With growing competition from abroad, the U.S. must reform its fiscal policy to reduce debt, maximize economic efficiency — including minimizing the distortions caused by the tax system — and maintain its areas of competitive advantage.
This policy brief is part of a series of recommendations from the Baker Institute for the incoming president’s administration.
Dec. 5, 2016, 3:26 p.m.
Richard Evans is the Baker Institute advisory board visiting fellow for the Center for Public Finance. He also holds appointments as director of the Open Source Economics Laboratory, nonresident fellow at the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute, …
John W. Diamond, Ph.D., is the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, an adjunct professor of economics at Rice University and CEO of Tax …
