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Anti Progressive Taxation

Season 1 Episode 57

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Scott and Jeff discuss some of the prominent arguments against progressive taxation.

3 years, 11 months ago

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Taxing Churches with Lloyd Mayer

Season 1 Episode 56

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Scott and Jeff discuss the tax status of churches in the U.S. with Lloyd Mayer, Professor of Law at Notre Dame University.  We discus…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Why Administrative Law is Way More Important than You Thought! A conversation with Andy Grewal.

Season 1 Episode 55

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Scott and Jeff ask Andy Grewal to describe administrative law, and why it is so important for taxes. We discuss how significant porti…

3 years, 11 months ago

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How Much Income do Firms Shift to Tax Havens? A Conversation w/Jennifer Blouin.

Season 1 Episode 54

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Scott and Jeff discuss income shifting by multinational corporations with Jennifer Blouin. We talk about Jennifer's research that sug…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Professor Arthur Laffer on His Curve

Season 1 Episode 54

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Scott and Jeff discuss the effects the tax rate has on how much taxes are raised with Professor Arthur Laffer,  for whom the Laffer C…

4 years ago

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Taxing Robots w/Rita de la Feria

Season 1 Episode 53

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Scott and Jeff are joined by Rita de la Feria @delaFeriaR to discuss her new paper (co-authored with Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz) called "…

4 years ago

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Was Trump's Tax Reform Effective?

Season 1 Episode 52

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Scott and Jeff discuss whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was effective. Often referred to as the Trump tax cuts, or the Trump …

4 years ago

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The "Secret IRS Files": A Conversation with ProPublica's Paul Kiel

Season 1 Episode 51

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Scott, Jeff, and Paul Kiel discuss the series of articles published by ProPublica based on a massive leak of private tax return data …

4 years ago

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Tax Short - Why do quarters have ridges, and what does it have to do with taxes (and inflation!)?

Season 1 Episode 51

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Jeff explains why quarters have ridges, and what it has to do with taxes and inflation.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Should death eliminate taxes? A conversation about carryover basis with Kathleen Thomas

Season 1 Episode 50

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Scott and Jeff discuss the idea of carryover basis with Kathleen Thomas. Currently, when someone dies with appreciated capital gains,…

4 years, 1 month ago

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