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Economic policy scholars

Kevin Hassett Director, Economic Policy Studies Tags: Tax and fiscal policy, US economy, stock market

 

Alex Brill Resident Fellow Tags: Health care/tax policy, US economy, retirement issues, Pharmaceutical industry, labor

 

Kevin Corinth Research Fellow, Economic Policy Studies Research areas: Poverty, Homelessness assistance program

 

Desmond Lachman Resident Fellow Research areas: Global macroeconomy, exchange rate policy, US housing market, central banking

 

Aparna Mathur Resident Scholar Research areas: State health insurance, Environmental & corporate taxation,Tax policy,  Labor market outcomes

 

Mark J. Perry Scholar Research areas: Financial markets, US economics, Energy and innovation

 

Vincent Smith Visiting Scholar Research areas: International & domestic agricultural commodity policy, agriculture risk management policy

 

Phillip Swagel Visiting Scholar Research areas: Economics, central banking

 

Alan Viard Resident Scholar Research areas: Federal tax and budget policy, corporate tax policy

 

Andrew Biggs Resident Scholar Tags: Social security reform, public & private sector compensation, public pensions

 

Edward Conard Visiting Scholar Tags: US economy, business innovation, finance and startups

 

Matthew Jensen Managing Director, Open Source Policy Center Research areas: US economy, Tax policy, Tax and budget issues, Public finance

 

John Makin Resident Scholar Tags: International finance, banking, financial markets, US/Japanese/European economies

 

Stephen Oliner Resident Scholar Research areas: US economy, Financial markets, Monetary policy, Real estate issues,  Federal reserve

 

James Pethokoukis Editor, AEIdeas DeWitt Wallace Fellow Research areas: US economy, taxes

 

Michael R. Strain Deputy Director, Economic Policy Studies Resident Scholar Topics: US economy, Labor economics, Federal budget

 

Stan A. Veuger Resident Scholar Research areas: Political economy, Public finance, US and EU economics

 

Benjamin Zycher Resident Scholar Research areas: Energy and environmental policy

Headlines and Highlights

The bad and the bad of US corporate income taxes
Aparna Mathur, Forbes 
There are many problems with the US corporate tax code, but the solution is not to impose more burdensome regulations on firms. The only feasible and practical long-term solution is for the US to reform its corporate tax code.

Re: Unions and the $15 minimum wage 
Michael R. Strain, National Review Online
Unions and the $15 minimum wage.

Saudis’ drive to kill US shale has backfired
Mark Perry, Investor’s Business Daily
It’s been tempting to think the shale boom is over, that a fall in the rig count and a small dip in US crude production signify that the high-water mark of US shale oil has come and gone. But, as the Saudis are finding out, we are just in the early innings of a new revolution.  

Eurozone debt crisis: A Spanish wake-up call for Europe 
Desmond Lachman, AEIdeas
European policymakers must be alert to the heightened risks that now face the European economy following the Spanish elections.  

End Fannie and Freddie’s free ride on government credit
Alex J. Pollock, American Banker
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits utterly depend on having their obligations backed by the US Treasury — and thus by taxpayers.

The anti-economics of ‘free’ college
James Pethokoukis, AEIdeas
“Free” college plans aren’t really about economics. They’re about anti-economics, the belief that incentives don’t matter, that somehow simply putting more money into higher education without any reform will somehow result in a better system.  

Supreme Court’s Wynne ruling is a victory for free interstate trade
Alan D. Viard, AEIdeas
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Maryland’s individual income tax system unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce. The Court’s decision in Maryland Comptroller v. Wynne is a decisive victory for free interstate trade. 

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