Last Week Tonight, April 15, 2018
The Double-Irish Dutch Sandwich, Tim Taylor, July 2014
John Stewart on General Electric's tax bill, The Daily Show, March 28, 2011
Great analysis of tax avoidance through transfer pricing (Fresh Air, March 17, 2011)
The many, many loopholes in corporate taxation (David Leonhardt, New York Times, February 2, 2011)
Class notes on Corporate Taxation
For interest:
Kellogg's Joshua Rauh on the problem of state and local pensions
The estate tax (Richard Thaler, New York Times, November 7, 2010)
A history of how the estate tax lost favor in the US (David Runciman, London Review of Books, June 2, 2005)
Would people move if states raised their tax rates? (New York Times, March 19, 2009)
What if we provided an IRA to encourage homemakers to save? (Slate, Sept. 13, 1996)
Tax rules and Leveraged Buyouts in the 1980s (Forbes, Nov. 28, 1988)
For amusement:
Just watch this, OK? Watch it. (Daily Show, March 28, 2011)
Dilbert, Dilbert!, Dilbert!! Gotta give Scott Adams respect for his understanding of rent seeking
State and local taxes...and NBA team winning percentages (Carpe Diem, July 1, 2011)