Skip to content

Op-eds

Our commentary is featured in top news outlets throughout the US and Europe, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, and Le Monde.

All Op-eds

20 Results

Trump’s Income Tax Math Doesn’t Add Up

Trump has floated a proposal to replace the US income tax system with a new system of tariffs, moving the United States back to the tax mix of the late 19th century. The plan, simply put, is a mathematical impossibility.

Social Security crisis insolvency

The Crisis Our Candidates Keep Ignoring

By 2035, Social Security as we know it will largely be insolvent. If we want to fix the issue, it’s time for our parties’ leaders to reform the program so it can be around for the long run for all Americans.

election day 2022 results state tax ballot measures election 2022 results

Before Repealing the Property Tax, Look Under the Hood

If voters are being asked to charge state legislators with raising the equivalent of a doubling of the current income and sales tax, shouldn’t they get to know what the plan is first?

Kamala Harris

Harris Should Break With Biden, Trump on Trade

If Vice President Kamala Harris is elected the 47th U.S. president, she would inherit a trade war started by former President Donald Trump and continued by President Joe Biden. But she’d also have the chance to end it.

US Protectionism Trump & Biden Protectionist Trade Policies

Trump, Biden and the American Protectionist Matrix

Trump’s protectionist measures and the continuation of most of them under the Biden administration already form the matrix of American trade policy after the 2024 elections.

Tax education Tax Day

Tax Education Shouldn’t End with Tax Day

April means Tax Day, a yearly reminder that most people don’t like our tax code. As a recent Tax Foundation poll found, people don’t understand it either. With a looming tax battle on Capitol Hill, the need for tax policy education has never been higher.

Tax Foundation experts analyze ways to rein in the national debt, including US debt and deficits and federal budget and US spending and taxes

The Warning Signs Are Flashing Red on US Debt

Bond markets are screaming for a return to deficit reduction politics. Unfortunately, most policymakers are failing to listen to what the markets are telling them.

The Real Problem with the IRS

What both parties ignore: The IRS does not need more money for enforcement; it needs fewer things to enforce.

international tax avoidance To help countries face the pandemic-related financing needs while reducing inequality, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a series of policy recommendations based on a temporary COVID-19 tax, levied on high incomes or wealth. IMF tax proposals: shrink inequality or harm pandemic economic recovery? OECD work plan, BEPs 2.0, base erosion, profit allocation, global minimum tax, base erosion and profit shifting oecd

What We Know: Reviewing the Academic Literature on Profit Shifting

Lawmakers around the world are considering substantial changes to international tax rules to address tax avoidance. Many changes have already been made in recent years, with early economic evidence indicating that they may not only address tax avoidance but also impact business hiring and investment decisions.