Issue #32, Spring 2014

Poverty and the Tax Code

Tax credits have arguably done more to reduce poverty than programs have. It’s time to expand them once again.

Jason Furman

Issue #32, Spring 2014

Brother, Can You Spare a Tax Cut?

It’s no surprise that the 1 percent would fight against high taxes. But how do they get so many 99 percenters to fight at their side?

Vanessa Williamson

Issue #28, Spring 2013

Shrugging off Atlas

Exactly how did once-respectable conservative economists get swept up in “moocher class” mania?

J. Bradford DeLong

Issue #25, Summer 2012

The Looming Showdown

Come next January, our dysfunctional system will have to function. Here’s one possible path toward an outside-the-box budget deal.

Peter Orszag

Issue #25, Summer 2012

Revenue Neutered

Even when taxes were much higher than today, liberals were hesitant to tell the public why revenues were needed. This needs to change.

Elbert Ventura

April 18, 2011

NPR’s “All Things Considered” Talks Taxpayer Receipt

On Friday, April 15, NPR host Robert Siegel interviewed David Kendall on the idea of a tax receipt on the show All Things Considered. Kendall and co-author Ethan Porter, contributing editor at Democracy, outlined their idea in our Spring 2011 Issue [“Seeing Where The Money Went,” Issue #20].

NPR

April 8, 2011

Democracy and Third Way Host Taxpayer Receipt Launch

On April 6, Democracy and Third Way hosted a Happy Hour at Johnny’s Half Shell to promote the idea of a taxpayer receipt, as well as Third Way’s new online tool, the Tax Receipt Calculator.

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas

March 14, 2011

Washington Post Op-Ed: Porter and Kendall on Taxpayer Receipt

In the Spring Issue of Democracy, out in newsstands this week, Ethan Porter, contributing editor at Democracy, and David Kendall of Third Way have an essay promoting the idea of a taxpayer receipt. In the March 13 edition of The Washington Post, Porter and Kendall preview the idea in an op-ed.

Washington Post

Issue #20, Spring 2011