Monday, November 13, 2017

The Case Against the Harvard-Yale Game

Sunday, November 05, 2017

Furman on Tax Reform

I don't agree with all of it, but these slides from a recent talk by Jason Furman make a lot of good points.

Saturday, November 04, 2017

Taxing Higher Ed

One of the most surprising parts of the proposed tax bill is its tax on university endowments. If my rough calculations are correct, the tax would cost schools like Harvard between $1,000 and $2,000 per student every year.

Is there a good argument for this policy? Not that I can see.

Friday, November 03, 2017

The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable

Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times on the Trump tax plan.