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AEI's program on fiscal policy and tax reform produces studies that assess the full range of issues presented by the tax reform and budget proposals, with particular emphasis on income distribution, transition costs, marginal tax rates, and international taxation of corporate income. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on fiscal policy and taxes.

Feature: Death, Taxes, and Uncertainty

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2010 may be the best year to die, or at least your heirs may think so. Under current law, the estate tax will be eliminated for those who die next year. But the tax is scheduled to return in full force for those who die in later years. With this short-lived repeal only months away, Congress is preparing to take another look at the estate tax. What are the economic effects of the estate tax? Should it be extended, reformed, or abolished? At a recent AEI conference, experts provided a variety of perspectives on these questions.

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Recent Publications

All (Opposition) Politics Is Local

By Newt Gingrich
Washington Examiner
Friday, November 20, 2009

The alternative to big government isn't no government. It's something increasing numbers of Americans are calling "localism."

TARP on a Businesslike Basis

By Alex J. Pollock
Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Troubled Asset Relief Program should be run like a business with a goal of returning as much of the involuntary investment as possible to its owners--the taxpayers--along with a reasonable overall profit.

Dollar's Demise Traces Roots to U.S. Tax Trap

By Kevin A. Hassett
Bloomberg.com
Monday, November 16, 2009

The dollar has tanked this year, though the drop has been fairly steady and orderly. That may be about to change.

Pushing Health Reform When Job Losses Are Rising

By Michael Barone
Washington Examiner
Sunday, November 15, 2009

The president should embrace the proposal for a payroll tax holiday. It would immediately reduce the cost of job creation.

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Books

Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s

Edited By Alan D. Viard
AEI Press
(February 2009)

This volume is an invaluable guide for policymakers facing important decisions about environmental taxation, marginal tax rates, dividend taxation, and the taxation of business investment.

In Our Hands A Plan to Replace the Welfare State

By Charles Murray
AEI Press
(March 2006)

This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy.

Pension Fund Politics The Dangers of Socially Responsible Investing

Edited By Jon Entine
AEI Press
(August 2005)

Social investing, by both the political left and right, frequently ends up hurting the very people--particularly the economically disadvantaged--that it is supposed to help.

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Events

PAST EVENTS

Death, Taxes, and Uncertainty: The Estate Tax in 2010 and Beyond

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

2010 may be the best year to die, or at least your heirs may think so. This AEI conference will examine the economic effects of the estate tax, which will be eliminated for those who die next year. Should it be extended, reformed, or abolished?

The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward

Monday, November 9, 2009
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

At this AEI event, Bruce Bartlett will discuss his new book, which proposes that a value-added tax is the most effective way to improve the nation's fiscal imbalance.

Can California's Economic Crisis Be Solved? What are the Lessons for the Rest of the Country?

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
11:45 AM - 01:15 PM

Steve Poizner, California's elected Insurance Commissioner and a candidate for Governor in 2010, will share his vision for solving California's woes.

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