Articles by Alan D. Viard
- The Myth of the Limits on Itemized Deductions Wednesday, January 9, 2013
- Media misinformation is the real threat to charitable giving. For better or worse, the fiscal cliff deal doesn’t actually cap any itemized deductions.
- Obama’s Good Tax Proposal Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- One White House proposal deserves to be considered by policy makers in both parties who are looking for ways to improve the tax code.
- The Myth of a Return to Clinton-era Taxes Wednesday, September 15, 2010
- The claim that the president’s plan would only take the top tax rates back to Clinton levels isn’t quite right. Here’s why.
- The Cap-and-Trade Giveaway Friday, June 26, 2009
- A cap-and-trade system with freely allocated permits is equivalent to a carbon tax in which the tax revenue is given to stockholders.
- Keynes at the Border? Wednesday, April 15, 2009
- A common fallacy holds that imposing taxes on imports and rebating taxes on exports would stimulate the economy.
- What Should We Expect from Fiscal Stimulus? Tuesday, February 10, 2009
- There is still much that we do not know about the proper design of fiscal stimulus.
- A Free-Market Outpost in the Midwest Thursday, May 17, 2007
- A new book details the influential economists at the University of Chicago.